I have already played this DLC twice and I dont know of a reason to play it again. Especially when you get charged with it in ME3, for playing it or not. Plus I feel it takes away from the main story. I find that I prefer just to get charged with it in ME3 at Shepards trial. So I can in enjoy the main story of ME2.
I'd like to know what others think of getting charged with the Arrival DLC in ME3, for playing it or not.
Is there any real reason to play the Arrival DLC?
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WolfForce99
, sept. 04 2011 01:00
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Posté 04 septembre 2011 - 01:13
spartacusthegod
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Personally, I wait until I've done everything else with the Shepard I'm working on before playing Arrival. I like seeing Harbinger instead of the Collector General anyways. Playing through Arrival is like the true endgame for ME2 for me, the suicide mission just doesn't cut it. I'll do that and all the other big missions (the Hammerhead missions and Project Overlord, for example) and then I'll wrap up the whole playthrough with Arrival. Each of my Shepards has done something different, and I think your actions in Arrival (like whether or not you try and warn the batarians) will be reflected in ME3.
It's the perfect bridge between the two games, it makes the transition between the two seamless, whereas going from the suicide mission straight to a trial about something you didn't play through just doesn't feel right to me at all.
It's the perfect bridge between the two games, it makes the transition between the two seamless, whereas going from the suicide mission straight to a trial about something you didn't play through just doesn't feel right to me at all.
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Posté 04 septembre 2011 - 07:44
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While I fail to see how "Arrival" in any way compares to the "Suicide Mission" ending, it IS the "Official" ending.
Someone, somewhere, summed up Arrival quite nicely for me:
"Arrival was supposed to end Mass Effect 2 on a high note, but what we got was something more like a wet fart."
A little gnarly for my tastes, but accurate none the less.
And as for being charged regardless of playing it or not? Meh, don't really care on this one, the DLC was so bad that I'll try not to remember it, and have the "Trial," in ME3 act as a standalone intro, because I'm sure they'll explain it anyway.
That being said, if the trial covers ONLY Arrival's debacle itself, then I might be compelled to complain; seeing how it would then feel like Bioware really couldn't think of a better way to introduce ME3 without some slipshod tacked-on mission.
That, and Shep's done quite a number of other "Questionable" things aside from killing a few faceless Batarians, so if we're going to face the music, it might as well be the whole score. But, considering Bioware's deranged belief that they should invite players NOW (At the end of the series) and their habit of disregarding previous story elements, I'm not holding my breath on that one.
Someone, somewhere, summed up Arrival quite nicely for me:
"Arrival was supposed to end Mass Effect 2 on a high note, but what we got was something more like a wet fart."
A little gnarly for my tastes, but accurate none the less.
And as for being charged regardless of playing it or not? Meh, don't really care on this one, the DLC was so bad that I'll try not to remember it, and have the "Trial," in ME3 act as a standalone intro, because I'm sure they'll explain it anyway.
That being said, if the trial covers ONLY Arrival's debacle itself, then I might be compelled to complain; seeing how it would then feel like Bioware really couldn't think of a better way to introduce ME3 without some slipshod tacked-on mission.
That, and Shep's done quite a number of other "Questionable" things aside from killing a few faceless Batarians, so if we're going to face the music, it might as well be the whole score. But, considering Bioware's deranged belief that they should invite players NOW (At the end of the series) and their habit of disregarding previous story elements, I'm not holding my breath on that one.
Modifié par BentOrgy, 04 septembre 2011 - 07:48 .
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Posté 04 septembre 2011 - 09:16
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maybe depending on whether you have arrival dlc in ME3 if you have arrival they will charge you with destroying a system and a mass relay, and if you don't have it, then they'll dig up something else from the first two games (like landing on http://masseffect.wi...com/wiki/Casbin or somethin')
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Posté 04 septembre 2011 - 09:31
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night_raven26 wrote...
maybe depending on whether you have arrival dlc in ME3 if you have arrival they will charge you with destroying a system and a mass relay, and if you don't have it, then they'll dig up something else from the first two games (like landing on http://masseffect.wi...com/wiki/Casbin or somethin')
Fairly certain both PR and Casey have commented that the trial exists because of the events in Arrival, regardless of whether you played it or not.
