HellishFiend wrote...
DJBare wrote...
Btw, here's another possible hallucination association, the big swirly mass at the top of the beam, kinda like the big swirly mass that makes up the galaxy map.
I'd have to take another look to see what you're referring to. But it honestly wouldnt surprise me. It's starting to seem like everything in London is a rehash from Shepard's past with some lore-breaking elements thrown in to add to the surreality.
The one thing I cant figure is how Major Coates would fit into it. He seems to be the one and only unique element that cant possibly have been from Shepard's past.
I'm back. Did a little MP marathon to get my readiness rating back up to 100 and promote a few classes. I figure once I hit 2K for the N7 I won't need to play MP to get decent endings... it will be optional like it really should have been.
For the record: I'm pretty sure the clock does not exist in the breath scene. Hellish and I both looked into it the best we could and the only clear view of whatever object is in the background does not have the correct structure. It looks like a round circle surrounded by flared out corners. That first image is compelling but it's inconclusive at best.
So clock = debunked so far.
One thing I did find while I was digging around was that the time on Big Ben and the clock at the LZ are the same 10:05. We can argue it's a static image, but the time changes in the final cut scene when you see the color coded shock wave wash over it. It reads 11:45.
So... London. Seems we've poked enough about this to get peoples attention that it may not real... or could be a waking dream like others have suggested. Even though there is more to investigate within London itself, I think a few key events leading up to it are important.
Cronos.
It's odd, that goes without saying. Even EDI acts a little strange, but I think she just may be trying to prove herself. Her knowledge of what is on the console recordings is a little unsettling.
The creaking sounds:
The breath scene has creaking sounds. Now I know Cronos does not (may not) have concrete - Humans didn't build it so who knows what's in there, but would the ground in London creek? - This is one of the reasons inferring that the hallucinations start after the shuttle crash or the transport truck crash make sense... they could make creaking noises.
Last chat at the QEC:
Hackett boards the Normandy with armed guards and they have their guns drawn. Some claimed this was a re-purposed scene because BW had originally planned for Shep to be taken into custody prior to the trial that never happened... I hope not. So if it really is not re-purposed, why would Hackett board with armed men... why would he board the ship of his most trusted soldier with an escort at all.
The conversation with Hackett and Anderson prior to London:
This is really really odd. The dialog, the sideways glaces from them both. I just got the sense that they were setting Shepard up. Could the Alliance be smart enough to use Shepard as a diversion, or is all this odd for another reason.
The fleet dropping into Sol:
So 2K ships can enter the Sol system through a relay with almost no time between them and they can appear hundreds of kilometers from the relay itself. Looks like FTL to me... did they travel the long way from the nearest relay to Sol and just not explain it? Could be argued as scene aesthetics. It sure did look good.
When I first started suspecting Indoctrination, Cronos was my very first suspect of where it started. Not necessarily hallucinations, just the start of where everything in the game feel shifted. The tone undeniably changes here. It was bad on Horizon, but Cronos just makes my skin crawl. I'm starting to lean back in that direction. I'm not there completely, but I really think Cronos as a key component in the alteration of Shepards perceptions. The proto-Reaper being there - and the entire feeling of that area... *shivers*
Modifié par Turbo_J, 10 juin 2012 - 06:49 .