I forgot to mention it in the intro, as I do sometimes, but some people are asking why I chose Mr. House as the first Fallout character to cover considering the moral ambiguity surrounding his character. Well that's because I didn't! The patrons did. Mr. House was the patron pick for this month, and so he happened to be covered before any of the other more villainous organizations/people in this universe due to their selection. Hope that clears things up for people wondering why I went with him first!

@DanielLopez-ec1sn

Ай бұрын

Other YT videos on Mr. House have failed to capture my interest. Well done Sir!

@rickstergaming1989

Ай бұрын

I just finished a show called Snowfall on Hulu and I think you should definitely do an analyzing evil on Franklin Saint!

@newbornviking9721

Ай бұрын

Analyzing Evil; Nekron From (DC comics) Analyzing Evil; Thulsa DOOM From (KULL and Conan the barbarian) Analyzing Evil; Skeletor From (He-man and the masters of the universe) Analyzing Evil; Mumm RA From (Thundercats)

@cheshire_skatkat9093

Ай бұрын

I hope you cover Caeser Edward sallow next.

@MajorJakas

Ай бұрын

Bad choice, dude is nowhere near evil, he is just as tough as he needed to be to save his city.

“Why did you allow President Kimball to get assassinated?” “He tried to make me pay taxes.” “………understandable….”

@lisboah

Ай бұрын

Andrew Ryan approves this.

@imjowsef

Ай бұрын

Based

@Vault13CanteenFNV

Ай бұрын

I always allow Kimbal to get capped just so I can have that sweet bit of dialog lmao

@arkgaharandan5881

Ай бұрын

i never understood how wanting to keep your own money and invest them in things you like is immoral and egotistical but the government stealing your money to invest in things you hate isnt immoral and egotistical.

@BicBoi1984

Ай бұрын

Zased

If House is evil, the why do I lose karma when I kill him? Checkmate 😎

@alexh2413

Ай бұрын

Apparently,shooting defenseless,decrepit piles of man jerky is frowned upon. Even if the only reason he's presently defenseless is because you saturated his penthouse with pulse grenades.

@richardarriaga6271

Ай бұрын

Wouldn't be the first questionable part of the karma system. In Fallout 3, you slip an aphrodisiac on a guy without his consent on a date and it's supposed to be a good thing. And you lose karma for taking out a former Project Purity scientist who embraces the Enclave.

@okagron

Ай бұрын

The karma system in general is terrible because what one might find something evil, other people will have a different perspective on that same thing. New Vegas did put far less emphasis on it in favor of the faction reputation system, but the karma system should have just been cut.

@richardarriaga6271

Ай бұрын

@@okagron FO3 had other worldly evil, so kamra made sense like that cult with the obelisk. NV didn't have it.

@suckassmork2972

Ай бұрын

Because your Karma interface is built by RobCo. Don't damage Company assets.

At least Mr. House was genuinely grateful for my assistance.

@DharGez

24 күн бұрын

And the Courier ENSURES he keeps his word about his plans on humanity, while on the other endings we just get a "thanks" and some lame title/reward

@mrazbyte3150

19 күн бұрын

How so ​@@DharGez

@j0gi

19 күн бұрын

@@mrazbyte3150 The implication is you would kill him otherwise, likely by golf club to the head

@jazzyjswift

18 күн бұрын

​@@j0gi Plus simply having a moral sounding board to keep him in check would likely keep him from slipping too far off the deep end But the man sat around and waited for over 130 years for the opportunity to rebuild. He's clearly not a man prone to hasty decisions.

@ninaa4192

14 күн бұрын

Facts. When it was all over bro set me and my boys up in the Lucky 38 permanently, and might just be me, but it really felt like Mr House had a lot of respect for the Courier too. Like, when they talked, he actually listened.

Mr. House is objectively correct about the BoS, though.

@codyrawiri-pettit5526

Ай бұрын

Yeah, well, House is old-world utopia and doesn't serve humans of Earth only his own ambitions.

@The-Enclave

Ай бұрын

Yes.

@metatron803

Ай бұрын

yeah but i cant bring myself to exterminate em cause karma and his bossy ass is so fuckin annoyin

@kimberlysactualghost

Ай бұрын

Techno-fetishists, but not the kind that the Silver Rush was in the business of.

@Bipolar.Baddie

Ай бұрын

BoS is just the diet Adeptus Mechanicus

Man, if we're getting an episode for Mr. House, I'm really looking forward to when you might cover Father Elijah, The Think Tank,Ulysses and Caesar.

@crusader2112

Ай бұрын

And Joshua Graham. Not a villain per se, but an Anti-Hero.

@notmytempo464

Ай бұрын

Yes please do!!

@thegameplayer125

Ай бұрын

hell, even the ncr belongs on that list since they evolved into conquerors themselves between the era's of fallout 2 and fallout new vegas while becoming everything wrong with buerocracy. new vegas was the game that showed you really were picking the side that was lesser of evils

@TheOneTrueFingal

Ай бұрын

Elijah would make a great subject for sure. Plenty of material to cover there!

@ShaDHP23

Ай бұрын

All great candidates. Ulysses is one of my favorite characters in anything.

"I prefer the term autocrat" - Mr. House

@Sean-no3zv

Ай бұрын

Based Andrew Ryan

@thechaiizfalling8349

Ай бұрын

"If you want to see the fate of Democracies, look out the window."

@MrLFJ7

Ай бұрын

​@thechaiizfalling8349 It's one of the most memorable "oh shit" moments.

@wahwahwah6690

Ай бұрын

Another famous historical figure also preferred the term autocrat. I'll let you guess which one.

@ronk2307

Ай бұрын

@@wahwahwah6690mother Teresa?

Fallout’s universe fits this show perfectly and I mean that literally there’s so many characters you can go in depth with. You got Caesar, The master, President Eden, Father Elijah, Benny, Boone, and way more have no clue if you’ve done that or not but you very much should.

@CB7368

Ай бұрын

Not to mention villains from the first two fallout games like the Master and Frank Horrigan

@dialloayodele8094

Ай бұрын

@@CB7368 the possibility for this would be so sick. There’s so much analyzing evil could do with characters in the Fallout Universe especially with the new TV Show coming out

@autisticusretardius101

Ай бұрын

​@@dialloayodele8094 Well considering they turned shady sands into a shit hole crater like the psychic damage inducing megaton I don't have high hopes for them sticking to canon let alone being able to write interesting characters and they better not touch any previous characters from games Bethesda didn't develop.

@magnetickinnetik

Ай бұрын

Boone? can't a man get his vengeance and a mercy kill.

@UnholyWrath3277

14 күн бұрын

The master wasng evil tho. In his own way he wanted to save humanity and push them to a state where the wasteland is no longer poison to them. He went about in a fucked up way and it was a deeply flawed strategy but his intention was far from evil

Robert Edwin House is a peculiar character. He definitely has an ego and is a businessman first above all else, but I believe him to be a ruthless pragmatist who isn’t easily sidetracked nor does he concern himself with the affairs of others as long as they don’t conflict with his ambitions. His authoritarian tendencies are his worst quality, without question, yet he simultaneously seems the best suited to ensure the long-term survival of humanity. The man is perfectly controversial.

@Franky566

Ай бұрын

i disagree. when it comes down to "how do we stop the actual extinction of humanity?" house is the only one in the entire series that provides answers. its about the survival of the species. arguably, new vegas is the only actual civilization in the entire wasteland.

@LordDaret

Ай бұрын

It’s because Authoritarianism is bad when you need peace between nations usually. Because House is trying to establish Switzerland without a Congress of Vienna, he has TO BE that force and thus establish himself as a stable nation not to be trifled with. You can’t establish this with words, just look at Haiti. I just realized the Haiti phrase is very similar to “look out the window” as House said.

@Ultimaton100

Ай бұрын

@@Franky566I agree with House’s vision, I just merely, like others, question his methods in reaching those goals. That said, I disagree with the notion that his vision is the only solution to ensure the survival of humanity. Under President Tandi, the NCR was doing pretty well in that regard, bringing civilization and cooperation for the collective good back to the wasteland in California. Sure with corrupt individuals like Kimball subsequently at the helm, the NCR lost its way, but the potential for it to return to its original purpose remains. Honestly a major reason I sided with House on my first playthrough was also because, in addition to supporting his long-term agenda, I wanted to give the NCR a chance to reclaim its identity from corrupt politicians like Kimball, and it’s outright stated he’s going to be thrown out of office if the NCR loses the Mojave campaign.

@radeksilar543

Ай бұрын

@@LordDaret I have to disagree, that Authoritarianism is a bad thing, especialy in good written Fallout universe (not counting Fallour 4 and 76). Everything in this universe in in shades of gray, even Legion (and underdeveloped as well, originaly map was supposed to be much bigger and even deeper than it is). Egalitarianism and Democracy have a lot of negatives, same way like direct opposite. Best example of this is BoS and Followers of Apocalypse, both on the opposite sides.

@simoneidson21

Ай бұрын

He doesn't give a fuck. Like every other dictator, despite his lofty claims, he just wants power. He could've protected all of the US from the bombs, but he didn't.

I'm surprised you didn't mention the fate of Vault 21. As someone who sided with House, i find it to be one of his most interesting displays of ruthlessness that make him such a compelling character. He displaced an entire community of potentially hundreds of people, destroyed most of their home, and only allowed the remains to function as a hotel that would serve his Strip, all because he didn't want the Vault's tunnels to be used against him - only for Benny to have a secret escape tunnel of his own that went completely undetected.

@nicosyoutubelife8968

Ай бұрын

Benny’s tunnel was only an exit way out of his hotel, it didn’t reach deep into the Lucky 38. The reason for Vault 21s closure was because those tunnels bordered the basement of the lucky 38

@no-barknoonan1335

Ай бұрын

Him kicking the Vault residents out is what led to Doc Mitchell and his wife venturing towards California. She died on the way at Good springs, and doc Mitchell never moved on. You can actually find her grave. Anyway the very guy who saves you and never asks for anything in return, has dialogue trees where without expressing a negative opinion, reveals the consequences of Houses decisions. You could say it worked to the Couriers favor that things went as they went, but it didn't go to Doc Mitchell's favor. I like a lot of the good things about being under House, but I side against him for reasons like this. I love the way House built up a future Vegas, but I also prefer when the people win the jackpot and the house doesn't win. House won't bring as much change as his stans seem to think he will, most people's lives will never change, he is not the savior of the wasteland. House says democracy is what led to the war, but actually it was people like him too. The people running vault tec, were people like him. The Chinese government, were autocrats like him. He's not all to different from Caesar, he doesn't crucify people, but he just makes them live in squalor and abject misery.

@Edax_Royeaux

Ай бұрын

The Free Economic Zone of New Vegas is an autocracy, there's no other way to put it. House doesn't respect people property rights, it's might make right for him.

@richardarriaga6271

Ай бұрын

​@@no-barknoonan1335He's the Enclave without the racism

@matiasyannuzzi9655

Ай бұрын

​@@no-barknoonan1335I didn't know you can find Doc Mitch's wife's grave, where is it?

By crossing into New Vegas mythos you have opened Pandora's Box And I'm all here for it

House is a really interesting character. He's almost an anti-villain.

@nighteye4042

Ай бұрын

Definitely. He's an "ends justify the means" type of character

@mr.radovic702

Ай бұрын

​@@nighteye4042 I do usually side with him, due to the bigger picture, and also. FUCK THE NCR!

@skell6134

Ай бұрын

​@@nighteye4042Thus why i like him so much, similar view on things for most part :p

@DovaDude

Ай бұрын

He's not even a villain

@GreasusGoldtooth

Ай бұрын

@@DovaDude That's why I said "almost" an anti-villain.

There was an alternate ending that ended up being cut where after destroying his securitrons, the Courier could convince House to surrender to the NCR and allow New Vegas to be peacefully annexed. I honestly wish they'd left this in as it would open up a multitude of interesting possibilities. Not the least of which being House slowly taking over the NCR via the ballot box.

@sossysoss

Ай бұрын

I think it was a much better choice to cut out the peaceful Mr. House option. It FORCES the player to make the difficult choice of killing Mr. House when siding with the NCR/Legion and it makes the player really reflect and go all out for their preferred faction, no half measures. It forces the player to truly believe that their faction is the one and only good choice, which is not easy. Presenting these difficult choices and making the player reflect on which one is the best is what makes this game so fucking great. For me at least, everytime I sided with the NCR or legion, I was always filled with dread everytime I had to execute Mr. House, it really feels like you've just doomed humanity.

@darkrain491

Ай бұрын

​​@@sossysoss Any time you talk about FORCING the player to do anything in a role playing game specifically designed to take into account as many outcomes as possible the player could feasibly do, you sound like a buffoon.

@vthemachine7965

Ай бұрын

This would be awesome unfortunately obsidian only had a year and a half to work on New Vegas. Otherwise I'm sure the game would be much much different

@mask-mimic

Ай бұрын

@@vthemachine7965 Josh Sawyer said that it was not cut due to time, but rather because it didn’t fit his character.

@richardarriaga6271

Ай бұрын

​@@mask-mimic House wants to be sole proprietor CEO, not a board member

How can he be evil if he’s against taxes

@Blackqueens89

Ай бұрын

Amen brother 😂

@ineedapharmists

Ай бұрын

He's against getting taxed, not taxes lol

@rhymenoceros3303

Ай бұрын

Dude taxes businesses for 50% of their profits.

@Slavesforsale1

Ай бұрын

​@@rhymenoceros3303That's more like a service fee on those doing business on his property. I doubt his taxation policy would be too extreme. He seems like the type of guy to see too much taxation as stifling to the economy.

@YerBoiCheese

Ай бұрын

Sounds like the good guy to me

Patrolling the Mojave makes you wish for a video about Caesar.

@Thisisnotreal642

Ай бұрын

Meh, I think a video on General Lee Oliver would be more interesting. Or one of the other evil NCR faction leader characters.

@Minka-ot9xl

Ай бұрын

​​@@Thisisnotreal642chief hanlon deserves to be covered, his actions ultimately hurt the ncr

@Facebones2391

Ай бұрын

After House, should be Caesar, Elijah, Ulysses, THEN some NCR people. Then John Henry Eden of course followed by The Institute. No sense covering just one person when it's a hive ideology they all share.

@Facebones2391

Ай бұрын

NCR had some of the less...all the less complicated morality in NV. They were a government, in the same sense we know them, just in an apocalypse. Not that deep

@misanthropicservitorofmars2116

26 күн бұрын

@@Facebones2391taxes are evil

I like how House actually has a plan for the future. The NCR is spread too thin and can't get anything done... though they would be my next pick, the legion seems like a horrible fate tbh, and yes man is basically putting all your chips into an AI that can go skynet any moment, although the morals of that ending would depend on your character

@Franky566

Ай бұрын

the NCR cant even provide clean water. the Legion is doomed to fail because they are incapable of actualy forming civilization. ya know... food and medicine and all that.

@nashzahm

Ай бұрын

THIS. Throughout the series very few factions think about the long term, and the few that do are down right evil like the Enclave and Institute but House realizes the failures of the past and knows how to move forward.

@radeksilar543

Ай бұрын

@@nashzahm I would not call Institute as evil, well certainly same way like BoS there. Fallout 4 lore is undeveloped in a big way, so I do not have any opinion. Except that Railroad is possibly worst of them all, because their idealistic stupidity without thinking of consequences.

@RaceChapman

Ай бұрын

⁠@@radeksilar543bos in fo4 steals crops and resources from people. institute literally murders and replaces people with their androids. how in the world can you possibly consider them LESS evil? and the railroad is maybe naive, idealistic and disorganized but certainly not evil

@sercravenmohead3631

Ай бұрын

I like the chaos, I’m anti-NCR it’s just boring it’s like picking the railroad in F4 lol.

"Sorry to deny you a moment of primate triumph, but you'll have to go elsewhere to sound your barbaric yawp" These lines sum him up perfectly, the condesencion, the dismissal, the superiority sense. Love your content vile

@greenknightofwar7024

Ай бұрын

“Which you did with surprising subtlety and finesse, moving on”.

@nickchavez720

Ай бұрын

For me it never came off as him being condescending. It shows that he doesn't take pleasure or romanticizes violence but sees it as necessity and nothing more. He see the celebration of it as something barbaric. So if you want to revel in a violent victory do it away from him.

@darkrain491

Ай бұрын

​@@nickchavez720 Right, it's no more condescending than your parents telling you off. It's just that when we become adults, we like to pretend we don't need to reminded of how to behave anymore. House isn't evil lol. He's definitely lawful good.

@kevincho1187

Ай бұрын

The guy's been alive for 200 years, he went from.pre war society to literal rubble. I think the guys got a chip aisle on his shoulder.

@BenHopkins1000

Ай бұрын

Arrogance…

I love Mr house. He's the only faction that has a plan for New Vegas, also that he's inspired by Howard Hughes.

@Pigggles

Ай бұрын

I mean the other *do* have plans but House stands out by being the one with the highest goals while simultaneously being the best equipped to ensure long term success

@demsocialistboi

Ай бұрын

how about freeside? westide? north vegas? what about the fuckin mojave? say what you want about the ncr, they’re not perfect but at least they actually give somewhat of a shit about the wasteland.

@Althandan

Ай бұрын

@@demsocialistboiNcr gives a shit? how about freeside? westide? north vegas? what about the fuckin mojave? noone wants them here, everyone starting from goodspring and primm and ending in any non Vegas Strip part of the city has an opinion that NCR is going to push them and tax everything they do like they already do in Freeside

@ThugShiTzu

Ай бұрын

@@demsocialistboiFor purposes of taxation and resources. They care not for the people and if they had it their way, I'd suspect they'd flood the area with more NCR citizens, usurping the people of the Moajve.

@arnold-ho8kh

Ай бұрын

​@@demsocialistboi Mr house does care though? He had a plan to use the followers of the apocalypse throughout the Mojave and expand into freeside plus use the kings (depending on the ending)

House is easily my favorite ending in the game. I always saw his endings as as a reflection of the Courier themselves. A good karma Courier resulting in a much more fairer House. The one thing that absolutely stood out to me the most from the rest of the factions is how he's not wanting to be the dictator, but a facilitator. He wants humanity to have a chance to thrive once again via interstellar travel and supposedly continue on without him. I've heard that the development team had to make some drawbacks to House like killing the BoS because he would've been an easy choice for players to side with over the rest. I'm one of the few that doesn't mind killing the BoS given how they refuse to adapt in the Mojave. In Veronica's quest, they literally gun down a bunch of harmless physicians and the fact that McNamara never addresses that not to mention he knows they'll die out shows how twisted the chapter is. If F:NV is to ever be given a canon ending, I think the House ending is the perfect canddiate as it leaves a lot of open ended scenarios with both the Legion and the NCR. Thanks for covering one of my favorite video-game characters of all time.

@jackstar7204

Ай бұрын

When Outer Worlds was coming out, a ton of people made it a joke that this game was the very future House wanted.

@trilby3447

Ай бұрын

Fallout is an RPG and the courier is whoever you want them to be so it’s more of a reflection of yourself, not a complete one because a story can only account for so much (and new Vegas had a very short dev time)

@CCLOSPINA

Ай бұрын

My only problem with House ending is that he is capable of murdering the group of Elvis impersonators if he wins.

@gp5operator751

Ай бұрын

@@CCLOSPINA Complete GI Blues with the Kings attacking the NCR and he will leave them alone as he sees them as being loyal to New Vegas.

@pikachufrankie

Ай бұрын

@@CCLOSPINAHe kills them ONLY if you have them side with NCR, because they start immediately attacking his Securitrons when they enter Freeside.

A man chooses a slave obeys, Mr House: Courier, why are you carrying a 9 iron?

@Welsh7133

17 күн бұрын

I think it’s funny driver Nephi uses a 9 iron, considering that’s almost as far away you can get from an actual driver. The only club shorter than that is a pitching wedge

@stevebell4853

9 күн бұрын

Courier: It aint the 9 iron you should be concerned about Housie. Its what I'm gonna do with the knife and fork in my pack after I've finished with the 9 iron, thats whats gonna make you really wanna puke. Now just relax and don't make this harder than it has to be now, ass jerky don't make itself. FORE!! *woosh-squish-splat* House: My God, do you know what you've done!!!? Courier: Yhea, I forgot the god damn salt an' pepper. Shiet.

I have some villains i like to suggest 1. The Master (the first fallout game) 2. Frank Horrigan (fallout 2) 3. DIO (Jojo's Bizarre Adventure part1 and part3) 4. Caesar (fallout New Vegas) 5. Frieza (dragon ball)

@craigmurdock4740

Ай бұрын

The Master is one of the most interesting villains of all time and i haven’t even played the game.

@Franky566

Ай бұрын

The Master is a real villain.

@Daud-ix4tm

Ай бұрын

​@@Franky566He is for sure but he had good intentions but as it goes the road to hell is paved with good intentions

@sercravenmohead3631

Ай бұрын

Frieza has no nuance he’s just your moustache twirling villain bro lol

@Daud-ix4tm

Ай бұрын

@@sercravenmohead3631 I have to agree. But I still like him as a villain well expect that he keeps coming back and back over and over.

RIP Rene. You were the heart and soul of DS9. Mr House was Lawful Evil. He had a plan, a possibly delusional one, but he never stepped out of a generally ethical framework to make it happen. The House always wins, because he stacked the deck; if you help him win, you win too.

@Slavesforsale1

Ай бұрын

Honestly, Lawful Neutral would fit Mr House more. Only thing I could see doing that was "evil" was wiping out the Steel boys and even then he was correct in assuming that they would definitely act against him.

@morganfreeman5260

Ай бұрын

⁠@@Slavesforsale1yeah i honestly agree with you more than lawful evil. house tries to kill you, you live, so he hires you to go into caesar’s camp and unleash all the securitrons. he doesn’t care who or how gets the job done, as long as the house wins

@RuSosan

Ай бұрын

​@@Slavesforsale1 No, he's evil. Not neutral. The evil comes from his selfishness and entitlement, and the actions they lead to. He has no qualms about killing any who get in his way, he displaced and gated away the "poor masses" to create the strip and _cause_ Freeside, and he literally stored himself away for 200 years with a force of robots, so he could pop up again as the self-appointed king of Vegas. Yet he still acts as if he's above all that, acts like his hands are clean and his misdeeds were justified by default because he says so. And then there's his absolute insistence on eradicating BoS because he knows their technological skills could be a potential threat to him at some point. (The obvious real reason.) House always puts House first in everything and treats the Courier as a mere tool. He doesn't ask, he _commands_ you to do things as if he had the authority.

@RuSosan

Ай бұрын

​@@Slavesforsale1 No, he's evil. Not neutral. The evil comes from his selfishness and entitlement, and the actions they lead to. He has no qualms about killing any who get in his way, he displaced and gated away a lot if people to create the strip and _cause_ Freeside, and he literally stored himself away for 200 years with a force of robots, so he could pop up again as the self-appointed king of Vegas. Yet he still acts as if he's above all that, acts like his hands are clean and his misdeeds were justified by default because he says so. And then there's his *absolute* insistence on eradicating BoS because he knows their technological skills could be a potential threat to him at some point. (The obvious real reason.) House always puts House first in everything and treats the Courier as a mere tool. He doesn't ask, he _commands_ you to do things as if he had the authority.

@jonathanwells223

Ай бұрын

@@RuSosan”technological skills” is a blatant misrepresentation of why Mr. House hates the brotherhood. They are just a group of cult-minded raiders that will not hesitate to murder anyone that *might* have access to prewar knowledge or technology.

RIP Rene Auberjonois.

"Analyzing Evil: Mr. House" - .....Oh this is going to be some fun, nuanced introspection on the man, isn't it?

I admit I haven't clicked on a video in a while for various reasons, but this was a must-click for me. Mr House is one of the most interesting characters in all of fiction, and the constant debate that rages on to this day about who or what is best for the Mojave never gets old.

I like how all 3 factions have the element of *Past , Present and Future* and their different leanings on each one are what give them their good and bad sides: *NCR* is focused on the present while taking inspiration from the past , but not considering the futue. Its the most "good" faction on a base level , but it doesn't remove the fact that many of its officials are corrupt and their lack of forethought could lead them to make the same mistakes the previous government made. No matter how many well-intentioned people there are. *The Legion* is all about bringing the past into the present. A time whem human life only mattered if you were born into privilege or if you were strong enough to be the last man standing. Its the most prosperous faction for sure, with the most territory, resources and army. But what does that prosperity really mean when it was built on the backs of slaves who are ready to rebel at any given opportunity or when vast army is mostly made up of just slightly more disciplined and better equipped raiders who are itching at the chance to get more power. The Legion, like the empire they take so much inspiration from, is a house of cards doomed to fall in on itself because they aren't looking to fix potential future problems, just bury them with more conquests, which is ironically having the opposite effect. In fact, the conversation with Legate Lanius you can have if your Speech is high enough is essentially just you pointing this out. How the Legion's constant rapid expansion will one day stretch them soo thin that actually *defending* all that territory will be impossible. Be it from attacks from rival factions, from rebellions and/or traitors in their own ranks. And, to Lanius' credit, he does show himself reasonable enough to hear you out and has a *genuine* "Oh, shit!" moment when he does the math himself and realises that you're right. He leaves to convince Ceasar to retreat to fix the festering problems with the Legion, which he HAS been warning him about for years, albeit not before giving you a great deal of respect by saying that he's looking forward to the day he meets you and NCR on the field of battle once their hold on the east of the country is stabilised. Basically, acknowledging you as an equal for your cunning alone. This , to be fair, shows that there *are* people in the Legion who are competent leaders and who can turn into something more than what it is, but its quite unlikely The titular character of the video House, is focused on the future and learning from the past, but is completely dismissive of the present. Sure, House has an actual plan to save humanity, with the intelligence, patience, longevity and resources to make it happen. But the problem is that the guy was completely blind, whether its willfully or not doesn't matter, to the festering problems his style of governing was creating. He didn't care about the growing inequality between the citizens of New Vegas and he didn't care about the growing anemosity between the factions helping run his city or that they were all basically mobsters. When your faction is mostly made up of robots who follow your every whim and people who are only following you out of self interest, with growing inequality on top of that, what does that say about the society House would have created? How many problems will his "ideal future" really have when its foundation is this rotted? Despite his longevity, House can't live forever so, like the Legion, even if he had the time he needed to build his utopia it would eventually crumble in on itself the moment he died.

@simoneidson21

Ай бұрын

Also, I don't buy his "vision" for a fucking second. He's a textbook narcissist

@philosopher24680

4 күн бұрын

@@simoneidson21 He's a cold egoist but not a narcissist. He doesn't require narcissistic supply and seems if anything indifferent to other people's opinion of him. He doesn't even care when they betray him beyond it hurting his plans. Caesar is an actual example of a mood swinging malignant narcissist who requires (literal) worship.

The Dual Performance of Armin Shimmerman (Andrew Ryan) and René Auberjonois (Robert House) is always amazing in DS9, the heart of the show imo

My favorite character in New Vegas. And Ultimately, the one I enjoy working with the most.

Only natural that Caesar would be next

I appreciate the variety from your normal content by creating the first "Analysing Good" episode here.

@XtoDoubt25

Ай бұрын

Real. He's the best choice by far.

@smitefulaxe1344

Ай бұрын

@@XtoDoubt25 Yes Man is better, why? Because I'm Him.

@someshtbaglcpl5455

Ай бұрын

@XtoDoubt25 we’re talking about House, not Caesar

@Slavesforsale1

Ай бұрын

​@@someshtbaglcpl5455 "femboy Larpers in skirts is the best choice for Vegas"

@quagmoe7879

Ай бұрын

@@someshtbaglcpl5455 Caesar isn’t the best choice for Vegas, he may be the best hope for order in the Wasteland as a whole but he would ruin what makes the city of New Vegas special. That being the debauchery of course.

I think Fallout NV is the perfect game for you to cover, because in a way every faction is evil and at the same time also has good points to them as well

Can we give a massive shout out to the late Rene Auberjonois for his amazing portrayal of Mr. House? He did fantastic and amazing here, and is missed.

Imagine if Mr. House was able to get in contact with the institute and have the same process done as Carrie did to be able to become a synth/ human hybrid

@SwagWolf89

27 күн бұрын

Bro cooked here

@loganblevenson

27 күн бұрын

considering house went to CIT and the institute was founded by CIT graduates, it wouldn't surprise me at all that house would be able to do that. imagine if the fallout show followed this concept, since S2 is planned to be in new vegas. would be genuinely awesome

@plugshirt1762

26 күн бұрын

@@SwagWolf89 put bro on the writing team

@jon6car

26 күн бұрын

​@@plugshirt1762That's not good writing. It wouldn't make sense to do that for Mr. House like it does for Curie. The main thing being that Curie was never really a person and her being in a synth body doesn't make her one. But what's the plan here? To download Mr. Houses mind to a computer then transfer it to a synth body? That isn't Mr. House. That's a thing designed to imitate him. If some scientist came up to you and offered you this service would you take it? To kill you and make an immortal thing that imitates you even if this thing acted as you 100% of the time.

@Gadget-Walkmen

24 күн бұрын

@@jon6carMr.House is OBVIOUSLY set up to be in season 2 of the Fallout show in New Vegas but how he’s going to appear is most likely in the game or his real body went through some cryo-chamber sequence.

This meeting truly has been a long time coming.

House is certainly more on the ruthless side than outright evil. But boy, does he have his moments that make you question just how many graves he will fill.

Man Elijah is far more evil than House.

@sethb2989

Ай бұрын

House is more interesting though

@alilweeb7684

Ай бұрын

Elijah is just a plain crazy man that got lucky.

@maxgrozema1093

Ай бұрын

Elijah is a shining example of everything the brotherhood stood against

@InquisitorXarius

Ай бұрын

@@maxgrozema1093Incorrect, he (Elijah) is a representation of just how evil the Brotherhood can be, turns out they are almost if not equally as evil as the Oldclave. The Brotherhood have caused many an atrocities since there inception including: Elijah’s very existence the brainwashing of Christine after destroying her life and sentencing her to a fate worse than death at the Sierra Madre as its Warden preventing less malicious parties from recovering its invaluable technology. Massacring Followers of the Apocalypse Destroying the NCR’s Gold Reserves destroying the most stable currency in the Post War. Genocidal Campaigns against Non-Feral Ghouls, Sapient and Non-Hostile FEV Spawn, and Sapient Synthetic Organisms that are no longer under the Institute’s control. The biggest crime of all the Brotherhood has committed has been their deliberate stagnation of all Technological and Scientific development unless of course it except the developments that benefits them and solely them.

@arkgaharandan5881

Ай бұрын

neither are evil.

The DS9 note made me think immediately of The Founders and Dominion, or even just Dukat on his own. They had such great villains on that show.

If Mr. House is evil, let me be evil.

@knowledgeanddefense1054

Ай бұрын

I refuse

@estellauwu6023

Ай бұрын

You're evil then I guess

@p0k3mn1

4 күн бұрын

Fr, House is literally the polar opposite of evil.

@knowledgeanddefense1054

4 күн бұрын

@@p0k3mn1 Tell that to the Kings

@estellauwu6023

3 күн бұрын

@p0k3mn1 If you call killing anyone who inconveniences you, hostally taking over any companies he could get his hands on, and leaving most of the strip to struggle under poverty to be the "polar opposite" of evil then maybe you aren't as good as you think.

"Evil"

Mr. House will always be my favorite person to affiliate with in New Vegas.

"i prefer the term Autocrat" Mr house. A perfect summation of him. No different from old time/modern déspots. Like the game said, he's a smarter caesar. Amazing work vile! Was playing Fallout when this dropped! Perfect timing! Huge fan!

@Scowleasy

Ай бұрын

The evil in the NCR can be held accountable. The van graff/ crimson caravan corruption will have consequences back west if you chose that path. House has *nothing* holding his actions accountable. He can lie cheat steal and murder all he wants and nobody can do anything about it. People like him are exactly what led to democracy failing in the first place. He says he wants to better humanity’s future, yet everyone around him is living in squalor. He’s nothing more than a shiny feudal king trying to get us to sell ourselves into slavery for him.

Analyzing Evil Ideas: 1. Silco(Arcane) 2. Lester Nygaard(Fargo) 3. Napoleon(Animal Farm) 4. Avon Barksdale(The Wire) 5. Tighten(Megamind) 6. Wheatley(Portal 2) 7. Dennis(It’s Always Sunny) 8. Jim Moriarty(Sherlock)

Found your channel a couple of months ago, another great video. Such well-structured and concise videos.

Tenpenny from GTA San Andreas

Analyzing Evil? Now THAT is debatable.

I support Mr. HOUSE as the superior ending to Fallout New Vegas. It's canon as far as i am concerned. With a paragon courier as his top lieutenant.

Great stuff as always, Vile. Hope to see these covered some day! - Joe Cooper (Killer Joe) - Nino Brown (New Jack City) - Jake "The Muss" Heke (Once Were Warriors) - Dr. X (from the Operation: Mindcrime albums by Queensrÿche)

Here are some villains you could analyze in a future video: -The Major, from Hellsing Ultimate -Shogo Makishima, from Psycho-pass -John Dupont, from Foxcatcher -Vaas Montenegro, from Far Cry 3

@CheesecakeXIII

Ай бұрын

He already did Vaas

Hellll yeah, I didn’t even think there was gonna be a fallout vid. Loving it

Vile Eye breaking into Fallout: New Vegas?! Oh, hellllll yeah. Such a number of legendary characters of fiction that the Fallout franchise can offer up.

Surprised that Cesar or Lanius weren't first. House has always been my personal favorite choice, but I can't deny his shade.

I've waited so long for Mr.House to get an episode and it did not disappoint

So thats what you look like, cool! Im here after binging Fallout show, real good, Mr. House makes a cameo too.

Omg thank you so much for this video! I’m a huge fan of fallout not to mention I love your channel!!

Mr. Eye, always a pleasure to see another video from you, especially one based on one of my favorite games.

Fallout NV's baddies are great characters to study. Can't wait to hear him cover Caesar and Ulysses and (debatably evil) Joshua Graham.

I’d love to see a video about Elder Arthur Maxson. I have my own idea but I’d love to see an analysis of him by the Vile Eye.

Seeing you cover Fallout is something I'd never expect, but I adore it. New Vegas is my favorite game of all time. I look forward to what's in store!

Im so happy you made this please do more on this fantastic masterpiece of a video game

Still the best choice for the Mojave by far. Not to mention he also saved your life.

@DreamersOfReality

27 күн бұрын

That was his mistake.

I got a few suggestion for new episodes Micah Bell - Red Dead Redemption 2 The Greek - The Wire Phil Leotardo - The Sopranos Misty Quigley - Yellowjackets Livia Sopranos - The Sopranos Bob - Twin Peaks Ultron - Avengers

@sayhello2heaven_

Ай бұрын

Bob is an excellent choice imo. The shots of him lingering around the Palmer house still creep me out to this day.

Makes me appreciate a great game even more...well done sir

He doesn't *actually* say that one "understandable" quote guys, jesus.

I violently crave a Joshua Graham episode.

@GG_1318

Ай бұрын

he's not a villain

@Gun_Metal_Grey

Ай бұрын

​@@GG_1318he definitely was, still is unless Courier intervenes to not kill Salt-Upon-Wounds, his only way at redemption/good ending.

House is the best option for the human race. He is the only one with a track record of major success in the Mojave.

I am so happy you are finally looking at the Fallout series! The depth of story telling in this set of games is brilliant. Looking forward to seeing Caesar, The Institute and The Brotherhhod of Steel in your series as well.

Always my favourite Ending for NV. He has a vision for the future and the track record to prove that he is actually capable to bring it into fruition. Of course his autocratic leadership style is unsuitable for the long term, but it sill beats NCR, Legion and Yes-Man

@BOBINDUN

Ай бұрын

Hmm idk yes man ending is guaranteed to work. Anarchy is social bed rock.

@LordDaret

Ай бұрын

@@BOBINDUNthe “Yes man” will just say yes to all your ideas. You didn’t replace house, you just became him. After all, he can’t complain…

@BOBINDUN

Ай бұрын

@@LordDaret I just mean an independent vegas is borderline anarchy

@raidenpz

Ай бұрын

​@@LordDaret Watch the ending dialogue with yes man again. You don't become the ruler of Vegas.

@ritaparks2811

Ай бұрын

@@raidenpz the devs confimed fans misunderstood what yes man meant it was to show that yes man can put his foot down when you are not around and not be manipulated like how you used yes mans weakness against benny. you do rule vegas and how good a job you do depends on your courior so for me Yes man ending is the best because my courior is the best pick and will do everything better. Again they added that bit about yes man being more assertive so he can do shit for you while you are out in the wasteland and so no one else can use yes man against you. It would be a bad day for yes man if he fucked with courier 6 he knows better. yes man only takes orders from you now

I love Mr House. Such a complicated villain that I choose to side with.

Mr House really isn't evil though, especially when compared to other Fallout antagonists. The worst you can say about him is that he is Machiavellian in the sense that he is not so much concerned about whether an action is right or wrong, but what is going to be best for the State. Now that doesn't mean anything goes, but it does mean needing a willingness to perform acts of necessary cruelty if it advances the glory and interests of the state in the long term; key word there is necessary. New Vegas is between two much larger powers that wants to take it over and will do anything to make it happen. It is well established in the game that the only reason the NCR hasn't tried to annex it is because the Legion is a bigger problem. In a situation like that you need to be willing to get your hands dirty because you don't have the time or luxury to think about the moral implications. Whether or not you like House comes down to if you believe democracy is inherently good or not. If you do Mr. House is evil. If you don't Mr. House may not be a "good guy" but he is hardly a tyrant either. If we are going to say House is evil then it is only fair to say that President Kimbal is evil as well for the things he does.

@LordDaret

Ай бұрын

To simply: House wants to become SPACE SWITZERLAND!!!

@nickchavez720

Ай бұрын

@LordDaret more like space Singapore but tomatoes tomatoes. At the end of the day he doesn't have megalomaniac tendencies nor is he actively trying to hurt people for the sake of hurting people.

@simoneidson21

Ай бұрын

@@nickchavez720 He is. Have you heard his fucking dialogue? The guy's a textbook narcissist

@fartsforeyes7651

Ай бұрын

@@simoneidson21 You don't know what the fuck a narcissist is lol

@simoneidson21

Ай бұрын

@@fartsforeyes7651 I do. Mr. House demonstrates all of the characteristics except self loathing

I think what makes discussion around New Vegas endure is that you could theoretically make one of these videos for every major faction in the game. NCR, Legion, Yes Man/Benny, and House all do heinous things in order to further their own interests and take control of the Mojave.

>Saves your life >Pays you for doing your job with no strings attached >Never betrays you >Against taxes >Actually has a plan to save the human race >Doesn't want to see anyone suffer because he doesn't enjoy it That isn't a villain, that's the only sensible faction to side with.

@SuperGman117

Ай бұрын

Mr. House isn't against taxes, in fact he imposes quite heavy taxes

@fuckinantipope5511

Ай бұрын

House is against beind taxed, not against taxing others

@captainyossarian388

Ай бұрын

Rose colored glasses much? He makes people suffer and die in squalor and famine, and he doesn't care.

@Franky566

Ай бұрын

dont forget that he single handedly saved all of new vegas from nuclear armagedon... (literaly. he was controling the nuclear defense system that he built.)

@Franky566

Ай бұрын

@@fuckinantipope5511everyone in the strip got their entire casino for free. House feeds them, gives them security, gives them clean water, electricity, and medicine... how is this unfair? where els on earth can someone get all of that?

Great video as always. Just wanted to suggest Akira Nishikiyama from the Yakuza series as another video game Analyzing Evil.

Hey! You should do these guys from Fargo: - Lorne Malvo - The Gerhardts - V.M. Varga and Narwhal - Wrench+Numbers

@kazumahazeuzumaki

Ай бұрын

Throw Ole Munch in and do a full Fargo

@Synto56

Ай бұрын

@@kazumahazeuzumaki Guessing that’s Season 5

@kazumahazeuzumaki

Ай бұрын

@@Synto56 Yep, great character

@Synto56

Ай бұрын

@@kazumahazeuzumaki I gotta see it!

@turkishjanitor3666

Ай бұрын

Plus Lester Nygaard

Now with the release of the show, you might want to revisit Mr. House again.

@steel749

Ай бұрын

Maybe a Vault tec vid too

ANALYSISING EVIL TIGHTEN FROM MEGAMIND

Been waiting for a Fallout Analyzing Evil for the LONGEST

I would rather live in the Freeside ghetto than have to worry about raiders in the wastes

@DreamersOfReality

27 күн бұрын

You're blinded by the idea that the choices you have are ONLY "live in ghetto" or be "raider food".

@apocalypticpioneers2116

27 күн бұрын

@@DreamersOfReality Those aren't the only options, but living in a ghetto is better than being raider food

Waited for this one for a long time, great episode

May have to revisit House after the show 😉

Now I need Caesar, Ulysses and Joshua Graham.

@crusader2112

Ай бұрын

Yes, Yes, and Yes. 👍

@The_Punisher

Ай бұрын

Ulysses and Joshua aren't evil

@smitefulaxe1344

Ай бұрын

Nah, Caesar, The Think Tank/Mobius, and Elijah. Ulysses and Joshua aren't villains, antagonists perhaps, but very much not villains.

@NK-22

Ай бұрын

​@@smitefulaxe1344 I sat Ulysses because he was planning to nuke the NCR. NCR may be corrupt, but there's still innocent people in them.

@crusader2112

Ай бұрын

@@smitefulaxe1344 I agree on most of them except for Caesar, I think he’s more of a villain but a complex one for sure.

Mr. House is a very rare human.

Awesome video as always! And as for a suggestion maybe doing a video on Sal Marcano from Mafia 3

Kain from Legacy of Kain; or also Cain from Command and conquer

Since you mentioned DS9 I'd like to see Dukat on this channel.

Been a fan of this series for awhile and its awesome seeing a character from my favorite game getting his own video. It’d be sick if you did a video for some of the other faction leaders

I did not expect to see my favorite game on this channel, awesome!

now we need an analyzing evil: House M.D.

quick note, RobCo WAS putting prisoners' brains into robot and making a torture bots, so don't think House was just the normal brand of "ruthless businessman". Honestly the greatest bit of House writing was the "if you want to see the fate of democracy look at the window" line simply because he just blatantly manipulating you. Like he's just assuming you didn't know the resources war was fought because of a overconsumption of resources and one side was a literal dictatorship like he arguing is needed. like his whole pitch is the demonize his opponent by stating "democracy=war" while just restarting the cycle of consumption that doom the world in the first place, like he's just gambling on being able to get to space. granted the only other people really working on sustainability are the OSI and the Institute.

@BaconMinion

Ай бұрын

Were the whole brains of prisoners and torture robots part of 1/2/NV, or something Bethesda added?

@nonamegiven202

Ай бұрын

@@BaconMinion yeah those are specifically post NV, though NV also used Bethesda's "RobCo helped made a nuke throwing doomsday robot" too so not like they're just dirtying up the company image.

@thebandofbastards4934

Ай бұрын

I think that RobCo was making the Robobrains on the orders of the goverment, as House dosen't make any use of them.

@EclipseClemens

28 күн бұрын

@@nonamegiven202 Yeah but Liberty Prime Didn't throw nukes anywhere near the size you could end the world with, and what's better: In a short process where they are incinerated or smashed he turns any commies he finds into Good Commies. With results like that, I can't complain about house making him.

@comradecapybara

22 күн бұрын

Gambling Humanities future is quite fitting given his empire is built on casino's

An analysis of Father Elijah would be absolutely amazing. He has probably one of the most intriguing stories in fallout lore and is such an underrated character in general.

This channel has become my favorite on KZread. I always was more interested in the villains than I was with the heroes.

Evil? I wouldn't cal Mr. House evil. He's probably the best or 2nd best ending for the game, imo.

YESSSSS NEW VEGAS CONTENT

this video could not have been better. as someone whose critical, this is absolutely stellar commentary and narrative.

Mr house " why did you kill Kimball" Courier " he tried to make me pay my taxes " Mr house " understandable have a good day "

The House Always Wins

Still the best choice for the Mojave

If House were evil, your compliance wouldn’t be optional. The fact that he is out-and-out against enslaving even the most barbarically tribals and would instead prefer a mutually beneficial plan says enough for me about his ‘old world mentality,’ as you claim. That is to say I disagree with your comparison. His way of thinking is not of prewar America. It’d be more fitting to say it is of prewar Vegas, but even that I’d contend with considering how you’re always his employee and never his slave. Kill Benny, Caesar, kill Kimble, kill Oliver yourself and eat his corpse for all the survivors of world to see and tell of the horrors that exist out in the Mojave, but House never turns on you.

Great video as always, and we all know New Vegas has plenty of material for Vile Eye. Shoutout to Cook Cook

Currently going through a new play through. Playing as a Merc / Bounty hunter build who always goes for the choice that pays the most. House seemed the logical choice this time round. Playing as his personal fixer to be given the life of luxury at the end of it.

Gotta cover more Fallout characters now!