I'll sum it up better here since I don't want a long [censored] title.

Out of all the NPCs in New Vegas and it's DLC, which one did you find to be the most compelling, have the best story to, and overall enjoy actually doing quests for // with.

I'll start off, and for me it's Christine from Dead Money. For me, it's probably this because i'm a huge fan of the Brotherhood of Steel, and going into Sierra Madre, I was not at all expecting anything to do with the Brotherhood, or with backstory i'd already gotten from Veronica. When I first saw "Elijah", I thought it was awesome that this was a continuation, but when I met Christine in the game, and then learned this was the same girl Veronica was talking about, it blew my mind. Even though the DLC wasn't really long, I felt going through all the charades to make her feel more like a real character. Even more so, once she starts warming up to you, and it actually shows. To me she just held the entire DLC together, and it was awesome to get the rest of the BoS story that Veronica had brought up.

So, what about you?

Boone, believe it or not.

Veronica and that FotA guy at West Side. Can't choose between them.

No-bark was fun and yeah, prolly Boone

Boone's story is compelling to me. It's a tragic love story and the player has the ability to help Boone deal with his guilt, regrets and fatalism. He finds his purpose and realizes he can do some good in the world again. When he thanks the player, he's a different man from when you first meet him in Dinky. All props to Eric Fenstermaker for writing Boone's story and all props to Jason Marsden for the perfect voice and tone and acting for Boone.

Added: I almost forgot. He's the companion who doesn't complain. He tells you he has your back and when you want him to carry something, it's just "fine by me"....no complaining like some of the other companions. They are all great but Boone's my favorite and this is another reason why.

:fallout:

I haven't actually done Boones quest yet *not going to look at spoilers* but so far its definitely the most interesting for me.

Fantastic. Or Veronica. Because she reminds me of someone I know and shes jsut cool all around.

I definitely have to agree with the Veronica one's as well. She is probably one of the few companions I ALWAYS want to get through every playthrough, even if I just stuff her into a suite and leave her there. Might have something to do with, she randomly starts conversations with you, it's not like you're forced to talk to her, to get her to start the conversation. Even if it comes at abrupt // bad times, it definitely helps add immersion when she acts as if she's independant and has a mind of her own, and actually thinking while you travel.

Veronica, I think. Largely because she doesn't get a semi-cliched happy ending no matter how you play it. Boone's story is well-done, but it's a story we've seen in too many generic war movies. In Veronica's story though, both choices are hard choices, and both carry a heavy price.

God was by far my favorite character in all of Vegas.
Raul takes second place with his backstory.
Caesar's dialogue is also pretty damn awesome.

This. I liked his the best.

Boone. I liked how your actions help him figure out/define his future role/personality...the feeling of having an effect on his emotional chr. development.
Silus. Small role, but I love the various high-intelligence convo's you can have with him. For one thing, it's a rather long conversation, for another, his comments/reasoning are interesting.



I could say similar things about every companion & important NPC in the game so I consider that weak argument against stories in general (not that I haven't used it myself, mind, lol). Almost every single fantasy thingie has some major roots/influence in Tolkein but it doesn't mean all of them are non-creative/boring. Everything is going to be a cliche to someone.

Raul is my absolute favorite and found his quest the most enjoyable/interesting out of all the companions.

I also enjoyed chatting up Chief Hanlon about his past, the hoover dam battle, his thoughts on the legion's beginnings and some nifty bits about Graham. Kris Kristofferson did a really good job on the character.

Crap, I forgot Raul. He's definatly one of my favorites.

Hmm. In random order:

Mr. House
Veronica
Dean Domino
Benny
Christine
Raul

Chief Hanlon, he had one of the few converstaions in the game that was really emotional to me. Caesar was also really good, his whole backstory was just so well written.

Mostly everyone's dialog was compelling, but Boone took the prize for me. He just seems so real with his dialog and it was probably the reason I hated Caesar on my first play through.

The burned man. Everyone whispers about him like a ghost. My assassin character wants to be just like him. (minus the burned man part)

Vulpes Inculta. There is something so fascinating about him, so diabolic yet so polite.
He is my favorite, though I think most of the Legion guys are interesting. Lanius, Dead Sea, Caesar et cetera.....

Also, I thought that Doc Mitchell was interesting. He seems like a country bumpkin, yet he performed successful neurosurgery in his house.

Hmmm...Kind of hard, there's alot of great ones. Here's some of my favourites:

Raul
Boone
Veronica
House and how

Benny, believe it or not. I wanted to know his whole plan. It was really pretty cool, I would have helped hm with it, to bad he shot me.....

Boone. Despite the fact he's the most emotionally shut down, he is the one I had the strongest emotional reaction to.
I like Veronica, Raul and Arcade but Boone's definitely my favourite.

I also connected well to Christine in Dead Money. I just wish I could have .

There's a lot of really fascinating non-companion characters too. Benny is certainly a jerk in the way he treats the Courier but you can't say he's not ballsy. And I must confess to having mixed feelings about Vulpes. Being female, I can't say I approve of the Legion, and I certainly enjoyed putting a 12.7 through the back of his dapper gambler hat in Vegas, but damn they made him cute.

My favourite companion would definitely be Arcade followed very closely by Veronica. As for NPC's my favourite would be Mr. House but doc. Mitchell and Chief Hanlon both left a lasting impression on me as well. I must say that i was very pleased with the overall writing and character development of this game, it is certainly a step up from Fallout 3 and let's not even mention Oblivion. In fact i do hope that Skyrim has the same level of attention put into the crafting of its characters.

Also I would like to take this opportunity to thank Mr. Sawyer and the rest of the team for the obvious care attention and love they put into making this game and the folks at Bethesda for enabling them to do so.

Vulpes...Raul...and Dean...i also enjoyed Mr Fantastic before i took his head off with my shotgun.....i just wish there were more random NPC out in the wastes to follow around and see what they are up to...the best i could come up with was following some random traders on the 188....until i got bored and ambushed em with some frag mines and the All-American.

Agreed eav512....big ups for some awesome fleshing out of not only companions but NPC's. Folks tech issues aside IMO the writing in this game for characters is great. nearly everyone i have met i wanted to learn more about them....before i killed and ate them lol.

Most enjoyable to learn about? Veronica.

Most enjoyable to know? Cass.

The differences are subtle. Cass is my favorite. I got bored with Veronica after I learned about her. But not Cass.

Frankly? All the companion and main characters are excellent. Even Mr. House (and I hate^2 that [censored]) is an excellent character (very well written, very interesting history, and very good voice acting).