Companions are a regular annoyance even with the 1.3 patch. I can understand why this game was so hated if it was originally even worse than this. The minor amount of help they provide in combat isn't worth having them slow you down all the god damn time with AI that can barely grasp how doors and ladders work.
In his (very enjoyable) book Romero talks about being presented the ad by the guy who was handling Ion Storm's marketing. Romero told the guy he wouldn't say this outside of deathmatching and the ad makes him sound like an asshole.
Marketing Guy's response: "Don't be a pussy."
Somehow that convinced Romero to go ahead w/ the ad.
the first hour of gameplay is like the angelic 2 the core of FPS games but then it gets sort of better for it not to be one of the worst games of all time. still trash though lol
ABOUT TO MAKE
YOU HIS BITCH.
Suck it down.
Marketing Guy's response:
"Don't be a pussy."
Somehow that convinced Romero to go ahead w/ the ad.