Did James have to kill himself in Fallout 3?

Walpknut said:
Crni you completely misunderstand the way the Legion is represented in New Vegas.

Their acts of extreme brutality are all done in the name of demoralizing the NCR forces, that's why they destroyed the town closest to the Mojave Outpost, attacked the NCR settlement of Searchlight with a dirt bomb, attack the Ranger Station closest to the Outpost, and occupied Nelson, cutting off Forlom Hope from a lot of roads while also strentghtening their position. There are no Legion towns in New Vegas because they first occupy the land by force and then impose their rule when the roads, opposition and dangers have been occupied and tamed, actually in the Legion endings after you win over Hoover Dam Caesar makes an example of only brutalizing NCR aligned settlements and either rules over the rest with an iron fist or offers them to join his ranks (and in the case of the Kings they refused and fought them, just to be decimated themselves). Nipton being a Legion town would make no sense because they are too far away from their controlled territory (a point they made specifically to deal a blow to the NCR by showing them that just because they are far away from their border doesn't mean they are safe at all. The NCR crucifying civillians would also make no sense whatsoever.

The problem with the way they are presented is that there is very little to their territory, only their military camp and a few camps instead of the more complex outposts they are said to have (hell we only interact with half of the for, the rest is a inaccesible zone full of tents that you can see on the hill) and also they have no companion aligned with them.
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Sorry for the late reply.

Than I think the game is doing a bad job at showing the Legion or at least making it very easy to "missunderstand" them. I am sure not every Nazi was a bad person and not ever Soviet soldier a saint. But if the game is showing you most of the time the "bad" side than it simply creates a certain imbalance. Not to mention the Legion is per definition a slaver army, while the NCR not.

To make it short. The NCR got a lot more attention in the game. There is a lot more story behind them, more NPCs and more interesting dialogues tied to the NCR. The developers have most probably simply spend more time with the NCR. And it shows. I wish the Legion would have been a lot more like the NCR. Right now in my opinion you have two real factions in the game, House and the NCR, the Legion always feels like it was thrown in at the end of the development cycle.

Like I said. It would have been good if the game gave you a chance to explore towns controlled by the Legion.
 
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I don't think House faction is more devellopped than the Legion.
That House is more interesting than Caesar, sure, but amongs the three faction, i think the House has the less involvement out of his own questline.
On the other hand, the legion spies are everywhere and often provide a mirror quest for many NCR quest.
 
Nah. The Enclave guy used that shot to keep him from dying, I don't see why James couldn't have used one also.
 
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