Quote Originally Posted by Cikomyr2 View Post
I have a hard time determining how the wasteland would be different based on the survival status of the Synth
It's not just the Synth thing. The Synth stuff explains why the conflict is happening and means that each faction has a clear oppositional position to the other two, but separate from that I do get a sense that the factions have distinct visions of the wasteland and would lead to meaningfully different outcomes depending on who won.

And again I'm not saying this is good, merely better than Fallout 3, which is quite a low bar to clear.