Mass Effect 3 - Shepard's Indoctrination

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UPDATE:

Apparently Bioware hadn't intended the Indoctrination Theory all along. Although the IT with its many arguments makes perfectly sense (also within the lore). Bioware hasn't denied the IT directly, but it seems they rather want to keep their artistic integrity thus wanting us to take the endings at face value.

I think the new endings are very nice but should've been in the game right from the beginning!

However, unfortunately Bioware showed us that we have to take the endings at face value, no profound mind struggle, no indoctrination attempt, everything happened as we have seen it. Bioware has missed the chance to write gaming history by delivering us one of the greatest mind blowing twists ever...but it was not to be.

Fortunately everybody can choose his/her own personal ending... whether it is IT or not ;) Therefore we have our own imagination...

Choose whatever pleases you and remember all the great moments in the entire trilogy




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Enjoy this new version of my video that shows you evidence of the Indoctrination Theory.


The Mass Effect 3 ending was nothing more but an illusion induced by Harbinger to trick Shepard to give in to indoctrination and become one of their tools in the war.

Here is a proper version of my first video regarding the INDOCTRINATION THEORY. It shows you many interesting hints which all support this theory of Shepard being indoctrinated (at least Harbinger tries to) at the end of the game.




MUST READ

Everyone who wants to be completely convinced or who still denies it please read this:

http://uninhibitedandunrepentant.tumb...

It will blow your mind away!!!


Follow this links to take part in further discussions about this theory:

http://social.bioware.com/forum/1/top...

http://w11.zetaboards.com/Theorycraft...




THE INDOCTRINATION THEORY

has been created and assembled by many people independently all over the world. Fans who paid attention, who slowly recognized the big picture

There are sure many different interpretations of this theory, this video shows you just how i think of it.

The credits go to everybody out there who contributed to this well thought theory.




F A Q

Frequently Asked Questions about the Indoctrination Theory (IT)

Please visit this website to take a look at the FAQ:


http://acavyos.de.tl/FAQ.htm


(The amount of text for a video description is unfortunately limited, so i had to move the FAQ to my website.)

!!!! Do you have any additional answers that could be added to this FAQ? Please send them to me via PM. !!!!




What do you think of this?



CREDITS:

Video created by

ACAVYOS
acavyos@gmx.net

Video & audio footage
MASS EFFECT I - II - III

Music
Mass Effect II & III

Special thanks to:

anatole (english editing)

pkm100 (polish captions)

gundam94, x256kx,


MUSIC LIST

00:00 - 00:10 - ME2 OST - The Collector Base
00:11 - 01:37 - ME3 OST - Prothean Beacon
01:38 - 02:38 - ME3 extracted ingame music Wwise_Generic_Music.018
02:39 - 02:46 - ME3 EXT Wwise_End001_Streaming.077 (dream music)
02:47 - 3:24 - ME3 EXT Wwise_End002_Streaming.055 (Crucible music)
3:41 - 4:42 - ME3 OST The Ardat-Yakshi
4:43 - 5:22 - ME3 OST Leaving Earth
5:23 - 6:20 - ME3 EXT Wwise_CitSam_Streaming.023
6:21 - 6:40 - ME3 EXT Wwise_KroGru_Streaming.035
6:41 - 7:03 - ME2 EXT Wwise_EndGame2_Music.017
7:10 - 7:53 - ME3 EXT Wwise_Generic_Music.001
7:54 - 14:37 - ME2 OST The Collector Base
14:38 - 17:22 - ME3 OST An End Once And For All
17:35 - 19:20 - ME3 OST A Future of the Krogan
19:43 - 20:30 - ME3 OST I Was Lost Without You
20:33 - 21:30 - ME3 OST Mars

If you can't extract the music by yourself (tutorials on the web) than maybe you will find some of the tracks in the unoffical expanded score:
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=...

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[gamernerd1992]

ok here is my question, what will you guys do if this gets shot down by bioware or if mass effect 4 shows that this is wrong and the endings we saw were real.

just a what if so please dont get angry at me for asking on how you would react to the possibility of bioware not actually making a masterful ending that takes some thought and not spoon fed like most games. just let me know how you would react if this theory got shot down

[ACAVYOS]

I choose this to be my personal ending and i'm happy with it. I'm not afraid to improve game/book/movie stories with my own imagination and i don't care for strict lore canons, especially when the very essence of the games is about making your own decisions and experiencing your very own Mass Effect epos.

I hope people don't forget to enjoy one of the greatest modern game trilogies regardless of what they think about the last 15 minutes ;-)

[Epic Towelie]

Wow now the ending makes perfect sense.

[Dodgem456]

I don't think i'll be buying Mass Effect 4 ... ME is nothing without Shepherd and the Crew

[jorden250]

What about the 4th ending?

[tonic2gin]

Song at the end?

[suopo34]

I just assumed that when he was working with Cerberus he had to be indoctrinated. If it pointed out that Shepard was indoctrinated it did it with a really bad timing just when he came.

[DPUDDZ]

Just going point this out I don't think there was any evidence of Kai Leng being indoctrinated really you never saw his eyes, the ai might have been talking about shepard.

[gamernerd1992]

very true. i myself have chosen to ignore the ending they gave us as well. i just wish this ending was true but i really doubt it.

[suopo34]

If Shepard was indoctrinated shouldn't the "ai" who gives you the information on the catalyst have pointed it out before it did with Kai Leng? This is after all almost the end of the game so if Shepard was indoctrinated it should be showing by now.

[cameronsmart1]

I didn't feel this way immediately, I was initially puzzled by the ending as well. I felt as though the ending was rushed, that something was missing. However, I began to think about it, I read and discussed the ending both in person and online with others such as yourself. And I began to realize that the ending got me thinking, it got my brain in action, it got me discussing and analyzing opinions with others. That is a win in my book, they didn't hand it to us, we had to think for ourselves.