The fact that two of the choices you face, Control and Synthesis were those extolled by the indoctrinated Illusive Man and Saren respectively. The fact that you shoot Anderson in the same place where you later have a wound. The visions of the child, which make little sense outside of this explanation. Why? (obvious spoilers ahead) There are just so many little details that point to the theory being a reality. I’d heard whispers about it, that the entire last sequence was merely in Shepard’s mind and was a test of his resistance to the Reapers, but I thought it was desperate fans grasping at straws.īut then I watched the video, and I have to say, I was convinced about a third of the way through. It’s called “The Indoctrination Theory” and it’s outlined in the lengthy (but worthwhile) video above. The past few weeks, everyone on earth has been lamenting how truly atrocious the Mass Effect 3 ending was, but now new evidence is being produced that perhaps it was that opposite of bad.
