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* ''Videogame/DragonAgeOrigins'' casts you as a Grey Warden. A member of a rather secretive order dedicated to stopping the rampaging Darkspawn at any cost. Unfortunately, all but one of your fellow Wardens are dead or too far off to be of any help, the Regent wants your head and everybody else has decided now is the time to start fighting amongst each other. Nevertheless, your job is to unite them and put down the Darkspawn for good. Good luck!

* In ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim'', the player is the Dragonborn, which is super handy since the Dragons have started reappearing and only a Dragonborn really stands a chance of defeating them and saving the world.
** ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIIMorrowind'' did something similar, with the player character in question being the Nerevarine, the reincarnation of one of Morrowind's greatest warriors, Indoril Nerevar, and the focus of an ancient prophecy.

* The original ''VideoGame/{{Starcraft}}'' single player campaign would call the player Magistrate, Cerebrate or Praetor depending on which race's storyline you were playing through.

* In ''[[FireEmblemElibe Fire Emblem: Blazing Sword]]'', you play as the Tactician.

* ''AngelicLayer'': The series is centered around a game where players control fighting dolls called "Angels". The game's term for a player is "Deus". The early episodes play up the "initiation" angle in fine detail, with Icchan taking Misaki to buy a starter set, and Misaki going through the Angel-creation process upon arriving at her new home.

* ''MagicTheGathering'': You are a Planeswalker, capable of travelling through the Blind Eternities to all the various planes of the Multiverse. The game also has Planeswalker cards, which allow you to summon the fictional planeswalkers who play more direct roles in a set's storyline to fight alongside you.

* ''{{Command and Conquer}}'' series... specifically Red Alert sub series calls the player Commander in all the scenes where the player is referenced to. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yMy7JuGpJM Tim Curry starts with it.]]
** The Soviet campaign of the first ''Red Alert'' had you start as lieutenant and progress to general.
* All ''{{Evony}}'' players have the title "Lord" to fit with the game's feudalistic objective of conquering and developing cities, and because of [[LadyNotAppearingInThisGame the ad campaign]].
* In the ''KingdomOfLoathing'', AnAdventurerIsYou!

* The original ''{{Starcraft}}'' single player campaign would call the player Magistrate, Cerebrate or Praetor depending on which race's storyline you were playing through.
* In ''WarcraftII'', completing a campaign level gave you ever-increasing ranks (peon, peasant, grunt, warchief...) after every mission... unless you cheated, in which case it would only call you a cheater.
* Capsuleers from ''EVEOnline''.
* ''LeagueOfLegends'' calls the Player a Summoner.

* Many achievements in WorldOfWarcraft have a title as their reward, and there's a ''lot'' of them.

* ''{{Pokemon}}'': You are a Pokemon Trainer, who leads a team of Pokemon into battle against friends in playful competitions, and against enemies for the fate of the world.

* ''{{Pokemon}}'': You are a Pokemon Trainer, who leads a team of Pokemon into battle against friends in playful competitions, and enemies for the fate of the world.

** ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIIMorrowind'' did something similar, with the player character in question being the Nerevarine, the reincarnation of one of Morrowind's greatest warriors, Indoril Nerevar and the focus of an ancient prophecy.

** The sovier campaign of the first ''Red Alert'' had you start as lieutenant and progress to general.

* In VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim, the player is the Dragonborn, which is super handy since the Dragons have started reappearing and only a Dragonborn really stands a chance of defeating them and saving the world.

* In ElderScrollsVSkyrim, the player is the Dragonborn, which is super handy since the Dragons have started reappearing and only a Dragonborn really stands a chance of defeating them and saving the world.

* All ''{{Evony}}'' players have the title "Lord" to fit with the game's feudalistic objective of conquering and developing cities.

* In the KingdomOfLoathing, AnAdventurerIsYou!

Another reason a game uses this trope is to create a sense of cameraderie and inclusion among players. When you buy this game, you're not just buying a game. Your purchase serves as your initiation into an exclusive group, and your starter set is your ticket to a new world of friends and adventure beyond the dullness of everyday life. When you sit down for a match, you're not just Bob the OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent or Bob from Accounting anymore. You're Bob the [[MagicTheGathering Planeswalker]]. You're one of us!

* All ''{{Evony}}'' players have the title "Lord" to fit with the game's feudalistic objective of conquering and developing cities.

* ''YuGiOh'': Just like in the anime [[{{Defictionalization}} it came from]], you are a Duelist.

* ''{{YuGiOh}}'': After the earliest portions of the manga, which revolved around games in general, the TradingCardGame of "Duel Monsters" took center stage, with its players being referred to as "Duelists". To most people, it is just a Children's Card Game, but a select few know its true mystical origins.

* ''{{YuGiOh}}'': Just like in the anime [[{{Defictionalization}} it came from]], you are a Duelist.