User blog comment:Legionwrex/Revised Mass Effect 3 ending./@comment-4888821-20120312215008/@comment-70.179.25.123-20120319064711

Shepherd wasn't indoctrinated. Indoctrination as we know it is a Reaper gradually taking over an organic to further the Reaper cause of harvesting/destroying advanced organic life. With the choices given to Shepherd by the Catalyst (and their subsequent consequences), none of the results further the Reaper cause. With all of Shepherds decisions, the Reapers fall or retreat.

BUT AS FAR AS THE ENDING GOES...

I keep saying the same thing: after all the emotional investments BIOWARE made into the characters, the endings they provided in ME3 were shallow at best. I have so many more questions at the end of the game than I had throughout 1, 2 and most of 3. Why didn't Anderson radio the british lieutenant guy that they were still alive and going through the beam? Why did Shepherd's squad bail when the Reaper blast nearly kills Shep? How did his squad get back to the Normandy? Why didn't shepherd just call for some ordinance and leave it to detonate after he got a shuttle off the crucible-INSTEAD OF SHOOTING IT FROM 6 FEET AWAY AND HAVING THE WHOLE PLACE BLOW UP. What happens to the Normandy crew with all those characters we have come to know and love? Do they survive? What systems still work? Do they have any power at all? Can they e-mail? Will anyone ever find them? If your Shepherd survived, who finds him? Does he ever get back to his crew? QUESTIONS BIOWARE! SO MANY QUESTIONS!