The Illusive Man is an AI.

[sportforredneck]

John Di Maggio also voices Vido Santiago in the Zaeed ME2 DLC. :fanboi:

I'm not sure whether or not to take you seriously and say you're wrong and prove myself to be a fanboy.

 

[Freelance Henchman]

John Di Maggio also voices Vido Santiago in the Zaeed ME2 DLC. :fanboi:

I'm not sure whether or not to take you seriously and say you're wrong and prove myself to be a fanboy.

Ah fuck, you're right. Why did I think he voiced Vido?

 

[Sceptic]

Rather than make the shadow broker subplot end in ME3 with a dramatic reveal about it being an established character

Or, you know, not reveal who he is? He is supposed to be the fucking Shadow Broker after all... though I guess they kinda shot themsleves in the foot when they involved him in the plot to take Sheperd's body. SB was much more interesting in ME1 when he was a completely neutral and mysterious party; also, his switch from working against Saren (who had betrayed him to the Reapers) to working for the Collectors made no fucking sense.

Regarding TIM, you guys are giving Bioware waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too much credit. There's no way in hell they'd ever come up with something as complex as this. He's just the guy you see on that station. Remember, he appears extensively in 2 of the books, and there's even a comic coming out about his younger days. So you can throw out any speculation of him being an AI/someone else out already.

 

[Havoc]

Also, it shows that red lava planet in the background whenever you talk to him. After destroying the Collector base and you talk to him the last time, it is blue.

What's with that anyway?

 

[Freelance Henchman]

he appears extensively in 2 of the books

I think one of the books starts with "he used to be a normal family man blah blah etc." when describing TIM. Definitely a human, though likely an augmented one. :desuex:

 

[Xor]

Rather than make the shadow broker subplot end in ME3 with a dramatic reveal about it being an established character

Or, you know, not reveal who he is? He is supposed to be the fucking Shadow Broker after all... though I guess they kinda shot themsleves in the foot when they involved him in the plot to take Sheperd's body. SB was much more interesting in ME1 when he was a completely neutral and mysterious party; also, his switch from working against Saren (who had betrayed him to the Reapers) to working for the Collectors made no fucking sense.

This just pisses me off more.

 

[Clockwork Knight]

Also, it shows that red lava planet in the background whenever you talk to him. After destroying the Collector base and you talk to him the last time, it is blue.

What's with that anyway?

Well, the ending scene of ME1 had Renegade!Shep stand in front of a red planet, and Paragon!Shep stand in front of a blue planet, iirc. It's probably just a "YOU ARE WINNER" effect.

Should be easy to check on the LP.

 

[Havoc]

That's... just stupid. Here I thought it's something interesting.

 

[BearBomber]

Illusive man is Shepard from alternative future.

 

[Texas Red]

The Illusive Man is a self made, influential businessman who leads the Cerberus organization.

 

[Hoaxmetal]

The Illusive Man is a self made, influential businessman who leads the Cerberus organization.

That's just plain dumb.

 

[DalekFlay]

Judging by the art book in my ME2 collector's edition they spent a lot more time designing the illusive man's suit than they did anything else about him.

 

[Xor]

The Illusive Man is a self made, influential businessman who leads the Cerberus organization.

That's just plain dumb.

 

[Azrael the cat]

I was hoping for a tranny. Or at least a strategically placed set of hyphens - the illkusive 'man'...

 

[SimpleComplexity]

The exclusive Man - exclusive only on Xbox 360 (DLC of course)

 

[Malakal]

Isnt he a big corporate cue/lobbyist cameo introduced to join the good fight against corporations? He was Players 'boss' in part two simply because its hurr durr edgy and renegade.

 

[kris]

Wasn't there some notes in the Shadow Broker's database from that DLC that he's been screwing various supermodels in the Mass Effect universe?

So he is... Your father?

Illusive man is Shepard from alternative future.

Black Shepard disagrees.

 

[TripJack]

black shep is non canon

 

[RK47]

lol

 

[LusciousPear]

Bioware's writing is so mediocre, I don't *care* who the illusive man is.

 

[Pegultagol]

The Illusive Man is an exposition man, where all the loose ends at the end of ME3 will be sucked into like a black hole sucks in everything.

Or he could be a Prothean VI, a living artifact, for all I care.

 

[SoupNazi]

The first mission in ME3 will showcase a first live meeting between Shepard and the Illusive Man, only for the base to be attacked by Reapers, killing Illusive Man and sending Shepard to drift lifelessly in space until she's rebuilt-- wait a minute

 

[Havoc]

"Or he could be a Prothean VI, a living artifact, for all I care."

That would be awesome... but it's bioware.

 

[Drakron]

... also, his switch from working against Saren (who had betrayed him to the Reapers) to working for the Collectors made no fucking sense.

Sheppard can point this out when talking to Liara so its not as if they do not know it did not made sense.

Liara also cannot explain it and just advances some theories, one being that the Shadow Broker was trying to make a bargain with the Repears by working for the Collectors as he did knew about the Reapers.

 

[DalekFlay]

... also, his switch from working against Saren (who had betrayed him to the Reapers) to working for the Collectors made no fucking sense.

Sheppard can point this out when talking to Liara so its not as if they do not know it did not made sense.

Liara also cannot explain it and just advances some theories, one being that the Shadow Broker was trying to make a bargain with the Repears by working for the Collectors as he did knew about the Reapers.

Wasn't it also made clear that he was not the original Shadow Broker, but took that person's job? Not sure if it put a time frame on that, but it could have been another person during the ME1 time period (2+ years before ME2 as I recall).

Anyway, who gives a shit.