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Why is that? For one, it says in the mission description that all galactic forces will be committed to the final battle once the mission is started. The post-game save is right before the Priority: Horizon mission. The post-destroy scenes is the same thing, reassurance, except that it's Shepard himself thinking it, not Harbinger imposing it on him. I think BioWare will release DLC that will allow us to actually finish the fight.Īll the post-control/synthesis choice scenes is Harbinger giving you the illusion that your choice was the right one, reassuring you that you did the right thing. After being struck by the beam he resists Harbinger's final indoctrination attempt and wakes up in the rubble after the attack. Shepard never left London, never used the Citadel beam. This is the only option that allows you to see the N7 breath scene after the credits. Is Anderson a renegade? It's a trick to get you to think this isn't a favorable choice. This option is renegade red, but it's on the right side, the paragon side, and Anderson is shown attacking the conduit. Shepard's willpower and resolve overcame Harbinger's attempts and tricks. Destroy: You've resisted indoctrination.I'm forging an alliance between us and the Reapers, between organics and machines, and in doing so, I will save more lives than have ever existed. My way is the only way any of us will survive. Choosing this option means everything you've done since discovering Saren's plans in Mass Effect 1 has been for nothing. Synthesis: You've given in to indoctrination.Is The Illusive Man a paragon? It's a trick to get you to think this is a favorable choice. This option is colored paragon blue, but it's on the left side, the renegade side, and The Illusive man is shown 'taking control'. Sovereign and/or Harbinger said control is an illusion. If Shepard gives in to indoctrination they'll control him as well. Starchild said The Illusive Man could not have controlled the Reapers because they already controlled him. You've decided The Illusive Man was right. Control: You've given in to indoctrination.Everything Starchild says is a lie, the true purpose of the Reapers is still unknown to us. Starchild and the explanation it gives for the Reaper's purpose is Harbinger's final attempt to get Shepard to willingly, although unknowingly, give in to indoctrination. Shepard, Anderson and The Illusive Man represent the struggle between Harbinger's indoctrination attempt and Shepard's will to resist it. In a nutshell Indoctrination Theory says everything we see after Harbinger strikes Shepard down with his beam takes place inside Shepard's mind. It's an attempt to explain what's going on and what might happen in the future. In fact, it requires everything we've been given up to this point to remain the same.

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So, as the series looks back at the events of the original titles and moves forward with the upcoming Mass Effect currently in development, fans can rest assured that they aren't leading Shepard towards being indoctrinated.One of the key points of Indoctrination Theory that I think a lot of people misunderstand is it doesn't want or need the endings to change. However, with the Mass Effect : Legendary Edition on the way, it is probably a good idea to keep player expectations tempered for the familiar stance to be upheld with the remastered trilogy. This isn't exactly the first time that BioWare has addressed the Indoctrination Theory, with the developer consistently claiming that this wasn't the intent of the writing. So, while the theory isn't exactly supported by BioWare, the developer can still see the merit in allowing fans to make the world their own through this unintended way of looking at the events of the series.

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However, the Mass Effect writer did mention that the Indoctrination Theory is still appreciated, and even encourages players to continue writing fan-fiction and creating mods out of this interpretation. According to Hepler in the interview, this was never the planned intention of the writers when introducing these concepts throughout the original trilogy and surrounding material.

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