Fallout New Vegas: Old World Blues - Think Tank & Good Ending

This is the ending you get after recovering all of the sink's personalities and leaving the scientists alive (Mobius & Think Tank)

[@RyanPuffs]

“You dare use logic against me?!” has to be the funniest line from a villainous breakdown I ever heard

[@tikalthewhimsicott2736]

I’m surprised no one used that as a meme format yet

[@youraveragereloader649]

Twitter moment

[@zxylo786]

Redditors when you make a single comment with common sense

[@TheAndre8900]

Lobotomite shows intelligence Dr. Klein - ''Wait, that's illegal''

[@quakethedoombringer]

Snape moment

[@buttpiratesbuttpirate5913]

Courier: "you think I am the Lobotomite? No, it is I, your foe, Doctor Mobius!" Klein: *THAT IS THE STUPIDEST THING I HAVE EVER HEARD*

[@namekiz3199]

S C I E N C E

[@Joawlisdoingfine]

@@namekiz3199 Klein:...Oh shit ur right

[@man3son1]

Courier: “NOTHING IS TOO STUPID FOR SCIENCE!”

[@alysbrown642]

Admit it we all heard his voice in our heads when we read that

[@ShasOSwoll]

You think I am the Lobotomite? No, it is I… WALUI-

[@basedbattledroid3507]

I felt so proud of myself after putting a slash through Doctor O's 0.

[@GZilla311]

THAT IS BRILLIANT.

[@floorfungus4209]

muggy would be proud

[@Barneyfromhalflife1]

∅

[@eggsandtomatoeswithcolesla5669]

*haha 10 Int and Luck Couriers go vrrrrrr* Thank god for the more perks and 2 perks per level along with the unli implants mod, damn did I hate the endurance check for the implants. Gotta nuke everyone for them bonus S.P.E.C.I.A.L. point amirite?

[@aeroplane-cq5zf]

2:47 best line in the game

[@NeutralObjections]

Obsidian: "We made the Wild Wasteland Perk so players can choose if they want their adventure to be too goofy and sci-fi or not." Also Obsidian: THIS ENTIRE FUCKING DLC.

[@accelerator8558]

fuck i love it and make sense where all sierra madre tech come from

[@Drewper]

Best part is it's cannon

[@doomtrooper3184]

@@Drewper Is there any of the DLCs that isn't canon? I thought them all canon but nos that's an interesting question. P.D: If anyone asks why I edited it, grammar issues.

[@Drewper]

@@doomtrooper3184 the only thing they said is wild wasteland events are not cannon

[@doomtrooper3184]

@@Drewper Interesting. As far as I have read, that's some kind of perk that randomizes some things and changes others (As the Deathclaw gauntlet), right?

[@Jetstream_Sams_Burgeria]

no one's gonna talk about how the book chute was almost assassinated by a chinese?

[@accelerator8558]

Description now that you mention it...

[@vylestyle2749]

Allegedly! If I might interject.

[@Comkill117]

The war never ended, it just found new ways to fight.

[@changvasejarik62]

Under normal circumstances I’d stay claiming the paper clip was a Chinese assassination attempt is stupid but I found the made in China label on the bag of paperclips I just bought, so yeah. Bookchute was right.

[@Bigfootuss]

all of the endings of the dlcs in fallout new vegas have always made us become so emotional, together with the music that is playing in the background

[@ahaha_ahaha8351]

Agreed

[@rvh1702]

Except this DLC, what a load of hot garbage all these characters were!

[@YiMoeTi]

​@@rvh1702wrong

[@Cafidude]

especially sierra madre dude 😭🙏

[@Desregaurd]

Dr. 8's speech maeks me cri evrytim.

[@joshuakim5240]

"A noble speech indeed."

[@notmyname3487]

it hits me in a special place in the heart and mind that I never thought I had; my character too; because I had a Perception of 7

[@notmyname3487]

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[@thegamingbeaverjr3497]

Desregaurd you spelt that rong

[@bleach203]

[..@@@#$...

[@ks-go6yg]

I actually felt sad for the brains who were persons before the war, whose fate was only to get trapped in mechanical bodies and forget who they originally were. During the game you talk to the sad, empty, confused shells instead of who they were.

[@comradeclown3403]

I kind of like the Doctors, besides Klein that is.

[@EvilSkeleton01]

Kimmo Siren I think Dr.zero was actually sane.The rest of them were insane.

[@accelerator8558]

well the only way to keep everyone safe is to keep them there

[@bee2bee880]

When Ulysses said, "Who are you that know not your own history?" The Think Thank remembered, though for a short time, *They were **_Americans._*

[@accelerator8558]

SheepScape™ the problem is they remenber, thats why they want to go out Ulysses and Elijah are respomsable for almost release another armagedon

[@starfall9612]

This was probably my favorite New Vegas DLCs. The B-Movie Sci-Fi and all of the hammy dialogue...was just delightful to play through.

[@changvasejarik62]

My only complaint: I never got that gun that shoots pencils.

[@Cricket0021]

@@changvasejarik62 My only complaint: cheap enemy respawns behind the player while fighting other enemies.

[@demitreez3889]

I fucking LOVED this DLC. It was so morbid and hilarious and "wordy"...conversations were so long and there was so much...SCIENCE.

[@demitreez3889]

AND IT FEATURES DOCTOR FUCKING VENTURE, WHOO

[@TerminvsEst]

+Demetrius DeLove And don't forget you get cool weapons too!

[@EhCanadianGamer]

All of the DLC's are Wordy to an extent.

[@justanotheryoutubechannel]

Demetrius DeLove Doctor Dala made it worth it.

[@therealmochyeh6099]

7:05 *LEVEL UP* *WITH SCIENCE CHECKS* *BECAUSE SCIENCE*

[@Chensoman]

Anyone noticed the end where one of the robots said "only one road was left. And it was the one the courier walked alone” Lonesome road refference

[@MrP9327]

Mayve a bit late but if you explore most of each expansions area you do notice how they all build up the climax of Lonesome Road. During the Dead Money ending both Dog (If you fuse him and God together creating his new personality) and Christine mention hearing of the battle between 2 couriers in the Divide. You can find a few of Ulysses Holotapes in Zion connecting it to all other expansions (as some also feature Christine in her hunt after Elijah). Finally Old World Blues not only shows where all the futuristic tech in the Sierra Madre comes from but also what Elijah, Christine and Ulysses did during their stay in the Big Empty. It's impressive how interconnected all the expansions are if you read all of the flavourtext and listen to all the Holotapes you can find in them.

[@accelerator8558]

Ulysses almost release the armagedon to mojave, he train the white legs, he told Elijah about Sierra madre, he remenber the think tank about the past almost unleashen then into the mojave and wanted to use Nuclear Bombs to wipe out the NCR and the Legion, Ulysses is so epic

[@alexcrowder1673]

After lonesome road they say its “the last road the courier walked”, and then (depending on your earlier decisions) 20 seconds later a bomb goes off unlocking the new areas in the “long 15”, which you can immediately walk down. exactly what the cutscene said wouldn’t happen lol. There are more than a few contradictions in new vegas lore. The sunset saspirilla story is clearly contradictory, as are the emails found on the computers in the building etc. i still love the game though! If anything its fun trying to find all the little mistakes. Gives it character. And some of it is clearly intentional! Hard to explain but it all works.

[@RaizanMedia]

@@alexcrowder1673 that...that isn't a contradiction bro. The sunset sarsaparilla is but the lonesome road title is not to be taken literally

[@MisterJohnDoe]

And then the next time you speak to the jukebox...

[@genokugel]

I felt so bad when I had to bring Gabe's bowl to Borous and confront him about it. He was genuinely heartb- I mean, mentally affected by seeing his poor doggo gone :(

[@KUNAIfever]

You can spare gabe tho , by killing the robo scorpions alone all you need is turbo and some chems

[@rudolfantlerofficial]

@@KUNAIfever stealth boy and high sneak works for getting past Gabe before the roboscorpions spawn.

[@andrei_chikatil0]

Why would though ? I’m offing dogs on regular basis IRL (kinda for money, but mostly for kicks), so why should I restrain from offing 4 pawed 💩 in a game ? 😂😂

[@newguy8288]

@@andrei_chikatil0 A Lobotomite has escaped his containment! GUARDS, SEIZE HIS THINKING APPARATUS!

[@ivantheterrible7696]

​@@andrei_chikatil0 average PETA activist

[@Crota0100]

You can get an extra slide if you make Roxie and, have completed one of the X-8 quest with her as a companion, without her dying.

[@MisterJohnDoe]

She died on me in every test and I still got her ending.

[@gemstonegynoid7475]

@@MisterJohnDoe just gotta make sure to rebuild her before you finish the dlc

[@simonhugo4893]

The music of the new vegas endings has always been so comforting to me. Like it makes you realise the continuity of things, how the world flows, and how actions have consequences. It's an ode to the future and hope.

[@mercuryxdase1982]

Sometimes I look up the endings of the main storyline for new Vegas and/or the dlcs and just watch them again, thinking back on all the hype and childhood memories.

[@dillonjesse9687]

I love Dr zero. GO TEAM VENTURE!

[@xxlCortez]

I actually struggle not to kill the Think Tank after remembering how much misery they caused just in the Sierra Madre.

[@hironguyen1708]

i think we can keep them alive just for the slim hope that they can create ✨good✨technology for mankind… Beside that, i don’t see any reason to let them live.

[@xxlCortez]

@@hironguyen1708 Zero was pretty busy "creating" stuff.

[@rudolfantlerofficial]

Between Vault-Tec, Big MT, and (to a lesser degree) RobCo, the nerds were the biggest trolls of the post-apocalypse.

[@SomeBody-wx9pq]

I think they're cute so its easy for me to keep them alive

[@jessecrider9767]

omg Dr.0 sounds Dr.Venture, that is freaking hilarious! xD

[@dillonjesse9687]

Because that is the Dane voice actor! Go team venture!

[@jokiu4]

I remember my first playthrough of this DLC. You just can't help but love ALL of the doctors, even if their intentions are bad. I killed the Think Tank on my first playthrough and felt bad about it... On my third playthrough, I finally knew how to keep everyone alive in the end! And it made me happy!

[@pieroisgod]

+jokiu4 I know. My first playthrough, I killed all the think tank and felt bad because the sink and everyone in it were left alone in the Think Tank. Now I only kill the doctors to listen to Muggy. "WHO'S THE FLATWARE BITCH NOW, 0?!"

[@JackGames212]

+jokiu4 lol same, but i just went to see the good ending and was pleased with it, I didn't care if I actually killed them or not.

[@ColaWarVeteran]

Good stuff. Sadly it's missing the one cutscene with the robo-dog.

[@n3rf0r30]

And yet noone figured out that the courier had slipped ground mentats into his trusty Vault 13 canteen...

[@Kassad86]

I got the same ending, so satisfying and full of hope

[@changvasejarik62]

If it truly meant hope for the future, Maybe the world could use a think tank. World needs real hope more than ever.

[@apeabel]

Fallout: New Vegas: "Listen, Fallout 3, I can explain-" Fallout 3: "You had less than half my dev time, but you still get the better dialogue system - with skill checks everywhere?" Fallout 4: "Skill checks? My dialogue wheel is Question, No, Yes, Yes(sarcastic), and I only get checks in one sidequest and my dlc!" ... Fallout 76: You guy are getting dialogue?

[@a.k8185]

Gonna say,i have played fallout 76 in 2021 and it has dialogue,better than the dialogue in fallout 4.

[@dickbong3661]

Let's be real here though, 'dialogue that's better than fallout 4' is a really low bar to clear

[@Youhoooop9242]

Still cleared it though

[@optimaltt6070]

Spoken like someone who knows nothing of FO4s writing. The dialogue system isn't even remotely indicative of its worth.

[@optimaltt6070]

@@a.k8185 it really doesn't.

[@hxppythxughts7149]

You could actually convince the think tank without any past dialogue check.

[@Jozztime]

I’d like to meet the man, someday, who has no blues left to sing - The Jukebox

[@theweredragon9887]

i leave my brain out. Cause in my game my head gets crippled every 5 seconds

[@marcusn9371]

the Were Dragon if you put you brain back in your head still can’t get crippled

[@VGamingJunkieVT]

I put my brain back in but left the spine and heart artificial for roleplay reasons. Your brain is just barely being connected to you by a signal, so I figure the courier might have a broken connection one day and become like the lobotomites. A spine and a heart, though, aren't your core being like the brain is, you can replace their functions with machines and be no worse off.

[@EhCanadianGamer]

Segments like this remind me why I hate Fallout 4's dialogue system. I mean seriously, your character in 3 and NV had far more personality than the protagonist in Fallout 4. Also when you consider the fact that your character is mute in 3 and NV, you can be that character. And funniest thing is though, the mute protagonists are less of a blank slate than the protagonist in Fallout 4.

[@sammytheman2000]

Fallout did other things right though. Like the fact that npcs and companions can chime their opinion into conversations. And even call you out when they're pissed. However there wasn't enough for the player character

[@MegaSaga7]

sammytheman2000 Boone calls you out if they dont like your actions and Cassidy does too, Arcade has some REALLY cool actions involving his character and has the best companion mission. All the companion missions in Fallout 4 bored the hell out of me.

[@TheBoi752]

Your companions call you out in NV as well, boone gets pissed if you kill ncr and veronica does the same for the brotherhood, im sure others did as well but never used anyone but them. They also chime in and comment on things as well.

[@VGamingJunkieVT]

Giving the character a voice was a mistake, it limited dialogue options and took away from the rpg aspect. This is Fallout, not Mass Effect.

[@oryxelcee2341]

MetroidJunkie Totally agree, when I had finished FNV and made Vegas independent wiping out both NCR and Legion I felt like I had accomplished something great. After siding with the institute in F4 I felt like I had been spectator to a very badly written story.

[@rixilonnituo]

the Sierra madre Elijah got robbed of everything

[@kazer4]

TheBouncing Vortex i robbed him and shut him in his own safe XD

[@jarofyellow2408]

JISM IT NEVER MADE ANY SENSE ADDING J AND SM

[@changvasejarik62]

Klein is an ass but every now and then he speaks with reason. J and sm should be kept at a distance and guns that shoot pencils should be a thing.

[@2K4Studio]

I knew I've made a right choice keeping everyone alive, but knowing the Toaster got dumped into a bathtub, it was hilarious

[@CPT85]

Pisses me off that there was still no free roam after the game's main storyline. 😠

[@VGamingJunkieVT]

There's actually some unused files regarding citizens reacting to the outcome. I guess they ran out of time.

[@faultyblue9934]

MetroidJunkie they actually decided not to include them due to how the Second Battle of Hoover Dam would have massive consequences on the story

[@VGamingJunkieVT]

@@faultyblue9934 I figured Bethesda had them in a vice and they just didn't have enough time to implement such a system.

[@faultyblue9934]

MetroidJunkie nah if I IIRC, they purposefully left it out because of how the ending just had massive consequences on the Mojave and might have completely changed the gameplay due to how many factions could be destroyed or gone and others having more power

[@VGamingJunkieVT]

@@faultyblue9934 Well, from what I hear, budget and time were an issue throughout the game's development. That's why the Legion comes across as the least sympathetic, they didn't have enough time to implement more positive aspects.

[@mazzatti8046]

I killed them all. Not Mobius tho, He was nice :3

[@thelegendarypizza2247]

He likes Custard. Why wouldn't you spare him?

[@Obsidian1392]

I killed him because I thought he was bad... was too bored not to skip through pretty much everyone's dialogue. oopz lol

[@somedesertdude1308]

Mazzatti same

[@fatfuck2384]

I genocided everything in the Big MT lol

[@Comkill117]

“I killed them! all of them! Not just the think tank, but the sink, and the roboscorpions too!”

[@nolanmooney1218]

you would be crazy to skip the dialog that is in this DLC

[@USSResolute]

No, not crazy. you'd have to be "out of your mind".

[@jaxusr235]

@@USSResolute You are amazing.

[@acouchthathastheinternetav3618]

@@USSResolute Imagine how confusing the DLC would be without the dialogue

[@ERROR-hf3wx]

@@acouchthathastheinternetav3618 now I know why it was so confusing

[@MisterJohnDoe]

Unless you've already beaten it like 4 times and saw each possible outcome.

[@StinkyPoopyMcFartFace]

oh well i just killed them and left mobius alive

[@theweredragon9887]

as long as this place servives there is hope. ( this makes me cry every time)

[@alexgomezpelaez5763]

The only reason it hurts to kill them is that by doing so the greatest human minds from before the war would be lost, perhaps humanity's last chance would be lost with them.

[@ScantPeach]

that ending still gives chills every time

[@scarletnight4554]

Played new Vegas for the first time, the version that has all the dlc available from the start, and I just finished with this ending

[@leoveas9965]

I could watch the Think Tanks speak all day, I doubt it'd get boring lol

[@nintyfan1991]

"brains can develop a life of their own when left to their own thoughts" Anyone who watches The Simpsons and every time Homer talks to his brain knows that's true. XD

[@TheFanciestRobot]

So Rusty Venture became a part of the think tank.

[@ironic7583]

I guess he ended up a sucsessfull scientist after all

[@Greg_Deep]

This game needs a reboot

[@Kez_DXX]

Dr. Borous' lines for this segment are different if you spared Gabe.

[@bartosz9144]

To the point when i make all good choices but left the brain and must say i love that bitter sweet end

[@duderanch18237]

Tidying up the Think Tank Professors back when they had been flesh and bone. Well except for Dr. O, WHO WAS AN ASSHOLE. Spit out my drink laughing first time I saw this ending.

[@changvasejarik62]

The think tank is an immoral collective of freaks, geeks and monsters. But honestly I wouldn’t mind having some friends like them and mobius in real life. Even if it did mean I was simply “the control” member of the group.

[@morbius109]

Is the guy speaking at 17:49 (with the Courier at the helm) supposed to be Doctor 8's real voice?

[@peppermillers8361]

no, it's The Courier's brain.

[@somerandomcook]

I just love how the book chute started choking on a paper clip

[@KoRnRoCkS9498]

It never gave me the option to say the colleagues choice:/

[@peppermillers8361]

did you do their quests?

[@ShadowKnight7171]

Who the fuck gets Eye for an Eye?

[@SamuraiZero]

it adds +10% damage for each crippled limb on yourselve

[@ShadowKnight7171]

***** Who gives a shit, I've got a crippled limb and I'm 20% less effective.

[@xxlCortez]

He was lobotomized.

[@MisterJohnDoe]

Hardcore mode?

[@nicholasparsley7183]

All these years and playthroughs and only now do I realize Dr. Venture is 0.

[@jonandreascarson8555]

Holy shit this is such a good story. Never even played this DLC

[@GZilla311]

My god, the slash.

[@andryuu_2000]

" Et 2, 8? " Lmao Obsdian loves quoting Caesar

[@burntsn0w]

I think it would have been neat that if after the dlc you could choose one to be a companion.

[@ComicalConqueror]

so between this dlc's ending and either the house, good yes man, or house endings fallout essentially stops becoming a wasteland setting

[@angryslav2989]

I unlocked ending when im destroying these robots

[@aleksandarvil5718]

*Doctor Klein = Father of Institute* Morally corrupted all in the name of SCIENCE!

[@andryuu_2000]

The institute has no sense tho

[@changvasejarik62]

Maybe but Think tank > institute

[@Sheeplie33]

Cool! This needs more views.

[@republicofjusta7777]

Lol 8 year's ago 😂😂😂

[@therealjammit]

8 makes a good point.

[@zR0y4l7y]

Bro took eye for an eye over laser commander

[@that65_guy]

"The x22 gardens infected vault" referencing vault 22 in new vegas.

[@Willowello]

Fuck me, i put the video on 2x and it still takes forever. My favourite dlc tho.

[@EveryoneElseIsWeirdImNormal]

Which is your favourite And I swear to god if its dead money your a labotomite

[@datboi7749]

This video I call dibs

[@TribuneAquila]

I wish they called doctor 0, doctor V as a nod to venture bros since doctor 0 and dr.venture share the same voice actor

[@amag405]

"It's Mobin Time, Lobotomite."

[@Daydy377]

Yeah Mr. White! Yeah science!

[@Jozztime]

You think I am the Lobotomite...? No. for my skull houses the BRAIN OF MOBIUS!

[@changvasejarik62]

Kinda wish that was a real option, I like mobius would not mind housing his brain while my brain figures out how the stop the corrosion effect of the brain gel.

[@milesedgeworth3667]

6:20: and like that you wasted the entire effort of getting the other members of the think tank to like you in order to intimidate them into obeying,

[@karlgreene2177]

I wish the brains could leave the think tank and occupy bodies in the world of the Mojave.

[@CasualDraws]

6:11 when I try to defend myself in an argument with my asian mom

[@thefinesthobbo4524]

Im ust glad the toaster was brought to justice

[@pankaiks5576]

Ohhhhh i killed them all...i felt so bad after what i have done but this takes the cake for making me feel worse

[@youngman347]

18:52 the applause and cheers is just a wholesome touch. This dlc has outstanding writing. Suck it Bethesda 😅😂

[@brucedavidson9499]

is that the tesla beaton prototype?

[@marjorieoftheinternet8095]

Yes.

[@obamayomama8291]

Bruce Davidson I thought it was Elijah's Jury rigged tesla cannon

[@MisterJohnDoe]

Either that or Elijah's Tesla Cannon. I'm pretty sure they use the same model.

[@jb-if7sg]

it would be cool if the institute, as part of fallout 4 was a consequence of the couriers choice in new Vegas

[@spicymeme4102]

we have chems for that

[@feuki]

how do you unlock the dialogue option to have that whole argument with the doctors. That option doesnt show up for me.

[@TheMugHoarder]

Felix Uki You have to do all the doctor's quests. Each doctor has a special quest that deals with their "Old World Blue"

[@josht100]

Holy crap is is is this rusty venture and Jonas venture

[@alfredobelloni3258]

I wanted to let them free :(

[@John_Thomas96]

I honestly didn’t know you could have a good ending, I just slam oh, baby! Into their screens until they stop moving.

[@khalifakush7297]

Your brain sounds like Stewie

[@TheCockeyez]

I hear Rusty Venture as zero.

[@Dvnxmic]

my fav has to be the toaster he is so funny

[@Dwarf_Ninjas]

So... they murdered the toaster...

[@Atomic0907]

What level should I be to do this dlc right now I’m level 12

[@Yawnford]

Brother- I feel very shitty now realizing I could've gotten this ending instead of killing Klein and Co.

[@petmop1309]

Big M.T. the home to the wasteland's biggest yappers

[@ethanmurtha2742]

Can you peacefully and things with the group without a High speech or science skill and if you can from the looks of it you have to solve each one of the think-tank personal issues can you solve dr. Boris's Gabe issue with the moral path of what he's done to him or does it have to be the dark hearted lab experiment ending to Gabe's Bowl

[@michealballspen1s93]

2:46 really sounds like something Rusty would say

[@alphaundpinsel2431]

if you do fight them these guys are an absolute pushover

[@carolynchurch4642]

Play mind games with brains... Ironic

[@alexandergrace5144]

The Courier's brain kinda sounds like Stewie.

[@changvasejarik62]

That was intended

[@zhaobenshan]

Sounds like Aperture Science, but Fallout style...

[@changvasejarik62]

Now here’s a thought Wheatley landing in the big empty.

[@fellowtemplar5679]

Wtf, the ending is longer than the base game's!

[@optimaltt6070]

It's because the game needed DLC to salvage its meh writing.

[@MisterJohnDoe]

Really?

[@laziezt4973]

You take a sip from your trusty Vault 13 canteen...

[@kangurukaiser9395]

Dr. 0, more like Dr. Venture

[@EveryoneElseIsWeirdImNormal]

7:13

[@anubiscerberus4348]

HOW CAN I SPARE MOBIUS??? :(((( I fixed his "eye" and i depleted all his dialogue options and the only option left was to kill him??? I dont' want to kill him...

[@MisterJohnDoe]

You should be able to just exit the dialogue, go speak to your brain, maybe speak to Mobius again, and be on your way.