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Fallout 2 Hints

I didn't like the ending I got. What should I do about it?

  • 1 of 7: If you want to change the ending, you'll at least have to restore to before the Enclave sequence, redo some quests, and then go back through the Enclave. In some cases, though, note that choices you made or failed actions from early in the game will permanently affecting the ending -- meaning you'd have to replay most of the game to change the appropriate lines in the ending.
  • 2 of 7: Note, however, that you can do the Enclave in about 10-20 minutes if you take a peaceful route up until the very end, if you just missed a quest and want to go back and try it again.
  • 3 of 7: You should get in with a disguise, and avoid causing any trouble while inside the base.  The following hints may help you with that.
  • 4 of 7: As far as the endgame narration goes, the summary of your actions basically seems to fall into two different categories -- choosing sides where sides had to be/could be chosen, and failing to complete important quests.
  • 5 of 7: I've covered some of the ways in which it's possible to "fail" at the end of the game, and ways to fix these failures, when available.  If the specific problem you encountered isn't listed here, take a look through the file for mention of quests that might be relevant.  I obviously wasn't able to replay the game to discover every possible permutation of bad ending segments. Also, note that some "failings" at the end of the game seem to me not to follow from my actions -- that is, I wouldn't necessarily worry if you didn't appear to have succeeded in each particular area.
  • 6 of 7: There are also several quests that may require you to take sides.  Such as deciding who in Redding gets the excavator chip, or in performing quests for one of the New Reno families.  The game will reflect these choices, but if you don't like what happened, I would just recommend going back and making different choices if you want to see what happens in the endgame.
  • 7 of 7: Finally, note that it is possible to get an inconsistent ending.  I don't think there's much you can do about that.  Except, of course, for solving the individual problems that cause the apparently bad parts of the ending.  I believe that what the designers consider the "optimal" ending would be self-consistent, though.