Anyone sad about Dogmeat? : Fallout: New Vegas

» Sun Aug 22, 2010 5:42 pm

Ok, so there is the companion Rex, the cybernetic dog robot... thing. But Dogmeat has been in all of the numbered Fallouts. I will say he's been really easy to kill, but I still felt a sort of companionship when he was in the party, or trying to tear off my face in Fallout 1.

On the poll for companion I actually picked Rex as the most interesting. I'm just wondering how his quest will go. Maybe he is Dogmeat, I dunno. I'm rambling now. The real question is would you rather have Dogmeat or Rex?

I honestly couldn't pick. I love Dogmeat for nostalgic reasons, but Rex looks like he can murder up someone properly.

» Mon Aug 23, 2010 1:47 am

Ok, so there is the companion Rex, the cybernetic dog robot... thing. But Dogmeat has been in all of the numbered Fallouts. I will say he's been really easy to kill, but I still felt a sort of companionship when he was in the party, or trying to tear off my face in Fallout 1.

On the poll for companion I actually picked Rex as the most interesting. I'm just wondering how his quest will go. Maybe he is Dogmeat, I dunno. I'm rambling now. The real question is would you rather have Dogmeat or Rex?

I honestly couldn't pick. I love Dogmeat for nostalgic reasons, but Rex looks like he can murder up someone properly.

All I am saying.......is give Rex a chance!

» Mon Aug 23, 2010 1:10 am

I'd rather have Dogmeat, Rex is cool but it's just too weird and doesn't fit too much ,in my opnion, to the game. But I am okay with it.

Also:
"Dogmeat has been in all of the numbered Fallouts."

New Vegas isn't numbered so you see how it works :wink_smile:

» Sun Aug 22, 2010 5:19 pm

Dogmeat was just annoying in Fallout 1. He had a [censored]load of AP and would make combat last forever. And he was useless in Fallout 3 without the Broken Steel glitch. He's really only good for the Firelance encounter.

Dunno if he is worthwhile in Fallout 2 though.

» Sun Aug 22, 2010 12:09 pm

Well, you can look at it like this, New Vegas technically isn't a numbered Fallout. Bethesda will probably bring in a new Dogmeat in Fallout 4 though. :shrug:

» Mon Aug 23, 2010 3:56 am

I will say he's been really easy to kill. . .

*Cough* Broken Steel. *Cough*

But I like Rex better.

» Mon Aug 23, 2010 12:32 am

Not particularly, companions in every fallout are useless IMO.

» Sun Aug 22, 2010 8:08 pm

Well I'll miss Dogmeat but Rex seems like an awesome companion.. Stop comparing Rex to Dogmeat and give him a chance!

» Mon Aug 23, 2010 12:41 am

Not particularly, companions in every fallout are useless IMO.

Nah, in FO2 they are pretty useful, some enemies and encounters are hard and can kill you easily if you don't have a companion to aid you.
In FO3 companions really svcked.

» Sun Aug 22, 2010 11:10 pm

I'd rather have Dogmeat, Rex is cool but it's just too weird and doesn't fit too much ,in my opnion, to the game. But I am okay with it.Also:"Dogmeat has been in all of the numbered Fallouts."New Vegas isn't numbered so you see how it works :wink_smile:

I see that. But anyways, it made the wasteland less lonely. However I do constantly shoot Charon in the face. He creeps me out, but he is really useful.

Edit: I will give Rex a helluva chance, he looks awesome. It's kind of like missing an ex girlfriend 'cause she plays hands free catch the quarter, and your new girlfriend, although better at it smells like cheese. Apples and Oranges I guess.

» Mon Aug 23, 2010 1:23 am

Nah, in FO2 they are pretty useful, some enemies and encounters are hard and can kill you easily if you don't have a companion to aid you.
In FO3 companions really svcked.

Enclave Power Armor and that submachine gun thingie (I can never remember it's name) are my only friends in Fallout 2 :laugh:

» Sun Aug 22, 2010 4:14 pm

I see that. But anyways, it made the wasteland less lonely. However I do constantly shoot Charon in the face. He creeps me out, but he is really useful.

Charon + Power armour = awesome friend :vaultboy: Just keep his helmet on

» Sun Aug 22, 2010 10:12 pm

i liked dogmeat and especially his health..... BUT when i saw REX...... i thought, out with the old and in with the new

» Mon Aug 23, 2010 4:15 am

Rex seems fine for me....its just that brain is gonna creep me out everytime I see it. I know its kind of essential to his backstory, but, its still gonna be weird for me.

» Mon Aug 23, 2010 3:39 am

i liked dogmeat and especially his health..... BUT when i saw REX...... i thought, out with the old and in with the new

Yeah well I only know Dogmeat from Fallout 3 (currently starting on playing fallout 2) but I agree.. New story, new dog

I still wouldn't mind to see Dogmeat in New Vegas though

» Sun Aug 22, 2010 9:55 pm

I'm glad he isn't a companion.
Good riddance.
Hopefully he's not coming back for Fallout 4 either.

Rex on the other hand seems interesting.
Any confirmation on whether or not he can talk?
And is it robotic or through the mind like Blood from A Boy And His Dog?

» Sun Aug 22, 2010 9:00 pm

I never really cared about him in F3, until i got the broken steel glitch. I got him, and 5 minutes later he died from a mine....

» Mon Aug 23, 2010 2:24 am

Yeah well I only know Dogmeat from Fallout 3 (currently starting on playing fallout 2) but I agree.. New story, new dog

I still wouldn't mind to see Dogmeat in New Vegas though

Someone will end up modding Dogmeat, I am sure of it!

» Sun Aug 22, 2010 2:43 pm

Dogmeat's had his day. It's time to let him go and embrace the new dog.

» Sun Aug 22, 2010 8:50 pm

Dogmeat's presence in Fallout 2 wasn't canon, he was an easter egg. It was absolutely ridiculous how he was in Fallout 3 though. I'd rather not see Dogmeat in another Fallout game ever; I mean for god sakes is it really that hard to come up with a new dog name? Though honestly I don't think we really need a dog companion at all, all of the dog companions (normal and cybernetic) have been consistently useless so it seems rather pointless to keep including them.

» Sun Aug 22, 2010 9:19 pm

I don't miss Dogmeat and Rex is way better, he shows you where the items are with his perk.

» Sun Aug 22, 2010 5:45 pm

Dogmeat's presence in Fallout 2 wasn't canon, he was an easter egg. It was absolutely ridiculous how he was in Fallout 3 though. I'd rather not see Dogmeat in another Fallout game ever; I mean for god sakes is it really that hard to come up with a new dog name? Though honestly I don't think we really need a dog companion at all, all of the dog companions (normal and cybernetic) have been consistently useless so it seems rather pointless to keep including them.

Yes, we need moar silver gecko companions..... :shifty:

» Sun Aug 22, 2010 7:59 pm

Give Dogmeat a rest. The original Dogmeat died in the final stages of Fallout 1, as the vault dweller's diary (part of the Fallout 2 handbook) stated. That was roughly 120 years prior to New Vegas. The only way you could get Dogmeat in Fallout 2 was through a special encounter that you had to get lucky to get. He wasn't part of the normal game. Fallout 3 had "a" Dogmeat simply as a way to try and tie Fallout 3 into the first two games and keep people from realizing just how much Bethesda destroyed Fallout. Dogmeat is dead, let him rest. Give Rex a chance. If you really must you can pretend he is Dogmeat turned cybernetic.

» Mon Aug 23, 2010 5:37 am

i like dogmeat hes classic but id like rex because he is more robotic and will or in theory should live longer

» Sun Aug 22, 2010 11:12 pm

but all in all id want a gecko more than a dog