Why can't you join forces with Benny?

[Littlepage]

I mean, I know he tried to kill the courier, but why does that prevent you from teaming up with Benny? He's the swankiest character in the game and that's including Swank himself. It just seems silly. If you're playing an morally grey to evil female character, he's the most eligible bachelor on the strip. He would have been so good as a fully fleshed out companion. Especially since there are no evil companions. All the other companions range from lawful good to chaotic good, and barely entering neutral territory.

[Comsiama]

because the game was rigged from the start

[Akasaki]

It's character's personality we cannot do anything about it. Benny played many stunt with killing and back stabbing, even an NPC telling you that Benny's eyes looks like a snake.
He is a dangerous man that the courier should not trust which is true because he actually do not care for anyone. He has him self and Yes Man to plan to take over new Vegas. Even someone work for him as a body guard or mercenary, he still betrayed them like he did to great Khans.
So even player allow him to live or sleep with him, he still do not want to team up with the courier. Because he know that he's not made for that.

[Val]

Agreed, I wanted a Benny ending.

[Lewisamac(Riko Toone)]

there's actually cut content where if you free benny from the legion camp he will turn up later and try and kill you. Don't know why it was cut but this shows that even after you save his life he would still betray you.

[psychotron666]

Because he's a snake that always turns on you. You can agree to work with him and he turns on you. Sometimes people simply don't do what you want them to do

[Guts]

One day a radscorpion became stranded on a small island in a pond after a flash flood. He was not able to swim and would not survive if he didn't make it to shore soon. He saw a gecko in the pond. He said to the gecko "Help me! You can carry me to the other shore if you let me climb on your back." The gecko said to the radscorpion "If I do that, you must promise not to sting me." The radscorpion agreed and the gecko allowed him to climb on top. The gecko began swimming, and the radscorpion stung the gecko. "Why would you do that? You've killed us both," cried the gecko. "I sting because I'm a radscorpion," replied Benny.

[psychotron666]

Originally posted by N473:

One day a radscorpion became stranded on a small island in a pond after a flash flood. He was not able to swim and would not survive if he didn't make it to shore soon. He saw a gecko in the pond. He said to the gecko "Help me! You can carry me to the other shore if you let me climb on your back." The gecko said to the radscorpion "If I do that, you must promise not to sting me." The radscorpion agreed and the gecko allowed him to climb on top. The gecko began swimming, and the radscorpion stung the gecko. "Why would you do that? You've killed us both," cried the gecko. "I sting because I'm a radscorpion," replied Benny.

Lol it was nice seeing this classic again, updated for fallout too.

[Bansheebutt]

Not every character needs to bend to the player's every wish and desire. Some people just aren't going to be your friend.

A good rpg isn't one where the world is made of clay and the player is free to sculpt it as they wish. It's one filled with characters that act consistent with their beliefs however the player chooses to interact with them.

The reason a cut, but mostly intact House/NCR alliance remains in the game files is because it was deemed out-of-character for House after a scenario revision.

Another example is that you don't actually end the war with the Legion if you opt for the non-violent path with Speech/Barter. You only delay it. You don't convince Lanius not to fight, you convince him he's not ready to take the West.

[Littlepage]

Well, at the very least I would have appreciated some content if you went to all the trouble of releasing him from the fort. If he decides to kill you again, it'd be nice to hear his monologue about why before he dies.

[Danny]

Rex could be seen as "evil" being an ex-Legion cyberdog.
You could pretty much assume Rex having needed to kill people for the Legion.

[Gorok Delvedeep]

Originally posted by Littlepage:

I mean, I know he tried to kill the courier, but why does that prevent you from teaming up with Benny? He's the swankiest character in the game and that's including Swank himself. It just seems silly. If you're playing an morally grey to evil female character, he's the most eligible bachelor on the strip. He would have been so good as a fully fleshed out companion. Especially since there are no evil companions. All the other companions range from lawful good to chaotic good, and barely entering neutral territory.

because he shot you in the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ head.

[Littlepage]

Originally posted by Gorok Delvedeep:

because he shot you in the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ head.

So? What does that matter? It's honestly no biggie, people in the game shoot you in the head all the time. It just bothers me, because for a game called new vegas, there aren't any vegas companions. The closest we get is in the dlc Dead Money with Dean Domino, but that's temporary.

[Facetable]

I’d say that there’s two possibilities that come to mind


1. Benny being a power hungry individual, wants to keep the number of people with the potential to overthrow him as low as possible with one of the only people with the potential to do so that he trusts literally being programmed not to (Yes Man.) The courier on the other hand is essentially a complete wild card in the scheme of things and as such he refuses to trust you even if you do try to side with him. Dean actually behave in a manner similar to this (although arguably to a lesser extent) given that he only trusts Vera since he has the ability to blackmail her, and he only trusts the courier due to the collars though even then only if they never exhibit any behavior he finds threatening


2. There may’ve been plans for a Benny+Courier ending, but it might have been scrapped during development or dropped due to the short development timeframe.

[Scythia]

Originally posted by Facetable:

I’d say that there’s two possibilities that come to mind


1. Benny being a power hungry individual, wants to keep the number of people with the potential to overthrow him as low as possible with one of the only people with the potential to do so that he trusts literally being programmed not to (Yes Man.)

I'm amazed Emily Ortel is still alive. Seems like a sloppy mistake for Benny.

[Incunabulum]

Originally posted by Littlepage:

I mean, I know he tried to kill the courier, but why does that prevent you from teaming up with Benny? He's the swankiest character in the game and that's including Swank himself. It just seems silly. If you're playing an morally grey to evil female character, he's the most eligible bachelor on the strip. He would have been so good as a fully fleshed out companion. Especially since there are no evil companions. All the other companions range from lawful good to chaotic good, and barely entering neutral territory.

Because when Benny has the power he doesn't need you and when you have the power you don't need him.