Also, I'm willing to bet that Rex's companion side quest involves saving his brain. That and based on his dual colored brain, it looks like about half of that gray matter is already brain dead... O.o

i know i was rather dissapointed when they replaced him with lily.

screw lily i love you marcus

No Dogmeat? Don't get me wrong, a robot dog is cool and all, but I'd really prefer to atleast have the option of a regular dog. I just don't see myself exploring with a robo-dog. It just doesn't feel the same. Maybe it's a matter of style?

im kind of meh on the companions.

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Better Healing – While Arcade is a companion, the player regains more health from all sources. unfortunatly its not to lickly that they would make the game that mutch harder than the base dificulty in FO 3

> His perk will be more useful in hardcoe since you have to eat anyway, you will get more HP from it and since stims heal over time, bigger chunks of HP at a time will be a better advantage...

Spotter – While Boone is a companion, hostile targets are highlighted whenever the player is actively aiming. thus negating the need to glance at the comase for pips, or even look at the screen and see that oh yah, thoes legion types are what you need to shoot at. . .honestly is he suposed to be the companion for morons or something?

> If you are sniping at a single target you don't really need this, but of you are at a far off distance like that Dinosaur head and you have to kill multiple targets before they close in your location and let's say they are attacking at night, then the highlights on those targets will be invaluable.

Perk: Whiskey Rose – While Cass is a companion, she and the player gain Damage Threshold when they drink Whiskey. Additionally, the player does not suffer intelligence loss from consuming alcohol and ignores the negative effects of alcohol addiction.AKA the companion that requires you to be in a drunken stupor during the more interesting parts of the game. . . I was wondering why MADD annouced a boycott of your game.

> There are no vehicles in the game so MADD shouldn't have any beef...

Perk: Stealth Girl – While Lily is a companion, the duration of Stealth Boys is increased by 200% and all Sneak Attack Critical Hits do an additional 10% damage.Ok a bat[censored] crazy senial supermutant is going to give stealth bonuses. and if shes even remotly like my experience with Falks (who tended to go bat[censored] crazy when I was trying to stealth) im suspecting that one will end up negating the other realy quickly,

> I don't know about you, but when I'm in stealth position and everyone was shooting at Fawkes because he couldn't stealth, I was almost always safer and I still got the stealth hit bonuses anyway. With that said I'm sure the Super Grandma Mutant Lily, since she's Nightkin, will be able to stealth and with the advanced companion wheel options, will not go aggro on mobs you are trying to sneak past.

Perk: Regular Maintenance – While Raul is a companion, the Condition of weapons and armor decays 50% slower.ok lets review, you can now get repair kits,surplus weapons can be used to repare weapons, and Weapons decay slower if you raise repair skill which you will be smart to raise just because (A) you cant guarantee this guy will stay alive unless you intend to reload every time he dies and (B) you may not get this companion in the second place. . . can someone explain why decay is even in the game?

> Weapon and armor degradation is supposed to add more "role playing" realism to the game. With that said, if you don't like to repair stuff, then this may be the companion for you. Hopefully companions in general are not death magnets and you are able to keep them alive through an entire play through.

Perk: Scribe Assistant – while Veronica is a companion, the player can craft Workbench items through Veronica’s dialogue. ok so now im required to lug around all the other parts that may not be found when I want to make something. . . or I can just fast travel to where my workbench and parts pile is. . . never mind that most playthroughs I just ignored the craft crap.

> She may not have the best perk for you, but again if you intend to play hardcoe, being able to craft ammo on site instead of hauling your crafting gear to the nearest workbench will be far from useless...

Perk: Enhanced Sensors – while ED-E is a companion, the player can detect enemies at an increased range. Additionally, enemies will appear on the player’s compass and can be targeted in V.A.T.S. even when cloaked why do I have the sneeking suspicion that this will only realy be needed in one place

> Although the increased range will be helpful in most any situation where there are potential hostiles, I have to agree, I'm guessing it will be particularly useful against cloaked hostiles, like the Nightkin.

Perk: Search and Mark – While Rex is a companion, unequipped chems, firearms, and ammunition within a short distance are highlighted when you zoom the camera. At first I was thinking ok a version of Dogmeats ability that does not result in him going running off through minefeilds or off the map and out of sight resulting in him getting stuck in terain, then I realised that bascialy its searching for things while in zoom mode. . . Im suspecting that in reality it will be faster to just look for things the old fasioned way?

> True, most gamers, particularly FO3 gamers are thorough enough to clean out an area before they move on. Then again, maybe there was something you missed and you will be able to catch it with the trusty Rex-O-Vision [TM]. Personally, I would have loved to have this vision to pick up all those stray Alien Power Cell ammo from the Firelance encounter, because that just gets scattered all over the place and the only sure way to get the accessible (and not so accessible ones) ones was to use Dogmeat...

I hadn't even noticed that...yikes.

Wonder if thats going to result in any strange character quirks?

(like Rex's previously mentioned "no hats" policy)


I hear ya, man.

That's a good way to get shot by NCR troops.

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im kind of meh on the companions.

to be honest my first reaction was ok they took the most annoying part of Fallout 3, and "improved" them by tacking on the single most annoying type of quest in games (the Escort quest) and then furtherstraqed on "perks", some of which seem questionable at best

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There were alot of times in FO3 where I searched through entire dungeons and ended up missing valuable loot that was right in front of my face, forcing me to go back after the fact.

Would have killed to have Rex with me back then.

why is lily blue? i thought supermutants where green on the west coast?

(like Rex's previously mentioned "no hats" policy)







Wait, does that mean you cant wear a hat when hes your companion?

hm weird. It will be kinda funny if as soon as you put on a hat he starts growling and walks away :blink:

That or starts randomly attacking settlers with headgear.

Heh.

It might not be a real requirement as much as it is a funny line signifying the dog's possible self consciousness about his brain being in a jar on top of his head.