http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vG4EyfXOTJ4
legitimately funny and also really all the game needed to go from "HORRIBLE" to "that doesn't make a lot of sense but whatever!"
That's the problem! It's the plothooooooooles and the Normandy. If the ending was the SAME save for the WAY you talked to this catalyst/its explanation (out in the middle of fucking space, the kid voice, the citadel CANT BE ALIVE OTHERWISE THE GAMES HAVE NO PURPOSE). I mean yes, Synthesis makes...
The indoctrination theory kind of makes sense, but its OBVIOUS they didn't intend it. Too much effort into post TIM conversation for it to be "LOL INDOCTRINATION GOTCHA!" So if they do that, they just let the fans fix their game and make them pay for their own work. It's a catch 22.