Last-Name Basis/Video Games: Difference between revisions

Examples of [[Last -Name Basis]] in Video games.

* When he's not called [[Blaz BlueBlazBlue|Hazama, Yuuki Terumi]] is only referred to everyone else by his last name.

* [[Phoenix Wright]] and Miles Edgeworth always refer to each other by their surnames. The only ones to refer to Edgeworth simply as Miles are Redd White, a pompous idiot, and Marvin Grossberg, who presumably knew him from childhood through his father. For the rest it's 'Edgeworth' to Phoenix, '[[Full -Name Basis|Miles Edgeworth]]' to Franziska and 'Mr. Edgeworth' to everyone else apart from Wendy Oldbag, [[Butt Monkey|Larry Butz]], and Damon Gant, who use nicknames for him Even Manfred von Karma refers to him as "Edgeworth" rather than Miles

** It's notable that Phoenix drops the [[Last -Name Basis]] with Edgeworth at exactly one instance, where he remembers their childhood and refers to him as 'Miles'. The [[Last -Name Basis]] returns quickly after this, however, and permanently sticks, even after they restore their old friendship. This was probably done in order to show that, despite being friends again, there relationship is still not the same anymore that it used to be prior to the DL-6 incident.

* In ''[[Mass Effect (Video Game)|Mass Effect]]'', the main character is always called "Shepard," even by someone you just had sex with. This is because [[Hello, Insert Name Here|you can choose your character's first name]], but the game is fully-voiced. Urdnot Wrex, meanwhile, is ''not'' an example, even though everyone calls him "Wrex"; krogan names give the clan name first, in the same fashion as real-world Japanese names.

** After two games of playing it straight, ''[[Mass Effect 3 (Video Game)|Mass Effect 3]]'' hangs a lantern on it when Dr Chakwas and Shepard sit down to drink together. Chakwas notes that Shepard has never called her by her first name. "Well, neither have you." Chakwas replies that she never will, as using Shepard's first name would be a disservice to everyone she's fighting for.

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* Similar to the [[Mass Effect (Video Game)|Mass Effect]] example, in [[Dragon Age II (Video Game)|Dragon Age II]], everyone calls the main character by their family name, Hawke, for the same reason-- the game is fully voiced. The game dialogue tries to avoid the awkwardness of having Hawke's family or long-term, live-in love interest call them by their surname, but it still happens from time to time.

* Ijuuin Enzan of ''[[Rockman EXE]]'' is called by his given name. However, his counterpart Eugene Chaud's given name comes up precious few times over the course of six games, and only when he is introducing himself by his full name. In fact, it's so unknown that Chaud's ''[[NT Warrior]]'' version was dubbed into "Chaud Blaze". The dubbers apparently couldn't be bothered to find out that Chaud wasn't his first name. (It was also [[Spell My Name Withwith an "S"|mispronounced]] as "Chodd".)

* Aldebert Steiner of ''[[Final Fantasy IX]]'' is almost always referred to as Steiner, or occasionally "Rusty" by Zidane. He also holds the privilege of being the only Final Fantasy character to have his surname [[Hello, Insert Name Here|determined by the player]].

* Not exactly a true full name, but it still counts: Solid Snake from the ''[[Metal Gear (Video Game)|Metal Gear]]'' series is usually addressed as "Snake" and never as "Solid", even when he is mentioned alongside his clone brothers, "Solidus" and "Liquid", who share the "Snake" codename. "Big Shell Evil", one of the "Snake Tales" in ''[[Metal Gear Solid 2: (VideoSons of Game)Liberty|Metal Gear Solid 2]]: Substance'' even lampshades this.

** Also happens to Solid Snake's predecessor, "Naked Snake", but in his case its justified since he's the original "Snake" and calling a man "Naked" doesn't exactly sound right. This switches to [[Full -Name Basis]] when people start calling him "Big Boss".

* Chloe Valens of ''[[Tales of Legendia (Video Game)|Tales of Legendia]]'' would prefer to call people by their last names.

* Sam Fisher of ''[[Splinter Cell]]'' is almost always referred to by his last name, especially by his [[Voice Withwith an Internet Connection]], Lambert. That's ''Irving'' Lambert. And then there's Grimsdottir. Pretty much everyone is called by their last name in this series.

** Paul is consistently "Brother Luther" to the people he interacts with in his time period. Michael Edwards is "Edwards" to his superiors, and refers to two dead firefighters by what may be their last names. [[Last -Name Basis]] seems most common in the actual dialogue, [[Only One Name|when the characters have last names]].

* In [[Racing Lagoon]], [[Last -Name Basis]] is very common with an except for [[The Chick]] (yet the main character calls her by last name) since the game takes place in the year 1999 of urban Japan. While you can name your main character's first name, it's more or less being referred to by another character in the entire game.

* In ''[[Persona 3]]'', [[Defrosting Ice Queen|Mitsuru Kirijo]] refers to most of the SEES team by their last names. The only exception in the beginning is Akihiko, a fellow senior which whom she has quite the history. She'll call the male protagonist by his given name if he romances her, and she starts calling Yukari Takeba by her first name as well (like in The Answer), after some quality bonding.

* Both played straight and averted in the [[Gears of War]] game series. Averted with the two main characters, Marcus Fenix and Dominic "Dom" Santiago, who are almost exclusively called by their first names. Played straight with Damon Baird and Augustus "The Cole Train" Cole, who are almost exclusively called by the last names, or in Cole's case, his Thrashball nickname.

* Boone from ''[[Fallout New Vegas (Video Game)|Fallout: New Vegas]]'' is on a [[Last -Name Basis]] with ''everyone''. His first name, Craig, is mentioned twice-in-game.

** Rose of Sharon Cassidy is also on a [[Last -Name Basis]] with everyone as well, being called Cass. She herself mentions she's not a huge fan of her last name after it evolved into an [[Embarrassing Nickname]], Whiskey Rose, for her heavy drinking habits and rosy cheeks. Now the only people who call her Rose are those who quickly find themselves lying on the floor of a bar.

* Very common in the ''[[Call of Duty (Video Game)|Call of Duty]]'' series. In the [[World War II]]-based games, only Russian protagonists are even ''given'' first names. Later games do give all player characters full names, but everybody still primarily calls them by their last name. Commanding officers fare little better.

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