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[Cody2Hottie]

Adding all the DLC together it all comes up to just about 50$ if I buy all of them. I love the series it's just....hell it's like I'm buying another game. =_=''

[wright1978]

I consider Javik to be a rather essential element. So 'from ashes' should be part of the game imo and cutting him out as DLC was a poor decision.

 

Have to say i enjoyed Omega a lot(felt decent from a roleplaying point of view) though from memory it was the most expensive.

 

Citadel's mission is weak and not worthy of paying for imo. However there's a lot of fun content(party and catch ups with squad and former squad). As my Shep was romancing Miranda i found that content pretty valuable and works as a farewell to the trilogy.

 

Leviathan, i personally thought was linear and awful and if i could go back in time, i would stop myself from wasting any money on it.

[Vazgen]

I liked the Leviathan the most. Interesting storyline, investigation, underwater sequence. Engaging combat where applicable.

The second going to be Omega. Your choices have quite an impact through the DLC, combat is challenging, location is interesting and humans are not in majority unlike other locations in the game. Plus that Engineer-specific interrupt

Third - Citadel. Cheesy and with somewhat weak storyline but also with a lot of fun content and stealth sequences. Final boss fight is ridiculous though, damn thing is OP.

Fourth - From Ashes. As much as I like Javik, he doesn't really bring that much to the table.

[Han Shot First]

I thought Leviathan was among the best story-focused DLCs that Bioware has done. It is better than the Citadel DLC in that regard, though the Citadel is worth downloading for the companion content and fanservice. It also provides an info dump at the end of the Catalyst & the Reapers.

 

From Ashes is another one that I think is essential. It adds one of the series' best companion characters, and he has a lot of interesting insight on the previous Reaper cycle and the Protheans. 

 

Omega is skippable. It's a fun DLC as far as gameplay, and it presents Shepard with some interesting choices...but it's the most action-heavy of the DLCs. There is lot less story with Omega than there is with Leviathan or even in the Citadel. Also it feels more like a side mission, although a very well done one, than anything essential. 

[God]

From Ashes is a substantial download for a DLC character, to the point where Javik's inclusion in the game is what I'd consider to be essential to getting a strong narrative.

 

The EC is essential for bringing the ending into a workable concept that has more... visualized concepts, rather than the more dreamy and off-putting original ending. I'm able to work with it and see it as a much better formed concept. The overall picture of the ending even works well with the series, though the execution and presentation of the conflict and concept of the ending is still very lacking.

 

Leviathan works more as a retroactive foreshadow. It's good, though I wouldn't say it's great. It's pretty... regular, as far as BW DLC goes, with the added purpose of creating a build-up to the ending.

 

Omega is, imo, rather lackluster. The story is meh, the characters bland and one-dimensional, and the biggest purpose is to have an action oriented shooter romp while explaining what happened at Omega.

 

I have a love/hate thing with Citadel. On the one hand I deeply appreciate the added content for Shepard and his teammates that were largely ignored in ME3. And it wasn't insubstantial either. My romance, Miranda, is arguably elevated by the DLC to being the 'best' romance, so to speak' for a male Shepard through this DLC (I know its debatable, but that's the point). They handle that relationship very well in Citadel. The content added was contrived, but also workable when not focusing on the more plot oriented material of the DLC, which brings me to the hate hand of my feelings for Citadel. On the other side, I didn't like the levity, the lack of seriousness, and the silliness of the DLC. It was too divorced from the tone of the rest of the story, and felt like some kind of fanboy fan-fiction at other points. I want it to handle itself like an adult, not an adolescent. I wanted the DLC to have a more profound physical impact on the story as a whole; as well, I didn't like the toilet humor and constant drunk humor. I didn't like the portrayal of several of the characters as they were out of character, as well as having their appearance and proximity to the Citadel being very... contrived. And the whole idea of taking a break from resisting a galactic invasion to take a break and let off steam is downright idiotic to me. I'm not a fan of cheese.

 

If you like the MP, or even want to really play it, the DLC is free, and a must-have.

[Iakus]

From Ashes: adds a very popular character (as I'm sure you've noticed in the posts)  Whether you love him or hate him would determine if it's worth it.

 

Leviathan: well, it adds some cool environments, but was really just a way to retractively forshadow the endings

 

Omega: let's you run with Aria for a time.  if you're into that, I guess it's worth it.  Me, I didn't think it was a bad DLC.  Just pricy for the content we got.

 

Citadel is, to me, a must-have.  yes it's silly, and canonically questionable.  But after all the doom and gloom in the game, I find it to be much-needed levity.

[CrutchCricket]

Javik is a must.

 

Leviathan has good atmosphere but shitty story (because it tries to justify ending bullshit)

 

Omega feels like I'm playing a different ME game, which is a win for me. Also Flare is just wicked fun.

 

Citadel is meh. Good for lulz but the novelty soon wears off. I actually like the mission part because I don't mind the cheesier action style (especially compared to the main game) and despite it, the clone does raise interesting questions, so if you like to headcanon/think about stuff this gives you more food for thought.

 

EC and multiplayer are free and in the case of the latter really fun (if you can get past RNG of course). For the former, it's probably necessary if you don't plan on hitting alt-f4 after Anderson dies.

[Valmar]

Depends on what you're looking for in the DLC, I suppose.

 

Despite it's silly plot I'd argue the Citadel DLC is significant. There's a lot of content in that package with a lot more interaction with squadmates both new and old. Plus the arena is fun, if you like the combat. I don't know if this is accurate but to me anyway it certainly felt like the biggest of the DLC packs. I'd recommend getting it, you'll probably have a lot of fun and lot of laughs out of it. Something you'll be needing after the ending.

 

Leviathan is a bit of a trickier thing to recommend. The story of it adds more substance to the ending and background to the reapers in general. From a story perspective I recommend it. However the combat of it was rather lacking, imo, and you could save yourself some cash by just watching it on youtube.

 

From Ashes depends on rather or not you want an extra biotic squadmate to play with. Javik is a pretty well fleshed out character with dialogue in all the missions. Indeed this DLC incorporates itself very well in the game's story, so well infact that you'll forget that he's DLC. As for story significance... if you're a big fan the trilogy you'll probably want to get him for the lore he provides. If you want to save money and don't care about a squadie then youtube is an option. Also to note that some of the more interesting bits Javik brings to game is when you take him to Thessia - something I never do.

 

Omega, like From Ashes, fits well into the story. Actually if you play the game without it you'll probably be surprised that it isn't there. The base game very heavily implies that there will be a "Retake Omega" mission.... yet it never happens because they saved it to be DLC content instead. In this regard I'd say that Omega is ME3's version of Lair of the Shadow Broker. Not so much in terms of quality but simply due to the setup. Personally I didn't really find it worth it but it has the most combat out of all the games so you might enjoy that if what you want is more action.

 

 

From a bias standpoint its hard for me not to recommend them all though. They each bring something to the game that has substance. While I'd argue that Omega is the weakest of the lot it does get bonus points for being so well integrated into the story. The game doesn't really feel that complete, imo, without it. Before it came out I always felt the Aria arc was cut short, I always felt disappointed that we got no closure to what was clearly meant to be the setup of an Retake Omega operation. The DLC fixes that and gives you a more complete project.

[TMA LIVE]

The only DLC I'd skip is Omega, unless it's being sold at a discount. It's not a bad DLC, it's just not worth it when it comes to the price. It's too stand alone, and doesn't offer much perks after you beat it.

 

Honestly, I'd wait for all of them to be sold at a discount before buying.

[sjsharp2011]

From Ashes: adds a very popular character (as I'm sure you've noticed in the posts)  Whether you love him or hate him would determine if it's worth it.
 
Leviathan: well, it adds some cool environments, but was really just a way to retractively forshadow the endings
 
Omega: let's you run with Aria for a time.  if you're into that, I guess it's worth it.  Me, I didn't think it was a bad DLC.  Just pricy for the content we got.
 
Citadel is, to me, a must-have.  yes it's silly, and canonically questionable.  But after all the doom and gloom in the game, I find it to me much-needed levity.

That pretty much sums it up for me too. If I had to ditch 1 of the DLC's it would be Omega as that adds the least to the overall story although you do get a fair amount of war assets from doing it so it's still worth taking the time out to do. Personally I love all the DLC's for all 3 games

[Winterking]

I don't even know Mass Effect 3 without the DLCs. Having played the trilogy last year for the first time, I played it with all the major DLCs.

 

The only that I think it might not be worth it is Omega which is essentially a very long side mission. It's not bad, specially if you like Aria but it might be a bit overpriced. 

 

In From Ashes you have a fantastic new squadmate. The DLC mission is forgettable.

 

Leviathan foreshadows the ending but overall the best thing about it's the entire atmosphere and the fact that the squadmates interact properly for the first time in a DLC. 

 

Citadel is pretty awesome. It's cheesy and the whole tone is completely different from the rest of the game but it was alot of fun. Overal the best DLC of the entire trilogy IMO.

 

The Extended Ccut is free and apparently makes the endings better (I haven't played without it)

 

 

 

[Reorte]

I like the ones I've got (all apart from Omega, which has never sounded worth the price to me, I'm not an Aria fan). Even though I dislike the whole plot backup thing Leviathan is still a great DLC with great atmosphere. The game would feel incomplete without Javik, and Citadel is good fun (I don't have a problem with the idea of getting a bit of leave, don't give your ship some maintainance time or your people a break and you'll end up with something incapable of fighting no matter how desperate the situation).

[themikefest]

From Ashes, Citadel and Levaithan are good

 

Omega I didn't like it for what I paid. I will admit that having that interrupt, if playing as an engineer, was ok

[Valmar]

Honestly, I'd wait for all of them to be sold at a discount before buying.

 

Good luck with that. Its been years and I still haven't seen the DLC budge price except maybe once or twice. A single DLC costs more than the game. The trilogy cost less than the DLCs. Wish they'd just package a REAL trilogy that REALLY has ALL the content with the series.

 

 

From Ashes, Citadel and Levaithan are good

 

Omega I didn't like it for what I paid. I will admit that having that interrupt, if playing as an engineer, was ok

 

It's also, I believe, the only instance where a specific class gets a special interrupt. Shame they didn't do more with it, it was an interesting concept.

[RanetheViking]

Yes to me they are.  So if you like the game series then get all the DLC's.

[Reorte]

It's also, I believe, the only instance where a specific class gets a special interrupt. Shame they didn't do more with it, it was an interesting concept.

I'll make a guess that it was an experiment, to see whether it would go down well or whether people would be unhappy about choices only available to certain characters. It was well-received so we might see more similar things in the future.

[Valmar]

I'll make a guess that it was an experiment, to see whether it would go down well or whether people would be unhappy about choices only available to certain characters. It was well-received so we might see more similar things in the future.

Only thing I'm 'unhappy' about with is it the fact that its specific to the least played class in the game. Would had been better, imo, to have it a specific for tech-based classes. Infiltrator, Sentinel and Engineer.

[themikefest]

Only thing I'm 'unhappy' about with is it the fact that its specific to the least played class in the game. Would had been better, imo, to have it a specific for tech-based classes. Infiltrator, Sentinel and Engineer.

It might be the least played, but for me, its the most fun. I can sit behind cover and let the sentry turret and combat drone do all the work. Several times I did missions without firing my weapon or use my other powers 

[Vazgen]

Only thing I'm 'unhappy' about with is it the fact that its specific to the least played class in the game. Would had been better, imo, to have it a specific for tech-based classes. Infiltrator, Sentinel and Engineer.

That may be probably the reason. To make Engineer more appealing

[Loufi]

Yes, I find them all good in one way or one other. My least favorite is Omega though. Yes, you fight with Aria at your side, discover new powers, new enemies and a female turian, but the story is quite weak and linear.

 

From Ashes is really worth the money for Javik, Leviathan for the atmosphere, the submarine part and the information you get about the Reapers. Citadel is very original, fun, and has a big content. It's my favorite DLC in the entire trilogy.  

[Orikon]

I'll copy what I said in a similar thread:
 

"The Extended Cut is free and fixes only a few issues with the ending,but it is still a fix. So be sure to get that.

As for the other DLC....depends on your budget. Here is my personal priority list...

 

1. From Ashes. DO NOT play without it. Just pretend it says "Free" instead of those 10 bucks.

2. Leviathan. Adds additional backstory,and a pretty awesome conversation at the end.

3. Omega. Best DLC next to the Citadel.

4. The Citadel. Only if you are a hardcore fan. Otherwise you can skip it."

 

 

I have no idea why people complain about Omega. It was amazing. Sure,it wasn't exactly worth 15$,but you won't go bankrupt for five additional bucks from the average price of 10$.

[Excella Gionne]

Vote with your wallet. If you want an ME3 that actually delivers, I'd say get all of them, but if you want to keep it on a budget skip Omega and and weapon packs.

[God]

 

1. From Ashes. DO NOT play without it. Just pretend it says "Free" instead of those 10 bucks.

 

 

Well, it was free for me. 

[YouKnowMyName]

From Ashes adds an interesting squadmate, but the mission itself isn't that good.

 

It's a good DLC though, especially if you have killed Kaidan on Virmire, and play as a non-biotic Shepard. In that case, you end up with Liara as your only biotic squadmate if you don't get Javik.

 

 

 

Leviathan has good atmosphere and decent story, but is a bit too connected to the disaster that is the ending.

 

 

Omega is not really liked on here, but personally I thought it was a nice DLC. That may be because I find Aria to be interesting, and Omega is one my favourite locations in the trilogy.

 

 

Citadel is the best DLC. If you didn't like how the ME2 characters were handled in the main game, then I would really recommend this DLC.

 

The mission itself is pretty fun, it adds a new hub area, and Urdnot Wrex joins you as a temporary squadmate.

 

Citadel is probably my favourite DLC.

[dorktainian]

overpriced.  

 

from the ashes?  javik... Day one DLC.  Not worth it at all on its own. 

Leviathan?  Totally worth it.  

Omega?  Actually i quite liked Omega.  Worth it.

Citadel?  OMFG!!! Worth it.  Totally.  You can lose hours in the armax arena alone.