History Main / AddressingThePlayer

* If you sign into the [[Wiki/SCPFoundation SCP Foundation]] site, some articles are actually capable of ''using your wikidot username'' and addressing you directly, giving the impression that [[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou you're not as safe as you thought you were]] [[ParanoiaFuel behind that screen and keyboard of yours, Troper.]]

* ''VisualNovel/DokiDokiLiteratureClub'' plays with this by having the game ask you for a name, using it consistently throughout most of your play, but later on when addressing the player directly (rather than the player's in-game avatar, it actually goes so far as to extract the player's username from either the OS or a running video streaming program).

** The ''NCAAFootball'' and ''VideoGame/MaddenNFL'' series have something similar as well with Road to Glory and Superstar modes, respectively, where you control a single player, often named after yourself, and guide him through his college and pro careers, respectively.

However, some games are aware enough that they are games to actually ask your name and will be genuinely interested in the reply. They don't try to [[HelloInsertNameHere foist your name onto a pre-existing character]]. They don't file down your name and never use it again. They use your name to actually address ''you'', involving you as a 'character', or they use it in a strange [[{{Metafiction}} Metafictional]] way in order to involve you, discard you, or just [[MindScrew confuse you]]. May cause the game to lose some emotional punch when the characters are begging "President sk8rnijna" not to take funds from their charity.

* In ''VideoGame/DeusEx'', you are asked for your real name, but all the game's characters refer to you as JC Denton, your codename. As you play the game, you can read newspapers which tell skewed versions of how you accomplished previous missions, while the evil conspiracy reveals your true name (the player's) and brands you a terrorist.

** Some trivia style micro games also like to insert questions such as "Is X a male?" (where X is the player's name). Don't get confused if some one else created the current profile.

* In the ''VideoGame/ProfessorLayton'' series, you are addressed as a personal friend of Luke's that he's writing the letters that narrate the events of the game to.

* ''VideoGame/DiRT 2'' uses the name you tell it at the start to refer to you through the whole game, even in voiceover: The game has a wide selection of names that the other racers can call you by, and even if your name isn't on the list, you can choose a nickname too. It's also particularly impressive when the game gives you BossSubtitles at the start of a race, telling that you are the racer who's most likely to win.

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* ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2'' uses it in a way that, depending on your interpretation, might be a {{deconstruction}} of the trope. Right at the beginning of the main story, the game asks for the player's name, sex, nationality, date of birth and blood type. [[spoiler:Right at the end, Raiden reveals to Snake the dog tags he's been wearing ever since the GainaxEnding kicked off, and they have the player's details on them. He observes (when Snake asks) that he doesn't know the name, and throws the tags away.]]

* ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidVThePhantomPain'' does this again [[spoiler:but this time, it's Big Boss ''himself'' congratulating and thanking his "phantom," Venom Snake for being the legend. Which also extends to the player.]]

** ''VideoGame/EarthBound'' had probably the most [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments emotionally gut-wrenching]] version. They ask your name once in Toto, where Jeff's roommate Tony asks for it for a school project, and later in Tenda Village after they overcome their shyness. In the end, the characters must fight a boss [[NighInvulnerability invincible through standard means]], which requires [[spoiler:use of Paula's oft-overlooked Pray command. As Paula prays, she calls out to various characters the player met on their adventures, and, to finish the boss off, calls out to ''the player'', and begs them to wish them success with all their heart.]]

** ''{{VideoGame/MOTHER 3}}'' also asks the player's name in two occasions, once in the Prayer Sanctuary near Tazmily and in the Clayman factory. [[spoiler:At the very end of the game, the characters are relieved to notice that the player is okay after what seemed like an ApocalypseHow and proceed to converse with him or her a bit. Mostly they thank you for helping out, but they also wonder what our world is like and ask that world to treat you kindly. Finally, they hope that they can meet you again soon. [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments It's hard not to feel a little warm and fuzzy inside during this.]]]]

* In the ''Franchise/ProfessorLayton'' series, you are addressed as a personal friend of Luke's that he's writing the letters that narrate the events of the game to.

* In VideoGame/Fallout4 the VaultTec rep asks your name at the beginning when filling out your form. A long time later, you find [[RobotBuddy Codsworth]] at the ruins of your old home, and he will address you by name, if it's one of the [[http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Codsworth/recognized_names hundreds of names]] that he recognizes, including unusual ones like [[Film/MadMax Humungous]], [[Franchise/SuperMan Kal-El]] or [[PrecisionFStrike Fuckface]], with more added in a later patch.

-->-- '''Tony''', asking the player's name in '''''VideoGame/EarthBound'''''

* ''SpecOpsTheLine'':

* ''VisualNovel/DokiDokiLiteratureClub'' plays with this by having the game ask you for a name, using it consistently throughout most of your play, but later on when addressing the player directly (rather than the player's in-game avatar, it actually goes so far as to extract the player's username from either the OS or a running video streaming program.

** In Chapter 8, [[spoiler:after Walker and pals horrifically scorch a bunch of enemy soldiers and ''innocent civilians'' with white phosphorus, Lugo takes the opportunity to shout [[WhatTheHellHero "This is your fault, goddammit!"]] But look closely at where he's pointing: He's not pointing at Walker, but rather past walker and at ''the camera'', basically blaming the player for this atrocity.]]

* ''SpecOpsTheLine'' does this a subtle version. The game registers the name of the profile you are playing it on, and has that name listed as "SpecialGuest" in the opening credits.

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** This might mean that [[spoiler:since the game is over, Raiden refuses to be under your control anymore]]. Which becomes ironic, considering that [[spoiler:Raiden is playable once more in ''VideoGame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance'']].

* ''VideoGame/ZombieRaid'' asks you to input a three-letter name before starting the game, but the protagonist is a detective called Edward Windsor. About a quarter of the way through the first level, Edward finds a grave with the name you put in and blows it up, remarking, "No no, I can't be dead!"

* In VideoGame/TeenTitans, [[spoiler:At the end of the game, it turns out the reason for all the random chaos is because the developers are putting them through these situations merely to entertain "[[TheManBehindTheManBehindTheMan You there on the couch]]". You are the BigBad]]

* In VideoGame/TeenTitans, [[spoiler:At the end of the game, it turns out the reason for all the random chaos is because the developers are putting them through these situations merely to entertain "You there on the couch". You are the BigBad]]

* The ''Film/{{ET|TheExtraTerrestrial}}'' ride at Ride/UniversalStudios asks for your name at the beginning. At the end of the ride, after you've saved the Green Planet (well, after you've ridden through it and everything's better), E.T. says the names of all the riders. (If you've got a reasonably common name, that is. If your name is particularly unusual, a voice unit similar to what Stephen Hawking is used instead.)

* ''VideoGame/{{Gothic}}'' frequently reminds you about how it doesn't care about your name.

* ''VideoGame/BatenKaitos'' uses your name (and gender) as the name of a "guardian spirit" which guides Kalas, who will (at times) [[NoFourthWall turn directly to the camera and address you by name]]. Shame the voice acting has to [[HelloInsertNameHere leave a very noticeable gap]] where your name is.
** The {{prequel}}, ''BatenKaitos Origins'', contains a different spirit, which is referred to as "he" regardless of which name you enter. Disconcerting, perhaps, for any female gamer, but unlike the first game, the spirit actually has a role in the plot besides simply telling the main character what to do.