So the naming in this game is incredible and it only gets better with the addition I nicknames. I'm just curious what is your favorite solider name (and nickname) that were absolutely random?
A few I mine were Bob "Prophet" Bailey. Just had a nice ring to it. Sadly he perished in the alien bad, R.I.P Major Bailey.
Yoko miyamoto- well that's self explanatory, sadly he didn't survive long
Hiraro Kojima- again self explanatory an again did not survive long. Ill keep updating as I play but those are a few standouts.
I'm obligated to say I'm on my phone so I apologize for any mis spellings.
I had a Duncan MacLeod for a total of one mission. Found out the hard way that he was indeed not a highlander when he took a plasma bolt from the first sectoid he stumbled upon.
I can't remember any real names off the top of my head, but my favorite random nicknames have been "Angel" for a medic I had decked out in all white before he earned the nickname. "Stalker" for my badass British sniper lady gets runner up.
Anyway, my best was Major Lars 'Wolverine' Milsen (iffy on his surname), who was my superstar soldier who died in true heroic fashion, leading a group of chrysallids and Mutons away from my battered forces during the first base assault and rapid firing a bunch of those motherfuckers to death before they finally tore him apart.
We poured one out for him back at HQ, and poured another out for his sick blonde handlebar
@DystopiaX Yeah, as @Sackmanjones suspected, I pre-ordered on Steam so I get the giant flat-top & extra customizability options (part of the 1st tier of their tiered pre-order unlock system)
I managed to roll a "Hideo Kojima," but my favorite random name I got was one "Axel Wolf." If that's not the best alien killer "Look Ma I'm a badass" soldier name I don't know what is. May he rest in peace.
I have a randomly rolled British dude named "Thomas Thomas" right now. If he lives to get a nickname, hopefully it'll start with a T and end with an S.
One guy got named Arthur Knight, i flipped that name so it would read Knight Arthur, only if he survived a bit more to get the chance to see what kind of nickname he would get.
I saw this thread and went "I cant think of any." While for the last four days I have had an assault dude rolling with me with a name I keep going "That is a familiar name." Once I realized who it was I decided to put him in the worst situations to die.....except the kept surviving....WHY WONT HE DIE!
WHY WONT JACK "DUKE" THOMPSON DIE!!
I have Jeff "Tank" Davis rolling with me.
and I had a Nat Jackson. It just sorta sounds awesome. NAT JACKSON!
After looking at the names file, it does appear that most of these "whomg totally a reference" are indeed random.
For example, "Hideo" and "Kojima" are not linked in any way. They both EXIST, certainly, but you have a 1/21 chance of drawing "Hideo" and a 1/44 chance of getting "Kojima".
@Terramagi: The real question is what should his nickname be? Paul "Cop" Walker? Paul "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOSSS" Walker? Paul "DUDE I ALMOST HAD YOU" Walker? Paul "10 Second Car" Walker?
I saw this thread and went "I cant think of any." While for the last four days I have had an assault dude rolling with me with a name I keep going "That is a familiar name." Once I realized who it was I decided to put him in the worst situations to die.....except the kept surviving....WHY WONT HE DIE!
WHY WONT JACK "DUKE" THOMPSON DIE!!
I have Jeff "Tank" Davis rolling with me.
and I had a Nat Jackson. It just sorta sounds awesome. NAT JACKSON!
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