http://www.gamesas.com/topic/1541084-spoilers-fallout-4-achievements-spoilers/

http://orcz.com/Fallout_4:_Achievements (MAJOR SPOILERS!)

Lets continue the discussion

Who are all the known companions? I know Dogmeat, Codsworth, Piper... do we know only about 3 or am I missing someone?

You're missing one. We also know Preston Garvey is a companion.

That's 4 of the 12 possible companions. I'm guessing the others are probably:

1. A ghoul

2. A BoS soldier

3. A super mutant

4. An android/synth

5. A Railroad member

6. An Institute member

7 and 8 I'm unsure of, and the synth, super mutant, and ghoul could be the railroad and/or institute member.

The player fought alongside a Super Mutant in the Combat Trailer, so maybe that'll be one of the companions.

Huh? What part of the trailer are you reffering to?

Its when the PC is on the elevator type thing on a side of the building, throwing grenades up into the building and blowing the walls off. Its attacking the same Super Mutants hes attacking, so I'm assuming its a companion. I could very well be wrong tho.

also I think a Protectron

John Hancock is a (ghoul) companion, I believe (I have it on good authority that he is), and I believe (but with little evidence and on no authority) Tinker Tom is going to be one too. There's also a Protectotron robot companion, if the icon for the achievement/trophy "Never Go It Alone" is any thing to go by when it comes to in-game companions.

John Hancock (for those interested): http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/fallout/images/d/d0/Fo4_John_Hancock.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/240?cb=20150622164503

Tinker Tom (for those interested, small picture though): http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/fallout/images/a/ab/Fo4_Tinker_Tom_CA.jpg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/240?cb=20151028225842

Yeah the concept art for Hancock and the silhouettes of the achievement strongly suggest he is a companion.

Could we get an enlarged version of the tinker tom concept art?

And does anyone have the source for how many companions there are? I remember 10 being the number that was thrown around. Anyway the more there are, the less probable I think it is them having complex personalities. And you can always only have one at a time, right?

As for the other sihouettes, I suggest a protectron (which would make two robot companions, that is new), Preston, and there is a bulkier silhouette, which might point to a PA user, or a Super Mutant. Personally I would just love A mutant as follower, since I think they offer the most in terms of background just look at Fawkes, Lily and Marcus.

As by the nucler family achievment, could this be another hint to your family. You see an old man and the Sole Survivor holding his hand. It could be Shaun, that was taken out of cryo much earlier than you, right? This theory might be detrimental to the reunion achievement, though.

So I did not know where to put it, but from the new screenshots it appears that Fallout 4 indeed takes place ten years after the start of Fallout 3. 2287. That answers a couple of questions and makes some theories on these forums a bit more plausible. Like meeting up with Lyons BoS, or GNN making a return (likely not with Three Dog though).

Do you have a link to these new screenshot?

Its from a leak, and Gstaff has been taking links to it down.

But ive seen it myself on other places, and can confirms the screenshot does say 2287.

Unfortunately we can't post them as they will be deleted. It is on the Fallout subreddit. The date is true and that in addition to all the other evidence, Lyons BoS is most likely back.

It is indeed true. October 23, 2287.

Sad no cannibal based achievement

Here's my guess:

Preston Garvey (Confirmed)

Dogmeat (Confirmed)

Piper (Confirmed)

Codsworth (Confirmed)

And for the remaining ones:

John Hancock (Generic Ghoul companion, leaked achievement shows someone wearing a hat similar to his)

Super Mutant (Generic, Gameplay shows you fighting alongside one)

Protectron (Image, interesting that there are two robots though)

Those are the educated guesses. Other ones include a BoS member and a synth, though that's largely speculation.

This actually has some implications for the potential romances: at least five of the twelve companions are out - obviously any animals, robots, and I assume mutants and ghouls. Ghouls could have perhaps been possible (stranger things have happened *cough*Bioware*cough*) but I doubt they would make a historical figure romanceable. Of course, Hancock may not be the ghoul companion after all.

Anyway, that leaves us with seven remaining companions, and I expect the number of romance options will be equally divided between genders, so at least one more may turn out to be a 'creature' of some sort. In the end that would give us four three romanceable options per gender, including Piper and Preston.

Or not. We'll have to wait and see.

Edit: I meant three. Three options. I can't count.

I hope John Hancock is a companion though, or, at the very least, the ghoul companion we are bound to get is as badass as Charon from Fallout 3. Charon was my favorite Fallout 3 companion.

unless they did make it possible to romance androids?

I make a distinction between robots and androids, so I'm not ruling that possibility out at all. Still, There's Codsworth and potentially a protectron, and I think it's safe to assume neither of them is a romance option.

It is rumored that the max rank of inspiration might allow you to take an additional companion with you.. but nothing is confirmed... im not sure what else other ranks in inspiration would do considering they are companion based.

if it does then am definetly gonna have to take that perk

Some minimal chance that "reunions" is not part of the MQ, so we can skip that part in other plays?

I find it hard to happen, but who knows ........

why would you want to skip that?
why would you want to skip that?

Hmm. i presumed some of the people you meet will be like "staff". preston for example might be a vertibird pilot... in the footage with him the player retrieves the power armor and minigun from a crashed verti for part of that quest. and the person flying the vertibird in the e3 footage has the same skin tone. and tinker tom... well just guessing from the name might be involved with the workshop somehow, or perhaps settlements?