Upon release of Leviathan recently, I decided to make myself an enjoyable Labor Day weekend by replaying the game straight through for the first time. It was a rushed play through, I admit, skipping many cut scenes that I was very familiar with, but enjoyable nonetheless.
However, I don't post because of Leviathan, or even any particular aspect of the game itself. Truly, I post because no matter how many times I go through the ending, no matter how many videos I see to suggest otherwise, I can't get over Indoctrination Theory. I finished a complete run through of the game a few hours ago, and I'm still obsessively stuck on the ending, and how I truly, truly don't believe it's done yet.
A long video explaining Indoctrination Theory can be found in my linked blog post above, but a mini summation of Indoctrination Theory can be found in this video:
Feel free to Google Indoctrination Theory if you're bold/have hours to spare.
It's amazing to me that weeks later I find myself stuck on the fact that, even with the 'Extended Cut' release, the majority if not all of these arguments are still valid. It didn't contradict any of them, truly.
No, I'm still expecting Mass Effect 4, or an Epilogue DLC. Will this be a money grab by Bioware? Probably, especially if its a DLC and not a full blown Epic sequel. Will it be worth it? Possibly. But having played through the game completely twice, and the latter half several times, I don't see how a company with such a strong pedigree of amazingly artistic games could let things stand, that these facts are coincidence, and that this *isn't* a setup for something more. No one can be that incompetent after exhibiting such repeated genius.
So I'm still waiting.
