User blog comment:Kaloneous/Mass Effect 3 Ending DLC Denied and PAX/@comment-189.18.73.111-20120319100110/@comment-118213-20120319135325

That's what I think. Okay, say the indoctrination is completely false, why:

A: was the Normandy leaving earth? To have travelled between Mass Relays he must have abandoned the battle a significant time before Shepard had to make his final choice. Not only that, he would have had to fly to earth and pick up all Shepard's squad mates, including the two who fell on the final push to the conduit - all in front of a massive Reaper (presumably Harbinger).
 * Then as Joker managed to land the Normandy on that Earth like planet, as it's systems crashed; he landed it horizontally and fairly intact, with no guidance systems of engines - and for such a bumpy ride no broken bones.

B. As you said Shepard breathing up on Earth - just how. It took Cerberus to get him breathing after the Normandy I was destroyed, and what happened to the Citadel was far worse... Don't get me started on how virtually every solider in the galaxy would thus become trapped in the Solar system. Are they going to create a mini-mass effect galaxy on earth together?

Mass Effect is advertised wit h this caption:

"Experience the beginning, middle, and end of an emotional story unlike any other, where the decisions﻿ you make completely shape your experience and outcome."

When it comes to end, NO previous choices matter, and you are given an a choice between 3 endings which are essentially identical - though it does allow you to choose which colour you want the Mass Relay explosions to be.... exciting. I just find it difficult to believe that BioWare would leave so many plot holes, but then judging by Mass Effect: Deception, why am I really that surprised?