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Ogigogi Jul 17, 2014 @ 11:22am
What kind of a ending was that ? (SPOILERS)
What the hell happened at the end ? I don't wanna let them kill Joe. Can someone explain the ending ?
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Sunsetter Jul 17, 2014 @ 11:33am 
It's what they call a sequel-bait. They don't finish off the story properly in the hope of a sequel.

They took away Joey to kill him but since the developer studio is no more, we don't get to find out what happened.
Last edited by Sunsetter; Jul 17, 2014 @ 11:33am
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Ogigogi Jul 17, 2014 @ 11:36am 
Thanks for explaninig man. I just finished it,and I am so nervous right now. I wanna find out what happened to joe.:sadpanda:
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RageMojo Jul 17, 2014 @ 11:46am 
It is explained in the Joe's adventure DLC. he was stuck between a rock and and a hard place and not much he could do. he even left town for 5 years while Vito was in prison.

I thought the ending captured the theme and lifestyle of the characters perfectly. It is pretty lame that at the end of every single GTA and SR game you are the king of the city/country/planet whatever. This was more genuine story telling in a realistic way. This is how life as a mobster really is. It wasnt bait, he's dead.
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Sunsetter Jul 17, 2014 @ 12:08pm 
Originally posted by RageMojo:
It wasnt bait, he's dead.

It's very end of the game. If they wanted him dead we would've seen it and we would also have gotten some kind of an ending. Instead of that, we just get an anticlimactic scene of him being driven away. To me, that's some serious sequel-baiting.
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The Mighty Bull McCabe Jul 17, 2014 @ 2:12pm 
they are making a mafia 3
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Sunsetter Jul 17, 2014 @ 3:33pm 
Originally posted by Aergistal:
. Not everything needs to be explained on screen, that's generally a staple of bad cinema.

Be that as it may, if this the last we hear of the protagonists they ought to provide us with some kind of closure. What they did provide us with, is loose ends and a very anticlimactic ending that screams "this isn't the last you hear of them".
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Karl Pilkington Jul 18, 2014 @ 2:39am 
Originally posted by Angry Irish Gamer:
they are making a mafia 3
and i'll most likely be pre-ordering it just like with mafia 2. *strokes his collector's edition made man game box*
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RageMojo Jul 18, 2014 @ 8:33am 
Originally posted by Samael:
Originally posted by RageMojo:
It wasnt bait, he's dead.

It's very end of the game. If they wanted him dead we would've seen it and we would also have gotten some kind of an ending. Instead of that, we just get an anticlimactic scene of him being driven away. To me, that's some serious sequel-baiting.

You need to watch some old Mafia movies then. That is a Classic way to end the story.

You see, a couple generations ago, it wasnt spelled out for you always, you had to use your brains and infer from context. It is only the most recent generation that requires to be shown every last gritty detail. It was not sequel baiting. The game is more than 5 years old now and the next game doesnt come out for another year. They were not giving you a 5 year bait. Your sceptizim is preventing you from enjoying the story as designed.

Also Joe is not the protagonists, Vito is.

You got closure, Vito moved up and is accepted back into the organization and Joe has to pay for upsetting the big out of town bosses. It is simple, you are over thinking it based on what you want to happen. Stop and look at what did happen instead. Joe is dead dude.
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Karl Pilkington Jul 18, 2014 @ 1:48pm 
It makes sense. Vito is a very foolish character who makes fast dumb decisions with joe, but more importantly, he just more or less rolls with the current situation. Joe is a hot head who over reacts and makes the situation worse almost every time he tries to do anything. He always is enabling Vito.
Combine that with a bunch of guys who all you have to do is raise your voice at them to get a death hit put out on you, and it was bound to happen, sadly.
I think its stupid but that's the culture of this "business"...
Last edited by Karl Pilkington; Jul 18, 2014 @ 1:49pm
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danam22315 Jul 20, 2014 @ 6:40am 
I really hope that Joe was not killed.
Having said that, someone has to pay the price for killing all those Tongs, and taking Mr Vinci to the edge of war. The ending was a real shock, but given the circumstances, Mr Vinci probably would have killed both Joe and Vito even if he only suspected that they were involved.
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Karl Pilkington Jul 20, 2014 @ 7:39am 
no probably about it, he did try to kill them. chapter 14 .
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danam22315 Jul 20, 2014 @ 7:48am 
Well, that was more like questioning them. Joe and Vito didn't admit anything, though.
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RageMojo Jul 20, 2014 @ 11:38am 
Are you guys listening to the dialouge? The only reason Vito was not killed as well is because he saved Leo the first time and then carried out the last hit to set things right. Joe is dead because not only did someone have to pay, but because he made a bigger mess in the DLC.

It is highly unlikely Mafia 3 will use the same characters. The current rumor and hiring at 2K suggests that Mafia 3 will probably take place in New Orleans or a fictional equivilent.
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Karl Pilkington Jul 20, 2014 @ 5:02pm 
Originally posted by danam22315:
Well, that was more like questioning them. Joe and Vito didn't admit anything, though.
its not entirely clear but after Vinci leaves, there's a slight flash forward where its just them two alone again. Joe says "we aint got much time" which is a pretty strong indicator he's gonna kill them since they're useless anyway if they don't talk. Not to mention the 50 or so guys who got the word to shoot on sight.

but that's just my speculation. the whole scene is pretty vague.
like, why would Vinci have a problem with Vito saving Leo's life from a hit put out on him by ANOTHER family. He's a made man, after all.
Vito "You got no reason to treat us like this mr. vinci"
Vinci "no reason? first, the business with Leo".
Last edited by Karl Pilkington; Jul 20, 2014 @ 5:04pm
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RageMojo Jul 20, 2014 @ 6:25pm 
Originally posted by Aergistal:
Originally posted by RageMojo:
Joe is dead because not only did someone have to pay, but because he made a bigger mess in the DLC.
Joe is resourceful. Let's not forget that he concealed a gun before entering the car. So there's a chance he managed to pull something.

LOL you guys jsut are not going to give it up are you. So let's say joe does pull the gun and excape, then what? They would have to leave Empire Bay at the very least. This is a classic story game, not some crazy cheezy GTA story where joe escapes and Vito and joe take over the town. It would be joe and vito against the entire mafia of both the USA and Italy. If they rose up in another city, they would go kill them there. There was no escaping, joe is ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ dead.

vito is really, really lucky to even be alive, they brought a fed into the group, that is a death sentence already before the other issues and the DLC.

Give it up, he lived by the gun and died by the gun. That is mafia life.
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