- Joined
- Dec 16, 2019
Yup. I also like Arcade. He's a bit of a bitchy fag, but he helps heal you, packs a fucking plasma defender as his default companion weapon with infinite ammo, and somehow picked up PA training while on the run as a kid. Oh, and he knows a bunch of oldfags who still know how to fight and hands you a kickass suit of armor. Yes, he's a naive do-gooder, but a smart Courier can turn some of his own logic against him. You can blow away a fellow Follower during The White Wash right in front of him and then persuade Arcade it was for the greater good.Nah, Boone is the best one:
-simple but cool design
-cool backstory
-strongest companion of them all, can carry you trough the entire game alone
-him always opening fire at Legion actually fits the narrative and influences gameplay (compare it to Fallout 4 when you can bring Strong or Hancock to Brotherhood's blimp and nobody bats an eye)
-gives you the best piece of headgear in the game
-doesn't speak much, but when he does its mostly to give you advice
-all his endings are bittersweet and interesting
I'll take him over modern "I'll spout dumb one-liners every 20 seconds, lol I'm so quirky" RPG followers any time.
"Not all sacrifices are made by the willing. When it comes right down to it that was the same choice Anderson was willing to make. But where is the lamb for the burnt offering?"
You can also snag Boone, toss on Legion armor afterwards, and he won't fire even when you both stroll into Cottonwood Cove.If you're allied with the Legion, Boone will still be fooled by you if you're wearing NCR armor. What's funny is, the moment you take off the uniform and talk with him, he's like, "I knew it! You're one of them!"