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Honestly I feel like Vito's ending should be cannon, in my eyes it's the best ending, after what happened to Vito and his life (lost Joe, some mob friends, lost his mom, sister cut contact with him, force to kill his mob family to save himself) I feel like leaving New Bordeaux to Vito's care is the good ending because in the end Vito is respected and running his own family
Everything that happened with Vito was his own fault. His pride and greed got out of control. Brought a rat into the family and attacked the Chinese mob breaking the alliance and partnership between the Empire bay crime families and the Chinese mob because of a rat.
@@JohnDonovanYT he attacked the Chinese Mob cuz he know Joe was going to kill him regardless if Henry was a rat or if the Italian mob knew and I don't think anybody knew he was a rat till after he died or right before he died plus Vito never struck me as greedy or once control then again I must have looked at it a different angle
@@misterbones5981 Galante confirmed that he was mole. And he was talking about before Henri's dead and the Chinese mobsters did everyone a favor. And he was greedy, he literally choose to follow a rat instead of waiting to recovery cash. Selling dope behind Falcone's back.
I mean, The Rule Together is pretty tight too, Vito turns to be the Underboss for one of the biggest crime organizations in the southern U.S. Vito becomes an Eddie Scarpa 2.0 and is very possible that he was the last standing Underboss (Burke died of Liver Cancer and Cassandra probably died cause there's no mention of her whatsoever after the story apart from her ending) and stood with Lincoln until probably around the 90's. I Like to thing that Lincoln went out like The Godfather of Harlem, don't believe that he died in a guns blazing war, if he did died.
It's a good thing I looked up the endings first. I was on my way to giving all the districts to Cassandra just because I liked her gang's fashion and thought they'd probably be better off for the city since she turned an old brothel full of slaves into a prestigious theater, until I realized there may be different endings as a result of who gets the most districts. I gave Burke 2, her 3, and Vito 4 before I left I the city. I'd rather the city still exist than it being a ghost town, especially since all Vito did was turn it into RL New Orleans (RL NOLA has a bunch of casinos as well as mob ties).
I know Lincoln leaving town, with Vito taking over is considered the good ending since, even though it doesn’t work out for him, Lincoln could keep remnants of his soul in the eyes of Father James and doesn’t lose himself in the corruption, but when I first played the game best fucking believe my first choice of ending was to take over and rule the city with the rest of his crew After all the work he put in.
I take the same option of ruined together because in my first playthrough which I actually just finished I kept all 3 underbosses and I had all their loyalty and I was afraid that if I left the city they would fight each other for complete control of the city so I figured you know what screw it let's run this shit I didn't do this alone every single one of you helped me so we in this shit together.
I like that ending I just wish they took the drugs and prostitution out and stuff because it’s obviously affected Lincoln worse than helped him I’d hoped he would’ve put a stop to it even if that’s unrealistic 😂
Rule together without question, Vito was my right hand man running five districts while the others ran two each (too much whining and obviously horrible people by their endings). He deserves the most love and attention so I gave it to him after realizing they don’t deserve much.
Here's a synopsis if ya'll are readers. Rule Together - New Marcano. Mixed Ending Lincoln doesn't leave, and stays with the 3 of the lieutenants. All of them start a syndicate and go nationwide. Lincoln builds NB as a better city. He gives money to the Harlow and poor, and helps rebuild after the Hurricane. Father James hate what he became, because he knows Lincoln is connected with various murders, deep organized crime and black markets, and the good looks are a front like Marcano. Whatever makes money, even unethical, he'll go for. Rule Alone - Lincoln turns Worst Ending Clay kills everyone at the table for power. James put a car bomb in his muscle car and killed Lincoln before he started to turn into Marcano. Lincoln leaves - Universal in takeover endings Clay leaves NB to start anew. He's shown in all the takeover endings as Lincoln made it out to California and worked at the shipyards for a few years. He met a woman, and it seemed like they were going to get married, but then it somehow all came apart. He started moving around after that, going to Alaska, New York, South America, and even Vietnam. Father James still gets postcards from time to time and believes Lincoln just wasn't able to accept the world for what it is or his place in it. Vito rules over - Best city ending Vito takes over the city. He turns it into a paradise. Casinos, tourist attractions and the city survived the Hurricane. It's become a hotbed for Mafia activity and is basically the Vegas of the south under his thumb. Burke - Bad City Ending Burke used his power and money for war, making the Irish mob a powerhouse. He got a Liver transplant in Mexico with the money he earned, started a narcos business for Heron and Cocaine and took over the city council. He renamed NB to its old name, "Bourbon City" and turned Modern Day NB into a warzone. He died in a gang shootout and no one has been able to be Mayor of the city for less then a month. It's unknown if it survived the Hurricane. Cassandra - Worst City Ending Cassandra started a revolution with the Hatian gang, assasinating many members of the Mob. Afterward the Governor declared Martial Law, only to shoot him on the steps of the Capital Building. The National guard came in, until they were repelled back and Cassandra made it clear that she owns the city. Municipal buildings became closed, and the government pulled funding for schools, municiple buildings and made the city cuttoff to hunt her down. Modern Day NB is a ghost town, mainly a overgrown swamp after Hurricane Cassandra, and its unknown if she is alive.
In rule together they never said Lincoln is connected to various murders, he just makes money for the city in illegal ways and the goodwill is a front for that
Rule together with all 3 underbosses alive and 100% loyalty is the best ending. Lincoln continued following Sammy's footsteps, he didn't forgot about his origins and he helped the ones who need it help. He was a honorable mobster and a generous benefactor, just like Don Vito Corleone and Don Michael Corleone.
No, he messed up, even father James said it. Lincoln just start becoming a monster such as Marcano. I prefer leaving from city as the best ending for all characters.
@@vladdariy7129 I don't care about James. I ain't going to Judge the whole ending based on a Randy's opinion who complains all the time in every ending and no he doesn't become like Marcano, nice try tho. Marcano never helped anyone and he abandoned the place where he grow up (River Row).
@@vladdariy7129 damn straight this is correct. Father James is an excellent moral compass and guide to Lincoln. He knows who Lincoln really is and what he really wants. Before the betrayal he wanted to leave town. Father James is integral unlike what the other guy is saying
@@redvice6210 Michael Corleone's plan was to left and never look back. Thats what he wanted and that's what Vito Corleone wanted but *things* changed and leaving wasn't part of the plan anymore.
While some people thinks that leaving town ending with Vito is the happiest, the Rule Together ending with the 3 underbosses alive is much more natural and more likely to be canon for the Mafia franchise. Lincoln wouldn't leave the entire criminal empire he built behind and he didn't become a Sal Marcano 2.0. Unlike Sal, Lincoln was very loyal to the people he worked with, rebuilt the Hollow, bought Frisco Fields, reopened the Amusement Park, made donations and never betrayed anyone he worked with. I also believe that Lincoln canonically spared all of the Racket Bosses and their informants (except Merle and Chester) to work together with him. Lincoln honored Sammy's legacy.
Seeing how much of a monster Cassandra is when she rules the city makes me regret cutting Burke out and having to kill him as she's much more deserving of it than him. In my play through I co-ruled with Vito and Cassandra and ended up giving the most territory to Vito. The ending where Vito rules should be cannon. He deserves a happy ending.
Dunno, I think Burke deserves to always die, his perks are shit and he is shit. He killed his own son for dirty money, his own daughter hates him, he treats Lincoln like shit despite Lincoln offering him the best shot he had at anything, he destroys himself, the city and possibly the whole country with drug wars. Overall, Cassandra is clearly portrayed as a long term death, but she represents what would truly happen if someone threatened the established powers, either they take you out at once or slowly bleed you. Plus, realistically, if she managed to control the whole state, it would only be a matter of time until she managed to rake in enough money to rebuild the city and truly bring about needed change. They just decided to make her an enigmatic figure with an uncertain ending, she disappears into the blank pages of history.
Cassandra : Delray Hollow, Barclay Mills, and Frisco Fields. Burke: Pointe Verdun, Tickfaw Harbor and French Ward Vito: River Row, Downtown and Southdowns Lincoln the new boss of the city the perfect ending
@@Upamanyu2000Downtown to Burke just didn’t make sense to me, he was the “Cars, booze, drugs, and women” kinda guy. Vito on the other hand has been around the city and that kind of infrastructure before. So it seems reasonable that he gets the more classic “mob-style” areas.
I like how the endings totally change the context of Maguire's character. He's either a detective trying to solve the mystery of the disappearance of a notorious crimelord, a whistleblower trying to expose a beloved public figure's crimes, or a conspiracy theorist insisting Lincoln MUST be alive today.
Regarding the end of Cassandra, I realized something (something that was perhaps very obvious) and that is that since the city did not receive funds for the maintenance of the levees, they ended up failing. And maybe that's why flooding wasn't a problem in Vito and Burke's endings.
From what the FBI guy says, thousands died in the flooding. Thousands. Not only did the levees fail catastrophically, the infrastructure around the city probably crumbled like raw pasta with how little funding there was.
Father James is madlad that he managed to put bombs in every car in the city, because even if we ran away and hjack random car, it will blow up anyway, or Lincoln Clay become too allergic to cars and he exploded in first car
I think you're missing the social climate aspect of it. Cassandra was a hatian woman in the height of an era plagued by racial tension. Cassandra would've never been given the opportunity to build. It would've been deemed a threat to national security. I'm glad they kept it historically accurate in that sense.
I was biased for Vito since the beginning of game, I wanted his character to be rich, to be powerful, gave the districts equally to all 3 but separate markets costed more for Vito. I didn't know that at last I would've had alternate endings. Vito still rules and I'm happy how the game ended for me. All thanks to Mafia 2, where it all started for me. If ever Mafia 4 is made and Vitos' in it, I'll be there for him too.
@@prantapsingh3449 this would also mean vito would have shown up in every mafia game because him and joe are the only chacters to have appeared in every single mafia game.
man giving control and most territories to vito is the best ending mafia 3 can offer despite it not being canon, finishing the casino that marcano couldnt do, made more of casinos and hotels and more tourist attractions, basically he turned the city into a pretty great place to live in or visit and i would wish that it was a canon ending
I was so close to picking the rule together ending but leaving town and giving it all to Vito is perfect cause Lincoln was never a criminal he just wanted justice for his family
@@hamzaa.-oz7rmLoyalty and Earnings both play a part. I know this because both Cassandra and Burke had higher earnings than Vito when I finished it (somehow, everyone got equal territory) and he ended up taking over when I finished playing it (a few hours ago)
Lol he robbed the federal reserve, k***d hundreds of enemies in brutal ways, blew up a factory and cranes, robbed vehicles, robbed establishments, k***d two man by kicking them out the window and made them fall to their deaths, wiretapped the whole city, t***red people, drugged people etc and has 3 underbosses working for him and hundreds of men... and you say he isn't a criminal...
I remember hearing a theory about the Rule Alone ending about hearing Lincolns footsteps around Father James’. While unlikely a priest bombing a car is also unlikely and having Lincoln and Vito die in an ending isnt fun for me
Why is it unlikely that James would bomb Lincoln's car? He was a soldier before becoming a priest so he knew enough about explosives. Priests are human too and can fall into all kinds of temptations that contradict their religious beliefs.
Cassandra ending is confirmed uncanonical. In one of the curscenes we see the priest walking with the cameraman and showing the place that Lincoln was shot in the head and the city was well and alive so it can't be Cassandra ending
It also can’t be Burke or Vito since for Burke there be violence in the streets and there would have been sighting of the casinos or tourists attraction seen in the Vito ending
What is most incomprehensible to me is, if we take the ending of Cassandra, where the city turns into ruins, then why before this in the game you can see a cutscene with Father James, in which he now passes near the place where Sammy’s bar was, and everything around the city still alive. Most likely this is either a flaw, or Cassandra's ending is 100% non-canon.
I think maybe the game was planned to have only Lincon's ending, since it is the best written. And all the others were made on a hurry, Vito's got the more effort sinces hes a fanfavorite carachter and Burke is a carichature, that left Cassandra's and rule alone endings last, and maybe done on a hurry, since they are weird
It could be a ghost town in the same way as 90s Detroit compared to the 60s. Not a literal ghost town, but a dilapidated decaying city, with barely functioning services, blocks of abandoned buildings and no real reason to exist.
Damn that’s fucking cold. That ending where father James said Lincoln should’ve died in that bar. THAT’S EXACTLY WHY I LEFT THE CITY I ALWAYS LISTEN TO FATHER JAMES🗣
I think the best 2 endings are ruling all together or leaving Vito in charge. The priest was naive and hypocritical I didn’t care at all what he had to say. He had nothing to say to Sammy who was a criminal but was trying to constantly preach to Lincoln. And i like all 3 games but I personally love Mafia 3 the most, the story and writing were great. The world was unique and the only gripe i had was the repetitive district missions. The actual main missions were brilliant. Sad that the game got a lot of hate and we’ll never see Clay again
Father James' ending gave Lincoln's life 0 purpose. Hence why he kept relocating. Father James is also a hypocrite, he knew what Sammy's business was, and all of a sudden he grew a spine to say something about that type of business? Yea no... So yea, rule together is the best ending...
I know this is a year later 😂 but I will say I always thought father James was a hypocrite. If he didn’t have the backbone to say anything to Sammy he should have let Lincoln do what he was doing. What he turned into was a byproduct of his environment and what he felt was necessary to get revenge while father James wanted him to “turn the other cheek”
Rating Ending: Good Ending = Leave and Vito Rules Average Ending = Rule Together OR Leave and Burkes Rules Bad Ending = Leave and Cassandra Rules Worst Ending = Rule Alone
I have a personal headcanon where all three underbosses survive, and parts of the "Rule Together" ending and Vito and Burke's endings also happen. Lincoln's mob expands across the south, the Hollow is rebuilt, the theme park reopened, he buys up Frisco Fields, charities are donated to, Lincoln's name is plastered onto schools and hospitals, Vito gets to build his Casinos, Arenas, Hotels, the Convention center, all the while he lives in Marcano's casino penthouse, and then Burke makes New Bordeaux the drug and booze capital of the world, and he gets his seat on city council (and no war with the Cubans that leads to him going out Scarface style). There's another variation where Lincoln leaves town and Vito does everything previously mentioned outside of Burke's actions (in Lincoln's honor, of course. Everyone wins 😀)
Rule together = Expansion of power Rule alone = Death of the Clay Mafia Burke rules = debauchery blooms Vito rules = development, second Las Vegas Cassandra rules = power trip led to destruction of the city
Father James means well, but he’s annoying. he keeps trying to control Lincoln’s life, & saying that Lincoln should’ve died w his family cause he didn’t choose the path he wanted shows just how much of a control freak he is.
Yes this, I just finished the game and can't express how annoying James is, he thinks whatever he says is the best for Lincoln when he's incredibly wrong I wish there was just an option to kill him and end the game
Clay just ended up replacing Sal directly. He didn’t fix the Hollow or donate to the charities out of the goodness of his heart, he did it to set up a front.
Let's say that of all 3 Vito was the one who did best in managing the city. Burke made her even worse than she already was, in my opinion. Cassandra, on the other hand, was not worthy.
I don't think it was a matter of her being worthy, it was more so that the world did not accept her being a boss and constantly tried to shut her down and she spent her time fighting rather than building
Best ending is all three get equal amount of territory but with Vito getting the most. Then Lincoln finally leaves town and starts a new life because that’s what he wanted to do anyways. While Lincoln drives off into the sunset in his trusty muscle car, Vito turns New Bordeux into a paradise. Vito gets a happy ending after everything he went through, Lincoln can finally have some peace, and father James is happy Lincoln didn’t become the monster he was scared of becoming.
Also it would be truly canon that Lincoln Clay has become a nomad like that faction group from Cyberpunk 2077. Sort of living a much freer life on the move instead of a city town or rural area for a time
@@leonrussell9607 got a point there, guess it was popularized in the 80s when cyberpunk 2013/2020 was released, got even more populer once the game out. Youre right its been a thing for ages, but at the same time it aint a bad idea to use cyberpunk as an example of nomads.
Father James reaction: Rule together:Regret,seeing Lincoln’s name appear on newspapers/headlines Despite he helped the poors,made NB shines,it didn’t make him a better,ethical person all the money laundering,murdering,racketeering,prostitution,drug distribution,bootleggings etc didn’t wash it off Father James wishes he did died in that bar fire Rule alone:Heart broken because of his selfishness,backstabbed his partners behind their backs after everything theyve been through(No differences to Sal Marcano,Giorgio even stated that he didn’t regret putting Lincoln into his misery Leaves town:Neutral/kind of relieved which is what he wanted it to play out back when he told Lincoln after he gained consciousness from injuries(leaves everything and walk away after doing what’s needed to be done) Probably the most positive reaction of all 3
I felt so bad for Father James! He seemed to be the only decent person in the entire game & yet nobody seemed to care about what he had to say or how he felt.
In my opinion the rule together ending with every lieutenant fair share is canon 1) Lincoln knew if he did leave New bordeux,someone who take charge and might be more dangerous then Sal marcano 2) Lincoln was betrayed himself so I don’t see him killing Vito,Burke,and Cassandra 3) Lincoln was inspired of Sammy work as a boss that’s why he donated money to the city 4) During father James scenes in the documentary,James mentions he wished he never called John and there will always be men like Lincoln 5) Why would James say bad things about Lincoln if he chose to leave. Doesn’t make any sense That’s about it unless someone wants to commenting their opinions
Fr. I can’t believe it 😂😂 it’s probably because they’re bias and love Vito. The game itself hints that ruling together would be the best option as well
@@Earlierfour Still most of the time, these kind of activist efforts usually ends with her dead. But through what Lincoln taught her, she ended up oneupping what he did to the Marcanos, she gave a finger to the governement and sunk that slave dealing, cross burning city to the ground
she didnt took down the commission she took down family members of the commision, and she being too stupid killed the governor instead of laying low until things calmed down
The first time i played mafia 3 i chose the rule together ending because i thought Lincoln deserved to take over new bordeaux after all the work he put in, he couldn't just throw it all away but then after playing it a second time after 2 years i chose the leave ending and vito took over, i personally think it's the best ending for Lincoln because the mafia life doesn't really suit him, he went through so much trauma and taking over new bordeaux would make him paranoid, and i think when he told father james he's taking over and nobody's getting in his way i think he was bluffing, sure the FBI and the commission will go after him but at least he left a mark on new bordeaux and became a legend leaving the life of crime behind him. As for the vito ending well he always wanted to be a boss so i let him take over.
If you ask me, I say “Rule Together” is the TRUE ending to Mafia 3. All the others are just what if scenarios. Cause 1, Lincoln lives. Two, Lincoln lives. Three, Lincoln becomes filthy, stinkin’ rich. And uses his money and power to better people’s lives.
I gave Cassandra so much territory that Burke and Vito turned against me and I had to kill them. I didn't know they would leave and turn on me but still ended up not caring and continued with Cassandra until I left the city and Cassandra took over. I remember being okay with my ending , Lincoln went on to live his life and Cassandra showed why she was the strongest out of the 3
I honestly feel like that everyone just gives vito the stuff if they played mafia 2 and had a connection to him, he was the best out of all of the underbosses
Can you go into more details about this mod you're working on? Cause I'm super interested, I love that you replaced Lincoln and Cassandra's vanilla look to the better BETA look they once had. I'm also interested because this mod's main goal is to "fix" Mafia 3 which sounds brilliant considering I dislike Mafia 3 but want to like it so bad.
It will include Pre-Alpha Lincoln Clay outfit fixed (no longer invisible torso & skin clipping shirt when aiming), Vito will look younger by using his MDE head texture, Vito’s dirty leather jacket and low quality shirt will be replaced with MDE versions, no more trenchcoat Vito during sitdowns (it will now be a proper suit just like the concept artwork), white polo shirt Vito will be replaced with open collar Vito suit (like concept artwork), after recruiting Cassandra she will wear a leather jacket in all instances (no more white dress) and Cassandra will have an Afro like the cover of Mafia 3. Repetitive missions will be capped to a small amount of money so you can finish them faster, after recruiting Burke he will wear his leather jacket in all instances, will include graphics mod, will replace police cars with Beta police cars. More features will be added as time passes.
@@MafiaGameVideos If there's some gameplay changes I'd suggest it would be a much more simplistic crosshair, like a dot we see in GTA V and RDR2 and the guns should have far more ammo. One thing that has always bothered me about Mafia 3 & DE's combat, it has to be the crosshair and ammo capacity. Mafia 3's combat is relatively decent but the weapon accuracy & crosshair combined with the lack of ammo ruins everything for me. Shooting enemies isn't fun because most of the time, you'll be inaccurate as hell thanks to the crappy crosshair and because the guns in the game has so little ammo, there's barely any reason to experiement and try out different weapons. As for stealth, just make it so enemies can't hear you when crouch walk at full force, because this is a problem that every player with keyboard and mouse experiences due to the lack of analog sticks.
I felt like bruke gets really annoying every time I don't give him a district, so i give it to vito instead of him until he got pissed off for real and went at war against lincoln and killed bruke ofc, meanwhile vito is a good man didn't complain as much as bruke, glad to see the best ending is vito. (The most thing i hate about the story is the stupid choice of music in any cutscene, like a someone valuable is dying: lets turn on a farmer song or any stupid s***)
My ranking of the endings is 1. Vito Rules - Lincoln gets out and Vito rules the city but isn’t bringing in chaos like the other two 2. Rule Together - everybody lives and rules the city, but Lincoln stays in the life of crime 3. Cassandra Rules - Lincoln gets out and Cassandra rules with her own sense of justice and takes down other crime families and gangs, but it ends in the deaths of thousands and destruction of a city 4. Rule Alone - somewhat of a realistic ending. The priest car bomb is a bit out of left field but it serves as a good reminder that you don’t get to just walk away from the evils of crime 5. Burke Rules - terrible ending. Lincoln got out, but Burke ruins lives with drugs and alcohol and kills thousands in effect
Vito getting control is by far the best ending. His story only makes sense to end on a happy note where the city flourishes and he gets to finally be in control. As someone who biased Vito, tolerated Cassandra, and despised Burke, I sat back and smiled when I saw that Burke and Cassandra got the bad endings. They both turned the city into a worse place and it really proves that Vito was the best of them all. Also, that Father James bomb had me shocked as hell when I saw it in game. It makes sense with what he says throughout the whole game but holy crap that was just … wow.
veto leo remained in contact as if you look through his restaurant there's a letter listed to Empire Bay Little Italy there is also one that was wrote to his sister but wasn't that never sent so the entire time mercado thought veto was a mole for the commission he was right
I replayed this game many times, and I give the districts in the same manner all the time: Vito gets - Downtown, Southdowns and French Ward. Burke gets - Tickhaw Harbor and Frisco Fields. Cassandra gets Barklay Mills only. This basically secures Vito as the one who will take over the city. Cassandra favors don't really mean much, with such allocations you can raise her earn just enough to unlock weapon stability. This year I started a fresh walkthrough and figured you can actually reach Loyal status with any underboss by giving them 6 rackets without actually assigining the district, complete all 5 of their favor missions and then assign the district to another underboss. By doing this, I maxed out the reload speed on all weapons (which isn't necessary at all), while still having max health bar, and being able to clear red police zones. I'm yet to figure out if the underboss will still betray you if you reach the Loyal status with them without giving them any district other than the first one.
The unite ending and vito ending are the best endings by far. Lincoln and Vito manage to temper the more anti-government cassandra and chaotic burke. Vito and Lincoln understood that the government will always win. The best they can do is not give them any big reason to hunt them down.
I am confused between rule together and Vito ending. Seems like Vito ending would be the best, but Lincoln is constantly on a run and in fear that one day he might get caught.
Honestly after playing the game (I just finished today) After Lincion leaving and putting Vito in charge and the ruling together is one of the best endings.
The only underboss that Lincoln should've off'ed IMO was Cassandra. I don't trust her one bit. All she does is moan and threaten Lincoln when she doesn't get her way. How ungrateful. Also I love how the quality has increased so much compared to the original upload.
Ur right abt dat but Cassandra knows dat Lincoln still don’t trust her or the Haitians so she willing to right the wrong and earn his trust if u do her side missions you’ll know what I’m talking about
The only times she's ever threaten Lincoln in my play through was in the beginning when I first started taking over territory she had no reason to trust us and vice versa
If you think about it. Lincoln was a broken man not only from what he probably saw fighting during the Vietnam war but also losing the only thing that mattered to him
Cassandra's ending is actually pretty badass. Had the government coming after her and said if I can't have the city nobody can. Burke going out in a gunfight is pretty lackluster to me. Vitos ending is the best of course. But all three ruling is my favorite. Lincoln being able to keep Cassandra and Burke on a leash, and Vito may not be boss but is still one of the heads of a powerful organization.
My personal canonical Ending would be Don Vito Scaletta ruling the City, since is the most experienced Mobster of all there. He has learned the ropes in Empire Bay. Lincoln left the City and what Don Scaletta says.. goes. Simple as that :) Man.. I would LOVE to return to New Bordeaux with a new Character and experience the City under Don Scaletta :)
Lincoln was never meant to live that life, in the end it was all for revenge for the closest to family he had but if he did then he would become another Marcano It was best that Vito taken over after Lincoln rides off to start over
In my state Lincoln clay rule the city with other is the best ending , however the states gonna search for him even if he left the town . Also my Boi vito got a better life and others too. So my opinion is ruling the city with 3 lieutenants
The thing is choosing to rule alone is stupid because all you did to double cross those who helped you get to that point just doesn't do the story any justice
I'd prefer Rule Alone ending. All bad guys are dead, father James turns just another killer, FBI guy who sniffing around frequently gets permanent paranoia. Everybody loses. Best option.
My head canon is Lincoln leaving and Vito ruling(since it makes with the documentary, with Burke ending it would become a open warzone between mafias and gangs and with Cassandra it would flooded(i think the only ok safe zones would be the Nothern parts, with hollows and bayou being completly lost with not hope of recovering those parts without draining the whole swamp), Lincoln is a broken man than should have died in the bar, he never staying in one place is due to fear his past catching him and with leaving he is still have a family member(father James) meanwhile Lincoln staying make he lose his last family member and become a dead man inside doing alcohol drugs and sex to keep living each day
If Lincoln could be more at peace, I'd let Vito rule alone, but he's constantly struggling to live. I choose rule together just because of Vito and Lincoln
I believe that the canonical ending should indeed be 'bad.' In the first part, we were made to understand that crimes, murders, and robberies would not go unpunished for the protagonist. Even if he somewhat redeemed himself by putting all his 'colleagues' behind bars, he at least lived to old age as a reward. In the second part, the protagonist lost his best friend but still survived. Nevertheless, later on, he resumed criminal activities, thus not fully appreciating the value of the 'golden ticket' to a peaceful life given to him by Leo Galante. Although Leo might have wanted Vito to stay in the business... In the third part, the main character kills many more people and commits all sorts of crimes, with little remorse. Similarly, his business partners, the same gangsters driven by a huge thirst for profit. Therefore, I believe that the ending where they all perish is indeed canonical.
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Yea good point
Honestly I feel like Vito's ending should be cannon, in my eyes it's the best ending, after what happened to Vito and his life (lost Joe, some mob friends, lost his mom, sister cut contact with him, force to kill his mob family to save himself) I feel like leaving New Bordeaux to Vito's care is the good ending because in the end Vito is respected and running his own family
Everything that happened with Vito was his own fault. His pride and greed got out of control. Brought a rat into the family and attacked the Chinese mob breaking the alliance and partnership between the Empire bay crime families and the Chinese mob because of a rat.
@@JohnDonovanYT he attacked the Chinese Mob cuz he know Joe was going to kill him regardless if Henry was a rat or if the Italian mob knew and I don't think anybody knew he was a rat till after he died or right before he died plus Vito never struck me as greedy or once control then again I must have looked at it a different angle
@@misterbones5981 Galante confirmed that he was mole. And he was talking about before Henri's dead and the Chinese mobsters did everyone a favor. And he was greedy, he literally choose to follow a rat instead of waiting to recovery cash. Selling dope behind Falcone's back.
@@JohnDonovanYT all right I did kind of forget that whole selling drugs to half of empire Bay part of the story it's been a while since I played it
I mean, The Rule Together is pretty tight too, Vito turns to be the Underboss for one of the biggest crime organizations in the southern U.S.
Vito becomes an Eddie Scarpa 2.0
and is very possible that he was the last standing Underboss (Burke died of Liver Cancer and Cassandra probably died cause there's no mention of her whatsoever after the story apart from her ending) and stood with Lincoln until probably around the 90's.
I Like to thing that Lincoln went out like The Godfather of Harlem, don't believe that he died in a guns blazing war, if he did died.
Just finished Mafia 3, chose to left the city and Vito took the control. It's the most perfect ending to me.
Same
I prefer Rule Together.
Same
It's a good thing I looked up the endings first. I was on my way to giving all the districts to Cassandra just because I liked her gang's fashion and thought they'd probably be better off for the city since she turned an old brothel full of slaves into a prestigious theater, until I realized there may be different endings as a result of who gets the most districts.
I gave Burke 2, her 3, and Vito 4 before I left I the city. I'd rather the city still exist than it being a ghost town, especially since all Vito did was turn it into RL New Orleans (RL NOLA has a bunch of casinos as well as mob ties).
Now that Mafia 4 has been confirmed to be in development, I'd really like to see it happen
I know Lincoln leaving town, with Vito taking over is considered the good ending since, even though it doesn’t work out for him, Lincoln could keep remnants of his soul in the eyes of Father James and doesn’t lose himself in the corruption, but when I first played the game best fucking believe my first choice of ending was to take over and rule the city with the rest of his crew After all the work he put in.
Same boat
Yes i took the same ending just taking over after all the work i put
Father James is a hyprocrite
I take the same option of ruined together because in my first playthrough which I actually just finished I kept all 3 underbosses and I had all their loyalty and I was afraid that if I left the city they would fight each other for complete control of the city so I figured you know what screw it let's run this shit I didn't do this alone every single one of you helped me so we in this shit together.
I like that ending I just wish they took the drugs and prostitution out and stuff because it’s obviously affected Lincoln worse than helped him I’d hoped he would’ve put a stop to it even if that’s unrealistic 😂
Father James putting the bomb at the end is the most random shit. Goddamnit I should have ruled the city with the three.
LOL
Do not be greedy
@@robbymeatride not necessaraly greed. Donovan sugessted he do it so I guess he did.
Most random shit was Donovan randomly ranting about JFK in the post credit scenes and then shooting a man dead
@@heroesinhoodies1210Are you dumb?
Rule together without question, Vito was my right hand man running five districts while the others ran two each (too much whining and obviously horrible people by their endings). He deserves the most love and attention so I gave it to him after realizing they don’t deserve much.
You obviously haven't played mafia II
IF you had you would have made sanitizer choice
@@krangdriod1277he just made a whole comment about his loyalty to Vito so I don’t get what you mean
No
i was gonna give burke five districts the burke tells us he's dying so i ended up giving the last two to vito
@@krangdriod1277And what would be the "sanitizer" choice?
Here's a synopsis if ya'll are readers.
Rule Together - New Marcano.
Mixed Ending
Lincoln doesn't leave, and stays with the 3 of the lieutenants. All of them start a syndicate and go nationwide. Lincoln builds NB as a better city. He gives money to the Harlow and poor, and helps rebuild after the Hurricane.
Father James hate what he became, because he knows Lincoln is connected with various murders, deep organized crime and black markets, and the good looks are a front like Marcano. Whatever makes money, even unethical, he'll go for.
Rule Alone - Lincoln turns
Worst Ending
Clay kills everyone at the table for power.
James put a car bomb in his muscle car and killed Lincoln before he started to turn into Marcano.
Lincoln leaves - Universal in takeover endings
Clay leaves NB to start anew. He's shown in all the takeover endings as Lincoln made it out to California and worked at the shipyards for a few years. He met a woman, and it seemed like they were going to get married, but then it somehow all came apart. He started moving around after that, going to Alaska, New York, South America, and even Vietnam. Father James still gets postcards from time to time and believes Lincoln just wasn't able to accept the world for what it is or his place in it.
Vito rules over - Best city ending
Vito takes over the city. He turns it into a paradise. Casinos, tourist attractions and the city survived the Hurricane. It's become a hotbed for Mafia activity and is basically the Vegas of the south under his thumb.
Burke - Bad City Ending
Burke used his power and money for war, making the Irish mob a powerhouse. He got a Liver transplant in Mexico with the money he earned, started a narcos business for Heron and Cocaine and took over the city council. He renamed NB to its old name, "Bourbon City" and turned Modern Day NB into a warzone. He died in a gang shootout and no one has been able to be Mayor of the city for less then a month.
It's unknown if it survived the Hurricane.
Cassandra - Worst City Ending
Cassandra started a revolution with the Hatian gang, assasinating many members of the Mob. Afterward the Governor declared Martial Law, only to shoot him on the steps of the Capital Building. The National guard came in, until they were repelled back and Cassandra made it clear that she owns the city.
Municipal buildings became closed, and the government pulled funding for schools, municiple buildings and made the city cuttoff to hunt her down.
Modern Day NB is a ghost town, mainly a overgrown swamp after Hurricane Cassandra, and its unknown if she is alive.
Thanks
Wait where does it show that James put the car bomb ?
In rule together they never said Lincoln is connected to various murders, he just makes money for the city in illegal ways and the goodwill is a front for that
@@angelbbva3135 the Rule alone ending bro
How did Lincoln or Vito protect the city from the hurricane tho?
Rule together with all 3 underbosses alive and 100% loyalty is the best ending. Lincoln continued following Sammy's footsteps, he didn't forgot about his origins and he helped the ones who need it help. He was a honorable mobster and a generous benefactor, just like Don Vito Corleone and Don Michael Corleone.
No, he messed up, even father James said it. Lincoln just start becoming a monster such as Marcano. I prefer leaving from city as the best ending for all characters.
@@vladdariy7129 I don't care about James. I ain't going to Judge the whole ending based on a Randy's opinion who complains all the time in every ending and no he doesn't become like Marcano, nice try tho. Marcano never helped anyone and he abandoned the place where he grow up (River Row).
@@vladdariy7129 damn straight this is correct. Father James is an excellent moral compass and guide to Lincoln. He knows who Lincoln really is and what he really wants. Before the betrayal he wanted to leave town. Father James is integral unlike what the other guy is saying
@@redvice6210 Michael Corleone's plan was to left and never look back. Thats what he wanted and that's what Vito Corleone wanted but *things* changed and leaving wasn't part of the plan anymore.
While some people thinks that leaving town ending with Vito is the happiest, the Rule Together ending with the 3 underbosses alive is much more natural and more likely to be canon for the Mafia franchise. Lincoln wouldn't leave the entire criminal empire he built behind and he didn't become a Sal Marcano 2.0. Unlike Sal, Lincoln was very loyal to the people he worked with, rebuilt the Hollow, bought Frisco Fields, reopened the Amusement Park, made donations and never betrayed anyone he worked with. I also believe that Lincoln canonically spared all of the Racket Bosses and their informants (except Merle and Chester) to work together with him. Lincoln honored Sammy's legacy.
Seeing how much of a monster Cassandra is when she rules the city makes me regret cutting Burke out and having to kill him as she's much more deserving of it than him.
In my play through I co-ruled with Vito and Cassandra and ended up giving the most territory to Vito.
The ending where Vito rules should be cannon. He deserves a happy ending.
Dunno, I think Burke deserves to always die, his perks are shit and he is shit. He killed his own son for dirty money, his own daughter hates him, he treats Lincoln like shit despite Lincoln offering him the best shot he had at anything, he destroys himself, the city and possibly the whole country with drug wars. Overall, Cassandra is clearly portrayed as a long term death, but she represents what would truly happen if someone threatened the established powers, either they take you out at once or slowly bleed you. Plus, realistically, if she managed to control the whole state, it would only be a matter of time until she managed to rake in enough money to rebuild the city and truly bring about needed change. They just decided to make her an enigmatic figure with an uncertain ending, she disappears into the blank pages of history.
That's literally my current play threw at the moment and I personally never really liked Burk as a character haha
I def killed Cassandra and divided the districts evenly between Burke and Vito
Vito doesn't deserve a happy ending more than anyone else. He's just as bad as as all of them
@JohnWall-lj1mxShe didn’t start one. They didn’t respect her position so they came after her.
Cassandra : Delray Hollow, Barclay Mills, and Frisco Fields.
Burke: Pointe Verdun, Tickfaw Harbor and French Ward
Vito: River Row, Downtown and Southdowns
Lincoln the new boss of the city the perfect ending
I gave Tickfaw to Vito, and Downtown to Burke
Rest is just like you
@@Upamanyu2000Downtown to Burke just didn’t make sense to me, he was the “Cars, booze, drugs, and women” kinda guy.
Vito on the other hand has been around the city and that kind of infrastructure before. So it seems reasonable that he gets the more classic “mob-style” areas.
Did the exact same thing.
Frenchward to Vito and southdowns to Burke
I gave Frisco Fields and Downtown to Cassandra. Forced those mf racists to see black people living a normal life and owning scams in front of them.
I like how the endings totally change the context of Maguire's character. He's either a detective trying to solve the mystery of the disappearance of a notorious crimelord, a whistleblower trying to expose a beloved public figure's crimes, or a conspiracy theorist insisting Lincoln MUST be alive today.
Regarding the end of Cassandra, I realized something (something that was perhaps very obvious) and that is that since the city did not receive funds for the maintenance of the levees, they ended up failing. And maybe that's why flooding wasn't a problem in Vito and Burke's endings.
From what the FBI guy says, thousands died in the flooding. Thousands. Not only did the levees fail catastrophically, the infrastructure around the city probably crumbled like raw pasta with how little funding there was.
Father James is madlad that he managed to put bombs in every car in the city, because even if we ran away and hjack random car, it will blow up anyway, or Lincoln Clay become too allergic to cars and he exploded in first car
He follows Lincoln to the plantation and puts the bomb under his car only when he sees Lincoln murder the underboss(es).
Vito's ending was the best. He knew how to build while Burke and Cassandra only knew how to destroy
I think you're missing the social climate aspect of it. Cassandra was a hatian woman in the height of an era plagued by racial tension. Cassandra would've never been given the opportunity to build. It would've been deemed a threat to national security. I'm glad they kept it historically accurate in that sense.
@@harrymanilow damn right
@@harrymanilowyeah. Still the saddest ending. 😢😢
@@harrymaniloweven if she was given the opportunity, she’d still f**k it up! 😅
@@aminr4281not true at all. If you read the intel on her you can tell she’s smart
I was biased for Vito since the beginning of game, I wanted his character to be rich, to be powerful, gave the districts equally to all 3 but separate markets costed more for Vito. I didn't know that at last I would've had alternate endings. Vito still rules and I'm happy how the game ended for me. All thanks to Mafia 2, where it all started for me. If ever Mafia 4 is made and Vitos' in it, I'll be there for him too.
2k said in August 2022 that Mafia 4 is in development
Let's hope we get to see more of Vito
@@Upamanyu2000 yaa Bro, let's hope so... It would be interesting how they take his character form hereon
@@prantapsingh3449 this would also mean vito would have shown up in every mafia game because him and joe are the only chacters to have appeared in every single mafia game.
No
@@brucetaylor1418 I'd love him to be Mafia 4's Leo, assuming it's going to take place in the 70's and 80's
I like how he tried to make Lincoln steal one of the others car to avoid the explosion in the rule alone choice 😂😂💀
Father James rigged the whole city cars with bombs😂
Should have walked
@@ahmiit_the priest probably already has land mines all over just in case
I think Rule together and Vito rules ending are the best one!
The guy who played Lincoln clay is now playing in a TV show on prime video and it's a darn good show
What’s the show?
@@DarkKnightwing75 he’s Tommy in “The Peripheral”
thanks, i love that guy
man giving control and most territories to vito is the best ending mafia 3 can offer despite it not being canon, finishing the casino that marcano couldnt do, made more of casinos and hotels and more tourist attractions, basically he turned the city into a pretty great place to live in or visit and i would wish that it was a canon ending
Vito ruling is the canon ending
@@jmad8163It's not. None of them are yet
I was so close to picking the rule together ending but leaving town and giving it all to Vito is perfect cause Lincoln was never a criminal he just wanted justice for his family
I gave all 3 of them 2 district, how do i choose who rules?
@@kyo3378whoever has the highest earnings i believe
@@hamzaa.-oz7rmLoyalty and Earnings both play a part. I know this because both Cassandra and Burke had higher earnings than Vito when I finished it (somehow, everyone got equal territory) and he ended up taking over when I finished playing it (a few hours ago)
Lincoln was DEFINITELY a criminal, but the justice point stands.
Lol he robbed the federal reserve, k***d hundreds of enemies in brutal ways, blew up a factory and cranes, robbed vehicles, robbed establishments, k***d two man by kicking them out the window and made them fall to their deaths, wiretapped the whole city, t***red people, drugged people etc and has 3 underbosses working for him and hundreds of men... and you say he isn't a criminal...
I remember hearing a theory about the Rule Alone ending about hearing Lincolns footsteps around Father James’. While unlikely a priest bombing a car is also unlikely and having Lincoln and Vito die in an ending isnt fun for me
Why is it unlikely that James would bomb Lincoln's car? He was a soldier before becoming a priest so he knew enough about explosives. Priests are human too and can fall into all kinds of temptations that contradict their religious beliefs.
Doesn't he just tell us to our faces that he was the one who planted the bomb under Lincoln's car?
Cassandra ending is confirmed uncanonical. In one of the curscenes we see the priest walking with the cameraman and showing the place that Lincoln was shot in the head and the city was well and alive so it can't be Cassandra ending
It also can’t be Burke or Vito since for Burke there be violence in the streets and there would have been sighting of the casinos or tourists attraction seen in the Vito ending
There is no canon or uncanon ending.
There is nothing as canon here
What is most incomprehensible to me is, if we take the ending of Cassandra, where the city turns into ruins, then why before this in the game you can see a cutscene with Father James, in which he now passes near the place where Sammy’s bar was, and everything around the city still alive. Most likely this is either a flaw, or Cassandra's ending is 100% non-canon.
I think maybe the game was planned to have only Lincon's ending, since it is the best written. And all the others were made on a hurry, Vito's got the more effort sinces hes a fanfavorite carachter and Burke is a carichature, that left Cassandra's and rule alone endings last, and maybe done on a hurry, since they are weird
@@luishenriqueamaro4218 yes, that's a good explanation👍
It could be a ghost town in the same way as 90s Detroit compared to the 60s.
Not a literal ghost town, but a dilapidated decaying city, with barely functioning services, blocks of abandoned buildings and no real reason to exist.
Damn that’s fucking cold. That ending where father James said Lincoln should’ve died in that bar. THAT’S EXACTLY WHY I LEFT THE CITY I ALWAYS LISTEN TO FATHER JAMES🗣
I didn’t know Sal could kill himself, I was on my phone and he just did it I was like “oh shit”😂 and dang the father did that? 😂
I think the best 2 endings are ruling all together or leaving Vito in charge. The priest was naive and hypocritical I didn’t care at all what he had to say. He had nothing to say to Sammy who was a criminal but was trying to constantly preach to Lincoln. And i like all 3 games but I personally love Mafia 3 the most, the story and writing were great. The world was unique and the only gripe i had was the repetitive district missions. The actual main missions were brilliant. Sad that the game got a lot of hate and we’ll never see Clay again
They should have made an ending where Lincoln leaves town and all three underbosses rule together
Throughout the game they've shown animosity towards eachother, only coming together because of Lincoln. It wouldn't have made sense
@@copyrightdannyAgree they would have torn each other into pieces
They would be immediately at each others throats
i went with vito. we had history from second game 😎
Father James' ending gave Lincoln's life 0 purpose. Hence why he kept relocating. Father James is also a hypocrite, he knew what Sammy's business was, and all of a sudden he grew a spine to say something about that type of business? Yea no...
So yea, rule together is the best ending...
I know this is a year later 😂 but I will say I always thought father James was a hypocrite. If he didn’t have the backbone to say anything to Sammy he should have let Lincoln do what he was doing. What he turned into was a byproduct of his environment and what he felt was necessary to get revenge while father James wanted him to “turn the other cheek”
Lincoln came to Oakland and started working at tha ports after he disappeared ???? That’s dope lol
Rating Ending:
Good Ending = Leave and Vito Rules
Average Ending = Rule Together OR Leave and Burkes Rules
Bad Ending = Leave and Cassandra Rules
Worst Ending = Rule Alone
Having Burke rule is a bad choice the worse choice is Cassandra though
The rule alone ending gives me shivers down my spine.
Poor Father James, we totally beat him in the generosity game and now he's all upset.
I have a personal headcanon where all three underbosses survive, and parts of the "Rule Together" ending and Vito and Burke's endings also happen.
Lincoln's mob expands across the south, the Hollow is rebuilt, the theme park reopened, he buys up Frisco Fields, charities are donated to, Lincoln's name is plastered onto schools and hospitals, Vito gets to build his Casinos, Arenas, Hotels, the Convention center, all the while he lives in Marcano's casino penthouse, and then Burke makes New Bordeaux the drug and booze capital of the world, and he gets his seat on city council (and no war with the Cubans that leads to him going out Scarface style).
There's another variation where Lincoln leaves town and Vito does everything previously mentioned outside of Burke's actions (in Lincoln's honor, of course. Everyone wins 😀)
Just finished it finally after all these years, went with Vito ending and man, Donovan came in clutch at the end 😂
Rule together = Expansion of power
Rule alone = Death of the Clay Mafia
Burke rules = debauchery blooms
Vito rules = development, second Las Vegas
Cassandra rules = power trip led to destruction of the city
Father James means well, but he’s annoying. he keeps trying to control Lincoln’s life, & saying that Lincoln should’ve died w his family cause he didn’t choose the path he wanted shows just how much of a control freak he is.
Yes this, I just finished the game and can't express how annoying James is, he thinks whatever he says is the best for Lincoln when he's incredibly wrong
I wish there was just an option to kill him and end the game
we need Mafia 4 with Vito ending
Hopefully
There's been a mafia 4 teaser trailer actually
Vito is in all three games. If he’s in the fourth one, well then. We will know what a true OG looks like.
@@gear5soul he was in mafia l ?? How ?
@@Stinson75 he and joe killed tommy in the ending
Honestly I prefer rule together, idc what father James thinks
Rule together is the canon and best ending
I think you missed the point
Clay just ended up replacing Sal directly. He didn’t fix the Hollow or donate to the charities out of the goodness of his heart, he did it to set up a front.
Seriously father James wanted Clay dead or living his life broke in a world that did not want to accept him
Let's say that of all 3 Vito was the one who did best in managing the city. Burke made her even worse than she already was, in my opinion. Cassandra, on the other hand, was not worthy.
I don't think it was a matter of her being worthy, it was more so that the world did not accept her being a boss and constantly tried to shut her down and she spent her time fighting rather than building
You know the game has an amazing story when most of the endings make you feel like you picked the wrong one
i wanna see what free mode is like after these endings tbh
I didn’t know the Cassandra ending would be that bad. Screw leaving, I’m staying to keep her ass in check because I think she’s my top earner 😂
Best ending is all three get equal amount of territory but with Vito getting the most. Then Lincoln finally leaves town and starts a new life because that’s what he wanted to do anyways. While Lincoln drives off into the sunset in his trusty muscle car, Vito turns New Bordeux into a paradise. Vito gets a happy ending after everything he went through, Lincoln can finally have some peace, and father James is happy Lincoln didn’t become the monster he was scared of becoming.
I like to think Vito and Joe reconnected on the Vito rules ending
fr
Also it would be truly canon that Lincoln Clay has become a nomad like that faction group from Cyberpunk 2077. Sort of living a much freer life on the move instead of a city town or rural area for a time
Nomad was a lifestyle before cyberpunk came out
@@leonrussell9607 got a point there, guess it was popularized in the 80s when cyberpunk 2013/2020 was released, got even more populer once the game out. Youre right its been a thing for ages, but at the same time it aint a bad idea to use cyberpunk as an example of nomads.
The most mission what i have stuck in my head is from Anna McGee sad girl still breaks my heart when i think about that mission
"They can't control me. Not anymore..."
"Anna, ANNA! NO, NO NO!! No..."
Father James reaction:
Rule together:Regret,seeing Lincoln’s name appear on newspapers/headlines
Despite he helped the poors,made NB shines,it didn’t make him a better,ethical person all the money laundering,murdering,racketeering,prostitution,drug distribution,bootleggings etc didn’t wash it off
Father James wishes he did died in that bar fire
Rule alone:Heart broken because of his selfishness,backstabbed his partners behind their backs after everything theyve been through(No differences to Sal Marcano,Giorgio
even stated that he didn’t regret putting Lincoln into his misery
Leaves town:Neutral/kind of relieved which is what he wanted it to play out back when he told Lincoln after he gained consciousness from injuries(leaves everything and walk away after doing what’s needed to be done)
Probably the most positive reaction of all 3
I felt so bad for Father James! He seemed to be the only decent person in the entire game & yet nobody seemed to care about what he had to say or how he felt.
he's a hypocrite let's be real
he's a hypocrite let's be real
In my opinion the rule together ending with every lieutenant fair share is canon
1) Lincoln knew if he did leave New bordeux,someone who take charge and might be more dangerous then Sal marcano
2) Lincoln was betrayed himself so I don’t see him killing Vito,Burke,and Cassandra
3) Lincoln was inspired of Sammy work as a boss that’s why he donated money to the city
4) During father James scenes in the documentary,James mentions he wished he never called John and there will always be men like Lincoln
5) Why would James say bad things about Lincoln if he chose to leave. Doesn’t make any sense
That’s about it unless someone wants to commenting their opinions
Leaving the city and Vito taking over is the best ending imo
People deadass think Lincoln running for the rest of his life is The BEST option when it The WORST 😂😂😂
Fr. I can’t believe it 😂😂 it’s probably because they’re bias and love Vito. The game itself hints that ruling together would be the best option as well
This game is amazing man, felt like a movie
Cassandra's ending was badass 😂 idc what any of y'all say. She took down the commission and other big sets like WHOA, and Lincoln took her down? Pfft.
On god bro, she was taking everyone life 😂😂
Well to be fair that was when she didn't have power
@@Earlierfour Still most of the time, these kind of activist efforts usually ends with her dead. But through what Lincoln taught her, she ended up oneupping what he did to the Marcanos, she gave a finger to the governement and sunk that slave dealing, cross burning city to the ground
she didnt took down the commission she took down family members of the commision, and she being too stupid killed the governor instead of laying low until things calmed down
16:19 The American government's response to Katrina was so bad that years later, it's referenced in video games.
How did Father James get access to my fleet of cars without a capo painting the road red?
Father James is also ex military, so he knows how to be covert.
The first time i played mafia 3 i chose the rule together ending because i thought Lincoln deserved to take over new bordeaux after all the work he put in, he couldn't just throw it all away but then after playing it a second time after 2 years i chose the leave ending and vito took over, i personally think it's the best ending for Lincoln because the mafia life doesn't really suit him, he went through so much trauma and taking over new bordeaux would make him paranoid, and i think when he told father james he's taking over and nobody's getting in his way i think he was bluffing, sure the FBI and the commission will go after him but at least he left a mark on new bordeaux and became a legend leaving the life of crime behind him. As for the vito ending well he always wanted to be a boss so i let him take over.
If you ask me, I say “Rule Together” is the TRUE ending to Mafia 3. All the others are just what if scenarios.
Cause 1, Lincoln lives. Two, Lincoln lives. Three, Lincoln becomes filthy, stinkin’ rich. And uses his money and power to better people’s lives.
I gave Cassandra so much territory that Burke and Vito turned against me and I had to kill them. I didn't know they would leave and turn on me but still ended up not caring and continued with Cassandra until I left the city and Cassandra took over. I remember being okay with my ending , Lincoln went on to live his life and Cassandra showed why she was the strongest out of the 3
Yeah when I first beat this i had Lincoln leave the city and now that I started watching these father James killing Lincoln caught me off gaurd
I honestly feel like that everyone just gives vito the stuff if they played mafia 2 and had a connection to him, he was the best out of all of the underbosses
Can you go into more details about this mod you're working on? Cause I'm super interested, I love that you replaced Lincoln and Cassandra's vanilla look to the better BETA look they once had. I'm also interested because this mod's main goal is to "fix" Mafia 3 which sounds brilliant considering I dislike Mafia 3 but want to like it so bad.
It will include Pre-Alpha Lincoln Clay outfit fixed (no longer invisible torso & skin clipping shirt when aiming), Vito will look younger by using his MDE head texture, Vito’s dirty leather jacket and low quality shirt will be replaced with MDE versions, no more trenchcoat Vito during sitdowns (it will now be a proper suit just like the concept artwork), white polo shirt Vito will be replaced with open collar Vito suit (like concept artwork), after recruiting Cassandra she will wear a leather jacket in all instances (no more white dress) and Cassandra will have an Afro like the cover of Mafia 3. Repetitive missions will be capped to a small amount of money so you can finish them faster, after recruiting Burke he will wear his leather jacket in all instances, will include graphics mod, will replace police cars with Beta police cars. More features will be added as time passes.
@@MafiaGameVideos If there's some gameplay changes I'd suggest it would be a much more simplistic crosshair, like a dot we see in GTA V and RDR2 and the guns should have far more ammo. One thing that has always bothered me about Mafia 3 & DE's combat, it has to be the crosshair and ammo capacity. Mafia 3's combat is relatively decent but the weapon accuracy & crosshair combined with the lack of ammo ruins everything for me. Shooting enemies isn't fun because most of the time, you'll be inaccurate as hell thanks to the crappy crosshair and because the guns in the game has so little ammo, there's barely any reason to experiement and try out different weapons.
As for stealth, just make it so enemies can't hear you when crouch walk at full force, because this is a problem that every player with keyboard and mouse experiences due to the lack of analog sticks.
I felt like bruke gets really annoying every time I don't give him a district, so i give it to vito instead of him until he got pissed off for real and went at war against lincoln and killed bruke ofc, meanwhile vito is a good man didn't complain as much as bruke, glad to see the best ending is vito.
(The most thing i hate about the story is the stupid choice of music in any cutscene, like a someone valuable is dying: lets turn on a farmer song or any stupid s***)
My ranking of the endings is
1. Vito Rules - Lincoln gets out and Vito rules the city but isn’t bringing in chaos like the other two
2. Rule Together - everybody lives and rules the city, but Lincoln stays in the life of crime
3. Cassandra Rules - Lincoln gets out and Cassandra rules with her own sense of justice and takes down other crime families and gangs, but it ends in the deaths of thousands and destruction of a city
4. Rule Alone - somewhat of a realistic ending. The priest car bomb is a bit out of left field but it serves as a good reminder that you don’t get to just walk away from the evils of crime
5. Burke Rules - terrible ending. Lincoln got out, but Burke ruins lives with drugs and alcohol and kills thousands in effect
Vito getting control is by far the best ending. His story only makes sense to end on a happy note where the city flourishes and he gets to finally be in control. As someone who biased Vito, tolerated Cassandra, and despised Burke, I sat back and smiled when I saw that Burke and Cassandra got the bad endings. They both turned the city into a worse place and it really proves that Vito was the best of them all. Also, that Father James bomb had me shocked as hell when I saw it in game. It makes sense with what he says throughout the whole game but holy crap that was just … wow.
veto leo remained in contact as if you look through his restaurant there's a letter listed to Empire Bay Little Italy there is also one that was wrote to his sister but wasn't that never sent so the entire time mercado thought veto was a mole for the commission he was right
As soon as Vito came aboard everything went to him man deserved it more than anyone else
I replayed this game many times, and I give the districts in the same manner all the time: Vito gets - Downtown, Southdowns and French Ward. Burke gets - Tickhaw Harbor and Frisco Fields. Cassandra gets Barklay Mills only. This basically secures Vito as the one who will take over the city. Cassandra favors don't really mean much, with such allocations you can raise her earn just enough to unlock weapon stability.
This year I started a fresh walkthrough and figured you can actually reach Loyal status with any underboss by giving them 6 rackets without actually assigining the district, complete all 5 of their favor missions and then assign the district to another underboss. By doing this, I maxed out the reload speed on all weapons (which isn't necessary at all), while still having max health bar, and being able to clear red police zones.
I'm yet to figure out if the underboss will still betray you if you reach the Loyal status with them without giving them any district other than the first one.
Man Cassandra really is a menace 💀
The unite ending and vito ending are the best endings by far. Lincoln and Vito manage to temper the more anti-government cassandra and chaotic burke. Vito and Lincoln understood that the government will always win. The best they can do is not give them any big reason to hunt them down.
I am confused between rule together and Vito ending. Seems like Vito ending would be the best, but Lincoln is constantly on a run and in fear that one day he might get caught.
Honestly after playing the game (I just finished today) After Lincion leaving and putting Vito in charge and the ruling together is one of the best endings.
What the fuck..
Rule alone is the most bad ending.
And I didn't expect that from Father James.
My personal ranking of the endings:
1. Vito takes over
2. Rule together
3. Rule alone
4. Burke takes over
5. Cassandra takes over
Rule together is the best ending. That way you control the best options for everyone in the citty
Do you get to continue to play or does the game actually end after the cutscene?
I prefer the Rule Together ending personally to be canon and The Vito ruling the City is fine too
The only underboss that Lincoln should've off'ed IMO was Cassandra. I don't trust her one bit. All she does is moan and threaten Lincoln when she doesn't get her way. How ungrateful.
Also I love how the quality has increased so much compared to the original upload.
Ur right abt dat but Cassandra knows dat Lincoln still don’t trust her or the Haitians so she willing to right the wrong and earn his trust if u do her side missions you’ll know what I’m talking about
The only times she's ever threaten Lincoln in my play through was in the beginning when I first started taking over territory she had no reason to trust us and vice versa
Cassandera is the leader of the Haitian mob which Sammy hated
Just killed casandra when she backed out after getting frustrated from nit getting any buisness and turned hatians gang on clay
The ending of Run Alone dosent make any sence
If you think about it. Lincoln was a broken man not only from what he probably saw fighting during the Vietnam war but also losing the only thing that mattered to him
Cassandra's ending is actually pretty badass. Had the government coming after her and said if I can't have the city nobody can. Burke going out in a gunfight is pretty lackluster to me. Vitos ending is the best of course. But all three ruling is my favorite. Lincoln being able to keep Cassandra and Burke on a leash, and Vito may not be boss but is still one of the heads of a powerful organization.
Cassandra didn’t destroy the city, the hurricane did. And Burke dying the way he did makes sense since he’s a wreckless character
Between leaving town and Vito taking over and Lincoln taking over with the other 3 guys , I think those are the two best endings
My personal canonical Ending would be Don Vito Scaletta ruling the City, since is the most experienced Mobster of all there. He has learned the ropes in Empire Bay. Lincoln left the City and what Don Scaletta says.. goes. Simple as that :) Man.. I would LOVE to return to New Bordeaux with a new Character and experience the City under Don Scaletta :)
The father saying he shoulda died with the rest of them at Sammy’s is just dead wrong
He’s fake in my opinion.
Lincoln was never meant to live that life, in the end it was all for revenge for the closest to family he had but if he did then he would become another Marcano
It was best that Vito taken over after Lincoln rides off to start over
Vito's ending and the rule together ending are the only ones where the city thrives after
In my state Lincoln clay rule the city with other is the best ending , however the states gonna search for him even if he left the town . Also my Boi vito got a better life and others too. So my opinion is ruling the city with 3 lieutenants
your graphics look damn clean and smooth, is there any mods involved to this? what is your pc setup?
The thing is choosing to rule alone is stupid because all you did to double cross those who helped you get to that point just doesn't do the story any justice
Character facial animations still good to this time actually
Are you for real?!
They move like stiff puppetry!
@@Somethingaweful at least in cutscenes
Vito ruling makes more sense, and probably happen IRL too
Despite all its bugs and trophy bugs this game was so fucking good and good acting too 👏
Honestly turning a giant city into a ghost town is pretty impressive
11:52 scarface reference
Burke was a badass
I'd prefer Rule Alone ending. All bad guys are dead, father James turns just another killer, FBI guy who sniffing around frequently gets permanent paranoia. Everybody loses. Best option.
Nice video and 👍
Holy shit, Father James can kill Lincoln. Lol
My head canon is Lincoln leaving and Vito ruling(since it makes with the documentary, with Burke ending it would become a open warzone between mafias and gangs and with Cassandra it would flooded(i think the only ok safe zones would be the Nothern parts, with hollows and bayou being completly lost with not hope of recovering those parts without draining the whole swamp), Lincoln is a broken man than should have died in the bar, he never staying in one place is due to fear his past catching him and with leaving he is still have a family member(father James) meanwhile Lincoln staying make he lose his last family member and become a dead man inside doing alcohol drugs and sex to keep living each day
Thank you for the video, so many channels have done a poor job of showing the endings.
If Lincoln could be more at peace, I'd let Vito rule alone, but he's constantly struggling to live. I choose rule together just because of Vito and Lincoln
I believe that the canonical ending should indeed be 'bad.' In the first part, we were made to understand that crimes, murders, and robberies would not go unpunished for the protagonist. Even if he somewhat redeemed himself by putting all his 'colleagues' behind bars, he at least lived to old age as a reward. In the second part, the protagonist lost his best friend but still survived. Nevertheless, later on, he resumed criminal activities, thus not fully appreciating the value of the 'golden ticket' to a peaceful life given to him by Leo Galante. Although Leo might have wanted Vito to stay in the business... In the third part, the main character kills many more people and commits all sorts of crimes, with little remorse. Similarly, his business partners, the same gangsters driven by a huge thirst for profit. Therefore, I believe that the ending where they all perish is indeed canonical.