raiden {l Wrote}:I would prefer "fantasy names". Some spontaneous suggestions: Doc Stern, one eyed Jack, Rocketmaster, Reflex, Tyron, Cytron, Tes, Spector, Gobtron, Lorn, Crush, Mega, Ice, Iron Mess, Garega, Ternion, Pirate, Cold Hand, Calcine, tempest, Fireball, Shadow, Sonic Beam ... something which has to do with frags or other ingame content, like bomber ball.
I like it! Especially Tyron, Tes, Spector, Cytron, Tempest, and Doc Stern. They bring a lot of life and character to the bots.
Here are my contributions, I hope you like them:
Male: Jax, Bolts Bradley, Rackham, Mad Rex,
Either: Steeltoe, Mincer, Tripwire,
Female: Juno, Clara, Tanya Blayde, RitaStalker, Tyrana, Cyanide Sally
Tributes to other movies/games might be cool too, if Quin decided it's right for the game and not too forward.
D.A.M.I.E.N. {l Wrote}:Even though it can look less creative not giving names to bots, it is more neat and less confusing than pretending some characters, since there is no storyline.
RE doesn't have an official story yet, but I think we've got a fairly consistent theme for the most part. We know:
- It's set in the future and people are fighting
- There are a lot of old, run-down insdustrial places like Forge, Pumpstation, Venus, Biolytic, and others; could be due to invasion/outbreak, after-effects of war, rough life for pioneers on distant colonies;
- There's some commercialism, like the billboards on Ubik;
-There is an 'infected' scourge (grunts) but most of the fighting is between players;
-Players are divided into not only 2 teams, but occasionally 4, and sometimes it's a free-for-all.
We don't quite know who the players are or where they got their nice armor, but I'd say it's reasonable to guess they're some kind of mercenaries or warlords, fighting either for warring factions or just for themselves on a lawless, bloody frontier.
In the end, it's up to Quin to decide the details of the story, but it's likely that the story will fit into this theme. Personally, I like thinking there's a story behind the fighting, and I'm really glad that Quin and the Devs have kept with the theme; they've certainly been a lot more faithful than many other twitch games, and it's something that makes Red Eclipse unique and interesting.
