Sooo... Dogmeat again?

Post » Sat Nov 28, 2015 10:57 am

Ok, so in the Fallout 4 Demo your Dog companion is named both Dogmeat and Dog at different points.

So is it Dogmeat making a reappearance? Or is the Dog nameable by the player and someone just called it Dogmeat?

Personally, I think they should put the poor pooch down.

I mean, I loved Dogmeat as much as anyone, in Fallout 1, but it's getting a bit ridiculous that he's in every game (that isn't a side-game).

Am i alone in thinking this?

What are your thoughts on this eternal companion?

Edit: I would call him Fenton! :tongue:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GRSbr0EYYU

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Steve Bates
 
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Post » Sat Nov 28, 2015 6:33 am

I personally don't care what they call the dog but I wouldn't mind if we had gotten Rex again.

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Austin Suggs
 
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Post » Sat Nov 28, 2015 5:23 am

I expect we have a choose of several names to chose from.

I think the dog has been Called Dog and Pal in game.

I haven't heard him called Dogmeat in game, but that is what Bethesda refers to him as.

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Stryke Force
 
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Post » Sat Nov 28, 2015 4:27 am

Use a mod to rename him "Muttpooper" or something.

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Anthony Diaz
 
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Post » Sat Nov 28, 2015 1:22 am

He has never been in every game. Dogmeat is just the collective name for dogs in fallout. Think of it as a title rather than a name.

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MR.BIGG
 
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Post » Sat Nov 28, 2015 8:13 am

Well, that would have been an option in a game without a voiced protagonist. :D

It's mostly because i think novelty of Dogmeat has kinda worn off about now.

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Scared humanity
 
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Post » Sat Nov 28, 2015 6:46 am

He was in 1,2 and 3. So every game that wasn't a side-game, like: Tactics and New Vega.

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Leilene Nessel
 
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Post » Fri Nov 27, 2015 10:24 pm

Same name but different dawg. its a nod to the film "a boy and his dog" if i recall correctly.

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renee Duhamel
 
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Post » Fri Nov 27, 2015 10:24 pm

Yep, and it's modeled after the Mad Max dog. You only get him if you wear the MM-styled leather armor. :thumbsup:

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Sam Parker
 
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Post » Sat Nov 28, 2015 7:36 am

I don′t mind it, it′s a charming legacy character, like Toad in Mario games

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Alan Whiston
 
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Post » Sat Nov 28, 2015 11:33 am

The dog is named Dog before you learn his real name, which is Dogmeat.

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Thomas LEON
 
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Post » Sat Nov 28, 2015 9:16 am

I′m more inclined to think you′ll get to name the dog and the demoer named his/hers dogmeat as a wink wink to fans

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Ashley Campos
 
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Post » Sat Nov 28, 2015 6:57 am

This is what i'm hoping.

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Tiffany Holmes
 
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Post » Sat Nov 28, 2015 3:26 am

Firstly, I disliked Rex because of that brain in a jar on his head. I felt sorry for him, but I really didn't want to look at him.

Also, I really want either a better breed of dog or a Yao Guai. Yeah, Dogmeat, great, but if I can't get a Husky, Malamute, Akita or just a giant bear as a pet, then I'm really not interested.

"Good boy, Dogmeat!" "Stay here and defend the settlement." *Forgets Dogmeat exists*

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Dewayne Quattlebaum
 
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Post » Sat Nov 28, 2015 12:36 am

As I recall, it was specifically confirmed when you first find the dog, its just named dog, but you eventually find someone who tells you the dogs name is dogmeat.

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Dina Boudreau
 
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Post » Fri Nov 27, 2015 11:40 pm


Hmm, gonna stick to my standard fist full of salt until a source is shown.
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Oscar Vazquez
 
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Post » Sat Nov 28, 2015 9:32 am

As I said think of it as a title not a name. Yes there has been a dog but it's not the same dog.

I must be misunderstanding the question. You ask if it's the same dog even though he's a completely different breed? Or are you just complaining that it has the same name again?

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Post » Fri Nov 27, 2015 11:30 pm

Understandable.

I honestly cant recall where I saw it from, so I can't provide a source.

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Roisan Sweeney
 
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Post » Sat Nov 28, 2015 9:57 am

Both i guess.

I donno why, but it just rubs my the wrong way that they keep using the same name. It's not exactly hard to come up with a new dog name, even one that carries a reference to some pop-culture thing.

Plus, it seems a bit silly to go through all the trouble of modeling a NPC companion after a co-workers pet and then just give it the generic-fallout-dog-name.

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Post » Sat Nov 28, 2015 3:34 am


Its not so much about creativity as it is giving a nod to a video game legacy, kinda like how almost every final fantasy game has a character called Cid.
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Post » Sat Nov 28, 2015 2:18 am

I was under the impression it was called Dog to allow you to rename it, as the game appears to be quite extensive with customization as it is. I only assume the same would apply for simply naming the dog whatever you want.

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Jeff Tingler
 
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Post » Sat Nov 28, 2015 6:37 am

I'm more disappointed by the fact he's a not a blue heeler, if they're gonna re-use the name every game they might as well keep the same breed.

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Post » Sat Nov 28, 2015 10:36 am

Not there fault none of the staff owns one apparently. ;p
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Amy Gibson
 
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Post » Sat Nov 28, 2015 7:35 am

Can't rename, would conflict with the voice protagonist thing.

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Jade Payton
 
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Post » Fri Nov 27, 2015 10:05 pm

I got that in F3. Hell, they even had Harold in it (and the audacity to kill him :sad:).

But the novelty has kinda worn off, i think. And with so many other ways to achieve the same thing..? Going with Dogmeat again, seems a bit lazy to me.

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