10 Video Game Factions You Joined (Just To Mess With)

5. Caesar's Legion - Fallout: New Vegas

Fallout New Vegas
Bethesda

Obsidian did a bang-up job of making most of Fallout: New Vegas' major characters morally questionable figureheads, but it dropped the ball with Caesar. The leader of the Legion, a psuedo-Roman, neopagan cult headquartered in the Mojave Wasteland, exudes arsehole energy out of every orifice whenever the player's Courier is in his company (and probably when they're not, too).

True to life, — the real world has no shortage of irredeemable bellends — the effect of Caesar's unlikeable nature meant anyone with a moral compass would want to put him six feet under as soon as possible. How soon? Much faster than anyone initially thought possible. Once you've hit the Vegas Strip and met Mr. House, Caesar will invite you to his camp and attempt to win your loyalty.

You can refuse his invite to join the Legion and set up a fateful encounter at Hoover Dam or, play nice and gain his trust. Caesar's life is forfeit from here on out if you wish. Technically, you're not required to join the Legion if you want to off its leader, but it's much more satisfying, at least from a roleplaying perspective, to stab the pompous dictator in the back.

 
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