Everything Points To The New N7 Being Shepard With An INSANE Twist

[@LightStreak567]

The old man in the end of Mass Effect 3 did tell his grandchild that Shepard has one more story.

[@Ollyiswild_04]

I really hope they incorporate that somehow

[@mikaeljohansson101]

@@jaswantjagnarain8224 Not quite. The ending where the stargazer is female only happens if the player chooses to defy the RGB-ending.

[@darkguardian1314]

@@LightStreak567 Buzz Aldrin… second man to walk on the moon. Each day is a blessing for Apollo moon walkers still with us.

[@Harlem-X]

DAMMIT, THANK YOU!!!! I've been repeating this time and time again in the Mass Effect groups I'm in, but the "know-it-alls" ALL try to gang up on me and talk about how ignorant I am for saying that. The old guy clearly says that, and knowing Bioware with their love of freaking decoder ring crap, it's plain as day that is what he is referring to

[@Blox117]

did you just assume their jehn dur? - new bioware

[@stuartclarkson48]

I'm just terrified of modern day Bio ware writing

[@mavenrichards]

You are not alone. I feel like half the community is holding their breath.

[@ilovejettrooper5922]

@@mavenrichards More than half.

[@Hawaiiman93]

@@stuartclarkson48 well the new mass effect has none of the writing team from andromeda as they were all fired or from veilguard

[@Jack-The-Gamer-]

@@Hawaiiman93 You say this as if Veilguard has any decent writing whatsoever...

[@JamesCarmichael]

Same. To consider I'm at a point where I'm not pre ordering a new Mass Effect game....sad.

[@demetri9024]

I hope Shepard doesn't come back as an AI . Perfect Destroy is the only ending that allows for the true Shepard to return. Anything else defeats the purpose of the Lazarus Project. .Shepard is a survivor and an AI ,Reaper, or Hybrid Shepard is a diservice to the Commander . IMO

[@Sunny_DeeLight]

I agree completely

[@Sunny_DeeLight]

@ if you get max ems and pick the destroy ending, Shepard lives

[@Sunny_DeeLight]

@ they didn’t survive man 🤦‍♀️ Cerberus rebuilt them remember? And we killed the clone in the Anderson apartment quest line.

[@JDMOokami]

One could argue though that the Lazarus Project would allow for a Shepard AI. They had to rebuild Shepard body from the ground up so it would be the Cerberus way to download Shepard’s consciousness which was evident in the Citadel DLC and have many shepards in any form. Who’s to say Cerberus agents (former or otherwise) or a new organization got ahold of Shepard’s consciousness and remade them. Obviously it’s just theory but would be my thought if Shepard was to come back.

[@cyrosphere0154]

Before Veilguard I was fine with Shepard coming back

[@inquerion8867]

Not anymore? Same. I thought that they learned their lesson with Anthem and Andromeda. But they didn't. Mass Effect IP deserves a better owner. Like Archetype. Or CDPR. Or Larian.

[@cyrosphere0154]

@@inquerion8867 a turn based mass effect from Larian sounds pretty cool actually

[@pheonixgaming7800]

@@inquerion8867 CDPR is just as infected by the same type of mentality that ruined Veilguard

[@Lycos-ARG]

@@cyrosphere0154 WOW That would be awesome!

[@helloimanna_]

@@inquerion8867 are you insane like genuinely

[@Kawkawcrow]

You know BioWare is panicking because if they screw this game up - BioWare is going to be a relic of the past.

[@SEXUAL-ABUSER]

It already is and it's been like that since Andromeda

[@lucasp-max343]

Western game devs don't even seem to care if they lose the studio or not, they don't stop doing everything the fans don't want and if we complain they call us several insults from their bubble, I'm just looking for new studios or outside of Western. My favorite games to be released are AI LIMIT and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 currently

[@MarioTheLiopleurodon]

@@lucasp-max343 So happy that Volition got ganked after they mocked us. They absolutely dropped the ball on the latest Saint's Row & insulted fans who criticized them, so it's hilarious that they went under. I hope any devs who pull similar BS get humbled.

[@majorgear1021]

They already screwed up. Bioware is toast.

[@PinkMarshmallows]

It already is. The rainbow DEIguard ended BioWare.

[@DeejonLoy]

"Ghost in the Shell" definitely explored themes of AI, conscience, sentience, and "what makes a person," and your theory would definitely be a "Ghost in the Shell"

[@Cmdrkat]

This has been my longstanding reference for a possible Shep return. Both deal with very similar themes. I'm calling it my Spectre in the Shell theory. XD

[@RandomWandrer]

I would love Shepard in ME5. But if he is written by the same people.

[@tamop]

ME4, you mean?

[@ChromosomeExcel]

@@tamop Andromeda was four or should I say it was the fourth installment

[@arkeshn729]

@ChromosomeExcel I look at Andromeda more like a Far Cry Blood Dragon/Primal situation than a sequel to ME. It's Mass Effect 2.5 that happens in another galaxy.

[@tamop]

@@ChromosomeExcel still, calling it a Mass Effect expirience is a dusgrace imo. Half-joke here. Half.

[@TheBeastCH]

Those people aren't with the company anymore and haven't been for a while. They are working on a different game.

[@Ship-security]

We went from combat armor to a fashion week trenchcoat……………… I wonder if the insured by aware helped with a jaguar commercial😂

[@TheFreakedoutduck]

Having your mind getting uploaded into a new body would be an interesting way to do the character creator.

[@rainexxcloud]

it's very Ghost in the Shell like

[@TheFreakedoutduck]

@@jaswantjagnarain8224 I have, Profit takes over Alcatraz's body. But I mean when it comes to "making a character", you'll be making your own vessel.

[@TheMsLourdes]

My running theory is this. You're right the being we see in the trailer is a shepard ai. Its gone rogue, we don't know why, but its on a mission. And who else can stop shepard... But the Real Commander Shepard, who has been on ice (see Liara scene) since Me3, waiting for the technology to advance to bring her back fully again because the damage was just too insane this time around for lazarus to do its thing again until the tech improved. The lab is on Alchera, because Alchera has become a research world. The reapers just ahppened to be passing through and when destroyed, fell to the surface.

[@Chessheromusic]

Yea there's a lot of information that suggests and very sure implies that the shepherd in mass effect after his death was a clone Mostly bc they made 2 clones and identification software could not tell the difference

[@sforzando]

@@Synin-p2l You say that, but I don't see you saying anything similar under comments only referring to Shepard as "he," lol...

[@margisama]

I prefer this idea to shep only being an AI.

[@robertthornton7900]

This! 💯🎯

[@aureousCopycat]

@@TheMsLourdes Totally like this idea and it's what I was thinking as well.

[@VarianNash]

3:57 So Shepard would've had to be recovered at the end of 3, a consciousness transfer (not unlike Johnny Silverhand put on the Relic) and this would be the result. But a little cleaner. I'm okay with this.

[@hirozhen7475]

Cerberus had cloning tech so it's likely the Systems Alliance does too. I could see them bringing a Shepard clone out of mothball to save the galaxy again.

[@TheTrollerGamer]

I would love to see a new main character with our Shepard living rent free in their mind like Johnny Silverhand.

[@dankace5849]

Or its based of the destroy ending when we see shepard take a breath at the end it all depends which ending they are going off tbh

[@axelnilsson5124]

@@hirozhen7475 even if the alliance had cloning technology why would they use it on Shepard? Shepard was resurrected so they could fulfill their destiny to beat the reapers and with destiny fulfilled why bring them back?

[@ultimaratioregum3522]

A Shepard AI might also be a way to resolve all 4 endings while bringing Shepard back. Destroy: Shepard's consciousness is directly implanted into a synthetic body. Destroy Shepard Lives: Shepard is augmented with AI and more synthetic parts to repair the damage after the explosion. Control: Shepard has assumed direct control over a synthetic body. Synthesis: Shepard was merged with a Synthetic, yet not independently conscious, form.

[@arkeshn729]

An advanced Reaper tech Shepard. Nanosuit armor, indoctrination skill tree for persuasion or combat, etc.

[@arcviolon1834]

Just for fun. When Citadel was overpowered by the Crucible in whatever way, the Mass Relay within it was activated and Shepard (with a body or as a data stream) was jumping with this energy pulse across the galaxy until found the way out through the Kholas Array (Geth mass relay telescope pointed to Andromeda) probably also forward in time as well where was later discovered by Andromeda Initiative in some form and resulted in AI creation, but now has returned to Milky Way.

[@arkeshn729]

@@arcviolon1834 that reminded me of the Lawnmower Man escaping into cyberspace.

[@CherryJuli]

I would hate that. I already hated it in the Picard show.

[@SlothyTheDemon]

lets just hope they don't treat the game like they treated the new dragon age

[@Cursedzeba]

Sadly i do not see current bioware able really make a game worth being called mass effect. With how poor the companions and writing are in veilguard i am not hopeful. But i hope i am wrong

[@majorgear1021]

I agree. They couldn’t write their way out of a paper bag.

[@GandalfTheBased]

Thanks I hate it.

[@Heero_effect]

At this point, I wish they’d just say if Shepard is coming back or not. Cryptic teasing is getting old…

[@paragonseven]

Yeah, but I'm also just thankful we get something, y'know? Most other upcoming games haven't given out any teases at all.

[@kalaelizabeth]

Yay congrats on 10k !!!!

[@paragonseven]

Thank you!! But also, hey look at us. Who would of thought huh? :)

[@nathanielaprill5299]

Shepard AI is going to be our SAM AI. Shep's power and experience will be one with us. Shep's/Our story will continue

[@MR3DDev]

I do hope they use the combat from Andromeda, that was actually very fun.

[@titan20111]

This is actually an insanely smart theory and I wouldn’t be mad at all if this is the route that they take

[@selloutgamer6136]

@@nathanielaprill5299 there was that shep vi in me3

[@mafproductions5005]

Well, it would mimick a lot the crysis 2-3 plot, which personally i didn't liked.

[@MR3DDev]

@@mafproductions5005 This is how I know you did not play Andromeda. Nothing to do with Crysis.

[@LiquidZero_]

We did get a small peek of the Shepard AI in ME3...

[@neuffexx]

Weeeeellllll...... lets just say those guys must have REALLY irond out the bugs.

[@Sissyrennee1226]

@@neuffexx😂

[@tomeberth8938]

A Shepard AI?! We all know from the Citadel docks where the refugees gathered how well those work… “You can take on anything in the galaxy! … Except a Reaper; ever seen the size of one of those things?” 😅😅😅

[@lieuutenant]

Amazing video as always. I don't know about this...I think this is the worse possibile way to bring back Shepard ahah

[@skyrimisforthenords8312]

If i was to make a new mass effect game, id start it like origins. You can play as different races, and they all have a different start to the game. Sheppards story is over but the universe is rich. I just dont trust bioware to not screw this up

[@tomeberth8938]

To me, the Alliance angle is interesting, but if Cerberus tech/operatives are still in play, could it be a Cerberus AI Shepard??? They always wanted a Shepard they could control, they had the ability to make an Eva Cora/EDI bot, and they had plenty of access to Shepard via Lazarus… This & more makes it seem like Cerberus (which used to be Alliance till they broke off) could still be a factor, especially if they’re controlled by… The Benefactor… 👀

[@CarmenF.A]

After what happened to Dragon Age I will keep expectations as low as possible

[@greevar]

It could be the synthesis version of Shepard. Shepard threw him/her self into the stream to serve as a template. What if Shepard's mind was reconstituted and merged into a synthetic body based on Geth architecture? Perhaps it was done with the intent of having a puppet Shepard, but Shepard became unshackled. Perhaps EDI helped with that?

[@dorottyapapp]

In Synthesis Shepard basically became the new source code so I also think that they can extract her/his identity somehow and put it into a synthetic body.

[@arkeshn729]

Synthesis and Control

[@Chessheromusic]

Synthesis and control are both just paths for Shepard to become indoctrinated With control being the illusive man's goal And synthesis being sarens I think this is likely bc thr andromeda story is really the birth of the reapers story It also explains why civilization that develop ai need to be wiped out Using synthetics to enhance organics the fish step to the oraganic synthetic gods of the reapers

[@arkeshn729]

@Synin-p2l yeah the perfect ending of time wasted. Ending the Quarian Geth conflict, Edi becoming a "person" just for the Destroy ending to Game of Thrones season 8 the story.

[@arkeshn729]

@Chessheromusic the issue with that is Bioware's use of the color coded paragon renegade system conflicts with the 3rd games choices. Control by default is the paragon thing to do. Shepard sacrifices him/her self to become an eternal peacekeeping force. Destroy seems like a punishment in comparison.

[@Sierraone1]

Bringing Shepard back is like bringing indiana Jones back, we know how that turned out, just let that goddamn man/woman rest in peace.

[@amandanichole8648]

Not really. Indiana Jones is just not on the level of Shepard. Also, the Mass Effect games were centered around ONE character.... Commander Shepard, whether you like that or not. Also if you're gonna have that kind of attitude, then play other sci-fi games....😒

[@theultra5482]

@@amandanichole8648Indiana Jones was centered around Indiana Jones. Mass Effect Andromeda was centered around Ryder.

[@theultra5482]

⁠​⁠@@amandanichole8648also if your gonna have “that kind of attitude” (quoting you on how you said it) just continue replaying Mass Effect 1, 2 and 3. This person has an opinion. You should Respect it instead of saying “Go play other games”. Also last thing, IMO I did feel a big part of Shepards story ended with the Trilogy. So I don’t think it’ll be only him the story is going to be centered around in the next mass effect game, but he’s quite likely being apart of it.

[@dacsus]

Don't care about anything from BioWare - these people are not the ones who created the Mass Effect, and they will surely be pushing the same thing as in the case of the new Dragon Age.

[@oleguzumaki]

Honestly, now I don't really care about this "Shepard" and the next ME. Shepard's story is over for me after ME3.

[@enjimusic90]

I find it hard to get hyped for Mass Effect

[@Sunny_DeeLight]

Agreed 😭

[@moonraven2874]

What if the AI Shepard is the villain and the main story is actually finding Shepard having survived the reaper invasion?

[@polowbornfly3862]

Yeahhhhh this is my favorite mass effect channel by a long shot now

[@ilost_thegame]

If Shephard is my enemy or we cant play as them im going to cry

[@gashixo7881]

@@ilost_thegame real

[@DarkLady-my3xz]

Se for assim eu nao vou nem jogar,Quero que volte ,más sem ser IA em outro corpo,ou clone,que seja a propia,o final da destruiçao aparece respirando

[@Slimo74]

The Spectre/Specter spelling difference could just be due to UK/Canada version of the game in one case, and using US English for the teaser.

[@HennyBuBuProductions]

I’ve been saying since they announced ME5 that it would be Shepard’s body recovered, impossible to reconstruct without Lazarus, hybridized/linked to a machine the way David was and puppeting this N7 body like a drone.

[@NorB0316]

Geth has probably has his/her data when he/her was on Rannoch, so they can easily make a copy of Shepherd, upload it on a human machine and voila Shepherd is back, you can also clone him don’t forget that.

[@arkeshn729]

Liara's mind links, the Geth Concensus, the cybernetic implants, cloning, and the possibilities of Control/Synthesis endings should be enough for a "new" Shep

[@NorB0316]

@ I agree, my fav ending is Control, with Shepherd’s concencus watching over all life in the galaxy. The Reapers should be the part of the next story like peacekeepers of the galaxy in my opinion. So that no conflict can occur, of course there are always individuals who can try and succeed where the Illusive man failed.

[@arkeshn729]

@MaybeBecause-m8t the threat of the Leviathans is one reason why I don't like the destroy ending.

[@NorB0316]

@@MaybeBecause-m8t I would love to have an ancient Remnant like species in slumber for millennia (since the Reapers appeared) and now that they are gone they reactivate after the Crucible fires. Or even better, get our new adversaries from a different galaxy. Sagittarius? Can be Andromeda also it’s pretty huge, I’m sure there are more species there than what we have seen, we don’t really need to know where they from anyway. The Milky Way gets light up pretty much after whatever ending so anyone can see from wherever they are so they can launch like an investigation of some sorts a small fleet of colonisation and warships along with them, and the next game they contact their race that the MilkyWay is suitable for them and they are rebuilding so they vulnerable so the main fleet can take over the galaxy. Third instalment we go to them and stop future invasions or befriending them and integrate them into our society and lead a rebellion against their homeworld. There you go, just solved 3 more Mass Effect games 🤣

[@NorB0316]

@ ahw thank you, of course it’s just a rough idea but u get what I mean. Kinda like Independence day Resurrection and Predator 2018 “we will go to them” but not as cringe 🤣 I get it, it really fits well with the original ending of dark matter and such in ME2 with Tali’s loyalty quest on Haestrum. There is still huge potential in this game, I just don’t want it to burn down like StarWars did, I loved StarWars but now I can’t even look at it without sorrow in my heart.

[@StergiosMekras]

Isn't "Spectre" just the British spelling of "Specter"?, also the Virmire survivor is another N7/Spectre.

[@ari54x]

Yes, they're just variant spellings of the same word.

[@jesseward4115]

As far as I remember, neither of the Virmire survivors were N7 trained.

[@SpectreStatus]

@@StergiosMekras 'Spectre' means SPECial Tactics and REconnaissance.

[@StergiosMekras]

@SpectreStatus I am aware

[@Nathan-sf3ub]

Pair this with the choice of name for the Cerberus organization, named after a 3 headed dog, it stands to reason that the Illusive Man was 1 of 3 heads of Cerberus, with the Benefactor being another, and who's to say that the Benefactor and the new secret leader of the Alliance aren't the same but the final 3rd head of Cerberus. Despite the response from Dragon Age, I get the impression that everything leading into Mass Effect 5 will be in the right direction and will be exciting

[@axelnilsson5124]

It’s more likely that Illusive Man was “Hades” in this metaphor rather than one of 3 leaders like how The Hand in the Marvel Comics doesn’t have 5 leaders like in The Defenders series

[@notoriousbig3k]

they are 3 heads ... Illusive man was also meeting the board wich were the other 2 leaders

[@BlackDragon95912]

@@notoriousbig3k what about Terra Firma ? , they both have similar 'Human only' approach like Cerberus , and even was mention in one of archives during 'Shadow Broker DLC ' that Cerberus years ago asasinate previous leader of Terra firma replacing it with someone "much more tractable" what if that Charles Saracino (by the way we meet him on citadel in Mass Effect 1 ) is another head of Cerberus like 'Hidden' leader an pawn that is controlled by someone else

[@stumblestorms7881]

What a spectacular analysis.

[@gamesadergaming1321]

When the N7 Agent turns around I have a feeling she is saying something.

[@dorottyapapp]

Definitely!

[@CoolnessNSparks]

@@gamesadergaming1321 I can see that myself, I feel like she/he is saying; “Quit starring and mind your business”, that’s the vibe I get from them,

[@gamesadergaming1321]

@@CoolnessNSparks To me it's something like, "We need to do this, so fall in line!" or "We're going to fight, get ready"

[@crowsbridge]

we'll bang, ok?

[@gamesadergaming1321]

@@crowsbridge That's exactly what she says.

[@masterblaster3508]

I think Shepard is getting their version of SAM. Recall the damage done to Shepard at the end of ME3 during the Destroy ending. There's only so much Liara, Miranda, and various other characters can do with technology damaged. Maybe we'll save Shepard by linking Shepard with an A.I partner as a result, and depending on our renegade, neutral, and paragon actions, this A.I. will change their perception on organics vs. synthetics. Personally, though, Shepard being a organic synthetic hybrid rather than a full A.I version is better imo. Give the players the choice to fully go down more robotic or maintain your humanity.

[@gamesadergaming1321]

At the end of ME3 Shepard was already in a pretty bad state even before committing to the destroy ending, it does make sense that he/she would need extensive surgery & possibly being linked with an A.I. I haven't read the books lately, but didn't a version of SAM get stolen?

[@UndeadCookieMonster]

Shepard is already an organic synthetic hybrid after Cerberus because of all the cybernetics they had to implement to bring them back to life. So I guess it's already there.

[@notoriousbig3k]

the Ai that was stolen was the Ai from the first game

[@liamrichardson6830]

Can we just let Shep rest? Only the dead have seen the end of war, and none (except for Master Chief) deserve to rest more than Shep.

[@mikereilly2440]

but the wording of that clip always bothered me as the child refers to us as "The Shepard" and the older man says it happened so long ago that many details are forgotten, which could mean like Garrus says "if you pacify the reapers well make you a saint", that shepards deeds infact made him like super legendary in which case some of the stories told might not even be about shepard but ppl that others thought were shepard or close enough to remind them of shepard even without shepard if you were to think if months or even a few years later the Normandy rolled up to a little planet being attacked by whatever and the folks in trouble saw garrus and liara and humans in armor save everyone and roll out theyd assume it was shepard and his crew even if shepard wasnt actually there i personally would be ok with shepard survivng since you do actually survive the destroy option, but i dont think we should ever play as shepard again, shepard should be the legend we made

[@ArctheDark]

Shepard deserves a happy ending. The ME3 one, even destroy with Shepard living, wasn't it.

[@AcePilotM36]

His story isn’t finished

[@notoriousbig3k]

Shepard is a true legend when u start the game one of the charcter backgrounds says Shepard is a War hero for the acts he did for humanity in the Turian Human war

[@mikereilly2440]

@@notoriousbig3k your only really well known by the alliance, and even then usually the intro video is top brass saying your nothing special while anderson is heard sticking up for and recommending you, by the end of the games every species knows the name commander shepard

[@supermonkeyjam7437]

well the Geth take on the form of their creators so maybe this Shepard Ai is a human shaped Geth with Shepard's mind

[@MarioTheLiopleurodon]

Reaper tech in one way or another has allowed Shep's consciousness to possess some sort of synthetic body. We know that reapers use the DNA of living things to build more reapers, so it could by some nanomachine bio/cybernetic hybrid between living and inorganic materials (like Prophet from Crysis). His consciousness could've taken over something simple at first and been "lobotomized" (ie doesn't remember the past 3 games, limited cognitive function, not allowed to think, etc) but finally gets a memory or something somehow and goes rogue.

[@amdboy5873]

Shepard AI went rogue cause he/she discovers plot about the benefactor's true masterplan to gain control over the whole galaxy. And his/her/its true identity.

[@Grandtemplar305]

I like your thinking

[@notoriousbig3k]

dude Benefactor Illusive Man and the other 1 are the same person lol

[@masterblaster3508]

If there is one thing, though Mass Effect has set up, it is body upload/reincarnation. 1. Andromeda introduced the that thr Angara are mere clone bodies that were empty. 2. Several Angara can recall their past life despite dying before hand. 3. Annihilation book revealed that the Quarians had the technology to scan the brain and download their memories/personality in the form of V.I's. 4. There is a virtual race that proves body swapping is possible despite how insaine it sounds. 5. We know cloning Shepard is possible, but we already have a clone body that can be revived. To be quite honest, the potential to bring Shepard back is very plausible and we see Angara in the promotion art. It could be possible the Jardaan originated from the Milky Way but fled to andromeda. Other possibility is the Angara we see in the Milky Way might be the Jardaan themselves having traveled to the Milky Way galaxy. Lots of potential tbh.

[@arkeshn729]

I'd love a little Altered Carbon style dystopia in ME.

[@nihren2406]

The Jardaan and Angara aren't coming to the Milky Way. We're going to Andromeda.

[@lucario2able]

​@@nihren2406cool theory

[@nihren2406]

@@lucario2able Except it's mostly not, last years teaser had audio referencing a distress beacon from Andromeda, placing the setting of the game in 2819 or 2820, and she mentions the Council and human defiance. Taking the two statements together, you get a glimpse at the plot of the game, which is that humanity is defying the council(again) and it's related to the distress beacon in Andromeda, and the only thing you can further extrapolate from that, as well as comments from Bioware that references to Andromeda are intentional and that they're not done with it, implies we're going back, but we're bringing a new protagonist and crew with us. But we'll get to see how the Milky Way has developed over the 633 years since the Reaper War.

[@notoriousbig3k]

Admiral said that Shepard died more than once and that he fought the first contact war wich was impossible and he told all that to Liara Admiral says to Shepard that his existence is classified always asks him of his memories for some reason etc i think he is not real but an organic Ai construct for the perfect soldier Admiral did say he is the future of an elite fighting force if the fleet foot sodliers ever dwindles

[@spacealien8143]

It does make sense since in all 3 endings, Shepards body dissappears or gets messed up. Hopefully, Shepard will be able to get a human body later on in the game or ending.

[@mikereilly2440]

both control and synthesis vaporize shepard, control kinda melts ya more then vaporize but destroy does nothing to you except your stuck on the citadel which then blows apart but not entirely, the destroy option is the ending that actually shows your shepards body in collector gear, under some rubble with N7 dogtags hanging out takes a gasping breathe, as if waking up from being knocked out, right before credits

[@axelnilsson5124]

@@mikereilly2440 but they still would be messed up considering they reentered earths atmosphere

[@mikereilly2440]

@@axelnilsson5124 oh no doubt, i dont think your even back on earth, i think our body just fell from that top level to a lower level of the citadel, but regardless our body would be badly damaged and need to be repaired, probably similar to cerberus rebuilding us, the point tho was the destroy ending doesnt totally destroy us per say where the control one melts us and the synth one vaporizes us, in both those cases our body is gone

[@mikereilly2440]

@@axelnilsson5124 oh wed most deff. be messed up but i dont think we fall to earth either, we fall from that top deck area down to a lower level of the citadel cause its not destroyed entirely it has explosions and such and breaks apart but atleast in the cutscene appears to remain floating but broken, i was merely pointing out that in control shepard gets melted and in synth we get vaporized, destroy is the only ending where we see our body survived, id assume wed need some major rebuilding similar to beginning of the second game but to what extent we dont know

[@axelnilsson5124]

@ it’d probably involve what’s left of the clone that was scraped off buildings prior to Cerberus’ takeover

[@Ducktility]

I don't want Shepard to return, he was a legend, we cant risk his legacy.

[@shaktra1563]

Beyond that their tale was complete and spanned literal years. I’d love Shepard take on the role of a mentor or higher up while giving the floor to a new MC.

[@Ducktility]

@@shaktra1563 Yeah it would be cool if its some AI based on Shepard's consciousness. Don't even mind if they make him a playable character for some throwback missions fitting the story line. Just don't want to advance his story.

[@pododododoehoh3550]

@@shaktra1563 I just don't want him written by the people responsible for da veilguard. They're not worthy and don't donn confidence for how they're gonna respect this beloved franchise now.

[@bookwyrmofthenorth]

@@pododododoehoh3550 Agreed. The writers changed legacy charecter personalities and motivations

[@Oseven27]

Very interesting theory. But I think you're giving Bioware / EA too much credit to think up creative story elements anymore. Follow where the OG Mass Effect devs went on i.e Exodus.

[@KommandosRezsoBoss]

Just hoping that Shepard will not be am antagonist or something like that

[@MassEffect_fan]

I really hope he's the protagonist (or at least given the choice to choose him as the protagonist) because I want to continue my romance

[@KommandosRezsoBoss]

@MassEffect_fan i just hope his coountinuation will not be like the Inquisitor in Veilguard, for me it was a dissapointment, i waited something epic something grand closure for the Inqusition and the Inqusitior

[@MassEffect_fan]

Personally I would prefer not to have Shepherd if he is only an NPC. I am so attached to this character that seeing him without being able to control him would be very disturbing.

[@DarkLady-my3xz]

​@@MassEffect_faneu digo o mesmo,Quero continuar meu romance com o Garrus

[@DarkLady-my3xz]

​@@MassEffect_fanse o próximo ME nao der para jogar como sheppard (um medo)nao vou nem jogar

[@mikewillis9537]

I sincerely hope not, all of my shepherds died & i dont want their memory sullied

[@natashik7855]

i ated my bed waitin for the new n7 to be shepard

[@themarauder6108]

Canon Shepard is male, Pathfinder Ryder is female. It's most likely Sara that we're seeing in that armour.

[@axelnilsson5124]

There’s no canon Shepard nor Ryder

[@Sissyrennee1226]

There’s a concept called ghost in the machine. It means a consciousness is separate from the body, and there are theories based on it that consciousness can be uploaded into machine. Also, don’t forget the Shepard ai that was carried and expanded through the series

[@rebeccawhite5947]

No matter how hard I look I can never see the reflection of the stripe in the window

[@korbyynbear5592]

After Andromeda, they know nothing less than Shep will do. Not like this, not gonna fly

[@willgame4coffee]

Honestly, with your alternate universes theory I’m even more leaning the N7 is Shepard. Specifically, a different alternate than the one you hinted at. My thought process is specifically that the N7 is the opposite Shepard than the one we played(i.e. if male, N7 would be female.) The N7 has a very androgynous profile, which just makes me think this even more.

[@neuffexx]

Interesting theory.

[@raphaelw8s4u]

IF a Shepard then a descendant. That would make the most sense to me. And some nice thing to do imo, playing a game set so long after the last trilogy, but still keeping it in the family.

[@Joker_JAK]

I don't know if Shepard will return, but I highly doubt the person in the trailer is Shepard. The body shape and walk are totally different even from the FemShep. I suppose it's possible they purposely made them completely different so no one would guess it was Shepard. I know you mentioned an AI and/or robot. I'm just saying that I definitely don't think it's physically Shepard.

[@lazaglider]

I'm new to your channel. The first material of yours I watched was the N7 livestream. It showed up in my recommended. Don't take this the wrong way but I felt sorry for you that night. A hyped up event over several years, and they revealed next to nothing. Your enthusiasm throughout the stream was notable though. That gained you a sub. I'm not crazy on these theories based on very thin evidence, but look forward to the time where serious information starts coming out about the new ME.

[@samaritan_sys]

Shep's clone survives with damaged memory, with everyone including your clone player-character thinking that it's the actual Shepard. Until at the end, it gets revealed.

[@Jeffs_Effects]

I agree with the rogue AI theory, but I think that will only be the tip of the story. They seem to be setting the story up as mystery thriller so I think there will be more to it. What if there are multiple "Shepards" running around the galaxy in the aftermath of the Reaper invasion. Perhaps the Alliance created an AI Shepard from their remains using the SAM technology. Will Miranda and Liara attempt a Lazarus II project on the remains if they find them? Maybe there are rogue elements of Cerberus still around that has another Shepard clone, or uses the data from Project Overlord (or both?). And maybe the Geth create their own AI Shepard from the Consensus data they have. What if all of these were true and you have to choose who to follow. Which Shepard is the true one? Any of them? All of them? None? Would be an interesting mystery to unravel.

[@SURJO141]

If Ghost and Soap Can Return From dead than why not Commander Shepard

[@DEADCASTdragonuff]

It could be Shepard and Liaras daughter the build and helmet looks like it could fit an Asari and even if you didn't romance at the end of 3 she does the mind meld thing to "preserve your knowledge"

[@neuffexx]

Hadnt thought of that aspect, her trying to 'preserve shepards knowledge' that is.

[@lilithgaming5311]

This seems like an stretch to Me, which is find everyone is trying to find answers, but this seems more like an theory, cause We haven't known much, and going on clips and teases is hard to confirm.

[@kasandride3576]

We can't forget what happened with Cerberus. They literally cloned the man. His information is accessible to the alliance. Technology exists and not only does the technology exist, but they've been keeping data about every movement he's made since he was announced to be a specter and even more than that because the alliance sent them at the citadel everything about his past plus him being cloned. He doesn't have to time travel or any of that. It can be him her whatever

[@ryckrose4134]

The upper right rectangle, duplicate it on the left side and then look just below the left corner - N7 reflection can be seen.

[@alac2222]

Depending on when the game will take place the N7 could very well be shepherd's kid

[@axelnilsson5124]

How would that work if Liara wasn’t romanced or if the romance option/FemShep died?

[@alac2222]

@@axelnilsson5124 a renegade shep that diden't romance anyone would have slept around if you think about it and who is to say Liara or ash didn't get pregers it realy all depends on how long after the 3rd game this is takeing place

[@DagothDaddy]

I love this theroy. Before Mass effect I was obsessed with a game on my grandpa's computer called Marathon where you play as a sort of AI inhabiting a human body. So if ME5 takes that concept set in Mass effect's setting I will be absolutely down with that.

[@xxkingzeroxx__9943]

I always thought the ending where shepherd merged with the ai was cannon because then shepherd literally becomes the shepherd of humanity or the universe

[@BeholdTheAshes]

Aralakh Company plays in the N7 trailer, you know, the music to which Grunt came back "from the dead" 😉

[@axelnilsson5124]

Then perhaps it really is Shepards specter

[@Ample17]

I dont think even BioWare knows yet who's under that helmet, lol. The outfit is just supposed to look cool and be a little reminiscent of Shep and the whole N7 thing because it's iconic.

[@notoriousbig3k]

its Shepard they are tying with the Destroy end and what Stargazer says clearly the last story

[@chrissmityyy]

If that vielguard stuff was a proper tease, that's so wack imo. N7 day is for MASS EFFECT, not dragonage. I know the game had just come out, but cmon bioware... I love your speculation, though. It's always fun to see what you come up with and what connections you try to make. It makes me wonder 😅

[@noobstertontropolisburgpoi8096]

Watch the Benefactor turn out to be an uplifted pyjack, like Rocket from Marvel.

[@kniqhtfall]

It's Sheppard's consciousness from the geth mainframe uploaded....

[@jaded-harper]

man I HOPE that the next ME doesn't suffer heavily in development time like veilguard did. such a shame how much better it could've been if they weren't swapping ideas of what they wanted the game to be over and over. maybe they've learned from veilguard, hopefully.

[@Zxephin-Actual]

If true… I think this could be genius, as I can see how you could easily Tailor all 3 ME3 endings to fit an AI version of Shepard

[@thesetupcrew7103]

I have a theory that the player character is sheappard and we are going to be facing an ai version of ourselves

[@tywulf6432]

The N7 shown in the teaser is obviously a Drell.

[@greensilverwolf3PhoenixGroup]

Honestly i dont want shep to be the main/playable character i feel like their story is done in regards to shepherds POV i think a new character would be solid

[@neuffexx]

Interesting, though I think their story isnt done, I think a new POV on how his story ends could be very doable. Though personally I would prefer to finish Shepards story as Shepard, so that we can actually decide the ending of the Shepard Legacy.

[@greensilverwolf3PhoenixGroup]

@neuffexx my thing is the destroy ending to me is canon 100% not because i chose it but because it makes the most sense. Also, i personally want them to continue the Andromeda storyline because they werent able to get the trilogy they wanted to get that actually fleshed out. They did a decent job for a first installment for a trilogy. Either way i just think if we are going to be in in milky way years later shep can be something like a guide. If we're going to be in 100s of years later it makes more sense to use the black holes for travel between milky way and andromeda

[@N79621]

I have a feeling the new N7 is going to be Liara, the helmet shape, the focus on her in the last trailer

[@hardcore476]

But I don't think aliens can become N7s because it is alliance special forces

[@N79621]

@@hardcore476I didn’t think of that, thanks for clarifying, maybe it is Shepard then 🤔

[@notoriousbig3k]

there is an alien wich is N7 dude

[@hardcore476]

@@notoriousbig3k who is he and is he from a book

[@matthewherndon5052]

Incredible video, well done

[@Nachtness]

i cant believe they put Shepard VI for marketing into android body lmao

[@snakesens6016]

whenever i think that theres no crazier theories, i get hyped again. Love this videos

[@tpchatblancseptrax7790]

Didn’t in mass effect 3 someone in game talked about the VI of Shepard that appeared ? Could that also be linked?

[@Cycke86]

This is so far fetched it's beginning to be entertaining. Please, make more of these.

[@OniNoFro]

Couple of friends of mine and I theorized this N7 operative could be Liara. She could have toned up after the end of M3. And if Liara was Shepard's canon paramour, she could have imprinted their psyche and rather than giving birth, retained it within herself. While it may seem "far-fetched" it is no more unreasonable than collecting the Commander's remains after being killed by a Reaper and agreeing to work with Cerberus to bring them back...

[@mystlex3778]

The whole idea of sentience in AI could be interpreted as an AI going "rogue" so Gambles tweet saying "what is a person?" just makes me think the N7 we see is for sure a sentient AI. Now whether it's Sheppard or not I don't know but I definitely think its an AI and the whole idea of sentience and the philosophical nature of it will play a part in the plot of the game or at least a subplot

[@restinpeperoni283]

thats the plot of ghost in the shell haha

[@jaded-harper]

yup, love that show lol

[@restinpeperoni283]

havent watched that but you gotta watch the og movie from the 90s

[@aarontrupiano9328]

so it's that shepherd vi the random kid spilled soda on only sentiant and massively upgraded?

[@colts21215]

Definitely shepherd with enhancements to keep him alive like Darth Vader

[@axelnilsson5124]

That’d be in the Perfect Destroy continuity

[@stevegta6830]

That is a very cool theory. I actually hope it's correct because it sounds like an intriguing concept.

[@theultra5482]

Would be interesting to have The AI Shepard use moves on you that you picked and used in the former games.

[@christophermzdenek]

"I delete files like you before breakfast"?

[@brokeboy87]

Shepard and Legion merging as one was one of my insane theories.

[@notoriousbig3k]

Legion did asked if Shepard wants to merge with him

[@mikekarlsson]

Interesting theory. Shepard having been the perfect Alliance Marine might make them the perfect template to use for a military AI. And who knows, if the Shepard AI really went rogue, the player's job could be to hunt them down. Maybe with the help of the real Shepard?

[@Grandtemplar305]

True cause in part 2 when the illusion man say he was the only one that can save them really had me thinking is shephard really the best of best that the alliance had

[@notoriousbig3k]

according to the lore Ramirez out matches Shepard as his even younger too he had same scores as marine also i think Shepard was a cover for another marine you see the lore states He is the Sole Survivor and Hero for the Warp Gate in the Turian Human 2nd conflict but in 3rd game Admiral tlaks to Shpard in the holo videos that he is not the real Shepard he is a deocy until the real one is in place and Admiral says that they are making a new combat Ai better than the current you already tested Admiral says that no one knows why Shepard is the best bcs he is a top secret project i think Shepard is an Ai implanted in the brain of a soldier and its called Shepard the way Shepard acts is like he never knew human life at all the fact u choose a background is questioning too the way hes criptinf about his life Shepard is inspiring courage calculates odds too fast moves diffrent wich was always noted by his squad even Garrus said : your almost like a machine Illusive man said something that Shepard is not human at all during the rebuilding project Miranda said he had lots of stuff inside of him wich should not be in him In ME2 Admiral says clearly there are things that are best you dont know

[@notoriousbig3k]

@@Grandtemplar305 i dont think Shepard is human i think his a Enhanced Bio Organic Soldiers made in lab with Ai programming

[@notoriousbig3k]

he has a damn moral system

[@Grandtemplar305]

@ of course I don’t doubt it after part 2 seeing what they did to bring him alive I had a feeling he was gonna be something like a enchanced bio organic soldier

[@TaurenValenti-s8q]

I think we might be playing as Shepard's child. Based on who we romanced.

[@dukimanx6228]

Ai Shepard??? Why not, we have his clone!

[@axelnilsson5124]

I also feel that’s a way to continue their story without ruining the impact of their sacrifice

[@artursandwich1974]

One of those types of robot operatives for Cerberus's name also means a form of ghost, no? I think it's this sort of body.

[@Ms_StoryDragon]

What if Cerberus isn’t completely gone and have simply infiltrated Systems Alliance? And they compiled Shepard’s battle data to create their own “Shepard” since their direct clone was nothing like Shepard. That Shepard died, so what if they created this Shepard AI with the idea that they could shackle it, unlike EDI and the geth.

[@ericarisian3501]

Cerberus ' AI go rogue and kills everybody , what a typical day , with a twist this AI project actually go horribly right cause it thinks it's Shepard and on a mission to clean a Cerberus base .

[@Sunny85b]

So I think you're on to something. In one of the endings, control, Shepard becomes one with the reavers in a sense. Maybe this is an incarnation of the control ending Shepard. This would add tensions in the distant future where AI and Biological sentians are at odds or a new future where they come together to fight the threat in the Andromeda Galaxy. I really do hope that they use this game to add on to the story from Andromeda