03-27-2012, 10:29 AM
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#584
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Scoring Winger
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: PL2 Row 3
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Originally Posted by MarchHare
Spoiler!
I was initially sceptical about the indoctrination theory, but I'm coming around to it. For me, the most telling part is that there's only one possible ending where Shepard can survive: if you choose Destroy and your war assets are high enough, the ending adds a very brief scene where you see Shepard take a deep breath and wake up...on Earth...in what we can assume is the ruins of London. From this, I draw a few conclusions:
If the Citadel/Crucible exploded with Shepard on board, how did (s)he end up back on Earth? Even if (s)he survived the explosion, wouldn't the body burn up when re-entering the atmosphere? If Shepard is indeed back in London, perhaps that's a clue that everything that takes place after being hit by Harbinger's beam was all in your head.
Why does this scene only play if you choose the destroy option but not one of the other two? Might it be because the other two endings consist of Shepard unwittingly aiding the Reapers? Controlling them -- a force nobody really understands -- is impossible; I destroyed the Collector base in ME2 for a reason. Likewise, Synthesis also seems like it's just helping the Reapers. Afterall, aren't Reapers synthesized with humans, Asari, and Taurians nothing more than Husks, Banshees, and Marauders, respectively? Accordingly, I choose to interpret both the Control and Synthesis options as the Reapers trying to convince you to do their bidding. Only the destroy ending allows you to break free of their indoctrination attempt, and thus it's the only ending where Shepard wakes up.
Now whether all these hints were intentional by BioWare or entirely coincidental, it does give them a plausible exit strategy to release a story-continuation DLC (free or paid) that picks up with Shepard still in London after rejecting Harbinger's indoctrination attempt.
Next topic: a few questions for people who are defending the ending:
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Spoiler!
I picked controlling the reapers by mistake, but did notice something. When Shepard grabs the levers and pulls them, his eyes turn blue with two more circles on them, just like The Illusive Man. Since ME2, I was wondering why the Illusive Man has those eyes.
I saw this video http://youtu.be/ythY_GkEBckand it also shows that Saren also had the same eyes.
It seems the ending is about Shepard able to resist and overcome indoctrination and not about the war against the Reapers. It still leaves a lot of questions up in the air.
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