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PAX East 2012: BioWare offers a "no comment" on Mass Effect 3 indoctrination theory
Posted: 07.04.2012 03:13 by JonahFalcon Comments: 3
During BioWare's PAX East 2012 panel, fans brought up the "Indoctrination Theory" that posits that Shepard never made the final decision at all, and that all of the controversial ending of Mass Effect 3 was all in his or her mind, and that two of the decisions were controlled by the Reapers.

 
Bioware's response was a "no comment", but not because they had anything to hide, but that they preferred the fans to interpret the game any way they liked.

According to BioWare, the theory "illustrates how committed the (Mass Effect) fanbase" and "fans will interpret it in their own way." The developer doesn't want to take that inventiveness away by being "prescriptive."

As for the Extended Cut, "We want the content to speak for itself, and we'll let it do so."

The Mass Effect 3 Extended Cut downloadable content will be released this Summer.
Source: Kotaku

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By YouriRevenn (SI Veteran Member) on Apr 07, 2012
YouriRevenn
This theory is right :D i like that.
By unsilviu (SI Core) on Apr 08, 2012
unsilviu
They didn't say that, only that they want it open to interpretation, which I take to mean they didn't intend to make it that way, but if it shuts up some fans, it's okay.
By herodotus (SI Herodotus) on Apr 08, 2012
herodotus
Some folk just have waaaaay too much free time on their hands. There is sunshine outside, and real people. It's a shock to these hard core role players I know.