NickStone 15 Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 The logical answer might have already been posted in the 5 pages of replies, but in case it's not, here goes I believe R* just meant it as a joke -- not really a ROFLMAO joke, just a small chuckle, and certainly not something to be as over-analyzed as, lets say, the ending to The Sopranos. Claude just (supposedly) did what any guy in a relationship would like to do when our girlfriends/wives run their mouths non-stop. And I'm sure they did it because (thus far), we never really see or hear from Claude or Maria again, post-1992, so their fates aren't really important. But perhaps we'll see an old newspaper article in GTAV, with a photo of Claude, headline reading "Gangster, Sentenced to Life in Prison, Escapes from Alderney CF in Laundry Truck" (yeah, too long..) 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Pyrrhic 795 Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 I don't think it would make sense if Claude killed Maria for no reason. Saving her first and then killing her? Nah, don't think so, it might be a member of the columbian cartel that might have killed her. Also, have in mind that without Maria, Claude would have been dead. She warned Claude about Salvatore Leone's death-trap. Wasn't she the one who made Salvatore set the trap in the first place? By accident, she was mouthing off to Salvatore (Her Husband) how great Claude was etc and Salvatore couldn't trust Claude and I think there was another reason but I forgot It was because in 1992 Carl Johnson betrayed him by robbing Caligula's Casino. Link to post Share on other sites
GTAKid667 11,082 Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 [Misunderstood, Post Removed] 1 Link to post Share on other sites
DEALUX 2,561 Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 Saving her first and then killing her? Nah, don't think so, it might be a member of the columbian cartel that might have killed her. I don't think he went there to save her. I think he wanted to settle things between himself and Catalina, and he decided to bring the money so that he can meet with her. Link to post Share on other sites
TheBrazilian 0 Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 I think him not kill her. Because, is no sense... why him kill Maria just to shut her mouth? Link to post Share on other sites
Irrational 851 Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 ... why him kill Maria just to shut her mouth? To shut her mouth. Link to post Share on other sites
TheBrazilian 0 Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 ... why him kill Maria just to shut her mouth? To shut her mouth. If that was the reason, Claude is very cold! Why kill an innocent person? Link to post Share on other sites
NOVITEQ VII 44 Posted March 22, 2015 Share Posted March 22, 2015 Sorry to bring this back up but has no one thought that savlvatore could of put a hit out on maria, and it was an assassination by a leone family member? Link to post Share on other sites
Niko Montana 2,019 Posted March 22, 2015 Share Posted March 22, 2015 No, he didn't kill her. Claude's not stupid, he wouldn't go through all of that trouble to rescue her just to kill her at the end. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
GTA-Biker 6,250 Posted March 22, 2015 Share Posted March 22, 2015 I don´t think that Claude killed her.As other people said,he wouldn´t go through all that trouble to save her just to kill her a few minutes later himself.The gunshot was either just to scare her to stop talking or a non canon sound effect,to end the game with a bang.I also doubt it was a hitman because a hitman would probably kill both of them(or even more likely just him,since he made a lot of enemies during the story). 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Stoney0503 6,233 Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 Maria actually shot Claude. Link to post Share on other sites
lastmanonearth 1,135 Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 No, I don't think Claude does. I think it's just to finish the game with a bang. After you've completed the game, listen to Chatterbox. I believe you hear Maria saying something about Claude. But that starts playing on the radio mid-game, before you kill her (I believe you do.) If I was killing people willy-nilly like Claude she`d be high on my list! Link to post Share on other sites
Th3MaN1 2,861 Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 No, he didn't kill her. Claude's not stupid, he wouldn't go through all of that trouble to rescue her just to kill her at the end. His main motive was to kill Catalina. Maria being there ended up as a bonus, so to say. This is a question that simply has no straight answer. You can come up with great logical answers to the question, but in the end, all of this will remain a mystery. Link to post Share on other sites
grosso2626 36 Posted April 5, 2015 Share Posted April 5, 2015 He killed her and sold her body to the Leone's as compensation for killing Sal. Link to post Share on other sites
Ambient_ 230 Posted April 8, 2015 Share Posted April 8, 2015 I just watched it again, he definitely kills her. It makes sense as she would essentially become His girlfriend, yet the mechanism didn't exist. Her speech also cuts off right as the fun goes off. It's just a joke rockstar put in because she talks sh*t and the games over because she's no longer needed. Link to post Share on other sites
Spadge 2,736 Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 (edited) Guys, it was one of their earlier titles, the same dark and absurd humour as in the top down games. This hasn't to be taken so seriously, there were only fooling around, we are far away from GTA IV's serious ending. Stop trying to extend the Canon of the series to everything, this was obliously purely ludicrous. Why ? Because it's fictional and back then games weren't the same than today. The gunshot has been fired and Maria shut up, this is obviously referring to this kind of Trope. Since the screen turned black it can be interpretated ambiguisly, but this is not the main inquiry here. After this gunshot the credits roll, reminding us this was only a game, whatever this gunshot Sound alluded to, it doesn't have to be taken seriously or as a part of the Story. Edited April 22, 2015 by Spadge007 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Alexander 2,072 Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 No, he didn't kill her. Claude's not stupid, he wouldn't go through all of that trouble to rescue her just to kill her at the end. He was trying to kill Catalina, not rescue Maria. Guys, it was one of their earlier titles, the same dark and absurd humour as in the top down games. This hasn't to be taken so seriously, there were only fooling around, we are far away from GTA IV's serious ending. Stop trying to extend the Canon of the series to everything, this was obliously purely ludicrous. Why ? Because it's fictional and back then games weren't the same than today. ^Pretty much this. At that moment they weren't taking GTA's stories so seriously. Only with IV they started to care for real. He killed her, he didn't, whatever. You can think this is a long, interactive movie, which is not trying to tell any deep story. It is just fun. Link to post Share on other sites
Sentrion 889 Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 I think he rather shot somewhere else just to shut Maria from all the useless talks. If he had to kill Maria, he wouldn't bother to rescue her in first place, no matter if he were to take down Catalina. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
gangster2332 243 Posted May 6, 2015 Share Posted May 6, 2015 the shot at the end didnt kill maria. it was just to stop the game, like for example in vice city the gunshots that kill diaz, make the screen fade white and the cutscene is over Link to post Share on other sites
tommyvercettikiller666 4 Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 at the end of the game we can see that Maria speaks to Claude and tells him she loves him but claude does not even look completely ignores, I wonder if this couple will have lasted?, claude kills maria?, claude really loved Maria latore? Link to post Share on other sites
gangster2332 243 Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 i think not. Link to post Share on other sites
Nico 3,782 Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 No. He never loved her. He just wanted revenge on Catalina. Link to post Share on other sites
bitsandpieces 46 Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 The shot at the end, was Claude shooting himself, because he just ... lost it ! .. listening to Maria's bla.... bla.... bla ..... Link to post Share on other sites
Baltimoreian 1 Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 I thought Claude loved Maria. In fact, Claude did a lot of things that made him love Maria. Especially with Catalina kidnapping her to get Claude's attention. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted August 1, 2015 Share Posted August 1, 2015 (edited) ... Edited June 5, 2016 by Guest Link to post Share on other sites
stef_92 936 Posted August 16, 2015 Share Posted August 16, 2015 (edited) Remember when Rockstar said that her monolog at the end was longer and boring. You can actually find it in the GXT file: [CAT2_F] I broke a nail, and my hair's ruined. Can you believe it? This one cost me fifty dollars![CAT2_G] I was so scared, but then I thought to myself, you're a big girl now.[CAT2_H] Oh we're going to have such fun, cause, you know, my sister said she wanted to come to stay with her two kids,[CAT2_I] because her husband's playing around again and.. and the shot was probably meant to be after the "and..." Edited August 16, 2015 by stef_92 Link to post Share on other sites
slimeball supreme 9,397 Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 He fired the gun in the air so she would shut her f*cking mouth. Link to post Share on other sites
Irrational 851 Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 If he fired at nothing Maria would scream in terror, as the gun shot would scare her. She obviously died. Link to post Share on other sites
stef_92 936 Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 If he fired at nothing Maria would scream in terror, as the gun shot would scare her. She obviously died. We can't tell if she started screaming because the scene simply ends after the shot Link to post Share on other sites
Grand Theft Auto 3 Fan 0 Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 We will never know for sure personally i think maria got what she had coming to her i would waste her think back to where she blabbered to Salvatore that you and her were an item and he decided to set up the cheetah with a bomb before you left for Staunton. Link to post Share on other sites
