burninmylight on 09 March 2013
Depends on how much personality the dev team gave the main character. If it's a game like Pokemon, Zelda or Chrono Trigger, where the main character is pretty much a soulless avatar with no real outstanding character traits, then I use my own name to really help me get into the role and imagine myself as part of the game. If I'm playing as a person who is definitely given his or her own personality, backstory and makes his or her own decisions throughout the game without my choice or interaction, I usually go with the default name, because then I feel more like a third party observer instead of that specific person.
