It’s definitely worth the watch if no other reason then to remind yourself how awesome the Indoctrination Theory is, and then get really sad because it’s probably not, nor will ever be, canon. 5.1 Religious 5.2 Wartime 5.3 Advertising 5.4 Politics 6 Techniques. The reason everything starts going buck wild for Commander Shepard in Mass Effect 3 is because the Reapers are closer than ever to Shepard and can start seriously amping up the infrasound that inevitably drives Shepard nuts, a phenomena that has a scientific basis in realty as well. 1 Etymology 2 Definition 3 History 4 Public perceptions.

We highly suggest watching the video, but if you can’t, the cliff notes are this: Reaper infrasound plays a huge part in indoctrination. THIS ENTIRE POST IS RIDDLED WITH SPOILERS JUST FOR REMINDER GUYS The idea of the theory is, over the course of the entire series, since Shepard has spent so much time around Reaper artifacts and, you know, Reapers THEMSELVES, that in Mass Effect 3 Harbinger(The hinted/supposed Leader of the Reapers) have finally managed to get a foothold inside.

If you’re like me and have watched every single Indoctrination Theory video that exists five times over, you can skip to around the 14 minute mark as that is when the new stuff begins to kick in. The majority of The Game Theorists’ video recaps Indoctrination Theory, so you can hop right in above if you wanted to check that out. Since the launch of this site in April 2012 it has become widely considered one of the main sources for analysis of the Mass Effect 3 ending and for the Indoctrination Theory.

Welcome to Mass Effect Indoctrination, a site dedicated to detailed analysis of the Mass Effect series with the Indoctrination Theory interpretation of the endings of Mass Effect 3 the main focus. Now if you haven’t heard of Indoctrination Theory or you’re rusty, the quick overly simplified one run-on sentence explanation is this: Commander Shepard over the course of the trilogy became indoctrinated by the Reapers, and the ending that everyone hates isn’t actually real, but rather a battle in his/her own mind as he/she struggles to fight off complete indoctrination. Latest update: February 2021 - See Updates.

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