I always change the main character's name
Sometimes I do, sometimes I don't.
I never change the main character's name
Changing The Main Character's Name
How many of you change the main character's name in games that allow you the option to? How about the rest of the cast? Do you prefer to leave them their default, canon name, or do you like to personalize it?
Personally, I pretty much ALWAYS change the main character's name to my own name. I literally think the only game I didn't do this for is Super Mario RPG. Mario is just...Mario.
So how about you guys?
You think a minor thing like the end of the world was gonna do me in?
Usually I change it to Futan but not always. The supporting cast is almost always left their defaults.
I think I just found out that DiagonalDownLeftA's real name is Mike.
To answer the question, if I am playing a game I will name the characters based off of people I know/knew that the character reminds me of. If I am playing a game that someone else will watch me play, I don't do it because I get embarrassed.
Interesting question!
If the character has a default, canon name, I usually leave it at that. If the character doesn't and you have to come up with a name all on your own, then I go full-sperg and try to come up with a good setting- and lore- friendly name.
I think the one exception is Pokemon games where you can be a girl, in which case I name them after me.
Very few exceptions where I actually do change the name - Dragon Quest, Pokemon, and Shining Force. Everything else I almost always leave default.
I usually leave the names alone during the first gameplay. Whenever I do replays, I usually end up renaming the character, usually after myself or to some random name I can come up with.
Apparently, I have been declared banished.
When given the option, I name the main character Butts. There is always one instance where it is hilarious.
I attempted several times throughout the coarse of one game to change the main character's name to Adahn. It wouldn't work no matter how much I tried, for some reason
On a related note, how often do you encounter an NPC with the same name that you gave to your main character?
A little bit of both.
On games like FFVII or FFIX where you can change all of the characters names, I do.
In FX I don't, because just one changed name would bug the hell out of me.
Originally Posted by Fynn
Yup! I still hate you for voting for Zell though!
Don't look at any of my game saves then, lol
Oh please, it's not like my vote turned the tide or anything. And I acknowledged that Sabin is better, I just feel so bad for anyone who gets zero votes. It's sad.
Pretty much this.
Same as Pike really.
Though there was a play of Skyrim where I named my guy "Percy 'The Hobo-lo' Jenkins". This made reading the diary of the guy from The Werewolf people funny as hell.
I'll usually apply mine own sobriquet to male main characters, and my real name to a female character for chuckles.
Pretty much this.Great minds think alike
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