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Post by Fogg on Oct 13, 2016 12:03:08 GMT
^ That was posted on the last page BTW, just on the discussion people were having before about 'Sara' - I'm fairly confident that the end of the word is cut off. Further down on the page there's "FK SW Rogue Imperial Death Tro", which surely should be "Trooper". Yes. Smart! But there aren't too many words that start with Sara and would make sense. A Saracino action figure would be cool though. Wait.... I think he's still alive and doesn't show up in ME3... Charles Saracino is the Ark mastermind masseffect.wikia.com/wiki/Charles_Saracino
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Post by elitepinecone on Oct 13, 2016 12:33:57 GMT
Hm, it may just be a name, perhaps an alien one. Sarat, Saraf, Sarak, Sarax etc (Or it is "Sara", and they're just using a name that's really similar to a DA:I companion. It would be weird, but not impossible...)
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Post by pdusen on Oct 13, 2016 12:37:10 GMT
(Or it is "Sara", and they're just using a name that's really similar to a DA:I companion. It would be weird, but not impossible...) Why is everyone in this thread acting like this kind of thing would be weird or unprecedented? Seriously, it's not a thing.
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Post by themikefest on Oct 13, 2016 12:45:19 GMT
Sara. Its just a name. No big deal. There are a couple of songs titled with that name
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Post by elitepinecone on Oct 13, 2016 12:47:08 GMT
(Or it is "Sara", and they're just using a name that's really similar to a DA:I companion. It would be weird, but not impossible...) Why is everyone in this thread acting like this kind of thing would be weird or unprecedented? Seriously, it's not a thing. I just think that it would be odd, and unnecessarily confusing, if they named a major character in Mass Effect "Sara" immediately after a DA:I character was "Sera". They have literally every other female name to choose from, including made up ones, and there doesn't seem to be any real need to use similar names.
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Post by SofaJockey on Oct 13, 2016 13:17:16 GMT
I don't believe the name is cut off. On that statement, lines with a cut-off are 30 characters, the MEA line is 28 characters.
Surely you release the default protagonists first, for maximum sales.
In this world the female version often has to be separately identified as not being the male one: Shepard / FemShep.
I'm guessing the other one is the male protagonist and that's the default female protagonist name.
If 'Scott' is the male default, 'Sara' could easily be the female default, both sharing the 'S' initial with Sally Ride (Ryder).
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Post by shechinah on Oct 13, 2016 13:23:39 GMT
Why is everyone in this thread acting like this kind of thing would be weird or unprecedented? Seriously, it's not a thing. I just think that it would be odd, and unnecessarily confusing, if they named a major character in Mass Effect "Sara" immediately after a DA:I character was "Sera". They have literally every other female name to choose from, including made up ones, and there doesn't seem to be any real need to use similar names. I admit I don't see why it would be confusing or even odd: not only are the names spelled differently but the characters would be from different franchises that have completely different settings: Mass Effect is science fiction set in space and Dragon Age is fantasy set on a more or less medieval and renaissance world. Even the pronunciation of the names are different depending on who the speaker is: I pronounce Sera as Sæ-ra or Se-ra and Sara as Sa-ra or Sah-ra. If the default name was Ashley, Miranda or Samantha then I could see where it would likely lead to confusion.
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Post by LFS on Oct 13, 2016 13:53:18 GMT
And even if the default name for fRyder is Sara, it isn't like we'd ever actually hear it or even necessarily see it referenced in-game. Most people will change it and forget; others will just forget entirely like they did with Jane/John. Not a big deal, imo.
If it's a companion's name, then I'd agree, a little more imagination would be appreciated.
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Post by shechinah on Oct 13, 2016 14:12:30 GMT
And even if the default name for fRyder is Sara, it isn't like we'd ever actually hear it or even necessarily see it referenced in-game. Most people will change it and forget; others will just forget entirely like they did with Jane/John. Not a big deal, imo. If it's a companion's name, then I'd agree, a little more imagination would be appreciated. Pretty much. *People tend to refer to Shepard by, well, Shepard as oppose to the default first names. If people were distinguishing between the male and female Shepard then they tended to use fan terms like FemShep or BroShep. I've seldom, if ever, seen Jane or John being used. Shepard's first name can be changed from the default to something else by the player which means that Shepard can have a wide variety of first names. Shepard's surname is the only part of the name that's always the same hence why it is the easiest to use when talking about the character. Shepard is also what is used in the games themselves. This will likely repeat itself in Mass Effect: Andromeda since Michael Gamble posted this in a tweet after the reveal of Ryder in the E3 2016 trailer: "Hello, my name is ______ Ryder". I say it is more or less confirmed that the player will be allowed to decide Ryder's first name. Quote source: Note: Bear in mind that the above marked with a * is according my experiences.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 13, 2016 14:21:49 GMT
If Scott is the default name for male Ryder, then I think its a good one, I'd probably wouldn't change it, much like with John Shepard. Also I think as well that the likelihood is that Ryder's, male or female, are probably going to be referred to as Ryder. It would be easier, and Ryder is one of those surnames that can easily be used as what other people call you by (Shepard, Malfoy etc ) Sara is ok for female Ryder's as well, I haven't played Dragon Age though so I don't know of the other character with a similar name. I'd be interested, given if our player character is indeed referred to as 'Ryder', what our sibling and father are going to be called? Surely not Ryder as well?
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Post by shechinah on Oct 13, 2016 14:29:34 GMT
I'd be interested, given if our player character is indeed referred to as 'Ryder', what our sibling and father are going to be called? Surely not Ryder as well? Actually, I imaging that they'd likely be referred to as Ryder as well as by their rank. Ryder and their father would unlikely be at the same rank in, at least, the beginning of the game so it would present a way of distinguishing between the two in situations where referring only to the surnames could be confusing for the player and in-game, for the characters. Shepard was referred to by their rank in the trilogy: sometimes as Commander Shepard but sometimes simply as Commander.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 13, 2016 14:32:59 GMT
I'd be interested, given if our player character is indeed referred to as 'Ryder', what our sibling and father are going to be called? Surely not Ryder as well? Actually, I imaging that they'd likely be referred to as Ryder as well as by their rank. Ryder and their father would unlikely be at the same rank in, at least, the beginning of the game so it would present a way of distinguishing between the two in situations where referring only to the surnames could be confusing for the player and in-game, for the characters. Shepard was referred to by their rank in the trilogy: sometimes as Commander Shepard but sometimes simply as Commander. Of course, didn't think of that, yeah no that would make sense for them to be referred to by their ranking. That would actually be interesting, something as little as a rank before the surname could be a subtle look into the standing and relationship among the Ryder's, providing whatever sort of route the writers are taking the whole family aspect of Andromeda.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 13, 2016 14:54:00 GMT
I seriously hope it wasn't the developers who referred to the character by such physical characteristics as 'petite' and 'buxom'. Do not need a Miranda 2.0
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Post by goishen on Oct 13, 2016 15:07:37 GMT
I wouldn't really be at all surprised if we had the asari and krogan for team mates, and that's it. The rest of them were human. This is a human-centric story after all. It would kind'a suck, not having another Garrus, not having another Thane, not having another Tali. As a matter of fact, I think not having another Tali would suck the worst.
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Post by Darth_Atreyu on Oct 13, 2016 15:12:51 GMT
I seriously hope it wasn't the developers who referred to the character by such physical characteristics as 'petite' and 'buxom'. Do not need a Miranda 2.0 Miranda 2.0 is exactly what we need.
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Post by originofwaves on Oct 13, 2016 15:21:54 GMT
I don't believe the name is cut off. On that statement, lines with a cut-off are 30 characters, the MEA line is 28 characters. Surely you release the default protagonists first, for maximum sales. In this world the female version often has to be separately identified as not being the male one: Shepard / FemShep. I'm guessing the other one is the male protagonist and that's the default female protagonist name. If 'Scott' is the male default, 'Sara' could easily be the female default, both sharing the 'S' initial with Sally Ride (Ryder). honestly this makes most sense to me. especially since there is a FK just called Mass Effect Andromeda before it. so they needed something to differentiate the two figures. Scot and Sara sound like usual twin/siblings names. you might even get to call your sibling by their name in the game if there is interaction with them. or just simple "brother" or "sister".
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Post by Darth_Atreyu on Oct 13, 2016 15:22:19 GMT
Why are people complaining about a name when we don't even know if that list is real or not? Just because it exist on the internet somewhere doesn't make it true or real. And what if a character is named Sara? it's not a big deal. Things like these are the reason I sometimes keep this community at an arms length. A few days ago it was pages upon pages of nothing but talk of keyboards.
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Post by SofaJockey on Oct 13, 2016 15:28:36 GMT
Why are people complaining about a name when we don't even know if that list is real or not? Just because it exist on the internet somewhere doesn't make it true or real. And what if a character is named Sara? it's not a big deal. Things like these are the reason I sometimes keep this community at an arms length. A few days ago it was pages upon pages of nothing but talk of keyboards. A little friendly speculation in my view ;-) Over the years I have found many more 'leaks' are carelessly disclosed but real information rather than fakes.
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Post by Hrungr on Oct 13, 2016 16:32:07 GMT
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Post by Sartoz on Oct 13, 2016 16:51:41 GMT
I'd be interested, given if our player character is indeed referred to as 'Ryder', what our sibling and father are going to be called? Surely not Ryder as well? Actually, I imaging that they'd likely be referred to as Ryder as well as by their rank. Ryder and their father would unlikely be at the same rank in, at least, the beginning of the game so it would present a way of distinguishing between the two in situations where referring only to the surnames could be confusing for the player and in-game, for the characters. Shepard was referred to by their rank in the trilogy: sometimes as Commander Shepard but sometimes simply as Commander. ,.-~*´¨¯¨`*·~-.¸-(_MEA_)-,.-~*´¨¯¨`*·~-.¸ I don't see any confusion as the Ryder protagonist is a Pathfinder. Dad Ryder is a N7 guy. That tells me they are in different organizational branches. I'll go so far as saying dad is in the military branch and our hero as a Columbus, Vespucci, Champlain or a Cortés. I grant that Hernán Cortés was a conquistador, so maybe he's a bad example.
Note: It would be nice of the game outlines the Administrative, Security and Scouting forces organizations. For example: The Capital contains the Admin buildings and Security forces. To which branch does the Pathfinder belong to?
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Post by The Elder King on Oct 13, 2016 16:51:53 GMT
I seriously hope it wasn't the developers who referred to the character by such physical characteristics as 'petite' and 'buxom'. Do not need a Miranda 2.0 You do realize that Liara in ME3 was buxom as well? Not to mention Samara, or Ashley. All those characters were quite different personality wise. Not to mention Mirata isn't petite. Just because a character is buxom doesn't mean we'll get Miranda 2.0.
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Post by JGDD on Oct 13, 2016 16:55:46 GMT
- MO' MOCAP! They look like window peepers in that pose... Why is Ryder naked?! I dunno, but I think it's a bug whatshisface didn't catch. I'm recording this on my Omni-tool. Send it to me. I'll...be in my bunk.
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Post by Iakus on Oct 13, 2016 18:23:20 GMT
Cora was said to be a female biotic. But I don't think it was ever said she was asari.
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