The launch trailer for Mass Effect 3‘s Leviathan DLC is finally here, even if the extra story content doesn’t arrive until next week. Nevertheless, the trailer shows a few hints at just what’s in store with Shepard’s new mission. Predictably, what’s in store is lots of gunfire, large and small enemies, and more than a few explosions.
And water. Oh yes, there will be water. Plenty of it, in fact.
Unfortunately (or fortunately, if you enjoy surprises) the trailer for Mass Effect 3‘s first story expansion doesn’t offer much more information or clarification on exactly how the DLC will illuminate existing parts of the game series’ mythology. Previous artwork had confirmed that players would, indeed, be heading deep underwater to investigate the titular Leviathan. Rather than yet another massive enemy, the as-yet-unspecified creature or construct that exists below the surface of the waterlogged planet is capable of killing a Reaper.
As previously stated, that’s all that’s really known about the DLC where story is concerned. BioWare had previously claimed that new characters and gripping storylines would also be introduced alongside the underwater gameplay, and the woman seen in the trailer is likely one such addition. Exactly how she fits in is also unclear, but considering the role played by the last mystery woman in Mass Effect 2‘s Arrival DLC, anything is possible.
The minor details released with the trailer explain that Shepard will be racing head-to-head with the Reapers to find Leviathan, confirming the significant threat it poses to the sentient dreadnaughts. That is evidenced in the gameplay footage, with Shepard once again thrown up against Brutes, Husks, and the ever-ear-piercing Banshees.
Regardless of how finding Leviathan will impact the events of a game that most players have already finished, it will be a good sign of what BioWare has in mind with future story DLC as well. There are already rumors of the next singleplayer DLC returning players to Omega, but that also opposes basic plot beats of Mass Effect 3‘s campaign as well.
The idea of player exploits and adventures being framed as ‘fairy tales of The Shepard’ (one established in ME3‘s Stargazer epilogue) certainly works around players who sacrificed the lives of their character, but also comes with a few risks. If these extra missions or quests are as detached from the series’ main events as they very well might be, then campaign DLC could quickly lose momentum. With only three missions contained in Leviathan, let’s hope the developers have enough story to keep fans happy.
Mass Effect 3‘s Leviathan DLC will be released on August 28, 2012 for $9.99 on Xbox Live, PSN and on PC.
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Beings I was never upset with the trilogy’s ending or day one DLC (that’s how they make money and money makes video games), I’ll definitely be getting this and any future DLC they release.
There is diffrence between makeing money from DLC that adds to game play and makeing money from DLC that rips chunks of the game out only to make you pay ten extra bucks the day you buy it.
I will buy this THE SECOND it is available if someone can explain to me why I should care about anything that happens before the ending since the ending undoes everything.
I will so get back to you on that once I played it.
Cool
F’meh
People are still playing ME3? I stopped after I finished the game and realized EA had completed it’s destruction of Bioware. I only feel bad because I trusted them and shelled out the money for the Day 1 DLC. If I had known the betrayal that was in store for me I would have left the game on the shelf at the store.
People are still playing ME3. In fact, more people have finished ME3 than have ever finished either ME1 or ME2.
Really? Because i remember reading the opposite.
If that’s true why has Gamestop lowered the price so fast? ME2 was full price for forever. Also why is the trade in value so low? They go off of inventory for trade in so if they aren’t giving you much for it that means they have a ton of them sitting around.
I see so many people say “They lowered the price for ME 3!” Yet every where I look its still 60 dollars. Where is the internet shopping at!?
My gamestop has it for for like 40 bucks. Think it was 35 new. I spent an hour(at least what felt like an hour) at the gamestop today listening to a guy b**** about the endings. I finally had to tell him “Yea bro, I was just having a looks’y didn’t plan to buy it again.” 27.99 at Amazon on the PC.
35 used not new*