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13 years later is still an amazing tribute video

This is so much better then the hour and a half plus version another guy created. Its so straight to the point and without unnecessary theories.

This is a huge cope. Indoctrination never happened.

Holy kino.

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.

After 10+ years later, are u still alive?

I really enjoy that this is narrated by text and your “personality” is kept out of it

Still a better theory than the whole ME3 script.

Thats an interesting thery. But then again, Vigil and prothean VI in ME3 did not scent indoctrination in Shepard. And as catalyst said, Illusive Man could not control reapers, since he was indoctrinated. But Shepard can choose to control them. If the child in ME3 is really a hallucination, i believe the visions are caused by stress because of an upcoming invasion and war with reapers

dumbest idea ever

Just enjoying my day and wanted to say Hi again for the 7th or 8th year in a row I guess.

2024…vid is still awesome

12 years already since we worked on this theory, THE ORIGINAL indoctrination theory... I hope one day we will have the REAL answer

Maybe the real indoctrination was the friends we made along the way

And here you are all these years later and it doesn't make it true BioWare is the proprietary author owner writer decision maker for Mass Effect they have said over and over again that is not indoctrination and no matter how much you'd like to deny it it's not going to make it not true things as far as head cannon goes doesn't have to be true to be believable it's the same thing with the mirror from Harry Potter you see what you want to see and it gives you neither truth or knowledge my friend you must ditch the denial are red herring or Placebo is not going to make your case

This is my canon.

I've had this video in my favorites for god knows how many years. Found it again funnily enough while playing through Legendary Edition. Still the best fan video ever made. It's been emotional

Mass effect is a lesson in manipulation. People who have been manipulated, recognises they are manipulated and applies actions to stop it happening again are the ones who are the most dangerous to those who manipulate.

Still better than anything Bioware has done before or since. Keep up the good fight lads, never fall for the Indoctrination!

I commented on this 11 years ago....Im replaying the series now this theory/fact is the best ever. I just have one question...if the ending was all a dream....and it was all just an indoctrination attempt...does that mean the war was still going on after it? The galaxy was close to defeat even without Shepard...Idk...I still love this damn video though.

I read about this vid on Reddit, and DAMN am I glad I followed that lead! This was brilliant!! Well done!

How does Hackett know shepard is alive? 16:00

9:11 Perhaps someone else caught this, but the "have a little faith" comment sounds way too much like how James says the same comment somewhere else in ME3 (I forget where. I think the little boxing match you have with him on the Normandy, maybe?).

I guess I was successfully indoctrinated then

Still the best video on the IT on the Extranet

So what? Everyone in the galaxy whipped out?

The fact that bioware we're denying this including EA and other developers have even played all of the Mass Effect series in doctrination theory is very much real and the fact that they are denying this and just pretended like it never existed just go to the shows that there's just spitting on the fans

Vigil was not a VI, he was an true AI, and he always said the word "perhaps".

What's weird is why is the IM even trying to reason with them in the first place? Why even bother with this scene if it's real? If it's real then the reaper should just kill Anderson and shep

Reapers are Commies. Commies cannot be bargained with or controled. Only destroyed.

Bioware has said they were too incompetent to do something this cohesive. That said, if they don't retcon the canon of the next ME game to factor this in, they have too many implications from the ending to ever use Shepard again without writing at least 3 different games in the same title.

Does not matter what they say. Doesn't matter if its fan theory. It fits too perfectly.

Another clue that supports the indoctrination theory is the tone of voice that the Reapers use when they interact with Shepard: When Shepard talks to Sovereign, and later Harbinger in ME1 and ME2, their tone is one of sadistic glee, of triumphant arrogance, a feeling of absolute (almost fascistic) superiority. However, in the end, when Shepard talks to the Star Child, his tone is completely different. Suddenly, the Reapers seem almost harmless, they're doing organics a favor, it's not personal for them. Even before I heard of the indoctrination theory, I found that contrast in attitude jarring. If the Reapers are indeed merely galactic lawnmowers curating organic life in the galaxy, as the Star Child claims, why would they gloat and insult and belittle? Wouldn't they have the same tone of voice as their master, Star Child? No. Their true nature is that in ME1, when Sovereign tells Shepard that for the Reapers, organics are nothing. It makes much more sense that the conciliatory tone in the last segment is just a last, desperate attempt to get Shepard to accept indoctrination and view the Reapers as reasonable.

We're not saying Garrus is batman, but...

Haha, the ol’ Mass Effect Indoctrination Theory, I remember tha- {sees age of video} …..OH SWEET JESUS FUCKING MERCIFUL CHRIST-ON-A-BIKE IT’S BEEN _HOW_ LONG????

This still makes more sense than the RGB ending even if BioWare denies it.

2010-2014 was a good time for videogame meme culture

lmfao

This theory is very thought provicating

Just finished a Mass Effect trilogy playthrough...gotta come back and watch this...love the editing/sound design (besides the audio glitches). Obviously the real ending, playing thru ME3 there's a lot of clues

great video, thanks! I started to see that this all is fake after removed UI and Anderson's words about getting to the control panel when there is no other way

Jahajajaa sorry but no

In June of 2023, this video is still awesome.

When did we get security cameras

Edi quit screwing with my head

Shepard is a supersoldier not a superhero, his mind is still Human. Even though Shepard is incredibly strong-willed and possesses a strong ability with logic, he can still be turned, it just takes longer. I kind of like the idea that the extensive reconstruction at the start of ME2 kind of "reset" Shepard's indoctrination, erasing, even if temporarily, the beginnings of indoctrination that occured in ME1.

11 Years and still coming back to this, come back Acavyos!

I just completed my first playthrough going the the LE. I find this theory interesting. But I suppose a question I have is, if everything on the citadel took place in Shep's mind, how does resisting indoctrination, red, destroy the Reaper. What actually kills them? If you choose Blue or Green, what does surrendering to Reaper Indoctrination actually do besides flip a beat to hell Shep into a Reaper puppet? And does the theory suggest that all the cut scene things after the choice are also not real? I think some of these questions would need to be answered for me before I jumped into the indoctrination theory with both feet

I give up on waiting and just wanted to say hi. That’s it have a good day and I’ll see you next year ✌🏻

I've played ME 3 at launch, so many years ago. Finished it with a sense of...nonesense. I did embraced Indoctrination theory at the time, as a more fulfilling ending. Im playing the Legendary Edition rn. The indoctrination theory still make so much sense.