Your companion review : Fallout: New Vegas

» Tue Jun 22, 2010 5:05 pm

Yes, it's another companion thread, but hopefully this one will be more structured.

Use this sheet below and review the companions:

Arcade
Good: (combat, not optional)
Bad: (combat, not optional)
Glitches/bugs: (optional)
Fun story: (optional - do you have a funny story involving your companion(s)?)
Story: (not optional - Basically, did you think this character was written well or horrible? Explain why.)
Other: (optional)
Score?: (optional - like, from 1 to 10 what is your score or the character?)

Raul
Good:
Bad:
Glitches/bugs:
Fun story:
Story:
Other:
Score?:

Lily
Good:
Bad:
Glitches/bugs:
Fun story:
Story:
Other:
Score?:

Boone
Good:
Bad:
Glitches/bugs:
Fun story:
Story:
Other:
Score?:

Cass
Good:
Bad:
Glitches/bugs:
Fun story:
Story:
Other:
Score?:

Veronica
Good:
Bad:
Glitches/bugs:
Fun story:
Story:
Other:
Score?:

Rex
Good:
Bad:
Glitches/bugs:
Fun story:
Story:
Other:
Score?:

Eddie
Good:
Bad:
Glitches/bugs:
Fun story:
Story:
Other:
Score?:

God
Good:
Bad:
Glitches/bugs:
Fun story:
Story:
Other:
Score?:

Dog
Good:
Bad:
Glitches/bugs:
Fun story:
Story:
Other:
Score?:

Dean
Good:
Bad:
Glitches/bugs:
Fun story:
Story:
Other:
Score?:

Christine
Good:
Bad:
Glitches/bugs:
Fun story:
Story:
Other:
Score?:

And finally, out of all these companions which one was your favorite and why?

I need to get back to work so I'll post mine when I get home.

And no, this thread is not a duplicate or copy thread of this one: http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1188824-companion-grumbles/
That one is solely for what annoys, irritates or frustrates you about companion(s).
This one is about reviewing the good and bad things about all companions.

» Tue Jun 22, 2010 9:12 pm

I'm sorry but that's far too much to type for me... I'll just do a few companions :mellow:

Cass
Good: Absolutely deadly with fully-modded Hunting Shotgun or Dinner Bell. I mean - you have to try it to see what I mean... Quite a fun and interesting companion to have. My favorite I think.
Bad: Her companion perk is a bit useless. She also doesn't get an "amazing" upgrade after her companion quest.
Glitches/bugs: Not that I've noticed.
Story: Good quest with multiple ways to end it. Probably not as deep a quest as Boone and Victoria but still not as bad as Lily...
Score?: 9/10

Christine
Good: Bit hard to judge as there's not really an amazing weapon to give her in DM. She seems decent at combat though. Looking at her SPECIAL and skills on the wiki I suspect she would be almost identical to Veronica when in combat.
Bad: Without the required INT/PER/etc prerequisites it's a bit difficult to get her "story".
Glitches/bugs: Not that I've noticed.
Story: As I've alluded to I just think she's a brilliant companion. Very interesting concept to have a NPC/Companion that's mute. Interesting "dialogue". Just overall a very deep and well thought through companion.
Score?: 10/10

Boone
Good: He's amazing in combat. Incredible if given a AMR/Sniper Rifle or something similar.
Bad: When given certain weapons he actually becomes over-powered in my opinion. Also he seems to always get head-shots. Also his dialogue is boring but it's understandable due to his military background and what happened to him and his wife.
Glitches/bugs: Supposedly his quest can be a bit bugged?
Story: I think Boone has an interesting and complex quest. Lots of different things involved in the quest as well, not at all your typical "go-fetch" quest.
Score?: 7/10

» Tue Jun 22, 2010 7:40 pm

Arcade
Good: Good default weapon
Bad: Least HP, rather specific to get
Story: Lack of action
Score: 6

Raul
Good: Decent default weapon, good perk
Bad: Rather hard to get
Story: Pretty good, but lacking in tension (unless you count acquisition) and development
Score: 8

Lily
Good: Easy access, high base DT & HP, high DPS rifle type default weapon
Bad: Can't sneak nor wear armour; take a long way to get to
Story: Fairy touching, but again, lacking in development.
Other: Stealth dialog replay too quick
Score: 7

Boone
Good: Easy access, good default weapon, have one of the best head gear in game
Bad: Perk
Story: Full of action, great development; but lacking in NPC interaction
Other: how can he destroy every single gun I gave him?
Score: 7

Cass
Good: Perk, option for bonus perk, option toward Melee or Guns, low threshold for given weapon.
Bad: Can't wear most hat, need 50 Barter/Speech to get
Story: Pretty good, more development would be welcome
Score: 9

Veronica
Good: Easy access, good default weapon, option for bonus perk, capable of range and melee, low threshold for given weapon.
Bad: Can't wear most head gear, can't level
Story: Good development, offer player motivation for side quests
Score: 7.5

Rex
Good: Easy to get
Bad: Perk, ability, DT, Health, melee only
Story: Quite bad and short
Score: 2

Ed-E
Good: Perk, option to improve defense or offense
Bad: Low combat skill
Story: Would be perfect with a bit more player interaction
Score: 9

God
Good: Perk, tough
Bad: can't wear armour
Story: Dead Money stories are good
Score: 7

Dog
Good: Perk, Tough
Bad: can't wear armour
Story: as above
Score: 7

Dean
Good: Perk, have default weapon (!)
Bad: -
Story: as above
Score: 7.5

Christine
Good: Perk
Bad: -
Story:as above
Other: Mute

Score: 8

» Tue Jun 22, 2010 2:04 pm

I'm a bit confused at exactly what to put, but my favorite companion is Veronica because she packs a mean punch, has a good backstory, and she won't steal alll of my kills like Boone.

» Tue Jun 22, 2010 2:17 pm

Was some time since I played Vegas and since I used most companions so I'm sure some of this will sound weird.

Arcade
Good: Remember how people used to go on about Boone being overpowered? That's what I think of Arcade, this bastard took all my kills within seconds.
Bad: None really, some say he had low health but he never died on me and I only play on Hard hardcoe Mode at the least.
Glitches/bugs: -
Fun story: Too long ago, can't remember anything.
Story: It was really interesting, he danced around the subject a little too much though.
Other: Oh how I love that I can sell him into slavery. :laugh:
Score?: 9

Raul
Good: He's a beast.
Bad: There is absolutely nothing bad about him at all with his combat.
Glitches/bugs: -
Fun story: He always manage to say his funny lines at the perfect timing when something happens so I go :huh:
Story: While very emotional his quest was [censored] horrible.
Other: N/A
Score?: 9

Lily
Good: -
Bad: -
Glitches/bugs: -
Fun story: -
Story: -
Other: -
Score?: -

Boone
Good: -
Bad: I can't understand why people like this drama queen psychopath, he's not even that good in combat.
Glitches/bugs:
Fun story: Fun story? With Boone? Hah!
Story: Omygod I hate Boone so much, he's just an emo sitting around silently whining all the time, I hate every single little inch of his body, personality and backstory.
Other: [censored] Boone.
Score?: -184.9

Cass
Good: She's not very spectacular with anything really.
Bad: -
Glitches/bugs: -
Fun story: -
Story: Her story was interesting but very dragged out and tedious.
Other: Recruiting her takes far too long as she's not even worth the trouble, might as well just sneak up to Black Mountain and rescue Raul at lvl 5 instead.
Score?: 6

Veronica
Good: Very good damage and very funny.
Bad: She gets in my way on every damn playthrough, I was on one character trying to place a headshot on an NCtRooper with a sniper rifle and right as I was about to pull the trigger, at that exact millisecond she pops up in front of the scope and I blow her head off. I did not reload there, I just continued on without her, [censored] spotlight [censored]...
Glitches/bugs: -
Fun story: When I shot here in the head on accident I was frustrated but also found it amusing, I also on another playthrough after have bonded with her a lot I then served her to White Glove Society as food. Just warms my heart to know that she's now digesting in their stomachs only to be [censored] out in a toilet later on.
Story: Brilliant writing, one of the best quests in New Vegas, her character is also incredibly interesting.
Other: -
Score?: 7

Rex
Good: Nothing
Bad: Nothing
Glitches/bugs: -
Fun story: -
Story: His story is so small that I don't even bother with it, besides, it's just a dog.
Other: I found Rex to be as I expected: Pointless disgusting creature of a "pet" that just got in the way and annoyed me.
Score?: 3

Eddie
Good: Great damage, health and he's silent too!
Bad: Except for when there's a battle and he plays his damn tune for the bazillion(th) time.
Glitches/bugs: I never had him disappear on me or go frenzy on anyone.
Fun story: -
Story: His story was meh.
Other: -
Score?: 7

God
Good: In combat? Not good at all.
Bad: He was really the polar of Dog, completely worthless in combat.
Glitches/bugs: -
Fun story: -
Story: OmygodIlovehim!
Other: -
Score?: 9

Dog
Good: Great in combat.
Bad: -
Glitches/bugs: -
Fun story: -
Story: His story is really good but not as good as God's. I love his ending slider though.
Other: -
Score?: 8

» Tue Jun 22, 2010 9:55 pm

All companion stories are great. Except for Rex. Everything about Rex just plain svcks.

The Dead Money companions are just tools (as are you, to Elijah), and their best qualities come in the form of the perks and recipes you get from them (especially the Perk that Dog teaches). Kind of sad, but also appropriate given the nature of the DLC.

Name: Lily
Good: Stealth Boy duration increase
Bad: She's a Nightkin. An insane Nightkin.
Other: I don't like Nightkin. They creep me out.
Score: 1

Name: Veronica
Good: Give her a Ballistic Fist and find out for yourself
Bad: I'm not going there because you'll all read it wrong.
Other: See 'Bad'
Score: 4

Name: Boone
Good: He drops targets often before I know they are there
Bad: He's got a hard-on for killing Legion
Other: His story is compelling and depressing and I like that
Score: 8

Name: Cass
Good: Her perk enables the courier's alcoholism. Her foul language. Her skill with a shotgun.
Bad: Nothing.
Other: She's a redhead. A hetero redhead. Red ftw.
Score: 10

Name: Rex
Good: Nothing
Bad: Everything. Rex is a bucket overflowing with fail.
Other: Give me a REAL DOG for a companion. Sunny Smiles has one!
Score: 1

Name: Arcade
Good: He is the only way into a suit of Remnant's Armor. His quest is interesting.
Bad: He's way too low-key for me. His quest may be interesting, but it's also too long.
Other: Arcade pwns in battle. Surprisingly so.
Score: 7

Name: Ed-E
Good: It's a suitcase! Every courier needs a suitcase.
Bad: Combat music. Tendency to act spastic.
Other: Ed-E is priority one for me when I leave Goodsprings.
Score: 9 (would be a 10 if not for that infernal combat music)

Name: Raul
Good: Every single word that comes out of his mouth.
Bad: He's too difficult for me to reach. He's a ghoul.
Other: Ghouls creep me out. I don't ever need his perk.
Score: 3

Name: Dog
Good: He eats Ghost People and teaches me how to put them down easier.
Bad: The stomach grumbling is highly annoying. He's a Nightkin.
Other: Use Dog for all your combat. Nightkin creep me out.
Score: 7

Name: God
Good: His perk if you don't have Light Step yourself.
Bad: Not good in combat. He's a Nightkin.
Other: His frequent negative comments about the courier are annoying. Nightkin creep me out.
Score: 5

Name: Dean
Good: His perk. His knowledge about the Sierra Madre. The VA who did this character.
Bad: He's a ghoul
Other: Ghouls creep me out.
Score: 3

Name: Christine
Good: Signal Interference!
Bad: See Veronica
Other: See Veronica
Score: 6

» Tue Jun 22, 2010 1:28 pm

REX IS THE S*X :tongue:

» Tue Jun 22, 2010 11:54 pm

All mine are based on an unpatched game.

Raul
Good: He kicks [censored] with a decent lever-action rifle or revolver.
Bad: You have to brave Black Mountain to get him.
Glitches/bugs: Issues with not being able to trigger his personal quest.
Story: Love it, he tells the best stories. I want to play Fallout: Mexico City.
Other: His perk is fantastic, but his back-chat gets old very quickly.
Score?: 8/10

Lily
Good: -
Bad: -
Glitches/bugs: -
Story: -
Other: I've only used Lily for about ten minutes, and I found her irritating beyond words. Way too zany! a companion for my tastes. "Oh look, a mentally ill nightkin, how do we know she's mentally ill? Why, she wears a silly hat! lolololol." Utter rubbish.
Score?: Based on my admittedly limited experience with her, 0/10

Boone
Good: He's virtually unstoppable unless the enemy manages to mob him, even with his default weapon. Absolutely lives up to his name.
Bad: Tends to kill everything before I've even had a chance to unholster my weapon. No good at melee range.
Glitches/bugs: Sometimes gets caught in a loop where he's forever switching between ranged and melee, using neither.
Story: Alright I guess.
Other: Perk's not very useful, and travelling with him prevents you from working with the Legion. But that's no great loss. Also, uniquely amongst humanoid companions, he mostly keeps his mouth shut. This is a tremendous advantage.
Score?: 9/10

Cass
Good: Competent in a firefight.
Bad: Can't get her to give up that stupid hat.
Glitches/bugs: none
Story: Quite good, though one aspect of her quest irritates me no end: nonsensically, you have to visit the caravans in order. You can walk past that caravan on the bridge near Vegas twenty times and she won't want to investigate it, until you've done the other two first. Lazy padding.
Other: Hearing "I need a drink" over and over grates immensely. Fun, but not especially useful, perk.
Score?: 7/10

Veronica
Good: She's great at punching heads off.
Bad: Has a tendency to die a lot.
Glitches/bugs: Never levels up. Doesn't teach the player the Scribe Counter upon receipt of a dress (she says she will, but nothing happens.) Upon completion of her quest, will become completely immobile and refuses to budge, rendering her useless.
Story: Very good, one of the more interesting and involved personal quests (completion bug notwithstanding.)
Other: Makes getting into Hidden Valley more straightforward. Perk isn't very useful.
Score?: Because of bugs, 4/10

Rex
Good: ummmmm....
Bad: Useless. Runs off into danger any chance he gets, has no sense of self-preservation, and makes life harder for me too as I have to run off and try and save him. It's true of all companions to an extent, but Rex in particular makes choosing your battles all but impossible.
Glitches/bugs: none
Story: Perfunctory at best.
Other: Perk's of limited value. On the upside, at least he's quiet. On the downside, he's a ridiculous robot dog with a boring quest who's more of a hindrance than a help.
Score?: 1/10

Eddie
Good: One of the few companions who doens't charge off in to danger. Brilliant perk, and makes a fine sniping partner. ED-E and Boone in particular work very well together (though ED-E's perk makes Boone's even more reduntant.)
Bad: Not very durable, and has a fairly weak attack.
Glitches/bugs: Upon completeion of his quest, will become immobile and refuse to budge, rendering him useless. Also, will randomly wig out and attack friendly NPCs from time to time (happens a lot in NCR territory, for some reason.)
Story: Not the most scintillating if I'm honest.
Other: Can carry a crapload. Doesn't talk back, save to alert me to danger with a funny little fanfare.
Score?: 9/10 (would be a 10 but for his bugs)

edit: forgot Arcade.
Good: Can handle himself relatively well even with his default weapons. Perk's not too bad either.
Bad: Not the toughest companion.
Glitches/bugs: none.
Story: Excellent. Generally one of the best-written and most entertaining companions, alongside Veronica.
Other: Can be a bit tricky to get without a high speech skill. Can get a bit shirty if playing an evil, Legion-supporting Courier.
Score?: 7/10 (5/10 for practical considerations, 9/10 for dialogue and story.)

» Tue Jun 22, 2010 1:04 pm

Only thing I can say is:

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_B0GILfaLHME/TU0cifXqavI/AAAAAAAAAp0/tFGA_1PoPWE/s1600/yuno.jpg

Dissapointing, really!

» Tue Jun 22, 2010 3:51 pm

Lily

Good: Highest HP of all companions making her hard to kill, increased stealth boy duration
Bad: Outclassed by Veronica in terms of melee damage and with Cazadors and Death claws running around Offence is probably the better option, limited weps to equip her being a mutant
Score?: 4/10

Rex:
Good: Distracting enemies chance to knock down enemies
Bad: Very frail, poor perk, outclassed by EDE
Score?: 2/10

Boone
Good: Strong Default wep and is effective with snipers and AM rifles, Perk can be useful when sniping to notice enemies quicker
Bad: struggles at close Range unless given an effective close combat wep, forces you to play NCR or risk having him leave you most of the time, makes the game feel to easy at times
Score?: 8/10

Cass:
Good: has a shotgun surgeon like perk, companion quests gives two nice perks which can make her very hard to kill or make her very damaging with guns
Bad: play bad karma and she will eventaully leave, poor default weapon, not the most useful perk, hard to aquire
Score?: 7/10

ED-E
Good: Very useful perk, can be very damaging once upgraded easy and early to aquire
Bad: Fairly weak until companion quest, not very acurate, music can eventaully get annoying
Score?: 8/10

Arcade Gannon
Good: Useful ability can be deadly when giving the right energy weps
Bad: ammo management as many powerful energy weps use up large amounts of ammo, fairly weak unless giving good armor
Score?: 5/10

Veronica:
Good: With the large amount of perks for her and the Pushy/ballistic fist she can do heaps of damage at melee range, useful perk for energy wep users with Vigilant Recycler, can be given Bos armor
Bad: frail unless given good armor
Score?: 8/10

Raul:
Good: decent starting wep, VERY nice ability can be deadly after companion quest with revolvers
Bad: hard to aquire and fairly weak with out armor
Score?: 7/10

» Wed Jun 23, 2010 1:32 am

Name: Cass
Good: Her perk enables the courier's alcoholism. Her foul language. Her skill with a shotgun.
Bad: Nothing.
Other: She's a redhead. A hetero redhead. Red ftw.
Score: 10

Play a girl with Cherchez Les Femme and you`ll find her screen door might swing both ways on the Rye Whiskey. Sorry to burst yer bubble bud.

Then again based on your Ronnie and Chrissie comments you probably don`t play that way, lol.

» Wed Jun 23, 2010 2:58 am

Arcade is the best because he's the most likeable out of the bunch.

Veronica was the most annoying. Got rid of her as soon as I did her quest.

» Tue Jun 22, 2010 1:23 pm

Play a girl with Cherchez Les Femme and you`ll find her screen door might swing both ways on the Rye Whiskey. Sorry to burst yer bubble bud.

Then again based on your Ronnie and Chrissie comments you probably don`t play that way, lol.

That applies only when she's dead drunk. Doubt she would marry a woman if sober. :disguise:

» Tue Jun 22, 2010 7:44 pm

Raul
Good: Good repair man and decent shot. Calls me boss..
Bad: A little old. Kinda weak
Glitches/bugs:
Fun story: None
Story: Was pretty good. Tells where he came from and what he has gone through.
Other: None
Score?: 7.5/10

Lily
Good: Is hilarously funny. Strong and a good shot.
Bad: Shes schizophrenic
Glitches/bugs: None
Fun story: None
Story: Interesting.
Other: None
Score?: 8/10

Boone
Good: Great shot! Awesome character.
Bad: None
Glitches/bugs: Doesnt pull out his gun sometimes
Fun story: None
Story: Very awesome. Tale of hardships and mishaps. One of the most interesting characters. Do his quest and all is set free.
Score?: 10/10

Cass
Good: Good shot with about anything you give her.
Bad: Not high enough health.
Glitches/bugs: None
Fun story: None
Story: Ok not the most entertaining. Interesting that shes Cassidys daughter.
Other: like her perk
Score?: 8.5/10

Veronica
Good: Can use Melee weapons well.
Bad: None
Glitches/bugs: None
Fun story: None
Story: Interesting about her being in the BOS and hearing her love tales...
Other: none.
Score?: 8/10

Rex
Good: Has one nasty bite.
Bad: Not that much health
Glitches/bugs: Sometimes runs off
Fun story: None
Story: Very interesting to get his Brian and such.
Other: none
Score?: 9.5/10

Eddie
Good: Has a nice perk.
Bad: Not that powerful
Glitches/bugs: none.
Fun story: none.
Story: Comes from Navarro and has audio dialogue of Enclave...coool.
Other: none
Score?: 8.8/10

God
Good: Very powerful
Bad: None
Glitches/bugs: None
Fun story: none
Story: Hes a mutant and came from the masters i think.
Other: none
Score?: 9/10

Dean
Good: Love his swigging style and sayings.
Bad: Not all that powerful
Glitches/bugs: None
Fun story: None
Story: Interesting hearing him black male the lady and his adventure to get the Gold.
Other: none
Score?: 9.8/10

Christine
Good: I dont know
Bad: Ehh
Glitches/bugs:None
Fun story: None
Story: Not all that interesting only to hear that she was with Veronica.
Other: none
Score?: 6/10

Out of all of them Boone by far is my favorite and then it would have to be Dean domino.

1.Boone
2. Dean
3. Rex
4. Arcade
5. Raul
6. God
7. Lilly
8. Cass
9. Edde
10. Christine

» Tue Jun 22, 2010 10:29 pm

That applies only when she's dead drunk. Doubt she would marry a woman if sober. :disguise:

The girl can make moonshine with a bottle, some vegetables and a battery.... sober? really?

» Tue Jun 22, 2010 11:16 pm

OP might get mad if I don't do this after hijacking his thread with Cass's drunken girl lust adventures so here goes

Raul
Good: All Dialogue and guns after quest, plus he calls me Boss in a sardonic manner.
Bad: Having to go through deathclaws or smelling Moe to get him.
Glitches/bugs: na
Fun story: it's always a party with Raul and his bad knees
Story: in depth and keeps the quest going
Other: his eyes freak me out so he gets Authority glasses from the first hello
Score?: 8

Lily
Good: tough
Bad: traveling with grandma, gets in my way
Glitches/bugs:
Fun story:
Story: pretty lame
Other:
Score?:4

Boone
Good: crack shot, not a lot of [censored] chat gives me a nice hat
Bad: chit chat he has is a bummer
Glitches/bugs:
Fun story:
Story: in depth but heavy on the emo
Other: can't believe this guy had a Khan party girl for a wife
Score?: 8

Cass
Good: good dialogue, good shot with dinner bell, good perk for melee/unarmed
Bad: kinda limited weaponry
Glitches/bugs:
Fun story: She'll wear Vera's outfit from DM, Cass fighting in heels and pearls showing some leg.., need I say more?
Story: Pretty good, easy to follow
Other: She swings both ways

Score?: 9

Veronica
Good: great dialogue, good tank
Bad: gets in the way a lot.
Glitches/bugs:
Fun story: That time I pushed her off guardian peak by accident..... oops :edit: i can't believe i forgot her adorable beaver mascot from the hoover dam souvenir store crack. Chocolate milk out the nose the first time she said that.
Story: well done and follows BoS bs very well. hate those guys.
Other:
Score?:8

Rex
Good: short quest for my ADDish must do all companion quests compulsion.
Bad:stop running into big groups of things that have me on caution you dumb dog!
Glitches/bugs:
Fun story: no fun at all.
Story: the hat thing was ok,
Other:
Score?:3

Eddie
Good: he's cheerful, great weapon upgraded, doesn't drink my Sasparilla
Bad: music music music
Glitches/bugs:fixed so they say
Fun story: the time he bugged out and got legs and clanked along the ground all the way from Novac to Freeside
Story:good, i like the lost little robot thing.
Other:
Score?:9

God
Good:dialogue, and 1st gen not so crazy nightkin
Bad: nothing really, I prefer companions to stay out of the way in bad places
Glitches/bugs:
Fun story:
Story:loved it
Other:wish i could trade Lily for God/Dog
Score?:9

Dog
Good:dialogue and concept and combat, 1st gen cute but not so crazy, and not a grandma
Bad: stop running after everything and eating it you moron
Glitches/bugs:
Fun story:
Story:loved it
Other: wish i could trade Lily for God/Dog
Score?:9

Dean
Good:dialogue and character depth, one of my faves, have to walk a line with him.
Bad: whining gets tedious.
Glitches/bugs:
Fun story:
Story:fits the character well, loved it.
Other:
Score?:9

Christine
Good:same as others, having a mute requiring skill checks was different
Bad: the character i used didn't have the skill checks the first time round
Glitches/bugs:
Fun story: not knowing she could make the radios easier due to poor skills the first time round
Story: nice tie in to Ronnie
Other:
Score?:9

» Tue Jun 22, 2010 3:17 pm

Boone
Good: crack shot, not a lot of [censored] chat gives me a nice hat
Bad: chit chat he has is a bummer
Glitches/bugs:
Fun story:
Story: in depth but heavy on the emo

Um Hes not emo. He had to kill his wife he doesnt want to talk about certain stuff. One you talk to him and do his quest he expresses himself more...

» Tue Jun 22, 2010 4:48 pm

Arcade
Good: Good default weapon.
Bad: Very little HP and is the only other way to get remnant armor without going to the Deathclaw Promontory (although Anabelle made short work of them).
Glitches/bugs: It only happened once but he was following me without a head in one of my playthroughs (only until I entered a new building though).
Story: Most entertaining and likable of the companions besides Veronica. The story was good enough a bit annoying at times but not bad.
Other: Without a high speech skill he can take a while to get. Not good for just starting out characters. Allows me to actually kill things.
Score: 8/10

Raul
Good: Very powerful and is a beast with the right equipment. Useful companion ability compared to most.
Bad: You need to climb Black Mountain to actually get him. weak without armor.
Story: Not bad but not the greatest. it lacked development but his script was entertaining (informative).
Score: 7/10

Lily
Good: Highest HP and DT
Bad: Companion Perk kinda svcks unless you've stocked up on stealth boys. Insane
Story: Pretty bad. The first few moments it was kind of humorous how she was written but that got old fast. lacking development on story.
Score: 6/10 (her ability as a powerful companion makes it so I can't give her a lower score.

Boone
Good: Monster with guns. Is also good with some melee weapons but should definitely be used with rifles.
Bad: Monster that takes your kills. Will kill Legion on sight...not useful for trying to not anger Legion.
Story: Well written and despite him being a soldier and rather emo character it was well done.
Score: 8

Cass
Good: -
Bad: -
Glitches/bugs: -
Fun story: -
Story: -
Other: I have never used Cass with any of my characters but that will change in the near future. She seems to be an interesting character just haven't tried her out yet (I just used Raul (for the first time) as a companion starting the end of April.
Score?:

Veronica
Good: Deadly with unarmed or melee weapons.
Bad: armor svcks unless you give her something better.
Story: Well written and a generally enjoyable companion to have around. story is the most develop of all of the companions (especially with the Dead Money add-on which further develops her past and her mentor).
Score: 8

Rex
Good: Very easy to do quest which makes easy XP.
Bad: svcks overall. good for nothing.
Glitches/bugs: Will randomly decide to runaway (not part of the wasteland perk with the rat and well)
Story: svcks. It is a mechanical dog.
Other: Sunny smiles would have made a better companion...or Cheyenne.
Score: 2

ED-E
Good: Very easy to get early in game. makes the perception skill able to be a dump stat.
Bad: annoying music. weak until upgrade. quest takes a while to do
Glitches/bugs: Will randomly decide to float up into the air and disappear until re-entering a town (fast travel) or entering a building. may also have issues after completing quest or by doing Dead Money before finishing his quest.
Story: Easy to do and boring. Interesting info about the Enclave in Chicago but story does not exist otherwise.
Score: 8

My favorite companion robot wise is probably ED-E (does anyone actually like Rex) simply because its a moving suitcase and makes it unnecessary for the most part to really add many points into Perception. Character-human wise though Arcade or Veronica would probably be my favorites simply because of how entertaining and useful they can be.

» Tue Jun 22, 2010 9:00 pm

The girl can make moonshine with a bottle, some vegetables and a battery.... sober? really?

She makes her own alcohol. Still doesn't seem like a hopeless drunk to me when I talk to her.

» Wed Jun 23, 2010 5:27 am

I m only doing a few right now.

Veronica
Good- a beast with any powered unarmed weapon, and she is a beast with moded laser or plasma rifles.
She can wear pa....... her quest perk makes her pa even better.
Bad- She really wants to go unarmed,and I have to keep telling her to use ranged.
Glitches- Her gun isn t there sometimes, but laser beams go out anyway.
Quest- Its one of the better ones. She is written in very well
9.5/10

ED-E
Good- He is a surveillance drone. No need to ever get close to anything with him. He is a fo sniper s dream.
Bad- Lacks personality because he is a drone.
Quest- Don t leave your gear in him, because it will be gone when you get him back. The weapons upgrade turns him into a dominating force.
IMO He is the best follower to have for pure combat purposes, but with no personality I can t rate him as high as others
8.75/10

I ll do some more later.

» Tue Jun 22, 2010 6:44 pm

Ed - e

Built it with some parts from the broken radio station (conductor rods). Had the rest stolen and stored in Victor's shack already (safe house). This robot is better than me, it seems to have either it misses with lazer trail visual guidance, or it kills monsters instantly on fire and points me where to loot in the beige on beige. I want to scrap it for the perception module on me but I can't kill it with my high Charisma and my shotty gun shells can't touch it. Reminds me of a bounty hunter (star wars) droid module so I'll allow it to enter combats for awhile more even though I saw the enemy. The battle song is annoying so I might try to have a go of Victor vs Ed - e if I can figure out how to do it with the bots (low science) once I get surround sound. The squeaks when I'm at a reloading bench (Hand loader) test me to test them...

Boone

I think he loves me but gets all mad when I do something that might be upsetting to his morals, a typical soldier boy. Since his stupidity and own hand did his lady in and now he is so broken that he needs a man to do him, eventually I'll find a place to leave him to die as a meat shield since he keeps changing between rifle / melee and looking for a way out. I had one gamer friend, who was a soldier, but I forget why he left the service under similar circumstances ... can't replicate it. I did his sister in Baltimore when she was doing the dancing studio / laundry thing after graduation... like 85% of college students move back in with mom n dad after college so I tried to make her think big... IRL issues lol waiting for anyone else to take the place of this typical soldier dude so I can see the interface on the game.

others coming soon...

» Tue Jun 22, 2010 11:45 pm

Cass
Good: Sassy, and drunk. Like the character. Cowboy hat.
Bad: Starts our with a lackluster default range weapon.
Story: Some of the funniest dialogue in game, so scores high for me.
Funny Story: I had her wait near the Lucky 38, and when I was questing and about to die of a mass of super mutants way northeast suddenly she comes rolling in with fricking dinnerbell. For once glad for a glitch.

Boone
Good: Best character to plant and defend an area. Good kill power.
Bad: Nt my kind of personality I like to talk to. Steals my kills.
Story: Pretty well done even though a bit straight forward with the mission(Lots of killing)
Epic Story: Once we decided to destroy cape cove on my pro NCR character. I pitched up on a rock and had boone situated near another high rock. Once situated we baited the legion into a bottle neck formation and took our time to kill them. ED-E acted as support fire and bait. All in all the plan was executed perfectly.

Lily
Good: Funny and stealthy. And I always like the feel of having the odd with me.
Bad: Hardly a companion quest.
Story: Touched me the most out of the companions even with the lack of depth of an actual quest. That one audio log made me feel for her more than Boone or Veronica's life story.
She went uber on some deathclaws in the quarry while I lobbed grenades and C4 from another position. We also had our fun with Black mountain and mutant farming. Then we watched with glee as we lead a deathclaw into to Tolbitha.

Raul
Good: The feel of an experienced amigo at my back. Like his lacky type dialogue. Matching jumpsuit armour. Mustache.
Bad: Matchng jumpsuit armour, glitch with companion quest. Need speech to get Vaquero.
Story: Hes been through alot and has been around the block long enough to see things from all angles, or he may not just care anymore.
We took on camp golf with rex. Gave him the All La Longue Carbine and watched his legendary gun skills at work.

Veronica
Good: Chipper and funny dialogue. My go to character for a personal bodygaurd. Lots of back story.
Bad: So much story that it seemed she ot more attention than other companions.
Story: Decent and plenty of consequences all the way, no ending seems to be good, which is great for development but you still feel sad.(pops happy pill)
She once falcon punched a Viper right off a canyon. THIS IS VEGAS!!!!!

Arcade
Good: Ok personality and to the point, knows Latin and interesting dialgue when in certain areas.
Bad: Doesn't say much when you first meet him.
Story: I thinks its good, could have used more action as said before.
He took on a bunch of of sentry robots by himself with ED-E made a laser light show across the desert night.

ED-E
Good: Its a floating robot, that shoots lasers. Battle music. Warning signs of danger. Bumper Sticker.
Bad: Glitches badly than most companions, lack of character and should have had more audio logs. That folllower/scribe should have gave us a copy to what ED-E was holding in his database.
Story: Not much dialogue, very bland personality, interesting where its been though

Rex
Good: It barks, and it can replace its brain. Been around the block with Caesar.
Bad: Doesn't hump enemies to death.
Story: I enjoy its back story hints and details. And its a present from the King.
I once saw Rex bound off a builng to faceplant a swamplurk

» Tue Jun 22, 2010 9:04 pm

Alright here it goes, put it in spoiler tags to because for one it has some and well it's not a giant cluster[censored] of text

Spoiler

Raul
Good: He's got a pretty good shot from what I've seen.
Bad: His melee is really terrible, i mean a lead pipe?
Glitches/bugs: His quest bugs piss me off, Can't complete it if you do this and this and this before meeting him >.>
Fun story: None really, I don't use him much.
Story: I liked his story alot. It was sad and interesting, cool to hear what happened to mexico city right after the war.
Score?: I'd say 8/10. Loved the story and love the character but those quests bugs just ruin it for me.

Lily
Good: She's pretty nasty with that sword, altough she does die fast against strong melee opponents.
Bad: She makes noises when we sneak :verymad:
Glitches/bugs: Her quest never seens to activate for me
Fun story: Any time we snuck around was funny. I was always like LILY! SHUT THE [censored] UP! THEY'RE GONNA HEAR US!!!
Story: Her story is pretty cool i guess.
Other:
Score?: 7/10. For someone that's supposed to be sneaky, she's really really loud. She also gets annoying, I don't need that on my travels.

Boone
Good: Boone's shot is amazing. Kills stuff from so far it's great. Him, ed-e and me and nothing gets within a good 50 feet of us.
Bad: He steals my kills ALOT :verymad:
Glitches/bugs: Don't really think I've encountered many with him wich is good =D
Fun story: Well me and Boone cleared out cotton wood cove. I was proud of him and then he fell off a cliff and died. I was like :dry: , [censored] *reloads*
Story: Boone's story is really sad actually. I just wish he'd be a little more, I don't know, talkative?
Other:
Score?: 9/10. Love Boone but he's always depressed and that gets to me after a while.

Cass
Good: Cass and her shotgun are great at killing things altough it's also a problem.
Bad: I just wish she wouldn't steal my kills as much, man that seems to happen alot with companions. >.>
Glitches/bugs: Haven't really encountered many wich is always good.
Fun story: I know I've had some but I haven't played in a month and completely forget
Story: Cass's story I found cool. Just your average girl roaming the wastes with her caravan getting piss drunk all the time.
Other: I just wish you could get her to ditch that hat without the whole ballcap and glasses thing.
Score?: 8/10. Great companion although not my favourite.

Veronica
Good: She's amazing at melee combat. Definetly fun to have with a melee based character.
Bad: Her ranged is bad and she's terrible at killing cazadores :down:
Glitches/bugs: I've had times where she got stuck in a rock, those really svcked.
Fun story: Uhm....let's see....This one time i had a whole pile of c4 on the ground as a nice little trap for deathclaws. I was gonna lure them into it and blow it up. Well Veronica thought it was a great idea to run at them. I didn't see her until it was to late and BOOM! She explored most of the Mojave that day though.
Story: I like her story. It was really fun to listen to her tell it.
Other: She's always sarcastic and in a good mood. Cracking jokes left and right. She reminds me of a good friend to, hehe.
Score?: 10/10. My favourite companion of them all.

Rex
Good: He's good at killing small monsters.
Bad: It's the big ones he's got trouble with. Rex vs. cazadore/ deathclaw is just to much for the little guy
Glitches/bugs: None I've encountered so far.
Fun story: I've had alot, and I forget most of them. I really have to start playing New Vegas again.
Story: Rex's story is great. Him being Legion for one and getting sick and having to help him out and the such. Made for a fun quest and a great story.
Score?: 9/10. I liked Rex, he isn't annoying and he reminds me of dogmeat. Dogmeat :wub:

Eddie
Good: Eddie is great for long range combat.
Bad: He tends to miss with those blue lasers, I don't like that.
Glitches/bugs: His quest is ridiculous sometimes. You basically have to get him in primm and do it from there or else you're pretty much screwed.
Fun story: It was really dark and me and him were just strolling along. He did his little jig song so i turned around and starting looking for enemies. I honestly found none so i holstered my weapon and turned around. Yeah, 3 deathclaws in my face. I'll tell you getting turned into bacon strips isn't fun.
Story: Ed-e's story is nice. It's nice to hear about the enlclave and what they were trying to do at the time of F3.
Score?: 8/10. If his quest wasn't so bugged, I'd like him that much more.

God
I honestly haven't used god that much since I really prefer Dog so I can't really do this for him.

Dog
Good: Dog's a beast at killing Ghost People. Eating them so I don't have to worry about them getitng back up is always nice

Bad: He sees a ghost person, he runs after it. Like a real dog with squirrels. :dry:
Glitches/bugs: Haven't really encountered any.
Fun story: None really. Dead Money is never HAHAH for me, it's just scary and dark and makes me jump and scream.
Story: The whole Dog/God story always confuses me. Maybe because I've only killed him and gotten him to fuse with God. Maybe once i do them all I'll understand more, I don't know.
Other: I like dog's perk. It doesn't make me waste throwing spears wich is always a plus for me.
Score?: 7/10. If he didn't run after "squirrels" I'd love him.

Dean
Good: Dean's got a shot. Wich is good, it kills people. He's no dog though.
Bad: His 9mm isn't really the best at doing damage.
Glitches/bugs: None really.
Fun story: Again, dead money wasn't a funny place for me. -_-
Story: His story I really liked. The whole heist thing and learning who the guy on those posters really was was awesome.
Other: His perk is a big help at times.
Score?: 8/10. If he wasn't such a dike, maybe he'd be higher up, who knows.

Christine ( woot, my last one =D)
Good: I haven't really seen her in combat. I usually clear out the area before hand so there really isn't anything to kill with her.
Bad: Same as above.
Glitches/bugs: None
Fun story: Nope, it's Dead Money.
Story: Hers was really good. Figured out she was Veronica's erhm..."friend" and I kind of just smiled. The whole elijah revenge thing was neat to. Although her story was kind of really sad seeing as she got her vocal cords slit and her head "tampered" with.
Score?: I can't really give her one. Haven't used her that much.

Alright so my favourite one would probably be veronica. Real fun to have around, great at combat, great story, great home location, fun quest and she reminds me of someone I know.

EDIT: woops, I forgot Arcade. Haha, I just won't put him then.