The way V phrases the explanation makes it sound like something fucked up happened to them. Even the delivery matches fem and male v's personalities. Fem V is much more somber and uncomfortable about it and Male V lashes out angrily, both being possible responses to some past trauma surrounding people they knew well.
I usually hate it when games force me to play as certain characters rather than give me choice over who the characters are supposed to be. But then again knowing that the name is Valerie gives me an excuse to pretend that V is actually Valeria Richards from Marvel comics. Only makes me wish that male V's name was Victor so I could do a "Doctor Doom" run…
V is short, easy to say and I think it's a good nickname for a mercenary + cars in game (Quadra V tech and one cool business car, perfect for the corporate suit from the prologue) have V in name. There are many factors why Vincent or Valerie use V.
im honestly glad they dont call our v by their "real" name for 99% of the game because i ended up givingg my v her own name. having characters constantly call my v valerie would've sucked and taken me out of thinking i had my "own" v even if most v's aren't that different personality-wise.
it wouldn't be practical at all but i lowkey kind of wish they could have done the thing fallout 4 did where they have a ton of pre-recorded names for the character for one character to say like once (in this scenario, the doll at clouds) it'd just be kinda neat even if a bit silly and impractical
I just don't think it fits with the character of V. A mysterious character that wants to stay that way, that has little time to live in the world of Night City
I love how honest this guy from CDPR is, just casually admitting that they only picked the name V because it meant less voice lines and there was literally no deeper meaning to it than that
It's just a really preem name all around. Although, I must admit, it contributes to a bit of confusion. When I first played cyberpunk, I expected V to be kind of a blank-slate protagonist, fully shaped by the player. Like the stuff you have, for example, in baldur's gate, dragon age (except 2) or non-bethesda fallouts. You know, because of her pretty generic name and your ability to choose origin story. But it soon turned out that it actually isn't the case – V is a very much established character with predetermined goals and motivation. Moreover – it turned out that she isn't the only player character – Johnny is as much that as she is. The game in this way really follows Witcher III's footsteps, where we were also playing as two established characters.
For me, Vincent hits the nail in the original cinematic trailers especially the brotherhood between him and Jackie as well as him settling the enmity between Silverhand & Smasher.
Still think that there should be option to tell the love intrests Vs full name after romancing them. But the real question is what is V last name? In my head after the events of the game it is Alvarez
Pawel is totally right, You haven't seen pain till you translated something into a Slavic language. Even in mine, V as Valerie would come out as "Valerija". Try recording the entire game with that.
It's literally because they were too lazy to program the different names, characters in the witcher like Tryss and Yennefer had the same name in other languages. You can literally have a full romance with someone and they still never call you Valerie, Jackie never does either. Makes no sense
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The way V phrases the explanation makes it sound like something fucked up happened to them. Even the delivery matches fem and male v's personalities. Fem V is much more somber and uncomfortable about it and Male V lashes out angrily, both being possible responses to some past trauma surrounding people they knew well.
Male V is Vincent, could it be reference to Vincent Law from cyberpunk style anime Ergo Proxy?
For those who don't know Male V's name is Vincent sometimes I think Kazuliski forgets there's a Male V too
"okay well call me S then"
I'm glad they went with V. I like playing as a non binary and being given a gendered name just takes me out of my own role-play.
Also why V does not go by Vincent…… Captain obvious here…. Aight Wellll… imma head out…. I helped…. 👀🏃♂️
Can I get the sliders for this V?
I like considering myself Vector
I usually hate it when games force me to play as certain characters rather than give me choice over who the characters are supposed to be. But then again knowing that the name is Valerie gives me an excuse to pretend that V is actually Valeria Richards from Marvel comics. Only makes me wish that male V's name was Victor so I could do a "Doctor Doom" run…
I don't understand why V doesnt use Vincent
With that context, it's kinda funny that you never have the option to correct Delamain.
Yeah, she did mention V real name when I interact with her during my gameplay
Seems like a good reason to me
V is short, easy to say and I think it's a good nickname for a mercenary + cars in game (Quadra V tech and one cool business car, perfect for the corporate suit from the prologue) have V in name. There are many factors why Vincent or Valerie use V.
How about Valkryie and Vector/Victor
As someone who from asian household… i dont want to hear my full name or i think i do something wrong
Lol
im honestly glad they dont call our v by their "real" name for 99% of the game because i ended up givingg my v her own name. having characters constantly call my v valerie would've sucked and taken me out of thinking i had my "own" v even if most v's aren't that different personality-wise.
it wouldn't be practical at all but i lowkey kind of wish they could have done the thing fallout 4 did where they have a ton of pre-recorded names for the character for one character to say like once (in this scenario, the doll at clouds) it'd just be kinda neat even if a bit silly and impractical
Because…MONEY! Typical corpo.
And male V is Vincent
I just don't think it fits with the character of V. A mysterious character that wants to stay that way, that has little time to live in the world of Night City
I love how honest this guy from CDPR is, just casually admitting that they only picked the name V because it meant less voice lines and there was literally no deeper meaning to it than that
It was a preem choive. Everybody can relate somehow to V.
It's just a really preem name all around. Although, I must admit, it contributes to a bit of confusion. When I first played cyberpunk, I expected V to be kind of a blank-slate protagonist, fully shaped by the player. Like the stuff you have, for example, in baldur's gate, dragon age (except 2) or non-bethesda fallouts. You know, because of her pretty generic name and your ability to choose origin story. But it soon turned out that it actually isn't the case – V is a very much established character with predetermined goals and motivation. Moreover – it turned out that she isn't the only player character – Johnny is as much that as she is. The game in this way really follows Witcher III's footsteps, where we were also playing as two established characters.
For me, Vincent hits the nail in the original cinematic trailers especially the brotherhood between him and Jackie as well as him settling the enmity between Silverhand & Smasher.
Yeah, Polish grammar is a pain in the ass
I like the way V explains the use of her name. It felt a bit sad, like a story behind it.
More intrested in Vs (Streetkid) last name or hell even family member if any
Neutral names are just very useful for games where you become the character
Still think that there should be option to tell the love intrests Vs full name after romancing them. But the real question is what is V last name? In my head after the events of the game it is Alvarez
i played male character and thought v didn't use vincent because they just didn't like it
The male version is Victor
I have a head canon where my V's name is not Valérie and the joytoy struggles to see her real name because of how deep and buried it is.
I want the next cyberpunk main character to be H
Yeah.. for full names it would be instead of V:
Male:
Vincent
Vincenta
Vincentowi
Vincenta
z Vincentem
o Vincencie
Vincencie!
For female thankfully it would always be Valerie
male v is Vincent
👍🏼
Pawel is totally right, You haven't seen pain till you translated something into a Slavic language. Even in mine, V as Valerie would come out as "Valerija". Try recording the entire game with that.
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Valerie
Valerie
Valerie
Valerie'ę
Valerie'ą
Valerie
Valerie'o
Vincent
Vincenta
Vincentowi
Vincenta
Vincentem
Vincencie
Vincencie
it's vincent, i don't play as female v
Valerie if female. Vincent if male. That is why V is always used. It's faster that way.
It's literally because they were too lazy to program the different names, characters in the witcher like Tryss and Yennefer had the same name in other languages. You can literally have a full romance with someone and they still never call you Valerie, Jackie never does either. Makes no sense
He doesn't use valerie because his name is vincent.
As Ukrainian I can totally understand what he's saying 😀
They would have to translate every language twice as his male name is Vincent.
This isnt epresentative bc 80% played Male V
the guy's name is Vincent, but no one seems to care for the male