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[BabyFaceKillah]

Jack choice is terrible.... The main characters name is terrible

 

[Salsa]

'Max Payne' really is horrendous when you think about it.

it is

or is it

 

[Spring-Loaded]

What if Remedy's games are just stupid, but not the brand of stupid you like

 

[jooso]

dude we love a character who's wife and kids were murdered and is literally named MAXIMUM PAIN

you just need to commit to it, and you eventually get to the other side

I wonder how many people even realize Alan Wake is just Awake.

Oh boy do I feel stupid now.

 

[Ninja Scooter]

main character should have been Jimmy Thyme

 

[SJRB]

" You know Jack, you really have the Joyce"


...wait

 

[PSqueak]

I've actually referred to the protagonist as Mr. Quantum Break since the announcement due to this

This made me laugh more than it should.

 

[The Flash]

How about Jack Jack?

 

[kamineko]

I thought the thread title was a weird mod edit

I also think the game should have been called "Finnegan's Wake"

 

[Flipyap]

When Sam Lake first introduced the character at E3, I was convinced that he said "Chuck Choice," which might be the best (or at least the Remediest) name in the history of ever and surely a game starring him would be just as good.
I haven't felt the same about Quantum Break ever since I saw the name in writing.

 

[Alienous]

" You know Jack, you really have the Joyce"


...wait

"Jack, it's time to make a Joyce".

 

[Lys Skygge]

Jack Choice is a little too on the nose lol.

 

[Apoleptica]

Quantum Break is a pretty cool guy

Quantum Break is a pretty cool guy that doesn't afraid of anything.

 

[EVA UNIT 01]

I have a good name for him if the choices end up not mattering

Is it mass effect?

This post was made while sitting on the edge of a cliff.

 

[Zombine]

I actually want the game to sell, so I'm glad they went with Quantum Break. It has marketing potential.

 

[Timeaisis]

Jack Choyse

 

[Shredderi]

I'm with you OP. I would love if they stuck to their past naming convention. It was kinda their thing so cheesy or not, it would have been ok. I'm more sad that we're not playing as Phil Spencer anymore.

 

[Elitist1945]

I think it sounds cool lol

 

[Alienous]

I actually want the game to sell, so I'm glad they went with Quantum Break. It has marketing potential.

If they wanted it to sell they should have called it 'Time Guns'.

 

[Sumio Mondo]

it is

or is it

It always felt like it was a homage to the silly Action hero names of the 80s and 90s.

 

[rokkerkory]

Jack's last name got downgraded much like his resolution

 

[Phamit]

Always thought the character was just named after James Joyce

And as far as I understood, the Protagonist doesn't make the choices in the game, the antagonist does. So Jack Choice wouldn't make much sense

 

[Jedi2016]

Joyce Choice is a silly name.

 

[Vital Tundra]

im ok with it the way it is. Why is Mario's name Mario Mario? it's just silly things.

But its not Mario Mario.

 

[Grisby]

to masterbate or not to masterbate

A.WAKE

"It's not a lake. It's an ocean."

 

[Hoje0308]

main character should have been Jimmy Thyme

Laughed way harder than I should have.

 

[Johndoey]

But it's not just Jack's choice it's Paul's to, the new name is unfair.

Call it "Paul Corporate Man Makes Hard Choices Regarding Future Events".

 

[BibiMaghoo]

Yeah, with a name like that it needs more Scott Bakula.

This is totally the first thing in makes me think of. But I think that's more to do with the general lack of using the word 'quantum' in things.

 

[TheUnsunghero26]

The game originally had you playing as Jack, Beth, and Paul.

 

[Squire]

Alliteration is fun and you still get the idea obviously, so why not?

 

[Daingurse]

That name sounds terrible.

 

[jesu]

That name sounds terrible.

You can talk.

 

[Marvel]

I like it as is.

 

[Chaos2Frozen]

Max Payne->Thomas Zane(writer in Alan Wake)->Alan Wake->Quantum Break->Sam Lake

I like the name.

Was "Thomas Zane" a wordplay on anything?

'Max Payne' really is horrendous when you think about it.

PAIN TO THE MAX!!!

 

[Backfoggen]

Why wasn't he called Max Pain????

 

[Reverend Funk]

shoulda called it time butts

 

[BocoDragon]

The main problem with the name Quantum Break is that it's two generic ass words.

It occupies the same space in my mind as Binary Domain and Alpha Protocol.

 

[amardilo]

I know people with the surname Joyce but not with the name Choice (not that there aren't any I've just never heard that used as a last name before). Maybe they went with Joyce as it's more common.

 

[Fat4all]

The main problem with the name Quantum Break is that it's two generic ass words.

It occupies the same space in my mind as Binary Domain and Alpha Protocol.

For a couple of months after it was revealed, every time the name came up I'd confuse it with Quantic Dreams.

 

[matrix-cat]

I honestly heard Sam Lake say "Jack Choice" on stage at the Quantum Break reveal. That Finnish 'j', I suppose. I only realised it was "Joyce" when I read articles later on.

 

[Chaos2Frozen]

The main problem with the name Quantum Break is that it's two generic ass words.

It occupies the same space in my mind as Binary Domain and Alpha Protocol.

For a couple of months after it was revealed, every time the name came up I'd confuse it with Quantic Dreams.

Don't forget Quantum Theory

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_Theory_(video_game)

 

[Fat4all]

Don't forget Quantum Theory

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_Theory_(video_game)

Oh god, that game.

 

[BocoDragon]

For a couple of months after it was revealed, every time the name came up I'd confuse it with Quantic Dreams.

Don't forget Quantum Theory

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_Theory_(video_game)

All of them... the same place in my mind!

 

[Maxirugi]

Chris Hoice?

 

[KHlover]

Jack Joice sounds like a mediocre point and click adventure game.

 

[Dragon Puncher]

Max Payne and Alan Wake are way cooler names than Jack Joyce/Choice though.
If they wanted to go this route they should have come up with a better name for their main character.

And besides it seems like this game is more about consequences for society as a whole rather than on a single character, so the change makes sense to me.

 

[Grimsen]

main character should have been Jimmy Thyme

Walter Thyme.

Sam, call me.

 

[bobawesome]

How do you feel about the name Hardcore Henry?

Because this is just as bad, if not worse.

 

[Gen X]

I have a good name for him if the choices end up not mattering

Jack Shit? :-D

 

[Seyavesh]

how is there not a dick justice post yet damn

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TepSYnRmcyk