“What we wanted was a companion first, and a combat ally second,” Burgess wrote — of Dogmeat — on Twitter on Sunday.
Designer’s German shepherd guided famed sidekick’s behavior and personality Fallout 4’s real-life Dogmeat — a German Shepherd named River, in the care of designer Joel Burgess — has passed away.
Burgess had been concerned that, without considerate development, that’s all Fallout 4’s signature companion would be.
“The more they bonded with [River], the more they saw Dogmeat as a character — a friend,” Burgess said of his colleagues.