Mass Effect 3 'From Ashes' DLC available at launch, adds new character
Of course Mass Effect 3 will have day-one single player DLC. The "bonus character and mission" included with the special edition of the game will be available for all to purchase on day one.
Of course Mass Effect 3 will have day-one single player DLC. The "bonus character and mission" included with the special edition of the game will be available for all to purchase. Given the significance of the content, it seems like hardcore Mass Effect fans will be unable to resist buying the add-on.
Kotaku first uncovered the DLC via a leaked Xbox Live Marketplace listing. The add-on, called "From Ashes," will allow players to "uncover lost secrets from the past." BioWare later confirmed on its forums that From Ashes will be available "at launch for all platforms."
Mass Effect 3 will be available on March 6th. Here: the extended CG trailer for the game, to distract you from the spoilers that are at the bottom of the post.
Spoiler Alert: From Ashes will allow players to "recruit the Prothean squad member in Mass Effect 3." Voice files for the character were discovered in the audio files from the PC demo. You can listen to the character here.
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replyAndrew Yoon posted a new article, Mass Effect 3 'From Ashes' DLC available at launch, adds new character.
Of course Mass Effect 3 will have day-one single player DLC. The "bonus character and mission" included with the special edition of the game will be available for all to purchase on day one.-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ri0vrJ-y2zM
Sums up exactly how I feel about it.-
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Aye, I really want a GOTY edition for ME2 with all of the DLC content so I know I'll never need to re-download it again. Especially since the content may not be available down the road on Xbox Live.
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and so it begins.......
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Yea this is nonsense. I mean yes, I pre-ordered the N7 box, but it's crap the regular editions will not be 100% complete. They are taking advantage of their community and that's wrong. EA makes me sick.
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In fairness, the "Day One DLC" from ME2 was a tacked-on pile of rubbish clearly thrown together after the core game was done. The character had zero integration with the rest of the world and didn't even have any dialog options -- he just spouted some generic tough-guy one-liner every time you opened the door to his man-cave.
I quickly learned to avoid that room.
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CE is sold out on amazon. Seems brilliant to me =/
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Stolen from Nitrium:
SPOILER WARNING
For those who are curious: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eK99_T61alc
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That is: Curious of the new character. This is voice recordings from the demo.
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so in game playable characters ready day 1 the game comes out are now considering Collector Edition items...
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Bioware is clearly abusing the passion of their fans. Anyone who's played the first two games can tell you that the premise of this DLC should be hugely important to the overall Mass Effect story. However, now we can expect something far more underwhelming. The fact that it's an optional $10 DLC mission pretty much ensures that it won't have a meaningful impact on the rest of the game's narrative.
Yet BioWare knows that people who have played the first two games will shell out for it, because it sounds vital to the experience. Imagine if you got to meet the Forerunners in Halo 4, but only if you payed $10 for an "optional level" that was available on launch date. Fans would be livid.
Day one DLC isn't "inherently evil." ME2 and Dragon Age handled it without crossing a line, but this is too far. It's a shame to see the (supposed) finale of such a great game trilogy become the best example of excessive milking that splitters off "would-be-great" sections of single-player game from the overall experience. This practice is becoming a slippery slope for narratively focused games. I hope BioWare gets a serious wake up call from it's fans.
