In terms of killable NPCs, I do not see why so many have to be killable, I like the freedom the Fallout and TES ganes have, but some NPC jsut should not be killable.Īs far as role-playing is concerned, the are simple work-arounds. We are playing a story-centric action game with RPG elements. And yes it adds to many RPGs if companions can die, but only if you have full control over them, yet Fallout is not Baldur's Gate or Pillars of Eternity, where it really is my fault when my companions die. I agree that companions have issues in NV as well, mainly that they are too strong, but it is still better than before. And no the AI is really bad in this game, they engage at ridiculous ranges, run after an enemy and attract even more, there is no way to pause the game and give orders and so forth. The amount of control was even reduced and it was in real-time and not in turns, so you would have to constantly think about your followers. In Fallout 2 it was better, but still stupid, the amount of control you have over the followers was just not enough to have them able to die.īut in Fallout 3 it was the worst. They were just useless after a certain maount of time. And it was hard to keep him alive that long, as was with other followers, Ian in particular died all the time. The reason I like it is simple, I played Fallout in 2005 for the last time I believe and got Dogmeat up to the cathedral where he died to a one-shot from a nightkin with a flamethrower. In Fallout 3 I never had a follower apart from Fawkes, who was essential if i recall correctly. I like the immortal approach for companions.

Fallout 3 dogmeat essential