If we assume everything is actually happening as we see it (no indoctrination test inside a dream) and break it down point by point some of the arguments I've seen.
1. It's bad because it's what the illusive man wanted and he's evil.
It would be bad if TIM himself got it, he's a tyrant with no morals and no conscience. He doesn't like non-human races and even committed unthinkable atrocities on humans themselves. My Shepard is a friendly, honorable guy with a maxed out paragon score. He can be trusted.
2. If the reapers don't die, you lose.
No, if the reapers and the cycle aren't stopped, you lose.
3. You fought TIM all this time to stop him from trying to control them, why would it seem like a good idea at the very end?
Before the final scene, you don't know if control is even a possibility, but after talking with Catalyst, you now know it is. In ME1, no one was thinking alliance with the Geth. They were the bad guys. New information can and should change your decisions.
4. If you choose control, you're indoctrinated.
Weak chicken/egg argument here. I'll trust the catalyst when he says the reapers will obey Shepard. I don't see anything bad in the scenes following the decision. The reapers do in fact leave.
5. The catalyst is a liar, he's trying to trick you. We've been told from the beginning, you can't control the Reapers.
No one has ever made it as far as the catalyst, no one has ever had the crucible at their disposal, so the situation could be different this time.
Also, if you think he's lying about control, then everything he says about everything is suspect and you've got nothing to go on to make a choice. For example, he says to destroy the reapers, take the path on the right and start shooting. If he can't be trusted, how do we doing that wouldn't result in the destruction of the crucible?
I don't get the impression he's intentionally trying to deceive Shepard.I like how someone else put it: he's the author's mouthpiece.
Further, why not let you die in front of the control panel? If he doesn't bring you up to him, the reapers win. But he says he wants to find another solution now. So if he wants another solution, and assuming he just wants you to choose the control option so that he can take control of you, then the cycle continues and that solution isn't different. And if it's not different, why risk bringing you up there in the first place, you might choose the destroy option.
Finally, if control is really not possible, why did the reapers attack the cerberus base? We are told it is because they were researching, and coming close to, a solution to control the reapers.
Other arguments in favor of control:
1. Your decsion doesn't kill EDI or the entire Geth population.
2. The reapers are spared. That can be good thing. If the chaos theory comes true one day far off in the future, and they're in your control, they can still be used to help stop some new form of synthetics that plan to wipe out all organics.
3. A theme prevalent throughout the ME series is making peace with former enemies. The turians and humans were once at war. Krogans were once at war with others. My shepard saved the Rachni queen. He made peace between Quarians and Geth. It's pretty clear in the game that those choices are considered risky, but also the 'right' things to do. Killing the queen, or the Geth, are considered the renegade choices. I see control as a way to make peace without wiping out entire races or people, and that's what my shepard has been doing through all three games.
4. The whole red/blue color mix up, the theory is the catalyst is just trying to fool you (the player), but I think Bioware thinks the destroy option really is the renegade choice here. For 3 games, blue = paragon, red = renegade. Now, in the final critical moments of the entire series, they're going to switch it up?
Modifié par RMP _, 06 mai 2012 - 01:59 .
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