Thin Crust Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 Most of the current generation of games have names already preselected because of the use of voice acting. It would be pretty hard to add a custom name to a full voiced game. FF10 did it, but the result was that the main character's name was never spoken once throughout the game. However, back in the ps1 era and before(along with many recent games), we could choose our own names if we wanted. Did you keep them default, or change them to something else? And if there wasn't a preselected name like Dragon Quest 8, what did you name them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anti-Syne Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 For final fantasy 7 and 8 no, probably because my friends also played those so we all just kept the default names so we knew who we were talking about. But for FF6 and 9 i liked to name all the characters after my friends trying to match them up by characteristics and personality; such as in FF6 i'd name Edgar and Sabin after my brother and I as they too are twins like us (which incidentally is why i have edgar as my avatar WOW!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gollgagh Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 so if we ever see a John Lewis with a Sabin avatar he stands a good chance of being your brother huh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon Strader Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 Playing through Final Fantasy VII with Cloud named "Fucker" is a very memorable experience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anti-Syne Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 oh no john would be my unknown triplet, but if a sam lewis/sabin ever showed up i'd watch out I was always Edgar cos i'm the ladies man, clearly... On a side note my friend used to like calling pokemon 'DICK', so after coming out of the daycare he would be told his DICK had grown alot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
some1namedjeff Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 In FF7, renaming characters to have names like "I farted" or "I hate you" was the best experience of my life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thin Crust Posted December 30, 2010 Author Share Posted December 30, 2010 lol. I'm following spoony's example and calling squall "Emo Git" and Rinoa "A whore" You get all kind's of great lines like: Squall: We need to find a way to bring Ellone and A whore together Mean Guy: Hey, is there A whore with you? Rinoa: I'm A whore. Zell: You're A whore's father? And don't forget the dog Angelo is named: Anal. A whore's limit break uses Anal. She can learn abilities like Anal search, Anal reverse, Anal cannon, Anal reverse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gollgagh Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 Ass Cannon for best attack edit: pics from FlankingLine's playthrough a few years ago Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenogu Labz Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 Generally, for pre-selected names, I leave them the same. That's how they wrote the narrative, that's how I'll read it. However, names that aren't pre-selected, I'll use one of several names, usually depending on the gender. Kenogu serves as a general-purpose character that doesn't seem too awesome at the moment. Midanya can serve as a woman or an effeminate-looking lead. Darte is usually for a more heroic-looking character. Doesn't really help that you know nothing about the character you're naming the first time around, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferret Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 I always liked to name at least one character "pissed" or "going to kill you". And in games in the series that allow names that long, Link gets named "Shut up" sometimes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DragonAvenger Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 Depends on the game, really. If it's something with a lighter story or something I'm replaying, I like to name characters after friends. It's generally amusing, because I have more friends who are close who are guys, and someone always has to pull the 'short stick' as it were. Poor Stevo lost this time... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Vagrance Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 I generally name the character the first name I can think up of at the moment, then attempt to play through the game in the same manner I feel like the person named his/her name would. This includes Fifa 11, where I smack talk in a really bad Russian accent when playing as my virtual pro "Vladmir Tolenski". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Author Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 In Chrono Trigger, I would rename characters using their "real" names. Marle became Nadia, Frog was Glenn, Magus was Janus, Robo had his designation number... It made sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkeSword Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 Depends on the game, really. If it's something with a lighter story or something I'm replaying, I like to name characters after friends. It's generally amusing, because I have more friends who are close who are guys, and someone always has to pull the 'short stick' as it were. Poor Stevo lost this time... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DragonAvenger Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 I'm sorry Shariq, you'll be male in the next game, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murmeli Walan Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 I'm boring. I don't think I've ever played a Zelda game where the hero wasn't named Alan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheKrow Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 I kind of always enjoyed naming all the characters the name of one character, after the first time through. Such as in FF7, everyone was named Sephiroth. Made for very confusing fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gollgagh Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 SEPHIROTH: WHY DlD YOU KILL SEPHIROTH, SEPHIROTH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damashii!! Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 For classic RPG games like Shining Force I usually made up a name ("Max" didn't sound very "heroic" to me) but I never made up/edited names for simulation or sports games because to me it would just seem cheesy to have my own name on a Chicago Bulls jersey #23 when it is already an inseparable trademark/signature. If I don't like the names in modern rpg games I usually just skip the cutscenes if I can, but that's only if the names are . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirby Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 Always. Loved using the code in the GBA Golden Sun games for that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kupernikus Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 Depends on thebgame and my mood at the time. With games like final fantasy tactics where there are miscellaneous troops I can name I'll name them after me so I can have the look I want in sports I gamesill make one character after myself in a position I actually played in high school. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Damned Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 I find naming your lead male character "Mr. Bond" makes for some fun dialog. RPGs can take a very interesting tone with that name popping up again and again. Zelda: OoT is great for this. Villains become cheesey Bond baddies, with lines like "Prepare to die, Mr. Bond!". The female characters magically become Bond girls, with lines that suddenly become double entendres. Even random throw away lines take on new meanings when coupled with a little Agent 007. Pokémon, Golden Sun, Final Fantasy... it all works. Yes, "Mr. Bond" gets used in a lot of games I've played over the years, and it never gets old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
relyanCe Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 i named every ffvii party member after a megaman x character i named every summon in ffx after a ffvii party member i named titus loser if I could go back and change it all, i would name everyone relyanCe just to be a self-serving jerk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gollgagh Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 if I could go back and change it all, i would name everyone relyanCe just to be a self-serving jerk I tried that with Gollgagh once it was really awkward something about naming a character after myself (even if it's just a pseudonym) doesn't feel right Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thin Crust Posted December 30, 2010 Author Share Posted December 30, 2010 I tried that with Gollgagh onceit was really awkward something about naming a character after myself (even if it's just a pseudonym) doesn't feel right Well my name is Zack and the first time I played ff7 I named Cloud "Zack". I couldn't understand what was happening when the real Zack came into the storyline and they were all trying to figure out who he was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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