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FyreFlynt Mar 27, 2017 @ 4:47pm
Mass Effect 2: Ship Name?
I love mass effect 2, Just recently got into it having played and completed the first one abouta a week ago (Yeah im late but whatever) but why for the ship name, Normandy? Is that the most boring name in all of gaming history or what? Why couldn't I name MY ship? Just a little thing i know, but it bothers me.
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CrackeR Mar 27, 2017 @ 5:15pm 
Read the history of the battle of Normandy.......
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Dreadnought Mar 27, 2017 @ 5:22pm 
Originally posted by CrackeR:
Read the history of the battle of Normandy.......

D-Day 1944 if i'm correct...France Point Du Hoc Normandy...Omaha Beach...

Chosing the name of your ship?--->Bioware:sorry we only have the name of the (ship)Normandy recorded.
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temps Mar 27, 2017 @ 5:46pm 
I thought the Normandy name was a lot more likeable than what they called the ship in ME:A.

What would you prefer to have called it?
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FyreFlynt Mar 27, 2017 @ 6:04pm 
I would have called the ship either: The Cinere (Latin For Ashes) Or The Ouranós (Greek for Sky).
Are they good names? I know about the balle of Normandy and everything, But I would have liked to at least chosen my own ships name.
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temps Mar 27, 2017 @ 6:14pm 
Originally posted by SickSadWorld:
I would have called the ship either: The Cinere (Latin For Ashes) Or The Ouranós (Greek for Sky).
Are they good names? I know about the balle of Normandy and everything, But I would have liked to at least chosen my own ships name.

Custom ship names would pose problems for cutscenes because the shipname is printed on the side of the ship. Also maybe for dialog, because the ship's name is mentioned in the game dialog on many occasions.

Not sure if your names would be better because I don't know how they are pronounced, but Normandy sounds ok to me.

I'm amazed this bothers you enough to make a thread about it.
Last edited by temps; Mar 27, 2017 @ 6:18pm
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FyreFlynt Mar 27, 2017 @ 6:22pm 
I know its petty, Sorry, and i suppose as you said it would take a LOT of work to get it working in game with dialog and stuff, I'll Just have to live with it. But maybe one day in a different game they will do it...
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DocStrangelove Mar 28, 2017 @ 12:40am 
I'd call it poodle noodle
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Vellari Mar 28, 2017 @ 7:21am 
It's in the codex. There is a specific naming "system" the alliance uses. For example Dreadnoughts are named after mountains (Everest, Kilimanjaro etc), cruisers after cities on Earth, carriers after great leaders or artists. And frigates after famous battles like Agincourt or the Normandy.

Gameplay wise. It's a voice-over thing. It's said a lot in dialog, can't have it be something random. Like the last name Shepard.
Last edited by Vellari; Mar 28, 2017 @ 7:22am
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