The Institute is the best faction. At the end of the day, it doesn’t matter what shady things they’ve done in the past (FEV experiments, replacing people with synths). We never get a straight answer from anyone there as to what the Institute’s main goal is or what’s even the point of replacing people since it appears…

Not sure what you are judging the companions on here. Personality, story, combat? In part, personality and story are based on what each player determines for their own character. From that, certain companions make sense and others do not. As far as combat goes, your list is pretty wrong. In fact, the best companion…