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So.. searching the net and it seems so far nobody managed (or wanted to..) piss an underboss enough for them to betray. Interesting, is it even possible (as advertised)?
 
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Just cracked open my copy of Mafia 1 to find a manual in the style of a printed newspaper, and a double sided city map & poster. Remember when the stuff they threw in boxes (for free an’ all) creatively supplemented the experience, rather than being a bunch of random crap to feed the hoarder lifestyle? Pepperidge Farm remembers. I feel immersed and haven't even started the game yet.


Saints Row 1's read (and was designed) like a police file. Specifically the report of an undercover agent. If you paid attention to what the person wrote, combined with the way a certain character acted in-game it was pretty easy to figure out. He had also jotted down a couple numbers of random businesses you could call with your in-game phone, and leads that could point you towards side-activities.
 

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So.. searching the net and it seems so far nobody managed (or wanted to..) piss an underboss enough for them to betray. Interesting, is it even possible (as advertised)?

Theres a cheevo for reaching the end with just one loyal underboss, so I'd say so. But the game is made in such a way you'd have to deliberately go out of your way to piss them off. Theres 9 territories (so far), but 3 of them are the home bases for the respective underboss and will always be theirs. That leaves 6. Give 2 each to each underboss, complete their sidequests and bam. Loyal.
 

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So.. searching the net and it seems so far nobody managed (or wanted to..) piss an underboss enough for them to betray. Interesting, is it even possible (as advertised)?

Theres a cheevo for reaching the end with just one loyal underboss, so I'd say so. But the game is made in such a way you'd have to deliberately go out of your way to piss them off. Theres 9 territories (so far), but 3 of them are the home bases for the respective underboss and will always be theirs. That leaves 6. Give 2 each to each underboss, complete their sidequests and bam. Loyal.

I'm trying to give em all to Vito to see what happens with the others two.
 

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One thing I find funny about this game, since some parts of the game is about racism - how the white men treated black folk back then and so on. Anyway, so there is one area in the game that is being run by clan members, and it's in a nice white neighborhood. You get to destroy this clan and the leaders over this area, and it was clearly an emotional thing for Lincoln. It actually felt forced, since Lincoln himself don't seem to put that much focus on race actually except in this case. So in my game when I took over this area, I put the Irish in charge and from what I understand the Irish wasn't too happy about black people either. This goes on throughout the game. I guess you could put the Haitian in charge since they are the black gang, but then again you started out the game by killing those guys, and from a story perspective in the beginning nobody seems to like them - they are just too crazy.

The whole thing feels strange now after completing the game. The game clearly tries to push something, but at the same time you are allied with groups that don't like you at all. I mean, Italian mafia, Irish boozers? And all the rich white people are evil of course, but then you work for rich white people and you have no problem exploiting people - even poor black people with the same background as you. They only limit for Lincoln is human trafficking. There is no moral to the story at all at the end, maybe that was the point but it feels a bit empty.
 

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He had also jotted down a couple numbers of random businesses you could call with your in-game phone, and leads that could point you towards side-activities.

*sigh*, if only the Mafia 3 devs hadn't thought "side activities" meant closing the game and playing something else instead.
 

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i really wanted to finish this game, at least for the story, but i just broke a finger on my right hand...3 weeks off gaming, i guess negative feelings and user reviews for Mafia 3 are so strong that force anyone to trash this game.
 

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/pol/'s take on the game:
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i really wanted to finish this game, at least for the story, but i just broke a finger on my right hand...3 weeks off gaming, i guess negative feelings and user reviews for Mafia 3 are so strong that force anyone to trash this game.

I don't know whether you were gaming really really right, or really really wrong.
 

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i really wanted to finish this game, at least for the story, but i just broke a finger on my right hand...3 weeks off gaming, i guess negative feelings and user reviews for Mafia 3 are so strong that force anyone to trash this game.

I don't know whether you were gaming really really right, or really really wrong.

It was with a Barbell, and Mafia 3 is not challenging enough for such disease anyway


If u finish it, can u tell me if the story (ending included) is worth it?
 

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i really wanted to finish this game, at least for the story, but i just broke a finger on my right hand...3 weeks off gaming, i guess negative feelings and user reviews for Mafia 3 are so strong that force anyone to trash this game.

I don't know whether you were gaming really really right, or really really wrong.

It was with a Barbell, and Mafia 3 is not challenging enough for such disease anyway


If u finish it, can u tell me if the story (ending included) is worth it?

If you've made it to the endgame, go ahead and finish it, I'd say. Its satisfying enough.

The real reason you should finish the game is to see the post-credits stinger, which is hilariously dumb.
 

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i really wanted to finish this game, at least for the story, but i just broke a finger on my right hand...3 weeks off gaming, i guess negative feelings and user reviews for Mafia 3 are so strong that force anyone to trash this game.

I don't know whether you were gaming really really right, or really really wrong.

It was with a Barbell, and Mafia 3 is not challenging enough for such disease anyway


If u finish it, can u tell me if the story (ending included) is worth it?

If you've made it to the endgame, go ahead and finish it, I'd say. Its satisfying enough.

The real reason you should finish the game is to see the post-credits stinger, which is hilariously dumb.

You mean the:

JFK thing? If it is, I posted about it in this thread. So damn random.
 

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I never played Mafia 1, just played Mafia 2 because it was on sale on Steam. All I kept thinking was that the game had so much going for it, but let so much go to waste. It looked great, the environment was excellent and it at least tried to put you there.

But... there was nothing else to do. I actually ran across town in that game, a 30 minute exercise that just had me powering off out of boredom. You can shoot people, and the gas stations were full service with lots of nice touches, but nothing matters. You don't run out of gas when all you do is drive 5 miles in game between missions. There is no reason to go anywhere else, anyhow.
The driving in that game was going from an intro cut-scene to the next cut-scene, then to a gun battle. Fuck, they had all the nuance with no actual delivery. I thought the story itself was good, but after a guy single-handedly murders 2,000 people, you'd think he would get a little more respect in the end. I mean, he's an unstoppable murder machine.
Also, it would have been a nice touch if you could have avoided prison through a different outcome in the Green Stamp quest. When you get tapped like that, it would have added rplay-ability if some random quest was key to some future missions. But no. Also, you can print money by stealing cars next to the car crusher and getting paid. Boring and obvious.
The game felt like they ran out of money, or the people they assigned to real-world events, sidequests, and interaction didn't get paid or didn't do their work.
 

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Vito, the protagonist from 2, does finally get the respect he deserves in the (arguably) best ending of Mafia III, for what little thats worth.

EDIT: Ending spoilers and shit -

In the 'best' ending, Lincoln leaves town after getting his revenge, tries to live a normal life and occasionally sends postcards to the Padre. Meanwhile, whichever underboss is still alive (Vito takes precedent over the other 2 if all 3 live) eventually takes over New Bordeaux. In Vito's case, he takes over the city, finishes the casino that the main antagonist of the game never completed and is still alive and filthy rich in 2016.


EDIT2: I take back what I just said. The best - objectively speaking - ending is if you choose to rule New Bordeaux alone at the end. That was a hoot. :lol:
 
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Vito, the protagonist from 2, does finally get the respect he deserves in the (arguably) best ending of Mafia III, for what little thats worth.

EDIT: Ending spoilers and shit -

In the 'best' ending, Lincoln leaves town after getting his revenge, tries to live a normal life and occasionally sends postcards to the Padre. Meanwhile, whichever underboss is still alive (Vito takes precedent over the other 2 if all 3 live) eventually takes over New Bordeaux. In Vito's case, he takes over the city, finishes the casino that the main antagonist of the game never completed and is still alive and filthy rich in 2016.


EDIT2: I take back what I just said. The best - objectively speaking - ending is if you choose to rule New Bordeaux alone at the end. That was a hoot. :lol:

I got that ending. What happens if you take the rule alone ending?
 
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The game felt like they ran out of money, or the people they assigned to real-world events, sidequests, and interaction didn't get paid or didn't do their work.


Did the work, remnants can be found in various stages of completion in the source code. A fraction were finished and included in Joe's DLC. Long story short 2k wasn't interested in the long term investment and made them cut a bunch of shit and push the game out.
 

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Did the work, remnants can be found in various stages of completion in the source code. A fraction were finished and included in Joe's DLC. Long story short 2k wasn't interested in the long term investment and made them cut a bunch of shit and push the game out.

Ah ok, yeah. The game seemed designed with screenshots for ads in mind, not actual gameplay.
 

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