Dev Dropped Multiple Endings for Mafia II

[Therumancer]

Interesting, though I suppose I can see the points in both directions.

Truthfully it can be argued that a good ending means more if there is a bad ending to be avoided. However in today's market it seems like very few things stay under wraps, everyone learns about the good or "best" endings early on, and then head directly for those, complaining if there are obtuse hoops where it was intended to take multiple playthroughs to figure out how to do things "Right".

Simply going with one ending is fine if all of the others were variations on bad endings.

I do however think that the best way to do things is to create multiple good endings, with the best one largely being a matter of point of view.

 

[GamerPhate]

Oh I see, that's kewl.

So the game use to care about what you did. Like your actions had meaning, and would effect the ending. Now, there is only one ending.

They took a semi non linear game and made it linear.

(But speaking of game endings that let you down.. anyone else beat UFO:Afterlight? The ending is VERY lack luster....)

 

[Billion Backs]

i bet you guys it will end in a similar fashion from Mafia 1...

I don't remember it at this point, but did Mafia 1 end with

Spoiler

a short scene where your now old protagonist gets shot in front of his house by some presumably mafia-affiliated guy?

.

Just clarify it for me if you can =p

On topic, eh I've got no opinion. I usually don't play FPS or GTA-like games all the way through more then once, unless they've got a LOT of different paths available. I think the only FPS I've replayed fully is Max Payne, and I just started replaying it a few days ago - and it's been almost a decade since I've played it my first time.

So, uh, actually attaining the multiple endings would probably not be something I'd do.

Just searching them out on youtube, probably.

Still, I want to know what the endings are. I hope there are darker endings, something like Scarface ending or what not. I hate the happy hollywood bullshit with "everyone went home and lived happily ever after".

 

[Irridium]

Well thats a shame. I enjoy multiple endings.

However, I'll take one amazing ending over 4 "meh" endings any day.

Actually, they MADE 4 endings, 3 of them were "meh" and 1 of them was amazing. So instead of 3 "meh" and 1 amazing, you just get 1 amazing. You win nothing!

Oh...

Well... aw...

 

[Bigeyez]

I'd much rather have 1 really awesome kick ass ending then 4 endings with 3 of them being pretty much "meh".

 

[Drexlor]

I'd rather have one great story that several average anyway.

 

[Bruce Edwards]

This is actually encouraging.

Cutting features means they are being realistic - there's nothing worse than a developer so determined to keep every idea and feature in the game they sacrifice quality elsewhere and the whole thing turns into a buggy mess (Obsidian, I'm looking at you).

Also, Mafia suits a single ending IMHO.

 

[JourneyThroughHell]

That's actually really really good.
Thjey cut endings - this means that the ending will be the same for everyone, canon and will definitely have some closure... and will probably be a bad one.

 

[The Youth Counselor]

The first Mafia only had one possible ending, and it was amazing!

Spoiler

To quote Anton Chigurh "You pick the one right tool."

I would rather have the one amazing ending than a variety of bullshit (Which is the current trend in games.)

 

[Cheshire Cat]

Well, it's not like the first one had multiple endings, so it's not really a bad thing.
As long as Mafia 2 is as great a game and story as Mafia 1 was, I'll be buying it quite happily

 

[TehAudioSurfer]

Well here's to hoping they don't tack on some pointless morality system like that other sandbox game with one ending.

 

[Audioave10]

The release date is getting close...6 to 7 weeks!
Getting rid of poor endings is OK by me.

 

[Orcus The Ultimate]

i bet you guys it will end in a similar fashion from Mafia 1...

I don't remember it at this point, but did Mafia 1 end with

Spoiler

a short scene where your now old protagonist gets shot in front of his house by some presumably mafia-affiliated guy?

.

Just clarify it for me if you can =p

On topic, eh I've got no opinion. I usually don't play FPS or GTA-like games all the way through more then once, unless they've got a LOT of different paths available. I think the only FPS I've replayed fully is Max Payne, and I just started replaying it a few days ago - and it's been almost a decade since I've played it my first time.

So, uh, actually attaining the multiple endings would probably not be something I'd do.

Just searching them out on youtube, probably.

Still, I want to know what the endings are. I hope there are darker endings, something like Scarface ending or what not. I hate the happy hollywood bullshit with "everyone went home and lived happily ever after".

yeah something like that...

 

[Raziel_Likes_Souls]

Good. Now it won't try what GTA 4 did.

 

[pliusmannn]

actually i didn't like Mafia II's ending at all, it was illogical and commercial in my opinion, i get the message: "buy the f*cking DLC"