Oh shit, really? Having only heard summaries of the other endings, I was under the impression even Arasaka would do the whole Soulkill-and-replace method. Does this one also lead into the space heist ending?In the Arasaka ending you get a brain surgery that doesn't use the soulkiller. Granted you still die in 6 month. But without any tempering with your consciousness.
I'm retracting my hyper cynical claim that suicide is the best ending: I now think this one is less bad than suicide. Now I'm on the same page as the 6 months left people; just without Panam.