10 Terrible Video Game Party Members Always Left Warming The Bench

Much like the Elder Scrolls series, Fallout gives players a large swath of companions to choose from, the merits of whom will forever be fiercely debated among the fandom.

Yet precious few will run to the defense of Fallout 4's Preston Garvey, the motormouth member of the Minutemen who is not only a total dullard but also extremely ineffective in combat.

When he's not busy hassling you to tackle an unending ream of randomly generated radiant quests, he never shuts up talking about the Minutemen, and has all the combat efficiency of a cardboard cutout.

Getting Preston to actually offer up a helping hand during battles is a frustrating chore: he'll far more likely stand around doing nothing or even just walk off for no discernible reason.

And even when he does try to fight something, that's no guarantee he'll actually land a hit.

Given how many genuinely nuanced and interesting companions there are in the game, there's not really any incentive at all to throw your lot in with this human-shaped piece of Styrofoam.