RPG Fans- do you name the characters? - Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community

Kalibah · 10-12-2004, 06:40 PM

I just restarted Final Fantasy Tactics Advanced- and I was was thinking, how many people name the characters ? I mean Marche for instance is the main character i nthis game, but you can anme him whatever. In most RPGS or Final fantasy games for that matter, you have a choice to name the main character or keep the defult game, and my question for you is, which do you do prefer?

Name them? If so what usually

eh?

carrot glace · 10-12-2004, 06:43 PM

i keep the original name, usually, if not then my own name, or a name that has to do with a cheat code or something

Irishsean · 10-12-2004, 07:15 PM

I always name my own characters, you'd be surprised at my current FF game, it reads like a list of mods on TFP for some reason, hehe.

Lasereth · 10-12-2004, 08:01 PM

I keep the names in every game I play.

-Lasereth

vermin · 10-12-2004, 08:14 PM

I usually re-name them with profanity to make the conversations more interesting.

bingle · 10-12-2004, 08:27 PM

I used to name the main character in all RPGs - however, now I have stopped doing so for Final Fantasy-type games. Those sorts of games already have protagonists with well-defined characters, and I don't really feel that I get to determine their choices or their personality at all. I still name the characters in open-ended RPGs, though.

I have never named the secondary characters in the party, partly for the same reason and also because I'm not creative enough to come up with that many unique names ;-P

mkultra · 10-12-2004, 08:55 PM

Given the option I use my own name for the main character. I usually leave the others at their defaults. One of my friends renames all the NPCs the name of his friends, when ever you walk into his room while he's playing you never know who will be on the screen.

Fremen · 10-12-2004, 08:55 PM

In TLoZ: Ocarina of Time I would crack up every time Navi addressed my renamed Link.

It was always, "Shithead, do this..." or "Hey!" "Shithead!"
It was very funny, until I took the game to a friend's house and his mother came in to the room.

irateplatypus · 10-12-2004, 09:48 PM

I always stick w/the default names... and in Zelda am sure to start w/the name Link. I have a hard enough time taking game stories seriously without my little pocket fairy shouting profanities at me.

poopermcgraw · 10-12-2004, 10:09 PM

Heh, in all the old school rpgs for SNES I always named the characters after the people I knew who most closely resembled them, so it was easier to remember. Funny thing, I did it in XCOM to, for anyone who remembers that game. Made saving my soldiers the imperative parameter to all the missions.

Bim · 10-12-2004, 10:16 PM

I named all the pokemon i ever. . . cought. . . uhh. . . I mean. . . i didn't play that. . . game. . . i meant to say, i named all the pocket monsters i ever cought. *phew*

alansmithee · 10-13-2004, 02:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bingle

I used to name the main character in all RPGs - however, now I have stopped doing so for Final Fantasy-type games. Those sorts of games already have protagonists with well-defined characters, and I don't really feel that I get to determine their choices or their personality at all. I still name the characters in open-ended RPGs, though.

I'm like that, in open-ended games i'll give a name, but in linear games I leave the preset names.

Gatorade Frost · 10-13-2004, 04:29 AM

I stick with their original names for the most part. I accidentally named Link "John" in Ocarina of Time and whenever Navi pops up and says John it annoys the hell out of me.

In the FF games I'll stick with the original for the reasons already said, they're pre-defined characters and it makes the setting stay how it is more so in my opinion.

Destrox · 10-13-2004, 04:51 AM

Games where there are default names to be used, no I wont change them due to keeping it easy to talk to others about it.

MooseMan3000 · 10-13-2004, 05:03 AM

I'll third the notion that it depends on the type of RPG, linear or open ended. Also, it depends on the feeling of the game. For example, FFVII, a linear, emotional, mostly serious game. I stick with the given names. Morrowind, an open RPG, I come up with serious names. Mario RPG... heh. My names for that were so ridiculous, I can't even remember them.

Side note: I've seen the word "ridiculous" spelled "redicilous" so many times on these forums I just typed it like that by accident. Please, for my grammar's sake, spell it right.

Redjake · 10-13-2004, 06:49 AM

I always, and I mean ALWAYS keep the names.

Ever since the "Who's Cloud?" incident....

met a guy who named Cloud from FF7 "Wolverine"

Eight · 10-13-2004, 07:56 AM

I change the main char name.

To either, Eight, Silvara or Wulfhum

thriolith · 10-13-2004, 10:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by alansmithee

I'm like that, in open-ended games i'll give a name, but in linear games I leave the preset names.

exactly the same here too

tspikes51 · 10-13-2004, 10:33 AM

Except for later FF games, I name all of my characters. "Rosa" always ends up being one of them.

bookerV · 10-13-2004, 10:58 AM

I fit in with most here.
Open ended games I make a name myself, more linear games with a more direct story line I keep the default name. It just seems more natural that way...

sushiboy · 10-13-2004, 11:56 AM

whatever the default names are, is what i use

Ace_O_Spades · 10-13-2004, 12:04 PM

Only in PC Rpgs will i name them.. IE: X-Com

I agree that in X-Com when your troops who have your name get to be higher ranked, it's very imperative that you keep them alive... Almost an obsession

buclao · 10-13-2004, 12:06 PM

I keep the original names for the supporting characters and give the main character my name, unless the main character is a femal then I just keep the default.

Illuminaire · 10-13-2004, 12:22 PM

It really depends on the RPG. I usually keep the preset names the first time I play the game through. Although, ever since Secret of Mana, I've named my main character HERO (all caps) half of the time. I get made fun of for that.

I DO remember playing through FFVI and renaming all the characters with my friends' names. The weird character interactions were pretty funny (especially my friend who was lucky enough to be Gau).

Ace_O_Spades · 10-13-2004, 12:32 PM

Also, nice cross forum post from Genmay

bbbbbb555 · 10-13-2004, 01:07 PM

i play mmorpg's, so you have to pick a name.
i usually go with Herm, but i sometimes have to add stuff to the end of it

CityOfAngels · 10-13-2004, 02:29 PM

I usually keep the original names, but if I know I'm just trying out a game, and not going to finish it, I'll re-name 'em with a profane word like, "Motherfucker," "Asslicker," "Buttbuddy," "Shit eater," etc. Anything in the name of immaturity.

Palamidian · 10-13-2004, 03:35 PM

I usually keep the orignal name so i can stayw ith the storyline and not get confused, also i have problems coming up with names

i tried nick naming my pokemon when i was like a 6th grader, but that was way too much for me to remeber so i stopped (i had all 150, i was such a beast

)

CityOfAngels · 10-13-2004, 08:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Palamidian

...when i was like a 6th grader...i was such a beast

)

Correction: "...when i was like, yesterday...i am such a beast

"

omega2K4 · 10-13-2004, 09:04 PM

The only RPGs I play are the ones where you HAVE to name your character.

Kalibah · 10-13-2004, 11:03 PM

you mean youve never played FF games?!?

beckett111 · 10-17-2004, 02:04 AM

Depends what kind of mood i'm in when I start a game, I used to rename every char I could, latly though I keep default names because I dug up some of my old game carts out of storage played them and thought to myself why on earth did I name him that!

macsmith230 · 10-18-2004, 10:36 PM

I name them all. Maybe now I don't really think about what I'm naming them as much as when I was younger though. It used to be I would name them after friends or cute girls I knew <dork> or what-have-you, now I just name them Ted or something like that. Or Mac. It's easy.

10-12-2004, 06:40 PM	#1 (permalink)
Kalibah Insane Location: Padded Playhouse	RPG Fans- do you name the characters? I just restarted Final Fantasy Tactics Advanced- and I was was thinking, how many people name the characters ? I mean Marche for instance is the main character i nthis game, but you can anme him whatever. In most RPGS or Final fantasy games for that matter, you have a choice to name the main character or keep the defult game, and my question for you is, which do you do prefer? Name them? If so what usually eh?

10-12-2004, 06:43 PM	#2 (permalink)
carrot glace Crazy Location: orange county	i keep the original name, usually, if not then my own name, or a name that has to do with a cheat code or something __________________ "blaine is a pain and that is the truth"

10-12-2004, 07:15 PM	#3 (permalink)
Irishsean edited for content Location: Austin, TX	I always name my own characters, you'd be surprised at my current FF game, it reads like a list of mods on TFP for some reason, hehe. __________________ There are no absolute rules of conduct, either in peace or war. Everything depends on circumstances. Leon Trotsky

10-12-2004, 08:01 PM	#4 (permalink)
Lasereth Knight of the Old Republic Location: Winston-Salem, NC	I keep the names in every game I play. -Lasereth __________________ "A Darwinian attacks his theory, seeking to find flaws. An ID believer defends his theory, seeking to conceal flaws." -Roger Ebert

10-12-2004, 08:14 PM	#5 (permalink)
vermin Indifferent to anti-matter Location: Tucson, AZ	I usually re-name them with profanity to make the conversations more interesting. __________________ If puns were sausages, this would be the wurst.

10-12-2004, 08:27 PM	#6 (permalink)
bingle Crazy Location: California	I used to name the main character in all RPGs - however, now I have stopped doing so for Final Fantasy-type games. Those sorts of games already have protagonists with well-defined characters, and I don't really feel that I get to determine their choices or their personality at all. I still name the characters in open-ended RPGs, though. I have never named the secondary characters in the party, partly for the same reason and also because I'm not creative enough to come up with that many unique names ;-P

10-12-2004, 08:55 PM	#7 (permalink)
mkultra Crazy Location: Wylds of the Western Reserve	Given the option I use my own name for the main character. I usually leave the others at their defaults. One of my friends renames all the NPCs the name of his friends, when ever you walk into his room while he's playing you never know who will be on the screen. __________________ In the words of Jello: "Punk ain't no religious cult,punk means thinking for yourself. You ain't hardcore cause you spike your hair, when a jock still lives inside your head."

10-12-2004, 08:55 PM	#8 (permalink)
Fremen With a mustache, the cool factor would be too much Location: left side of my couch, East Texas	In TLoZ: Ocarina of Time I would crack up every time Navi addressed my renamed Link. It was always, "Shithead, do this..." or "Hey!" "Shithead!" It was very funny, until I took the game to a friend's house and his mother came in to the room. __________________ Google

10-12-2004, 09:48 PM	#9 (permalink)
irateplatypus can't help but laugh Location: dar al-harb	I always stick w/the default names... and in Zelda am sure to start w/the name Link. I have a hard enough time taking game stories seriously without my little pocket fairy shouting profanities at me. __________________ If you will not fight when your victory will be sure and not too costly, you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you and only a precarious chance for survival. There may even be a worse case. You may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than to live as slaves. ~ Winston Churchill

10-12-2004, 10:09 PM	#10 (permalink)
poopermcgraw Upright	Heh, in all the old school rpgs for SNES I always named the characters after the people I knew who most closely resembled them, so it was easier to remember. Funny thing, I did it in XCOM to, for anyone who remembers that game. Made saving my soldiers the imperative parameter to all the missions.

10-12-2004, 10:16 PM	#11 (permalink)
Bim Crazy Location: Onett, EagleLand	I named all the pokemon i ever. . . cought. . . uhh. . . I mean. . . i didn't play that. . . game. . . i meant to say, i named all the pocket monsters i ever cought. phew __________________ "If you stay here too long, you'll end up frying your brain. Yes, you will. No, you will...not. Yesno, you will won't." -Guy in Moonside

10-13-2004, 04:29 AM	#13 (permalink)
Gatorade Frost Rookie	I stick with their original names for the most part. I accidentally named Link "John" in Ocarina of Time and whenever Navi pops up and says John it annoys the hell out of me. In the FF games I'll stick with the original for the reasons already said, they're pre-defined characters and it makes the setting stay how it is more so in my opinion.

10-13-2004, 04:51 AM	#14 (permalink)
Destrox Metal and Rock 4 Life Location: Phoenix	Games where there are default names to be used, no I wont change them due to keeping it easy to talk to others about it. __________________ You bore me.... next.

10-13-2004, 05:03 AM	#15 (permalink)
MooseMan3000 wouldn't mind being a ninja. Location: Maine, the Other White State.	I'll third the notion that it depends on the type of RPG, linear or open ended. Also, it depends on the feeling of the game. For example, FFVII, a linear, emotional, mostly serious game. I stick with the given names. Morrowind, an open RPG, I come up with serious names. Mario RPG... heh. My names for that were so ridiculous, I can't even remember them. Side note: I've seen the word "ridiculous" spelled "redicilous" so many times on these forums I just typed it like that by accident. Please, for my grammar's sake, spell it right.

10-13-2004, 06:49 AM	#16 (permalink)
Redjake I'm a family man - I run a family business. Location: Wilson, NC	I always, and I mean ALWAYS keep the names. Ever since the "Who's Cloud?" incident.... met a guy who named Cloud from FF7 "Wolverine" __________________ Off the record, on the q.t., and very hush-hush.

10-13-2004, 11:56 AM	#21 (permalink)
sushiboy Tilted Location: In Obama's neighborhood	whatever the default names are, is what i use __________________ -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version 3.12 GO d++ s--:+ a- C+ U--- P-- L- E-- W++ N- o-- K- w O- M+ PS PE++ PGP- t- 5-- X R- tv+ b- DI+ D+ G e* h---- r+++ y+ ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------

10-13-2004, 07:56 AM	#17 (permalink)
Eight Crazy Location: UK	I change the main char name. To either, Eight, Silvara or Wulfhum

10-13-2004, 10:33 AM	#19 (permalink)
tspikes51 Fuckin' A Location: Lex Vegas	Except for later FF games, I name all of my characters. "Rosa" always ends up being one of them. __________________ "I'm telling you, we need to get rid of a few people or a million." -Maddox

10-13-2004, 10:58 AM	#20 (permalink)
bookerV Addict Location: Ontario, Canada	I fit in with most here. Open ended games I make a name myself, more linear games with a more direct story line I keep the default name. It just seems more natural that way... __________________ "That's why you're the judge and I'm the law-talking guy." Lionel Hutz

10-13-2004, 12:04 PM	#22 (permalink)
Ace_O_Spades The Death Card Location: EH!?!?	Only in PC Rpgs will i name them.. IE: X-Com I agree that in X-Com when your troops who have your name get to be higher ranked, it's very imperative that you keep them alive... Almost an obsession __________________ Feh.

10-13-2004, 12:06 PM	#23 (permalink)
buclao Insane	I keep the original names for the supporting characters and give the main character my name, unless the main character is a femal then I just keep the default.

10-13-2004, 12:22 PM	#24 (permalink)
Illuminaire Upright	It really depends on the RPG. I usually keep the preset names the first time I play the game through. Although, ever since Secret of Mana, I've named my main character HERO (all caps) half of the time. I get made fun of for that. I DO remember playing through FFVI and renaming all the characters with my friends' names. The weird character interactions were pretty funny (especially my friend who was lucky enough to be Gau). __________________ "Noteable and witty quotes go here."

10-13-2004, 12:32 PM	#25 (permalink)
Ace_O_Spades The Death Card Location: EH!?!?	Also, nice cross forum post from Genmay __________________ Feh.

10-13-2004, 01:07 PM	#26 (permalink)
bbbbbb555 Crazy Location: New Orleans	i play mmorpg's, so you have to pick a name. i usually go with Herm, but i sometimes have to add stuff to the end of it

10-13-2004, 03:35 PM	#28 (permalink)
Palamidian Upright	I usually keep the orignal name so i can stayw ith the storyline and not get confused, also i have problems coming up with names i tried nick naming my pokemon when i was like a 6th grader, but that was way too much for me to remeber so i stopped (i had all 150, i was such a beast )

10-13-2004, 09:04 PM	#30 (permalink)
omega2K4 Natalie Portman is sexy. Location: The Outer Rim	The only RPGs I play are the ones where you HAVE to name your character. __________________ "While the State exists there can be no freedom. When there is freedom there will be no State." - Vladimir Ilyich Lenin "Reason has always existed, but not always in a reasonable form."- Karl Marx

10-13-2004, 11:03 PM	#31 (permalink)
Kalibah Insane Location: Padded Playhouse	you mean youve never played FF games?!?

10-17-2004, 02:04 AM	#32 (permalink)
beckett111 Upright	Depends what kind of mood i'm in when I start a game, I used to rename every char I could, latly though I keep default names because I dug up some of my old game carts out of storage played them and thought to myself why on earth did I name him that!

10-18-2004, 10:36 PM	#33 (permalink)
macsmith230 Tilted Location: Portland, Oregon	I name them all. Maybe now I don't really think about what I'm naming them as much as when I was younger though. It used to be I would name them after friends or cute girls I knew <dork> or what-have-you, now I just name them Ted or something like that. Or Mac. It's easy.