The Bethesda thread

[Con-con]

[Adamant]

Did you ever get out of that fucking dungeon?

What does everybody think about the weapon modding system in New Vegas? I think it sounds promising. I hear it's supposed to change the weapon model as well as the stats.

[Con-con]

The companions for New Vegas were announced.




* Full Name: Arcade Israel Gannon
* Sex: Male
* Race: Human
* Ethnicity: Caucasian
* Age: 35
* Profession: Doctor, Followers of the Apocalypse New
Vegas Chapter
* Perk: Better Healing – While Arcade is a companion, the
player regains more health from all sources.
* Description: Arcade is highly ethical and moral, but he understands the post apocalyptic world is one in which sometimes, people just have to be shot in the head. Most of Arcade’s concerns about the world around him have to do with large-scale issues rather than the needs of individuals. While he appreciates what individual people go through, he firmly believes that it’s more important to affect large-scale societal change than fix problems little by little.




* Full Name:Craig Boone
* Sex: Male
* Race: Human
* Ethnicity: Caucasian
* Age: 26
* Profession: Town guard, Novac
* Perk: Spotter – While Boone is a companion, hostile targets are highlighted whenever the player is actively aiming.
* Description: Boone is a town guard and former NCR sharpshooter, bitterly whittling away the hours until he can find out who’s responsible for his wife’s death — and kill them. Hardened and psychologically troubled from his time in the NCR military, Boone vacillates between being a stone-cold killer and a decent human being. Venturing out from the relative safety of Novac brings Boone into close contact with his old life until he is forced to deal with the tragic events that caused him to leave the military.




* Full Name: Rose of Sharon Cassidy
* Sex: Female
* Race: Human
* Ethnicity: Caucasian
* Age: 37
* Profession: Water merchant, owner of Cassidy Caravans
* Perk: Whiskey Rose – While Cass is a companion, she and the player gain Damage Threshold when they drink Whiskey. Additionally, the player does not suffer intelligence loss from consuming alcohol and ignores the negative effects of alcohol addiction.
* Description: Worn down by years of hard luck and a recent rash of terrible misfortunes, Cass is a despondent merchant who’s about to get out of the caravan business. She’s smart, tough, and steady with a gun, but she hasn’t been savvy enough to survive the ruthless caravan wars that have flared up in Nevada since NCR’s expansion. Though she’s quick to join up with the player for some easy money, she’s still interested in finding out if she’s been suffering from bad luck or something more sinister.




* Full Name: Lillian Marie Bowen
* Sex: Super Mutant
* Race: Nightkin Super Mutant
* Age: 203
* Ethnicity: African
* Profession: Farmer, Jacobstown
* Perk: Stealth Girl – While Lily is a companion, the duration of Stealth Boys is increased by 200% and all Sneak Attack Critical Hits do an additional 10% damage.
* Description: Though she now lives a peaceful life tending to Bighorners in the community of Jacobstown, Lily was once a Nightkin in The Master’s army. Before that, she was an elderly grandmother enjoying a simple life in Vault 17. Heavily medicated, Lily struggles with her dangerous schizophrenia and distant memories of her old life.




* Full Name: Raul Alfonso Tejada
* Sex: Male
* Race: Ghoul
* Ethnicity: Meztiso
* Age: 230
* Profession: Repairman (Black Mountain), Vaquero (pre-war)
* Perk: Regular Maintenance – While Raul is a companion, the Condition of weapons and armor decays 50% slower.
* Description: Raul is an old Mexican ghoul who has had a long and storied history. After living the life of a wild gunslinger, Raul took up the trade of a simple repairman in Nevada. While traveling to New Vegas, he was swiped by Nightkin from Black Mountain and imprisoned by their leader, Tabitha. After being freed from captivity, he will join the player out of gratitude. A new taste of adventure reminds Raul of his tumultuous past, prompting him to consider if he should embrace his old gunslinging ways.




* Full Name: Veronica Renata Santangelo
* Sex: Female
* Age: 27
* Ethnicity: Caucasian
* Profession: Journeyman Scribe, Procurement Specialist, Brotherhood of Steel, Hidden Valley Bunker
* Perk: Scribe Assistant – while Veronica is a companion, the player can craft Workbench items through Veronica’s dialogue.
* Description: Veronica is a Brotherhood of Steel journeyman scribe who has been indefinitely assigned to the role of “procurement specialist”, responsible for venturing out of the Brotherhood bunker to find and acquire resources that the Brotherhood cannot create on its own. Irritated by what she sees as the Brotherhood’s unrealistic and uninformed views of themselves and the world, Veronica is a perpetual outsider caught between her loyalty to the Brotherhood and troubling doubts about the validity of their current course.




* Full Name: Eyebot (Duraframe) – Subject E
* Sex: N/A
* Age: 6
* Ethnicity: N/A
* Profession: Shop Security, Primm
* Perk: Enhanced Sensors – while ED-E is a companion, the player can detect enemies at an increased range. Additionally, enemies will appear on the player’s compass and can be targeted in V.A.T.S. even when cloaked.
* Description: Unlike standard eyebots, ED-E is a highly customized “duraframe” model with hardened armor and specialized weapons. It was an eyebot on an incredible journey, carrying an enormous amount of valuable data when it was badly damaged and taken in by a Primm shop owner. Though ED-E still retains all of its data and an understanding of its mission, its internal positioning hardware is badly damaged. The only reason it has not been seized by interested parties is because ED-E has not communicated its special mission to anyone. (note by Ronok: He was first seen in the New Vegas trailer 2, where we see how he was damaged)




* Full Name: Cyber-Hound Mk. III, LEO Support Model, Serial Number B955883
* Sex: N/A
* Age: 209
* Ethnicity: N/A
* Profession: Sidekick to The King
* Perk: Search and Mark – While Rex is a companion, unequipped chems, firearms, and ammunition within a short distance are highlighted when you zoom the camera.
* Description: Rex is a cybernetic dog that has been around since pre-war times. He was used by the Denver Police Department and Caesar’s Legion before being mostly blown up during the Battle of Hoover Dam. Since then, he’s been the loyal pet of The King of The Kings in Freeside. Capable of sniffing out loot and taking a large amount of punishment, he only has one (big) problem: his brain is starting to deteriorate.


The companion I'm most excited for is Rex. ROBODOG is awesome. I knew they'd have to have a dog in there, but a cybernetically enhanced dog? That's badass. Oh, and I love how each companion gives you Perks. Fucking sick. The one question on my mind is, where are the bad guys? None of these companions necessarily seem like characters you'd bring around when playing as a villain. They all seem to have Good Karma. What's up with that? Can we expect more companions later, some for the side of evil?


Well, there you go. Check out the full article here if you want.


Oh, and on a thread related note...

I wish I had the PC version of Oblivion, because I would be playing this mod right now.

http://www.youtube.com/v/QGkqjabgVks

[Adamant]

It's good to see that Bethesda is starting to take companions seriously. These look like some damn good ones. I was hoping for something really off the wall like one of the intelligent death claws from Fallout 2 or maybe a super badass radroach, but what else is DLC for? This perk system looks good to. Now I'm praying that they bring back the importance of charisma.

[Abel]

Awe-fucking-some

I heard there also is this one mexican companion who is voiced by this guy:

[Con-con]

Holy shit, if Danny Trejo voices Raul the Ghoul, I will be SO pleased! I'd give him a machete too, just because I can.

[Abel]

Great news everyone

Danny Trejo apparently really voices him.

http://www.gamesradar.com/xbox360/fallout-new-vegas/news/fallout-new-vegas-cast-includes-felicia-day-danny-trejo-matthew-perry-and-wayne-newton/a-2010081012149332040/g-2009050816317271026/c-1#10374492282500184926141706825369611

[Adamant]

[Heyokah]

I'm glad to see alot more Fallout 1 and 2 references such as The Followers of The Apocalypse and Nightkins. Good to know the companions are as useful as they were in Fallout 2.

[Ze Kyle]

They were only really useful for hauling your shit around. I learned the hard way to never give any of my followers a gun with a burst setting.

[Adamant]

[Heyokah]

Uh, well there's Super Mutants on the East coast and other remnants of the Master's army and Jet, even though the maker of Jet died (and the drug with him) in the Fallout 2 epilogue. So, I don't see why there wouldn't be any Nightkins or The Followers of The Apocalypse around. Shit, there's even a character from Fallout 3 that's from Ireland.

[Con-con]

The Supes in FO3 are pretty different though. They looked more degenerated and fucked up and they lacked the intelligence of their West Coast brethren. They also weren't made by the Master, but rather, the pre-war American government through the Vault experiments.

As for Jet, it was probably brought over by the BoS when they caravaned from the West.

Moriarty though... Well, maybe it's not too hard to get across the Atlantic. Alistair Tenpenny is also a UK emigrant.


You know, that makes me think. I've always wanted to see what happened to other parts of the world after the Great War. We get little hints every so often, but nothing major. We'd never go there in a game though. That'd take away from Fallout's big aesthetic of post-war America.

But, you know, there are always novels.

[Adamant]

Don't forget about Desmond. That fucker is hilarious.

Personally, I don't think the BoS brought Jet to the capital wasteland. Can you see Owen Lions putting up with that shit?

[Con-con]

Probably more like smuggled. And the smugglers probably became Outcasts.