Can we give v a proper name?

[Gitgud]

So i hope we can give our character a proper first and last name because just the alias sounds a bit odd.What are your thoughts?Lg

[One Stoned Bastard]

Originally posted by Christoph:

So it seems they screwed the idea for letting players enter a proper first and last name for v and go the nameless route besides of your alias.Some of you maybe don’t care that much but it would have been a nice touch because you are creating a character and i personally think a pen and paper rpg needs that.What are your thoughts?Lg

Wait, aren't we playing as John Wick?

[bliixx]

Originally posted by One Stoned Bastard:

Originally posted by Christoph:

So it seems they screwed the idea for letting players enter a proper first and last name for v and go the nameless route besides of your alias.Some of you maybe don’t care that much but it would have been a nice touch because you are creating a character and i personally think a pen and paper rpg needs that.What are your thoughts?Lg

Wait, aren't we playing as John Wick?

No, we play as Ted Theodore Logan.

[Engels78]

Really? Did you want to change name for Lara Croft? Bayek in AC Origin? Etc...

[Zirkalaritz]

Originally posted by Engels78:

Really? Did you want to change name for Lara Croft? Bayek in AC Origin? Etc...

not really the argument here, since we did not create those characters.

That said, not a big deal for me. Plenty of other games even let you choose a name and then disregard it; Mass Effect, South Park, Dragon Age... all with character creation, all with a fixed nickname. Not new in the industry. Certainly not a big deal.

Happens a lot in actual TTRPG's too, you will create a character, name them, maybe even give them a nickname... then the rest of the players will ignore it, call you a new nickname they came up with, or just outright call you by your class/role.

[RasaNova]

CDPR needed every player to be called the same thing, for voice recording purposes. But you can decide your first and last name are whatever you want them to be. Just say your name is Johh "V" Wick, or Terd "V" Fergeson, or Mott the "V" Hoople.

I don't see why it matters, if your chosen name isn't going to be referenced in-game anyway.

[Engels78]

Originally posted by Zirkalaritz:

Originally posted by Engels78:

Really? Did you want to change name for Lara Croft? Bayek in AC Origin? Etc...

not really the argument here, since we did not create those characters.

That said, not a big deal for me. Plenty of other games even let you choose a name and then disregard it; Mass Effect, South Park, Dragon Age... all with character creation, all with a fixed nickname. Not new in the industry. Certainly not a big deal.

Happens a lot in actual TTRPG's too, you will create a character, name them, maybe even give them a nickname... then the rest of the players will ignore it, call you a new nickname they came up with, or just outright call you by your class/role.

Those were quick examples...

And I don't care about name in this game... And actually also for this whole look customization... I could Play whatever look character they make. Like I played Witcher.

[Chris]

You can choose first and last name of your character because v is just an alias as we know already.I dont think they screw that because its part of the character creation process and they said v is your avatar

[RasaNova]

From what I've seen, it looks like we WILL be able to name our characters, it's just that we will be referred to as V during the game which makes sense. Nothing is definite yet of course, but lets wait and see before worrying about something that hasn't happened.

[renboy]

Please tell me one AAA game that let you rename your character and have NPCs refer to you by that name?

You can rename yourself in Skyrim, but everybody still call you Dragonborn.
You can rename yourself in Mass Effect but everybody call you Shepard.
In fallout you are called the lone wanderer.

Basically, since the game is fully voiced, it will NOT be possible to let you change the name that everybody calls you by. It's really basic, and you should understand that limitation.

Your chosen name might appear in text in articles/wanted-ads/mails/whatnot - but it will never ever be said by anybody who can actually talk because that is just not possible technologically to do that.

[bliixx]

Originally posted by renboy:

Please tell me one AAA game that let you rename your character and have NPCs refer to you by that name?

You can rename yourself in Skyrim, but everybody still call you Dragonborn.
You can rename yourself in Mass Effect but everybody call you Shepard.
In fallout you are called the lone wanderer.

Basically, since the game is fully voiced, it will NOT be possible to let you change the name that everybody calls you by. It's really basic, and you should understand that limitation.

Your chosen name might appear in text in articles/wanted-ads/mails/whatnot - but it will never ever be said by anybody who can actually talk because that is just not possible technologically to do that.

Final Fantasy VII

[renboy]

Originally posted by bliixx:

Originally posted by renboy:

Please tell me one AAA game that let you rename your character and have NPCs refer to you by that name?

You can rename yourself in Skyrim, but everybody still call you Dragonborn.
You can rename yourself in Mass Effect but everybody call you Shepard.
In fallout you are called the lone wanderer.

Basically, since the game is fully voiced, it will NOT be possible to let you change the name that everybody calls you by. It's really basic, and you should understand that limitation.

Your chosen name might appear in text in articles/wanted-ads/mails/whatnot - but it will never ever be said by anybody who can actually talk because that is just not possible technologically to do that.

Final Fantasy VII

Wrong. Final fantasy 7 was not voiced over.

When the game just has text dialogs, it's easy to rename your character - like I explained.

[Engels78]

Originally posted by renboy:

Originally posted by bliixx:

Final Fantasy VII

Wrong. Final fantasy 7 was not voiced over.

When the game just has text dialogs, it's easy to rename your character - like I explained.

+1

[Gitgud]

You don’t change the name you choose the name dude and v is just your alias.....if you don’t like rpgs it’s fine but most rpgs let you name your character and in cyberpunk you create a character

Originally posted by renboy:

Please tell me one AAA game that let you rename your character and have NPCs refer to you by that name?

You can rename yourself in Skyrim, but everybody still call you Dragonborn.
You can rename yourself in Mass Effect but everybody call you Shepard.
In fallout you are called the lone wanderer.

Basically, since the game is fully voiced, it will NOT be possible to let you change the name that everybody calls you by. It's really basic, and you should understand that limitation.

Your chosen name might appear in text in articles/wanted-ads/mails/whatnot - but it will never ever be said by anybody who can actually talk because that is just not possible technologically to do that.

[Gitgud]

Even with spoken texts it’s not a problem to name your character because people can refer you with a last name titel etc

[RasaNova]

Originally posted by Christoph:

You don’t change the name you choose the name dude

I don't understand what this even means.

By all indications so far, you have a real name you pick, and you have a nickname the game refers to you by. The reasons for this have been explained multiple times.

Do you have different information? If so, please share it.