Yes, you're probably right. I would have loved to do that "Going Out of Business" JA mission in the story mode especially. Most of the JA and maybe even some of the BoJ/JV missions were once meant to be sidemissions of the main story.

QuoteI agree with you entirely Resident' date=' I was thrilled to see Mafia II announced, but the holiday trailer got be HYPED! I was extremely thrilled that Mafia II would have christmas, and the atmosphere looked so BEAUTIFUL, and then the final game rolls around and where was everything they showed to us in trailers!?!?!?[/quote'] 




Yeah, that really sucked. I think they said somewhere that the trailer cutscene wasn't going to be in the final game, but still, I was expecting to be able to go into the Church at some point, or at least have some of Christmas decorations up...


 







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For the traffic, I assume you would use Rick's Tools and edit the car_universal.sds? Or perhaps there is another .sds file that controls the traffic in Midtown specifically?

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Man... that scene at the end of that trailer with the cars and the snow and the flashing signs and spotlights... that was the thing that got me most excited for this game.


 




Walking down that same street isn't the same in the final version, the city feels void of life... but in that trailer, it was bustling with activity.


 




What I think would make the game feel more alive is to have more neon signs and traffic... it may or may not be possible but currently Midtown has virtually no traffic on its streets, while in that trailer, it is very busy.


 




So, does anyone think it is possible to increase the traffic density and add a few lighted signs here and there? Or is it just something that can't be done?

Thanks again... I had fun exploring those locations. It's a damn shame they didn't finish them and put them into the game. It looks like they put lots of effort into making it look realistic.


 




From just looking around I could tell what would have happened, for example in the Printery, there would have been a big explosion causing that platform to collapse and all the rubble to be on the ground. In the Marco Hotel, it looks like there would have been a very realistic, destructible environment, and you could shoot down the chandeliers in that big dining room. It also looks like you would have had to run across parts of the roof to get to the next part of the mission.


 




It's just so sad they didn't finish these... I would have much preferred fighting through the Hotel and Printery than the construction site again.

Thanks, I will try it out now.