Question Regarding the Independent Ending (Spoilers Obviously)

[Ragemage]

Alright, so I was wondering something about the Independent Ending. This ending is essentially meant to be a failsafe ending in case you kill the leaders of the other endings (Kimball, Caesar, House), correct? That's the reason Yes Man is the only unkillable character in the whole game.

Well from what I understand playing through the Independent ending, you pretty much need House's Securitron army for yourself in order to take over. But.. What if you blow up the Securitrons instead? That's what Caesar wants you to do after all. So what if you blow up the Securitrons, but then decide you still want to do an Independent ending and kill the other 3 ringleaders? Is it possible to finish the game despite blowing up what's essentially your army or are you effectively locked out of finishing the game?

If you can still finish the game, does blowing up the Securitrons effect anything ending-wise? I'd imagine you wouldn't have any Securitrons to back you up during the Battle of Hoover Dam. Plus I'm fairly certain by blowing up the army and not giving House the platinum chip, you're essentially limiting your army to only police Mark I securitrons.

 

[Izak]

If you blow up the securitrons then the ending slide for Vegas will mention that the city briefly fell into anarchy during the 2nd battle for Hoover Dam, but that the rioting was quelled after a short period of time (I believe this slide also plays if you if you do the Wild-Card ending without using the platinum chip, though I haven't played that scenario for a while so I could be wrong).

 

[Radiosity]

As a fun little side effect for blowing up the Securitrons, Yes Man will not shut up about it, haha. "Wow, I can't believe you actually blew up the Securitrons. Yep, we didn't need those or anything, I'm sure you'll be fine..."

 

[Ragemage]

As a fun little side effect for blowing up the Securitrons, Yes Man will not shut up about it, haha. "Wow, I can't believe you actually blew up the Securitrons. Yep, we didn't need those or anything, I'm sure you'll be fine..."

Haha, yeah, I got that when I actually did it. "Wow. You really blew them all up didn't you? That was so... brave of you! I'm sure that will just make things more... challenging! Yeah, that's it! Challenging!" I love Yes Man.