What are you talking about? Curie is one of the most well developed characters in the game. Her back story in Vault 81 is so sad, especially when you realize those three lockers on the ground aren't there because they were knocked down.
Oh, I got that. Lots of potential that was wasted IMHO. The graves were very obvious. One of the most well developed characters though?
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Her drive to become more human was one of those rare moments where a machine that was seeking to become human wasn't doing it for selfless reasons, like Data from Star Trek. She believed that being more human would give her the drive to excel in her medical field that could one day benefit everyone in the world. The way she discovers her newly found emotions doesn't change her perspective on the world, but further solidifies it.
I think that might be the issue for me. She's like a less developed Data, and there was no struggle to get there. One day she just says "I want a human body" and you say "okay, I know this doctor". No arc, it was boring. Add to that the bad accent and the lack of genuine personality (she's very 2-dimensional, doesn't change at all) it's a very thin coat that got old almost immediately for me. LOADS of potential and if there was a bigger struggle to get her a body then maybe I'd care, but I don't. As I said, I didn't like Cait at first and her "likes" are different from my play style but she's got a tragic story and a great arc so I ended up really liking her. Thus far Curie is the only companion that I feel like when I click the romance option it'll just be for the perk.
Even if you romance her, she will leave you if your ways doesn't match hers. i.e. helping people.
Every character does that, most for the exact same reason. Piper is all about uncovering the truth and helping people. Preston is about helping people. Etc.
Piper was good, but she had about as much character as a one-shot guest star on any show period. What you get is good, but it's not that much.
Whereas I see her as having a much better story than Curie. She wants you to help people and has spent her life as an outcast because of that helping. She's very caring, is worried for her family (although I agree, you should be able to have her sister live with you), and has actual personality. The whole "I'm getting used to this whole feelings thing" got old about two conversations in with Curie.
In conclusion, I <3 Curie. Her good natured determination to do good in a world gone to heck was way more encouraging than anything Preston ever said.
Preston might just be the only character more bland than Curie, I'll give you that. But I swear, if I have to hear Curie say "they should be embarrassed by this mess" one more time I'm going to put her down myself. Fact is, with the exception of a couple companions they all want to do good in a world gone to heck. With Curie though I don't even get the sense that she overly cares to help people, just to be a great scientist. Like in the mission where I had to decide what to do with the Deathclaw egg. I did what I thought to be the right thing which was return it to the nest, the proper owner and the creature whose child was stolen from them. Curie disliked that, she wanted me to give it to the robot waiter to cook and serve as a delicacy. Real nice.
Of course you're free to like whomever you want though, and it's cool that you made a connection with that character. As for me though? Weakest companion that I've traveled with thus far.
