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UnholyMudcrab
08/05/21 1:06:39 PM
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Having characters refer to the protagonist by their first name if you use the default name. I thought it added a little bit of extra familiarity that just isn't there when you're referred to by a surname or generic title for the entire game.
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SSJ2GrimReaper
08/05/21 1:20:34 PM
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UnholyMudcrab
08/05/21 1:20:51 PM
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spikethedevil
08/05/21 1:21:08 PM
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Shepard.

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Shotgunnova
08/05/21 1:22:58 PM
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Wrex.

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UnholyMudcrab
08/05/21 1:23:35 PM
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Well, I thought this might have been an interesting thing to talk about, but I guess not.
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spikethedevil
08/05/21 1:25:14 PM
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Or do a Fallout 4 where a couple of character's use your name is you picked one from a long list of recorded names.

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ApherosyLove
08/05/21 1:28:38 PM
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spikethedevil posted...
Or do a Fallout 4 where a couple of character's use your name is you picked one from a long list of recorded names.
I thought only one character did that.

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UnholyMudcrab
08/05/21 1:28:56 PM
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spikethedevil posted...
Or do a Fallout 4 where a couple of character's use your name is you picked one from a long list of recorded names.

That one was doable because it was one character who just used a single line to refer to you. It wouldn't work on a wider scale because the VAs would all have to record dozens or hundreds of takes of each line referring to the player.
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MorbidFaithless
08/05/21 1:59:22 PM
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Couldn't the just cut and paste whatever name they need. Hi, blank, kill this radroach. Shouldn't take but like 20 minutes to record a hundred names.

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garan
08/05/21 3:33:42 PM
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Eh, it's fine as an idea, but the default names are almost always terribly boring.
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ultimate reaver
08/05/21 3:36:27 PM
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spikethedevil posted...
Or do a Fallout 4 where a couple of character's use your name is you picked one from a long list of recorded names.

it works in something like fallout (or mass effect) because humans have pretty normal names by our standards but it gets dicier in stuff like fantasy where naming your character is going to be more unpredictable

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spikethedevil
08/05/21 3:47:28 PM
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ultimate reaver posted...
it works in something like fallout (or mass effect) because humans have pretty normal names by our standards but it gets dicier in stuff like fantasy where naming your character is going to be more unpredictable

Ah yeah very true.

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