Starfield may be up and blasting through the cosmos for many, delighting players with a wondrous universe of possibilities and secrets to explore.
But for the more mundane among us, we can delight in something that is always a novelty – when an NPC calls you by your name.
Turns out Starfield follows the neato Fallout 4 playbook of immersion, because the robotic companion Vasco actually copies what our spherical mate Cogsworth did – and will refer to you by your character name, if possible.
Love how Vasco says your actual name #Starfield pic.twitter.com/8rPfHuTHVA
— James Daly (@gamesdaly) September 1, 2023
Now some may have immediately assumed that due to the robotic nature of Vasco’s tones that this was an example of AI or Microsoft Sam providing the voice work, but that is not the case – our robot pal is actually voiced by the talented Jake Green. Instead, it is simply a long list of pre-recorded name that will be used if they happen to match your selected character name.
These range from your day-to-day monikers, such as Sarah or Robert, and eventually start spiralling into pop culture references and just outright memes. It becomes particularly funny when you realise that Vasco will preface your name with “Captain.”
Some brilliant examples include:
- Assface
- Badass
- Boob/Boobies
- Cock
- Dag
- Fuck/Fucker/Fuckface
- Todd+Howard
- Tit/Tittie/Titties
- Venkman
- (Captain) Kirk
- (Captain) Picard
- Nipple
Seriously, there are all real names that can be spoken to your character.
WTH!! Vasco can call you titties but they didn’t add my name in there lmfao 😂. Somebody try this tho! 🔥
Por favor#Starfield pic.twitter.com/5tCXt1B9p3— Ashtre (@Ashtre805) September 1, 2023
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The list is positively monolithic – somewhere around 2000 recorded designations for your silly little space person.
However there is a level of discrepancy within the list – with some oddly obvious entries being absent.
Take for example the lack of ‘Nick’ or ‘Frank’ – instead offering a more exotic ‘Franke’.
You can be referred to as ‘Captain Sex’, but not ‘Greg’.
https://twitter.com/epictreasure1/status/1697929317601452352
It is what it is – and I would not be surprised if some further names perhaps sneak in alongside other patches. And don’t even get me started on the modding community – before long I have no doubt that Vasco will be calling us ‘Your Royal Highness, Biggus Dickus’.
Thanks to the wonder of datamining, one talented individual has actually compiled a delightfully long list of all the recorded name-calls – so take a peek below and perhaps utilise your CTRL+F function to see if your handle made the cut.
It’s a delightful little feature that adds a touch of personalised novelty to your space faring – so shine on Captain Assface, may your name strike fear into the hearts of space pirates everywhere.
If anyone needs me, I will be regretting that I did not name myself Weyland Yutani.
Oh well. Maybe next playthrough.
Did Vasco call you by name? Do you now wish to rename your player character? Let us know in the comments, or on social media.
Known throughout the interwebs simply as M0D3Rn, Ash is bad at video games. An old guard gamer who suffers from being generally opinionated, it comes as no surprise that he is both brutally loyal and yet, fiercely whimsical about all things electronic. On occasion will make a youtube video that actually gets views. Follow him on YouTube @Bad at Video Games
