He’s a companion that cloaks himself in a complex web of mistruths to protect himself and the Railroad faction, just as the Sole Survivor would with a Stealth Boy.

With thick steel plating, a range of weapons, and the highest HP of all recruitable NPCs in the game, there are plenty of reasons to make Skynet your buddy. Even so, it’s worth putting up with, as not only is Skynet arguably the silliest follower in the series, it’s also a deadly ally. It’s also not able to heal during combat – unless you can get close enough to repair it. It occasionally makes it impossible to talk to NPCs because the arms of its robo-brain shell count as drawn weapons. Places not people: Here our pitches for potential Fallout 5 locationsĪdmittedly, Skynet does have some other quirks as a Fallout companion that make it less desirable. Even when the game is over Skynet invites you to imagine the possibilities… Then, once the events of Fallout 2 transpire, Skynet travels west in search of more data, and maybe even settles down with a mainframe. We mean, it becomes lethal when equipped with a ‘Big Frigger’ power fist. That’s pretty cool, but not as cool as the alien tech used to develop it. Skynet is only one of the weird and wonderful characters in Fallout 2’s wasteland menagerie, but allow me to reel off some of what makes Skynet the best of the bunch when it comes to having someone/thing by your side as you roam post-apocalyptic Oregon.įor starters, as Skynet is an AI, you have to build a body for it to transfer into.

No, not the conscious hivemind computer with its sights on John Connor.

While our list will span the entire series, we’re going to start early on with Fallout 2. We really need to stop forgetting that… Anyway, given the restored sense of purpose our newly recalled remit has instilled in us, it’s time to combine noggins and scour the wastes in search of the absolute best Fallout companions, along the way taking in sharpshooter ghouls, super-sleuth synths, masters of disguise and even humans’ best friend. If only there was some way we could write such an article… Wait! There is! In fact, it’s actually our job to do such things. No doubt Jack’s refrain is a direct reference to Fallout companions as, indeed, there’s no combination of words that it’s possible to fit on the back of a postcard which better describe how we feel about these essential NPCs.Īfter all, postcards are – for the most part – small, and our love for Fallout’s myriad followers, recruits, and Guns-For Hire is large enough to fill a fully fledged listicle rather than a cheap souvenir made of thin cardboard. As the venerable Jack Johnson once sang – repeatedly, and without mercy, much to our chagrin – it’s always better when we’re together.

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