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* ''[[Star Wars Galaxies]]'' initially averted this trope, in a sense, by having every single NPC in the game given a randomly generated name, for example, names would be like "Luke Skywalker (a farmboy)". However, not long after release, this feature was disabled as it made server start up after maintenance take too long.
* Averted in ''[[Guild Wars]]'': Although there are a few exceptions, almost all NPCs have names, even if they're simply merchants or there to provide services.
* Partially averted by ''[[City of Heroes]]'' -- every random passerby has a name (albeit usually just a given name and no surname), which can be seen by clicking on them. On the other hand, most villains are only identified by generic terms. A villain with a name is usually trouble. Usually.
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=== Miscellaneous Games ===
* In the PC game ''[[Pathologic]]'', all of the main characters and important side characters are given names, while minor characters are named [[Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"|by their description]]. In addition, when you talk to any of the characters, an icon with a black-and-white photo appears in the corner of the screen. With storyline characters, it's a person resembling the model. With random people, [[Lampshade Hanging|it's a creepy ragdoll]].
* ''[[Portal (series)|Portal]]'': Even though it's easy to miss her name, as the [[Player Character]] Chell survives (and beats) GLaDOS twice, has several depictions of her appearance and has the [[Canon]] character traits of being [[Determinator|insanely tenacious]] and a [[Heroic Mime]] by choice. At the end of the co-operative campaign, Atlas and P-Body discover {{spoiler|a vault containing ten thousand more human subjects in suspended animation}}. But in the "Peer Review" DLC {{spoiler|[[
* An odd variation appears in ''Enemy 585'' (by [[Nitrome]]). The only "named" character is Enemy 585, who was just another [[Mook]] in a platformer than finished before the real game started (which was to rescue Enemy 585 after he was trapped in the boss' castle after the "game").
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