Alright, here's the situation.

I've talked to the Yes man robot who explained how I could use him and the chip to take control of the strip, and I made it through to Caesar destroying everything in my path, and killed Benny, too, and I have the chip.

I haven't done anything in the way of the quests I got to check out the other factions on the strip and stuff like that.


Anyway, I'm just wondering a few things, and I'd appreciate as few spoilers as possible. yes or no answers are fine.

Does taking the chip to Mr. House end the game? if not, how close am I? Would killing him have any really negative effects?

Actually that about sums it up. If I can keep doing things for awhile I'll be fine, but I'm a bit worried that I'll make bad decisions toward the end. Also, i feel like I've missed chunks of the story due to my trigger happiness, I never talked to any one from Caesar's legion, for instance.

If you kill mr.house I think you lose vegas,

Thats what my friend told me at least.

Reguardless of what you do with the chip it ends the game. However if you want to look on the bright side, what you do with it may affect what happens in the hopeful 'Broken Steel-ish' DLC. Using the chip in general leads to some kind of negative feelings from one faction or another. Its really all personal preference, but to answer you question, shortly after doing whatever you want to do with the chip the game will come to an end. You will be alerted when you are coming to the point of no return.

Well, first, you cannot lose the chip once you have it and there is always a means to use it.

Caesar's Legion: Caesar simply wants Securitron bunker near his fort destroyed. He has no idea what the chip is actually for, just that it opens up the bunker. You can either destroy the bunker or use the chip to upgrade the Securitrons, which is so noisy it fools Caesar into thinking you destroyed the place anyway. After this, you can continue Legion quests with Caesar none the wiser about your plans. Bear in mind, your next task is killing House.

NCR: The NCR doesn't even know the chip exists, but they will still eventually want House dead.

House: He will want you to upgrade the Securitrons, but he doesn't need you to use the fort. He can use it from the Lucky 38.

Wild Card: Just follow his instructions, since you've already found him. Remember that NOONE but Benny knew about this option, so you can go through any (but not all) of the other routes before switching to Benny's original scheme before the finale starts.