For example, when I play RPGs that allow you to rename characters (like Chrono Trigger and Final Fantasy), I usually keep the default name.
Why? Well, I don’t want to think of a name in first place. But it also gets confusing when looking at guides.
On third place, and this is more how I like to play games, I don’t feel it is fair to take their name out of these characters to replace it with one that represents them less.
Do you do this too, or am I the odd one?
For one of the Dragon Warrior games on the venerable PS1 I chose the name Squall for the hero, after they guy from Final Fantasy 8, because why the hell not. These were the days when Square and Enix were competing so it seemed like a fun thing to do. So anyway, one of my dudes attack moves was called SquallHit, and I never figured out if that was just what it was always called, or whether they included my selected name in it.