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[Saberwolf116]

I don't know about you guys, but to me it seems a little strange that you can start a relationship with a crew member and they'll still call you by your last name. It also seems weird that soldiers that have a lower rank then Shepard still call him/her by his/her last name.

So, I think we should have names in ME3. Maybe they could program a series of preset names, and the voice actors could say them. This is just an idea, but I always felt weird being called "Shepard" instead of "Steven".

What do you guys think?

[LOST GAM3R]

That would be good. But my Shep doesn't exactly have a common name.

[DarthReavus]

Saberwolf116 wrote...

I don't know about you guys, but to me it seems a little strange that you can start a relationship with a crew member and they'll still call you by your last name. It also seems weird that soldiers that have a lower rank then Shepard still call him/her by his/her last name.

So, I think we should have names in ME3. Maybe they could program a series of preset names, and the voice actors could say them. This is just an idea, but I always felt weird being called "Shepard" instead of "Steven".

What do you guys think?

Way too complex to pull off given the wide assortment of first names.

[coinop25]

Personally, I would rather see that time and money spent doing any number of other things to improve the game. Those who pick non-standard first names miss out, and it would feel out of place with the way it was done in the other two games.

[nremies1]

Saberwolf116 wrote...

It also seems weird that soldiers that have a lower rank then Shepard still call him/her by his/her last name.

Lower ranking soldiers are supposed to call him/her "Commander Shepard."  You're not suggesting some Private calls him John?

But yeah, too many names floating around, too many lines to record and blend together smoothly.

[ForceXev]

I agree, not very feasible and not worth the effort to make it so. It doesn't bother me that the last name is always used - I just figure Shepherd is one of those people who just prefers to be called by his last name. You could role-play it if you wanted, and give your Shepherd a geeky first name like Poindexter or something. Then it would be clear why everyone just calls him Shepherd.

[DarthCaine]

You expect VAs to record every single name in the world?

Most people won't like Shepard getting a fixed first name

Modifié par DarthCaine, 20 février 2010 - 10:18 .

[VirtualAlex]

Would be nice but obviously impossible to pull off.

[Barzahl]

Yeah, unless someone comes up with a way to synthesize natural sounding speech between now and the release of ME3, I think that the Last Name Basis is here to stay.

[Stephenc13]

I would like that, but its complex

[Fromyou]

Would be nice but technology to pull that off without having it sound like a computer isn't out yet

[Lycidas]

Hell yes! As long as Lycidas is on the list of available names that is.

[Kajan451]

Saberwolf116 wrote...

What do you guys think?

Having served some years in an army i became totally accustomed being called by my last name. Even friends in the unit either used nicknames/callsigns or last names to adress each other. Simply because everyone does adress you by your last name.

And no... i don't want to choose some names... my Shepard is military and i expect to be adressed as such.

[Kaiser Shepard]

Just start a new game and change his/her first name to Commander. There, problem solved.

[Decamper]

Kaiser Shepard wrote...

Just start a new game and change his/her first name to Commander. There, problem solved.

Perfect.

[Urazz]

If they didn't make the first name customizable then it would easily be doable.

[Weiser_Cain]

I doubt "Cain Shepard" would show up on a list of names in game.

[DirewolfX]

How are they going to pronounce Fdkfjdfsf Shepard?

[rabbitchannel]

As mentioned above, it is quite impossible to implement EVERY possible name. Though, if they implemented the same character data uploading data as they did in DA:O, they would have been able to determine the most common Shepard names and add those. That wouldn't help me in the slightest though, as my Shepards' names are quite uncommon.

[mundus66]

My teacher in high school, everybody called by his last name. Seriously i don't even know his first name. Some people are just like that, its most common among soldiers and agents (in fiction at least).

[Weiser_Cain]

This is why I'm interested in speech synthesis. You could enter your name and then tweak its pronunciation.

[IronVanguard]

The only way to do this would be to replace all the characters and their VA's with AI's.





Would make the world more realistic though. Would also require a Quantum Computer to play, but....

[Peranor]

IRL I've always been called by my last name since I was was a little kid. Up to the point that I no longer react when someone calls me by my first name. So naturally i don't see any problem with Commander Shepard being called by his last name

[Varenus Luckmann]

anorling wrote...
IRL I've always been called by my last name since I was was a little kid. Up to the point that I no longer react when someone calls me by my first name. So naturally i don't see any problem with Commander Shepard being called by his last name

This holds true for me too. The only thing I could see an issue with is the LI, but for that one character, it's not really that noticable.

[FoFoZem]

If the game could pronounce FoFo Edw77 Shepard that would be pretty cool. Because I can't

Modifié par FoFoZem, 21 février 2010 - 06:48 .