Mass Effect 3 - Shepard's Indoctrination
1.8M views · Mar 20, 2012 · Film & Animation
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@matchboxotacon · 5 years ago
here we are 9 years later...... the legendary edition is out..... i dont care what bioware said...thats a red herring...this is still my absolute head canon
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@ant-onemusic444 · 11 years ago
in the end bioware either fucked up mass effect ending or made it the best masterpiece in the history of video games... to think we might never know is driving me crazy
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@Gilroben · 11 years ago
There's another thing. Even if you take the IT aside, the game itself tells you that DESTROY is the right choice.<br>Let's say the Illusive Man is really at the Citadel talking to Shepard. He clearly is indoctrinated. His eyes are Husk-like, and for us not to take that lightly, Bioware even make his face different, so you know he has Reaper influence.<br>So, If he's indoctrinated, he WILL advocate in favor of the Reapers, guess what he tells us to do? CONTROL. Control is what the Reapers want, no indoctrinated being would say anything otherwise.<br>And what other character was indoctrinated? Saren! Guess what he told us to do? SYNTHESIS.<br>It works in the exact same way.<br>So at the end the Catalyst is LYING.<br>Even with the sacrifice of EDI and the Geth, (that may not even happen, since he was lying, and they may be reconstructed),<br>YOU'RE SHEPARD, ACT LIKE IT, DESTROY THE REAPERS.
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@KCHunter · 11 years ago
The beginning of this video, with the voice over and the music, makes Mass Effect a bit creepy / scary in hindsight.
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@andreeac3030 · 11 years ago
And the fact that the song from the Citadel its named "Wake up", its somehow scary
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@dookie_12 · 6 years ago
His name was Marauder Shields
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@LoloLights · 11 years ago
The fact that a video game can make humans think so far into a concept based on knowledge gained from within a series is phenomenal. Genius, even.<br><br>Regardless of whether this is true or not, or unintentional, it is genius. And now everyone is eager for the next game only because of the interest sparked within the conclusion of this one. Fantastic theory.
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@hays0939 · 5 years ago (edited)
This theory is still true..if you played through all 3 games and paid attention...they gave you the hints and clues...we all know the true ending is destroy as Bioware mentioned Renegade isn't always "evil" and the color Red can be misleading to moral choices.
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@Kpscotty · 4 years ago
I can imagine Bioware devs watching this video and saying" damn this is so much better than what we came up with"
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@AzureRoxe · 11 years ago
"They're controlling YOU"<br>"Controlling ME is a lot different than controlling a Reaper"<br>"Have a little faith"<br><br>These sentences alone prove there's something going on, the way TIM says "Have a little faith" sounds like there's hidden meaning behind his words.
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@EricVidfarne · 12 years ago
ME3 had a terrible ending but, if indoctrination theory is true, then it had the best ending in the history of video games.<br><br>I believe...
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@nakfoor1846 · 2 years ago
I think the indoctrination finale was Bioware's intent, but they ran out of time or couldn't figure out how to implement it in the best way. What we were left with was just the framework of an excellent idea. When the community melted down, Bioware had to abandon the idea and flesh out more conventional endings in the extended cut DLC. The main problem with the indoctrination theory is it doesnt end the story. So you pick Destroy, wake up on Earth.. and then.. the Reapers are still invading. If Bioware intended for indoctrination to be true, there may have been a whole additional part of the game that concluded the reaper war.
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