I can think of a few people mildly disappointed that they couldn't name their Shepard "German", but nothing more than that.
Poll: What if Bioware picked Shepard's first name for you?
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I do think it'd be cool, but then it would feel like I was loosing my first RPG gaming amendment. The right to call my character what ever random $#!+ I want.
Names mean little to me, as long as I am still able to choose the actions that my character will make they can call him what ever they want. It isn't a name that makes someone anyway.
as everyone simply calls you "Shepard!" (alternatively: "Shepard."), the first name is so unimportant that i wouldn't give it a second thought. at all. ever.
chest high walls, "sex" as a reward for pressing the right... buttons...(and calling it romance), dumbified gameplay and a story only bearable when you turn your brains off while shooting the 3762nd generic opponent (did i mention they claim ME is a rpg? ^^ ) because: sense - it makes none, and lines so cheesy and uninspired that even a Jennifer Hale cannot sound like she's *in* the role, oversexualised (female) characters (guys, ME is not a japanese game, fans don't expect that amount of that shameless fanservice... i hope.), and a sad excuse for a final boos, now THESE are things bothering me, but the firstdamnname? certainly not ^^
and before anyone gets an idea and tells me to "stfu bc if u dont liek teh gaem tehn dont pley itt": yes, these things bothered me; yes, i played ME 2 nevertheless (after a good year's break ^^ ) because as a dumbed down shooter with aliens to screw, it can be shortwhile fun; mostly. sometimes a passages feels stretched much more than delicate cheese on a good, hot pizza
ME I >> ME II
chest high walls, "sex" as a reward for pressing the right... buttons...(and calling it romance), dumbified gameplay and a story only bearable when you turn your brains off while shooting the 3762nd generic opponent (did i mention they claim ME is a rpg? ^^ ) because: sense - it makes none, and lines so cheesy and uninspired that even a Jennifer Hale cannot sound like she's *in* the role, oversexualised (female) characters (guys, ME is not a japanese game, fans don't expect that amount of that shameless fanservice... i hope.), and a sad excuse for a final boos, now THESE are things bothering me, but the firstdamnname? certainly not ^^
and before anyone gets an idea and tells me to "stfu bc if u dont liek teh gaem tehn dont pley itt": yes, these things bothered me; yes, i played ME 2 nevertheless (after a good year's break ^^ ) because as a dumbed down shooter with aliens to screw, it can be shortwhile fun; mostly. sometimes a passages feels stretched much more than delicate cheese on a good, hot pizza
ME I >> ME II
Yeah, but that used to be an integral part of most western RPGs. The JRPGs would give you a canned character to play, usually a broody one with a big bottle of hair gel, and a western RPG would let you make your own character with his own motivations.Pat8u said:
Now you get Hawke, who lives in Kirkwall, and can't actually do anything a sensible person would want him to do.
Huh. That never occurred to me, but I think it's a pretty good idea. They already record different lines of dialogue depending on your gender, your behavior, etc., so I don't think it'd be a big deal to record a few different first names. Here's hoping they try that in the future.Zen Toombs said:
yup this.Smeggs said:
it's the tiniest bit of text in a fully dialogued game...really, it wouldn't bug me in the slightest, and mentioned in the quote, it would probably add a bit of emotion to certain relationships calling you by your first name.
plus we wouldn't get those weird wrex/shephard moments where all it is is:
"Wrex."
"Shepard."
"Wrex."
"Shepard."
....wtf?
This is my stand point on the topic, the first name is obsolete. I would not care if Bioware gave him/her a designated first name, as it would add to the immersion and story. But it is too late to change that, because to me, my character in ME is Shepard.Smeggs said:
Well In my game his first name is "The". I got the idea from a fellow escapist to do this and now I just imagine he's a timelord. It has been a great deal of fun.
That said; I'd have no issues with them naming Shepard.
That said; I'd have no issues with them naming Shepard.
Wouldn't bother me. I'm not much for naming my characters in games anyway, but at least they game him half a name to make dialogue work. Beats Final Fantasy X where everyone just avoids saying your name.
Probably not, and honestly, using a different name would break down the symbolic meaning of the characters name. Having a character called Mctittypants and being referred to as such breaks the symbolic reference to the name Shepard- the idea that your character is the person guiding a whole galaxy of sheep that only want to keep their blinders on.
