I've been wrestling this idea for a number of months, since Fallout: New Vegas came out I suppose. With all the factions, groups, and settlements; I'm still unable to understand the notion of the "good-ending", it seems whoever you help; certain factions/groups in the Mojave Wasteland will be affected for the wrong reasons. When I first completed the game I was rooting for the NCR, I thought martial law would benefit the entire Wasteland but after watching and listening to the end cut-scene, all NCR did was push people out of their settlements, heavily burden the community with taxes, and eliminate those who didn't follow suite;

I didn't help every faction/group which obviously impacted the end result of the entire Wasteland dramatically! Once I get another chance I'll start fresh. The question is, what is the best possible ending for the entire Wasteland; protecting all citizens, factions remaining independent whilst keeping their settlements, groups not being wiped out, "excluding Caesar". Right now I'm between a rock and a hard place, lots of communities over the Internet believe "Yes Man" is the "good-ending" but I disagree as anarchy and hard-ship forms around the strip as a result.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E80uavRuhLQ&feature=related

NCR ending, but this one has no people getting pushed out of the areas, except for some people of goodsprings. Note there is no good ending for Lilly so yes... Novac is unavoiable

I honestly think the NCR is best, simply because while I would totally side with house, he doesn't like sharing the power. I.e he is a dictator in every shape and form. This proven clearly if you ever tell him you wont give him his precious chip. He goes into a little hissy fit on how it's his and that he owns Vegas because he saved it and blah blah blah. He sounded just like Caesar. All 4 are about a sense of Entitlement people seem to have. I can't tell you the best, but I can tell you the worst. Caesar's Legion, under Legate Lanius. It is basically the worst possible outcome's of outcomes. I would say that Yesman/Independant is the Best but, well it doesn't help anyone in the end as total anarchy takes over the Mojave in that scenario. At least with the NCR if you do what must be done in a good way. Most if not all of the ending's with the NCR, to me have the best outcome. Sure there are taxes and some people don't want them around. But they don't seem to remember what it was like before NCR. How the Viper's and Jackal's pretty much did as they pleased. How there was no one to keep the fiend's in check. How House really only cared about making a buck not shelling it out to help out. They also seem to forget how easily Caesar's Legion would have overrun New Vegas had the NCR not been there to push them back. They also seem to forget how abusive the brotherhood would have been to them had the NCR not been there to 1 keep them in check, 2 actually bring peace between them and protect the highways and roads. Basically NCR is over all the best outcome in my opinion. Simply because most other's have even bigger flaws. Sure the taxes svck, but hey even in real life taxes svck, but they have a purpose.

House. With the Brotherhood dead, people like the Followers will be able to practice science without worrying about getting blown away. The NCR will be pushed back to their own territory and forced to reconstruct their government into one that isn't based on aggressive expansion for the sake of robber barons, the Legion will dissolve into irrelevancy, and the people of Vegas will be able to organize themselves into an unstoppable technological juggernaut that makes its way to the stars.

Poor Veronica being exiled from the Brotherhood, such cowards! Especially as she still helps them today. I couldn't care less about Fiends, Cook-Cook after what he did to Betsy can rot in Hell! Old Mormon Fort remained independent and helped the citizens out, such heroism! The one that got to me was Doc Mitchell being forced out of Good springs because of the taxes the NCR set on the settlement, they should of taken pity and paid respect to the town, especially Doc Mitchell for saving the Couriers life!



This is very true but why should the Wasteland be burdened with taxes, the entire world has been through enough, hey! At least Caesar got owned!



I wonder if the "way to the stars" will be the next DLC for Fallout I suppose you are right but I don't want any faction to die, it's not fair. Although the Brotherhood are greedy controlling and regulating every piece of "technology they deemed inappropriate" surely that must be for the best?

There is no single "best" ending that helps the Wasteland, as what "helps" the Wasteland is ultimately our own subjective opinion and relies entirely on our own morals, beliefs and our point of view. That's the beauty of this game - options. We shape the Wasteland in accordance with our own beliefs, while the ending cutscenes serve as a reminder that even best laid out plans and good intentions don't always turn out the way we envisaged them.