[SPOILERS] What did you think about the endings and the story overall?

[SparkTFS]

I just finished the game and was pretty satisfied with it! Although it's not perfect, as somebody who enjoyed the movies (even the 2014 reboot), I loved the interactions, Murphy's dillemas and all the little details about world building and also I also loved how it seems that most of your interactions affects the city and the characters to some extent!

Still, I felt like something was missing at the end. Things like a proper payoff in the form of a cutscene showing how Murphy sees himself after all that happened - like an actual ending scene showing his reflection on a mirror while his departing for duty, that changes based on the answers of your therapy sessions (ex: if he sees himself as half machine-half human, he sees his cyborg self without the helmet; if he sees himself as a human, he sees Alex Murphy).

I also wished that your last choice (after the Old Man's boss fight) were a bit longer and more distinct. Like, if you saved the Old Man, he could then see a photo of him and abominate what he had become, and then choose to stay behind. Also, maybe you could end up more damaged after exiting the building if you choose to help.

I mean, from a Role-Playing perspective, that moment was pretty cool. But I think that some bigger implications in-game over your last decisions could've been nice.

Anyway, what are you guys opinions on that? I loved this game, and I think it would be nice to see other people's points of view about it!

[hnom123]

The plot is great. It fills the gap between the second and third films and makes many things more logical. For example, the Old Man's line.

[matthew]

Wasn't that keen on the endings. When the only real difference between them was either to save the old man, or leave him, or kill him. the stuff at the end seems to be the same.

Otherwise, the game was good. But I think the endings (I wouldn't really call them endings) was the weakest part of the game.

[Vezner]

I was satisfied with the story. I didn't really care much about the ending differences because it was the overall story that interested me. At the end of the day, I enjoyed this game thoroughly and I hope they release a DLC at some point.

[{SVK}Puškin]

I do not regret buying the game.

[Moth Master]

I wish we had more insight into what was happening with the Old Man, and why they would repeat past mistakes by putting him in Cain. The labs and countless corpses indicate they were experimenting and trying to improve the process in some way, but does it ever really explain that or how we end up with Robocop 2 part 2?

It also would have been nice if it had a stronger climax that involved the citizens of Detroit. You spend time patrolling the neighborhoods and helping people, you rescue them close to the end when everything is chaos, and it sort of creates this sense of community where people understand Robocop is trying to help, but it would have been nice to see them reciprocate that somehow while rejecting OCP's plans. There is a bit of that with sidequests, but we mainly see it at the end in the form of snapshots with narration.

[Dr. Merkwürdiglieben]

Originally posted by Moth Master:

I wish we had more insight into what was happening with the Old Man, and why they would repeat past mistakes by putting him in Cain. The labs and countless corpses indicate they were experimenting and trying to improve the process in some way, but does it ever really explain that or how we end up with Robocop 2 part 2?

It also would have been nice if it had a stronger climax that involved the citizens of Detroit. You spend time patrolling the neighborhoods and helping people, you rescue them close to the end when everything is chaos, and it sort of creates this sense of community where people understand Robocop is trying to help, but it would have been nice to see them reciprocate that somehow while rejecting OCP's plans. There is a bit of that with sidequests, but we mainly see it at the end in the form of snapshots with narration.

I agree, since I knew Robocop 2 would be in the game, I was hoping he/it, would be Briggs, as a secondary boss and the old man would be something new and more advanced.....

[J_Collinge]

The ending felt very odd and unsatisfying to me.

We're missing an explanation as to how the Old Man's brain ended up in Robocop 2. I'm ruling out that it was by choice, otherwise why would OCP bother with Project Afterlife when they already had the technology to put a brain in Robocop 2.

At first I thought it was simply a last resort as there wasnt a more suitable body ready, whether because of time or because Becker's funding cuts prevented Project Afterlife from making one, but the Old Man seems wholly optimistic heading into the procedure.

It's like we're missing a vital cutscene of the Old Man's brain about to be put into a more humanoid body only for Wendell to show up with the stolen Robo2 shell and force the surgeons to use that instead. What are people's thoughts?

[DigDog]

I chose save the old man and he died anyway. Not sure why they even bothered adding that option.

[dispellado]

Here's my take on things based on what I saw in game: Wendell was using the money from the Afterlife program for his own ends. He ultimately did not care about the Old Man nor OCP and wanted to burn down the city. He was never going to give the Old Man a shiny RoboCop body and had intended to screw him from the start, as he has done with every other person/gang he works with in the game. Overall, I could have done without the Old Man stuff, it kinda felt tacked on at the end so there could be a 1v1 cyborg fight where Robo gets thrown through buildings. They should have done that with the ED209 encounter.

The ending slides based on your choices and actions in game were welcome; it was nice seeing that some choices did affect the characters. At the end of the day for Murphy though, it's back to the grind. Detroit still has its problems and he's going to face them head on, as Alex Murphy & RoboCop both.

[SparkTFS]

Originally posted by J_Collinge:

The ending felt very odd and unsatisfying to me.
At first I thought it was simply a last resort as there wasnt a more suitable body ready, whether because of time or because Becker's funding cuts prevented Project Afterlife from making one, but the Old Man seems wholly optimistic heading into the procedure.

It's like we're missing a vital cutscene of the Old Man's brain about to be put into a more humanoid body only for Wendell to show up with the stolen Robo2 shell and force the surgeons to use that instead. What are people's thoughts?

My headcanon is that the engineers/whoever was actually in charge of the AfterLife Project didn't want to disappoint/piss off the dying Old Man saying they couldn't give him what he actually wanted - both for budget cuts and the technology not being there yet -, so they just lied to him saying he was going to be in a pretty cool body and go back to his daily life as soon as he woke up. And that's why he sounded so optmistic.

I think it wouldn't be a stretch to imagine that once asked by the team "the Old Man is dying and we couldn't finish a prototype yet, what're we gonna do?", Becker answered something like "just cancel this failed project already and put the Old B***h in one of our scrapped units. Maybe that way at least he can be useful for future researches and repay all the money he sunk on that mess".

Also, prior to his death the Old Man seemed really afraid of dying, even asking RoboCop on his visit to the hospital for some kind of reassurance about how it was to wake up as a cyborg (he gets angry you answer him saying it was "painful", or something similar). He was clinging to any possibility of extending his life before his human body failed him for the last time, so I believe that made him pretty gullible.

Maybe if the Old Man lived for some more time in a healthy state, he could have surpervised the project better, to the point of actually getting some new bodysuit prototypes and using other people as guinea pigs (instead of subjecting himself - voluntarily or not)? We will probably never know.

But yeah, it would be nice if the game let what happened more clear.

Originally posted by dispellado:

Overall, I could have done without the Old Man stuff, it kinda felt tacked on at the end so there could be a 1v1 cyborg fight where Robo gets thrown through buildings. They should have done that with the ED209 encounter.

I think that's basically what happened. The devs probably want you to fight against a character somewhat related to RoboCop (so the battle felt at least a bit personal) while at the same time giving us a spectable fight that didn't involve an already used Robot/Boss.

I appreciate the effort, even if the execution could have been better/clearer.