I'll be frank: I haven't downloaded any of the paid add-ons for Mass Effect 2. Perhaps I'll buy the whole lot down the road if I ever decide to do another full playthrough, but for now, I will say that "Lair of the Shadow Broker" seems like the most ambitious -- and worthwhile -- add-on.
Before this trailer, I wouldn't have been so positive; it's nicely cut. While it wouldn't be too shocking if most of the best moments are shown in this video, it's going to be a struggle not to give $10 to BioWare come September 7, when "Shadow Broker" hits PC and Xbox 360.
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5:20 PM on 09.01.2010
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I'm right in the middle of my first playthrough for this game. My sniper renegade female Shepard was trying hard to stay true to her, but has started to cave for Garrus, adorable little burn-scarred hideous mutant that he is. This could be trouble...
The fact that i might get to kill the shadow broker and it involves teammates has made me change my mind though
This strategy also gives me some downtime to get excited for the game again. Starting a new playthrough too soon can sometimes feel like a chore and totally turn me off.
Once, she commented that I banged Miranda in the place where Tali worked.
Are you sure you'll be getting all the DLC for free? All I remember seeing announced was "hours of bonus content" which for all we know could be dumb "making of" videos...
Well, i should think so. I would think Bioware is not going to short change the PS3 gamers by not including the DLC. That wouldn't make sense right?
Although now that you mentioned it, i hope they don't just add a "dumb making of" video. *gulp* o_0
Nah guys, you wont be getting this for free. Other stuff for free, sure, but not the more premium DLC.
I'm pretty stoked. This looks fun, and much more of a relevant arc than the other DLC has provided. Not Liara's biggest fan, though. Despite my best efforts not to date her, Liara was my romantic tryst in the first game. Even playing pretty purely paragon, I mos def enjoyed yelling at her during those 2-3 dialogue choices in the opening scene of ME2.
If that was true that would be a shame not to make use of the blu-ray capabilities of the Playstation 3 and include all the DLC, free and premium.
yeah, all they said is that the PS3 version will contain 'a lot' of the DLC, not all. i would assume you get all the weapon and armor shit, plus the tank DLC. maybe even Kasumi and Zaeed, maybe, but this is most likely not going to be there.
Liara is voiced, so that's good. But none of the other characters are. I understand that it would be far, far, far, far, far too difficult and expensive to get all the voice actors back together to record dialogue (what with scheduling difficulties and whatnot), but that is exactly what it would take for the DLC to be very good.
Ah well, I'll buy it anyway. I'm a sucker for ME2 stuff.
Jordan, at least get the Overlord add-on. It's pretty good, better than all the rest. Kasumi as a character is a bit meh, but the mission design is beautiful. Anyway, the Shadow Broker is a must-have for me ;)
It's looks awesome and they really do add something unique to the mass effect DLC every time. Good job, Bioware.
Troll detected. Any complaints that imply that the ME2 wasn't a big enough, or complete enough game as shipped are clearly just trying to get a rise out of people.
Fully agree. There was more than enough meat on the Mass Effect 2 bone, especially if you bought the game new and got the Cerberus Network DLC for free.
So this is looks like it is what I suspected, about hitting the Shadow Broker for Feron(see Mass Effect Redemption). I'm not sure if that really feels "earned." Feron did help her with the events of Redemption, but considering how quick she was able to get over the death of Benezia, possibly at her own hands, the fact that she would obsess over getting even with the Shadow Broker to the point of blowing off Shepard, romantic entanglement or no, feels more than a little uneven.