This too. Companions in 4 are not only unreactive and unable to be reacted to adequately, they're consequence-free; there's not even a (vanilla) option to have them be killable.
I think FO2's companions were a little better. Many of FO4's are black and white stereotypes or just a port of something else (Danse is Buzz Lightyear, Strong is the Hulk, etc.). Some companions, e.g. Deacon, seemed to have a nonsensical and inconsistently-written personality too (lying to you...