Evil Playthrough Ideas?

Rex is a loyal companion for bad karma, ripping up Sergeant Teddy is a MUST, and maybe grabbing Lily as a companion would be good too.

Nothing says evil like taking advantage of a schizophrenic.

 

Go for the Hoover Dam ending where you blow up the Securitrons at the Fort, don't upgrade them and then ultimately destroy/disable the dam completely with Yes Man. Basically turns the Mojave into a dustbowl worth nothing, with countless dead and an entire war that was for nothing at all. I'd say that is about the most bitter ending you can get in New Vegas.

 

I learn new things about that game every fucking day.

 

Yeah if you fuck up the Securitrons enough, in the final battle Yes Man suggests that because of how FUBAR their chances are, strategically your best option is to destroy the generators to the point they are completely irrepairable - The Dam is intact but functionally useless for power. Meaning the NCR won't have any incentive to care anymore.

 

That’s... cosmic levels of screwing up though. Not only is OP’s Courier going to be evil, they’re going to be HORRIBLY inept.

 

To be quite honest, I could see Ulysses doing that on purpose.

 

@17FortuneG let Ulysses whack you upside the head with Old Glory after choosing to fight him in Lonesome Road. Maybe it’ll give context for later actions if you wanna really roleplay.

 

Hah. Exactly.

But in seriousness, a good “evil” action I always make sure to do is, as I said before, to tear up Sergeant Teddy at Fortification Hill. Think about it: it’s the only worldly possession that slave girl has, you get her hopes up by offering to retrieve it, and then you destroy it in front of her. Awful.

Siding with the Omertas and helping them flood the Strip with chlorine gas is also pretty bad.

 

"Siding with the Omertas and helping them flood the Strip with chlorine gas is also pretty bad."
Wait, you could do that? i always helping the guy with the suit so he can give me some chips.

 

Hahahaha, that’s one option.

But yeah, you can actually side with Big Sal and Nero by showing them Cachino’s journal, which starts its own quest line where you help them commit a major act of terror on the Strip.

 

I personally feel this is the best ending for New Vegas.

If you really wanted to be conniving you could’ve betrayed the Powder Gangers to the NCR. Although you’d only get NCR fame for doing that.

 

I think playing consistently is rewarding. It's why even if I did a "Evil Legion playthrough" I wouldn't side with the Powder Gangers because it's not consistent with that type of character and that type of evil.

 

Wait, what?! You can do that?!

Loooool that's like the worst ending ever. And a strange way to keep everyone off your backs - victory by insignificance.

"Let's invade New Vegas again!"

"Why? They have nothing there anymore. Nobody cares. Fuck it, let's fuck around Mexico or something. New Vegas is worthless."

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Meanwhile, in Independent New Vegas:

"Yay, Victory for INDEPENDENT NEW VEGAS once again!" shouts the Courier as his agents report the latest doings on NCR. A nearby old placard falls from disrepair. "WE WON! FREEEEEEEEDOM!"

*gunshots ring. Then five people call for help. Followed by the sounds of twenty fiends running a drug-fueled train on a single woman, in the dark, because there's only electricity on mondays now*

"Yey." says the woman in-between a breather, before the twentieth one fiend shows up. Its ok, she ins't killed, because the Fiends decided to let her carry a future baby to term, so they could eat it on a dare, just to know how babies taste like.

"Oh shit, Fiends are acting up again. If only I had someone to like, help me keep the order..." says the Courier as he straps his duster on and loads his gun.

 

Well supposedly the Lucky 38 reactor alone can power New Vegas. Not sure if that includes Freeside or outer Vegas though.

 

Some of my favourites:

• Can you find it in your heart- blow up Frank's family (never gets old when something blows up) or convince him to commit suicide at the end
• We are the Legion- with New Vegas Uncut Forlorn Hope gets massacred afterwards, but it's still a great quest on it's own
• Beyond the Beef- kidnap St Claire or sell Boone, Veronica or Cass to Mortimer or murder Ted and frame Heck
• I put a spell on you- blow up the monorail and "prank" the scapegoat by pulling a pin on his grenade
• Lonesome Road- nuke both Long 15 and Dry Wells
• Someone to watch over me- kill the squatters, greasers and then allow Alice to kill her mother, kill Alice and pocket the 1000 caps from her mother
• Blowing up the BoS bunker