Poll: Was the Illusive Man right? (ME3 spoilers)

[crazybombard]

First off, i don't care if you hated the endings or their pretty color arrangements, im just trying to post something that was on my mind after i beat the single-player and opted to get the "Blue" or "Control" ending

So i killed Martin Sheen's character 'The Illusive Man' and said to myself "Yup, I had a feeling that that mofo was crazy" so as ascend and talk with the Space Child, i conclude that the only way to save organic life was to control the reapers. So as I sat and watched the blue light show and watch Commander Shepard's skin vaporize I realized "Holy Shit! The Illusive Man was Right!"

It made me wonder if he was crazy after all. I mean he was pretty damn convincing in ME2 and the character I played was Pro-Humanity to an extent, but i never knew if push came to shove It would be his choice that would win.

In my mind the other two endings weren't the best choice. The "Destroy" or "Red" had all advanced technology destroyed, basically setting galactic civilization back +/- 20k years. And the "Green" Ending was kinda bland because it were to synthesize man and machine, and I didn't like the picture that was in my head. It kinda defeated the purpose of trying to preserve organic life.

So that's what's been in my head lately. Am I crazy for putting to much thought in that or was The Illusive man right?

 

[Lithan]

Putting aside that the ending was horrid and a middle finger to the entire franchise...

IF you assume the godchildthing was omniscient and destroying reapers = you delay the apocalypse a bit but it WILL happen because of all the shit he said. Then ya I agree with you.

The synthesis ending is just so mind-bogglingly stupid and forced; "We need a HAPPY ending that still is all dramatic and sad so that girls will cry and think we're cool," that I can't even take it seriously. Also it was laughably lazy. Joker gets circuitry for skin and nothing changes in Edi? Maybe her eyes changed, I couldn't tell, but she was sure as hell still 99.9% the same as before.


It seems obvious Synthesis was the forced happy ending, but it's just so mind numbingly stupid that I gotta pass and say that control is the "happy ending". Basically you assume the burden of controlling the reapers. You sacrifice your life and your hold on what you care about to take on the Godchilds responsibility of directing the reapers. Basically it's the only way you can tell him that he's an idiot and you could do this better.


But yeah, endings were still horrid.



I actually hope they say "F' it, the fans gave us an out... we can say it was all a trick in Sheps mind from the indoctrination. All that insane nonsensical garbage about the catalystboy... forget that."