Mass Effect DLC sneaks onto Live |
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| BY Rain Anderson Aug. 25th, 2009 | More on: |
With more and more info creeping out about the ever elusive and long promised downloadable content for the first Mass Effect game, we knew something was up. And surprise surprise, the DLC has quietly become available on Xbox Live and is now available for download for 400 MS Points. Well done, Spidey sense.
The 264MB download will offer 2-3 hours worth of gameplay across 13 combat scenarios on a top-secret Alliance space station. But, like with the first DLC, there’s a little catch — you have to have achieved Spectre status in the game. Meaning if you’re sporting a new Gamertag for some reason or have deleted the save game, there’s a few hours that need to be put into the game before you can take the Normandy and cruise to the location this DLC takes place at.
August 25th, 2009
at 2:33 pm
Makes sense to restrict it to specters. First of all, how else are you supposed to get there, and second of all, you should have more experience when your going into a COMBAT focused DLC… Hardly a catch.
August 25th, 2009
at 3:12 pm
Yeah, wait.. how would we even be able to leave the station without spectre status anyway? Doesn’t the ship have to stay in dock till we’ve gotten that?
Also, wow, from twitterfriendly newsreleases to absolute silent release… that’s gotta hurt.
August 25th, 2009
at 3:17 pm
Yeh, “catch” was a bit a bad choice of words.
August 26th, 2009
at 11:40 am
I’ve tried it now.. sadly. It was exactly what was advertised.. I guess I just exaggerated it’s awesomeness in my head. But even so, it’s quality was much lower than what I’d come to expect from Bioware, even at 400 MS points. Felt much too scripted and confined, not to mention some of the scenarios were kind of broken. Not a lot of variation to them either.. the special reward you get for finishing it was actually pretty much the only original content I could find, with a neat idea in it I can really get behind. (not spoiling too much)
August 27th, 2009
at 11:00 am
Also, if this is the final DLC.. I guess I can safely start completing my final playthrough for ME2 , now. Wasn’t really much of any worth in completing this, tho.