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 Posted: Sun Sep 12, 2010 12:13 am Post subject: Mass Effect 2: Lair of the Shadow Broker Review |
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| Mass Effect 2: Lair of the Shadow Broker Review by Anthony |  | | PALGN Feature: A shadow worth following. | | [View Article] |
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Nice reivew. I liked how in this one despite not getting the voice actors back to voice your team mates, they re-used some old dialouge so they wern't completly silent.
Also playing through as a sole survivor of Akuze. FINALY someone brings up the "WHat the fuck!? Why the hell are you working for cerebus!?!?" of that.
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I'd say 3 hours is a bit of a stretch, unless you're playing on Insanity, as I know people who completed it in ~1.5 hours. In that regard the package is probably a little bit overpriced, but in terms of variety and quality it beats out Kasumi and Overlord quite easily, and so the price probably wont be an issue except for people who associate cost with length.
If I had only one complaint it would probably be that the final boss fight was pretty damn easy, but thats more of an issue with BioWare's class/weapon balance, and the fact a high level well equipped Infiltrator is basically god mode. It was an issue throughout the main game anyway, so no biggy.
Otherwise a great review. As Andrew said, it works more as a bridging pack than anything else, which is what makes it so valued in my opinion. Kasumi is great, but feels like a chunk of the main ME2 mission, and Overlord was really nothing more than a stand-alone sidequest with no ties to the main plot. LOTSB, on the other hand, actually feels like something that's part of the Mass Effect universe and lore, with events that will impact the setting for ME3.
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| Jarrod wrote: | | Kasumi is great, but feels like a chunk of the main ME2 mission. |
Isn't it suposed to? I mean it's a recruitment mission for the suicide mission.
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As much as I love and adore Mass Effect 2, I still haven't been convinced by the DLC. I wonder if they'll release some sort of bundle disc, or else just one package with everything, in the same way Gears of War 2 did.
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| Benza wrote: | | Isn't it suposed to? I mean it's a recruitment mission for the suicide mission. |
Yeah, it is, but I can see that being a con for some people. Kasumi plays best with the main ME2 mission, and half the value is in being able to use her character for other assignments.
What I meant was that LOTSB, unlike the other two missions, actually feels like both an important part of the Mass Effect universe and also not something tied to the plot of Mass Effect 2.
It feels like the start of a new adventure for Shepard, I guess.
| Cian wrote: | | As much as I love and adore Mass Effect 2, I still haven't been convinced by the DLC. I wonder if they'll release some sort of bundle disc, or else just one package with everything, in the same way Gears of War 2 did. |
Probably not a DLC-only bundle, but I'm almost willing to bet my right nut that a ME2:GOTY edition comes along with the main game and most of the DLC bundled in, probably around the same time as the PS3 release.
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| Cian wrote: | | As much as I love and adore Mass Effect 2, I still haven't been convinced by the DLC. I wonder if they'll release some sort of bundle disc, or else just one package with everything, in the same way Gears of War 2 did. |
You could probbably skip the kasumi and overlord one comfortably, but I would say you really should play Lair before ME3.
Esspecialy if you romanced Liara in the first game.
| Quote: | | What I meant was that LOTSB, unlike the other two missions, actually feels like both an important part of the Mass Effect universe and also not something tied to the plot of Mass Effect 2. |
Ok yeah I see waht you mean. It's deffintly going to have repracussions in ME3 | Spoiler wrote: | | Cant wait to see Liara vs Illusive Man |
Also gotta agree with you on it being easy. It feels like although the story is based around you allready finishing the game, the difficulty wasn't.
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I absolutely agree. Lair of the Shadow Broker deserves, I think, to be considered the gold standard of RPG DLC now.
(Certainly it's better than Witch Hunt, which really provides ... well, nothing. Seriously.)
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