10 Times Video Games Were One Step Ahead Of You
6. Codsworth's Name List - Fallout 4
For some bizarre reason, Fallout 4 has a feature that allows NPCs to speak the player's chosen name, and for some even more bizarre reason, it's restricted to only one NPC, your robotic butler Codsworth. The rest of the characters refer to you as the usual "stranger" or "vault dweller."
The feature might seem like a haphazard decision that got nipped in the bud the moment Bethesda realized they would have to record voice lines for hundreds of unique names across all their voice actors, but you'd be surprised to find out how much thought went into it regardless.
Fallout 4's developers anticipated that some people would want to use joke names, and they actually made Codsworth's voice actor, Stephen Russell, record them all.
From pop culture references to profanities or nonsensical and goofy stuff like being labelled "Mr. Sex" or "Mr. Bastard". all of these words figure as actual names in the script, and Codsworth will use them whenever he addresses you.
Despite the feature being such a small part of the game, Bethesda committed to making it responsive to the player's input, and you have to appreciate their foresight.