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[JKoopman]

Yeah, I suppose post-suicide mission is the only way it would make sense. I mean, you see the Reapers heading towards the Milky Way at the end of the suicide mission, so it wouldn't make sense if you could trigger the invasion before that.

[Whatever42]

Post-SM makes sense. But it would also have to take into account that you can do other missions post-SM, including DLC. If the invasion is underway in Arrival, suddenly going to a party to recover a greybox seems silly. Or even going to take out the SB or rescue a Cerberus operation while Reapers are tearing things up.



And... it has to be skippable. DLC is not mandatory.



It's going to be interesting.

[Haadurin]

Spectreshadow wrote...

I am willing to bet money this DLC will be a post suicide mission play only.

I hope it is. It's not like they're screwing anyone who killed their Shepard out of extended playtime-- I honestly think very, very few people killed their Shepard unintentionally.

[SheppardJohn]

Hi

Here is the full news abaut that new DLC



Mass Effect 2 “Arrival” DLC Revealed

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It appears that some new content for Mass Effect 2 is arriving soon, quite literally, as a recent patch to the PS3 version of the game reveals some new DLC entitled “Arrival”.



As outlined here in the BioWare forums, the update introduces three new trophy listings associated with the previously unknown DLC. They are “The Ultimate Sacrifice”, “Last Stand”, and “Covert Action”. Sparking lots of interest is the mention of Dr. Amanda Kenson in the Covert Action trophy listing, as the character was recently mentioned in a Cerberus Network Update:



“Historians and astronomers alike are abuzz tonight over a new paper published by Dr. Amanda Kenson of the University of Arcturus. Her team claims that by testing the dust trapped in the gravity wells around a mass relay, and comparing its composition to that of dust clouds in the same system, scientists can create a timeline of when the relay passed through the dust. Her conclusion? “Only a small fraction of the mass effect relays date back 50,000 years,” she writes, “The majority are far older, indicating they were created by a species predating even the Protheans.” Dr. Aurana T’Meles of the University of Serrice met the information with skepticism: “While Dr. Kenson’s methods appear sound, the asari tried a similar procedure centuries ago and discounted it. What civilization could have spanned the galaxy for not thousands, but millions of years? If this were the case, we should have found mountains of evidence of their passing. Where is this species now?”



Many a forum poster is under the assumption that “The Arrival” DLC will simply set up the events of Mass Effect 3 which include the long-awaited arrival of the Reapers. Of course, the details of the DLC should accompany an official announcement, which we expect will happen rather soon considering the level of information that has already been revealed via the update.



Of course, we’ll keep you posted as more details emerge.



Just hope its is true.

[ralph2190]

Good job Vamplosion. You're famous now!

[Collider]

I would expect it to be post suicide mission, yes.

Hopefully the VS will be in it.

[AquamanOS]

It could end the game and file after completeing the content (giving players a fair warning before starting it up.)



Alternatively they could use the method .hack games used for post game content in an earlier volume, in that no matter how much time you spent roaming around post game and how many side quests you did in post game, storywise it picks up right after the plot's cutoff point and assumes you really did the sidequests before that.

[AquamanOS]

It could end the game and file after completeing the content (giving players a fair warning before starting it up.)



Alternatively they could use the method .hack games used for post game content in an earlier volume, in that no matter how much time you spent roaming around post game and how many side quests you did in post game, storywise it picks up right after the plot's cutoff point and assumes you really did the sidequests before that.

[IBPROFEN]

All Dead wrote...

pmac_tk421 wrote...

didymos1120 wrote...

pmac_tk421 wrote...
Hey Jerk, your links just gave my computer the worst Virus I've ever seen. Thanks.

Must not be that bad, considering you're still able to post about it.  Or, you know, there was no virus.

About every 5 minutes a flood of messages advertising an overpriced BS security program (In engrish of course).

That "jerk" is the guy who broke this news, and imageshack is legit. If you're really infected, you're barking up the wrong tree.

 If you been to systemrequirementlabs"canirunit" you will probably get one like that, it happen to me about a week ago.

[Omega-202]

Whatever666343431431654324 wrote...

Post-SM makes sense. But it would also have to take into account that you can do other missions post-SM, including DLC. If the invasion is underway in Arrival, suddenly going to a party to recover a greybox seems silly. Or even going to take out the SB or rescue a Cerberus operation while Reapers are tearing things up.

And... it has to be skippable. DLC is not mandatory.

It's going to be interesting.

Are you insinuating that there won't be side missions in ME3?  Are you trying to say that there won't be a single N7 like planet?  Or that any of the species that you recruit to your cause won't ask you to go do something irrelevant to the invasion in order to garner their support?  

While I agree it makes little sense due to the urgency placed by the invasion, why was there not similar urgency for ME1 or ME2?  Every second you wasted in ME1, Saren got  closer to releasing the Reapers.  Every second yo uwasted in ME2, more colonies could have been abducted.  Every second you waste in ME3 may lead to more destruction on Earth ONLY IF the scene from the trailer starts off the game, which we don't know.  For all we know, the Reapers may not get to the point of all out INVASION!!! until half way through the game or later.  

[Thompson family]

Re: Post SM, etc.



Agree that it's likely, but will play devil's advocate for the debate's sake.



As a previous reply to this thread said, there could be a "faction" of sentient beings working on a new invasion route for the Reapers. Shepard's mission could be to shut that down. In theory, that could happen any time in the course of the game.



Any speculation along that line should go on a non-spoiler forum, though.



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I think it will be a post-SM. The purpose of this DLC is clearly to whet appetites for ME3, after all. I'm still thinking they'll save actual Reaper invasion for the the "big opening number" for ME3.

[Whatever42]

ME1: while chasing Saren was urgent and side-missions were a little out-of-place, it was still a detective story. You were trying to piece together what happened. The real action of the attack didn't happen until you were done what you were going to do.

ME2: Same deal. Collectors kidnapping people was urgent but you had no way to stop them until the IFF mission. And in the meantime, after your defense of Horizon, attacks dried up.

With this, if the Reapers are actively attacking Earth then its a big step up and I think it would be awkward. Yes, the Reapers could arrive and go hide somewhere in the Milky Way and wait for ME3 and remove that urgency. Not sure how they would rationalize that. That's why I said this will be interesting.

Modifié par Whatever666343431431654324, 22 février 2011 - 04:50 .

[Xaphael]

I read earlier in the thread someone mentioned of a faction of sentient beings working with the reapers, and I recalled the ME3 trailer where awesome sniper guy shoots some creature. Could this be the new species "arriving" in the DLC? It seems to hold some merit... Although, rewatching the trailer, the shaded creature may just be a husk..... but why would they keep it so obscure since we already know what husks are?

Sorry if this has been mentioned, I haven't sifted through the 55 pages of this lol

Modifié par Xaphael, 22 février 2011 - 05:19 .

[didymos1120]

SheppardJohn wrote...

Hi
Here is the full news abaut that new DLC
<snip redundant article>

Just hope its is true.

Yeah, dude, this thread is that article's source, and a Bioware dev has posted in here and confirmed the leak is genuine. 

Modifié par didymos1120, 22 février 2011 - 05:32 .

[D4rth Man7iz]

Well...while Bioware makes the official announcement we have the Dragon Age 2 Demo to play for now.

Remember to download it, we have to achieve a million downloads mark!

Dragon Age 2 Demo!

[BHynes92]

Been lurking all day, would just like to say, I am excite

[Icinix]

You know BioWare..



If you're going to accidentally leak something...could you please try not to do it when I'm already hanging out for DA2 demo...



I don't think my fragile, lack of exercise, gamers heart can take it...

[Bluko]

My reaction:

WOAAAAAH!

(Grunt is mean!)

Anyways I'd like to see the arrival of some official news, like a release date. I already spend too much time guessing what's going to happen to next. I have to admit if this is the arrival of the Reapers that right there makes it a pretty big DLC, damn near a must-buy I'd say. I kind of hope that's not exactly the case, since that would make the start of ME3 kind of weird IMO. Still survive 5 wave of enemies sounds an awful lot like certain zombie games I know of. Me thinks Husks are coming. Time to break out the boom-stick and teach Bob the Husk and his friends some manners!

Wait... oh my gawd they're all Scions!

[II J0SePh X II]

Whatever666343431431654324 wrote...

Post-SM makes sense. But it would also have to take into account that you can do other missions post-SM, including DLC. If the invasion is underway in Arrival, suddenly going to a party to recover a greybox seems silly. Or even going to take out the SB or rescue a Cerberus operation while Reapers are tearing things up.

And... it has to be skippable. DLC is not mandatory.

It's going to be interesting.

They could make it so that starting "Arrival" blocks any missions you have left over post-SM.

[SkittlesKat96]

 Hm, maybe Amanda Kenson was doing research and almost found out about the civlization before the Protheans then maybe they civilization before the Protheans somehow were still around and didn't want her revealing anything?

Maybe another group of baddies are endangering her?

All sounds a bit far fetched but who knows. Amanda Kenson was actually mentioned in the Cerberus news network once apparently.

[didymos1120]

II J0SePh X II wrote...

They could make it so that starting "Arrival" blocks any missions you have left over post-SM.

There's no reason why they'd need to do that.  All they have to do is make it so it only shows up post-SM, and when you're done you go back into the normal timeless post-game limbo in which you can still do assignments and hardly anybody acknowledges that you beat the game, and you can even still go recruit people to help you stop the Collectors that you've already stopped.  The save file doesn't give a sh!t when a given variable is recorded in it.  All that matters is that the variable is there to be read come ME3 import time.  If your personal sense of chronology is overly offended by such things, then don't leave them undone the entire game, or start another playthrough to do it "right".

Modifié par didymos1120, 22 février 2011 - 05:57 .

[JediNg]

Bluko wrote...

My reaction:

WOAAAAAH!

(Grunt is mean!)

Anyways I'd like to see the arrival of some official news, like a release date. I already spend too much time guessing what's going to happen to next. I have to admit if this is the arrival of the Reapers that right there makes it a pretty big DLC, damn near a must-buy I'd say. I kind of hope that's not exactly the case, since that would make the start of ME3 kind of weird IMO. Still survive 5 wave of enemies sounds an awful lot like certain zombie games I know of. Me thinks Husks are coming. Time to break out the boom-stick and teach Bob the Husk and his friends some manners!

Wait... oh my gawd they're all Scions!

LOL those scream glitches are hilarious.  When I get em, the enemy might still be up and walking around and shooting - Don't think I've encountered one where they're just standing there not shooting you though.  Didn't really think much of it in game, but seeing it just drawn out as long as possible on video is hilarious.

Cylons?  WHERE???!

Modifié par JediNg, 22 février 2011 - 05:55 .