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Pac-Man World's ending has been noted for containing darker humor compared to the game's otherwise lighthearted tone. The game's antagonist Toc-Man, the robot impostor who kidnapped Pac-Man's family, is revealed to be Orson, a tearful grey ghost who just wanted to be as famous as Pac-Man, who responds to this by pretending to show sympathy before eating him. According to the game's designer, Scott Rogers, his reasoning for this tonal shift was:
Rogers also noted that they wanted to have Pac-Man respond to Orson's cry of "nobody loves a ghost!" with "I do!" (in the sense of loving to eat a ghost), but this was scrapped alongside Pac-Man's voice as a whole.
Pac-Man World: Re-Pac amends this divisive ending by designating it as a bad ending and adding a new good ending. If the player fails to rescue Pac-Man's family, the ending plays out as it did in the original game, with an added scene where Orson's ghost minions choose to rescue Pac-Man's family themselves, but if the player successfully rescues Pac-Man's family, he opts to forgive Orson.
"If someone terrorized, kidnapped, and imprisoned your friends and family, you'd probably want to eat them too."
Rogers also noted that they wanted to have Pac-Man respond to Orson's cry of "nobody loves a ghost!" with "I do!" (in the sense of loving to eat a ghost), but this was scrapped alongside Pac-Man's voice as a whole.
Pac-Man World: Re-Pac amends this divisive ending by designating it as a bad ending and adding a new good ending. If the player fails to rescue Pac-Man's family, the ending plays out as it did in the original game, with an added scene where Orson's ghost minions choose to rescue Pac-Man's family themselves, but if the player successfully rescues Pac-Man's family, he opts to forgive Orson.
Twitter thread interview with Scott Rogers:
https://twitter.com/DailyPacMan/status/1548088755763888129
Pac-Man World cutscenes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1I8bA-6QNh4
Both Pac-Man World Re-Pac endings:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adPHuphqr7o#t=389
https://twitter.com/DailyPacMan/status/1548088755763888129
Pac-Man World cutscenes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1I8bA-6QNh4
Both Pac-Man World Re-Pac endings:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adPHuphqr7o#t=389
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