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[Computron2000]

i)There is no "delink". You can project all you like but the result won't be 100% you in space. It'll be whatever the PC is, but with your values, reasoning and personality. This doesn't change regardless of what the name is.

 

ii)Underlined is what I'm saying. Otherwise the ME series has been pretty good with characters of different races, even though humanity is treated as unified and we have aliens to deal with.

 

i) Of course it won't be 100% you. Its a game not reality. However, projection requires any differences to be reduced to minimal and having yourself being called Ahmed in every conversation that is not rank or surname based simply reminds you of the difference. You could say Geralt of Rivia also had your values, reasoning and personality but you would never feel you were actually Geralt. You would feel for him in parts of the story but the gap of externality would always be there. Both styles has its pros and cons and unless ME4 goes the style of Witcher 3, an as unobstructive name as possible would be best

 

ii) What's the source material for ME, i thought it was supposed to be an original IP? The codex states that the Chinese People's Federation exists on earth, meaning chinese names should be perfectly fine in game. Arabic style names should also still be around

[NRieh]

 

A name is an arbitrary designation. It is a sound, or a string of symbols with no inherent meaning except what is given to it.

(disclaimer - English is not my my native language, and I'm about to write some stuff on psychology\linguistics.)

 

What you say is true, but you forget a minor thing. We talk about fictional characters here. It does not matter who gives the name (player or writer), but things are much more complicated here. The name (and the surname) IS part of the fictional character, same as his\her appearance and voice(if any). Phonetic patterns, rhyme and  'hidden meanings'  are used all the times, intentionally or not. E.g. 'Marian Hawke', why not 'Lilly Dove'? Put 'Phil' instead of 'Frodo'. Rename Corvo Attano into Jack Boulton. Don't you feel the difference?  

[Seyd71]

To be perfectly honest, while I like the ability to choice my name, I have no problem with a title or pre-set last name.

 

As a matter of fact, I play the Mass Effect Trilogy as the default Shepard with the default name and class, I only change the Pre-Service history and Psych profile, and it works well for me. Same thing for DA2, default male Hawke, with the default name

 

It's not because I'm lazy or non-creative, I just usually like the presets.

[Hexi-decimal]

it's only a name. It's not okay to referred to by a title, or family name all of the time, especially not when character creation doesn't include a choice of species. there have been plenty of social informal moments in mass effect, and everyone with a first name gets called by it at some point.

I only get called by my family name anymore.

[Capt_Kangaroo]

Believable dialogue doesn't use your name very often (if ever).

How often do you address people by name? I almost never do it.

I am a construction supervisor, have about 15 people working under me on any given day and I make about 40/50 ph calls a day, so I get called by my first name ALL the time..., maybe a couple of hundred times a day. Nobody calls me by my surname.

 

Cheers

[Shady Koala]

What about a list of fixed surnames to pick from? 3-6 each voiced in game

 

But still choose your own first name?

 

Prehaps even have companions give you nicknames based on your choices in game/relationship with them?

[Sylvius the Mad]

I am a construction supervisor, have about 15 people working under me on any given day and I make about 40/50 ph calls a day, so I get called by my first name ALL the time..., maybe a couple of hundred times a day. Nobody calls me by my surname.

Cheers

Weird.