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[Mass Effect] Did Cerberus really bring Shepard back as they were?

Shepard has seemed off to me ever since their “miraculous revival” by Cerberus. 

They’re much more passive compared to when they were going after Saren. They don’t really consider any other options, they just do whatever the Illusive Man tells them to do. I would have expected them to ditch Cerberus entirely and rally up the old team to go after the Collectors, but no, they didn’t do that.

I could just be looking into things, but I’m worried that Cerberus either didn’t actually revive Shepard (cloning?) or they brought Shepard back wrong somehow (control chip, altered mental state, etc).

Ask me for clarification if you need me to further explain what I’m talking about.

Edit: Also, how did Cerberus even get the funding and resources to *bring someone back from the dead* and clone the most advanced Alliance ship ever made (only bigger)? Like half a year before Shepard died, they were a rogue intelligence agency (and that was before Shepard blew up a bunch of their bases).
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There's plenty of evidence that, yes, they brought Shepard back exactly as they were. The Illusive Man _insists_ on it, in fact. Miranda was the one who wanted to add a control chip (which, once she gets to know how awesome Shepard is, she feels guilty about). 

We also know that Cerberus had a few... test-runs and did make some Shepard clones, and _they_ didn't turn out super right. 

> They’re much more passive compared to when they were going after Saren.

I mean, that's not _my_ experience with Shepard. Also, Shep very blatantly ignored TIM's "requests" on several occasions, up to and including sharing Cerberus information with the Alliance and other allies, blowing up Cerberus facilities, and blowing up the collector base. 

> would have expected them to ditch Cerberus entirely and rally up the old team to go after the Collectors

With what resources? The Alliance wasn't interested and were denying the collectors (heck, and the reapers) even exist. Shep was -- vocally reluctantly -- using Cerberus and their vast resources.