/vr/ - Retro Games

>>2001591
>I always thought of most of the characters in RS2 as "recruitable generics" with snazzy naming schemes rather than actual characters.

Not really, I'm probably going to blow your mind but all the classes have a set of name that refers particular things.

>All the female Court Mages are named after precious stones
>All male Court Mages are named after Zodiac signs
>All Heavy Infantry dudes are named after big/shelled animales except Ferdinand
>Light Infantry males are named after American Presidents while females are named after actresses
>Male and Female Rangers are named after European Kings/Queens/Rulers
>Male and Female Free Fighters are named after Greek Heroes
>Male Free Mages are named after Stars while Female Free Mages are named after Flowers or Herbs
>Male Imperial Guards are named after famous Generals while Female Imperial Guards are named after Roman Goddesses
>All Tacticians are named after Chinese/Japanese strategists
>All Eastern Guards are named after japanese swordsmen
>All Desert Guards are named after characters from The Arabian Nights
>All Amazons are named after various Heroines
>Male Nomads are named after Mongolian Rulers while Female Nomads are named after middle eastern female literary figures/legends
>Male and Female Holy Orders are named after Catholic Saints
>Ocean women are named after famous Singers
>Privateers are named after seafarers or pirates
>All martial artists are named after Wrestlers
>All Male thieves are named after birds while Female Thieves are named after swift little animals
>All Salamanders are named after Volcanoes
>All Nereids are named after Greek Nymphs
>All Irises have named reminiscent of the sky or atmospheric phenomenons

Regarding Herders, hunters and Molemen I don't really get the references, but I'm sure there's a pattern there too.

RomaSaGa 2 is DEEPer than you'd think, oh and the Seven Heroes' names are anagrams of some of Tokyo's metro stations.