Bioware are ranting and raving about their 'intense DLC schedule' for it which makes me wary... it'll like mean that:
a) it will be the same as the original Mass Effect, where we got one pretty average mission that lasted about two hours, and a second DLC so long afterwards that nobody really bothered with it (not least of all as it was crap)
b) it will be like Dragon Arse, with little side missions dribbling out, which could mean you're best off waiting for the inevitable GOTY edition.
I'm seriously considering just waiting for the GOTY edition rather than paying full whack and then having to fill in blanks at 800MSP a time. I can just see it now:
Quote:
JOKER: Commander, we're receiving a distress signal!
SHEPARD: UNF UNF UNF UNF
LIARA: OH YES GRIND MY BLUE CLIT
JOKER: Commander?
SHEPARD: There.... in.... ten... MIIIINUTES!!!!!!!
(later)
SHEPARD: (dishevelled) What's up?
JOKER: We've received a distress call from yet another Kowloon class freighter!
SHEPARD: Let's hear it.
DISTRESS CALL: This is the MSV Boddington, we have been overrun by a mysterious alien parasite! Our engines have failed. Please! We require assistance! This is...
SHEPARD: Take us in, Chris... I mean, Joker.
(dramatic shot of the Normandy swooping down to the freighter, which is adrift)
(SHEPARD, LIARA and THANE are in the Normandy airlock)
COMPUTER: Equalizing pressure. Magnetic locks secured. Door opening.
(The team make their way into the Boddington's air lock.)
COMPUTER: Alert: Airlock controls offline. Door motivators inoperable.
LIARA: Commander?
(camera pans over to SHEPARD and zooms in dramatically)
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SHEPARD: Open it.
(an exciting battle sequence so intense it can't be described in text ensues. Except not really. SHEPARD and the team fight haywire combat bots (again), the mysterious alien parasite-infected crew (which is yet another palette swapped version of husks/creepers) through exactly the same map layout as every other Kowloon-class freighter)
(the team reach the bulkhead door.)
CAPTAIN: Who's there? is it safe?
SHEPARD: This is Commander Shepard of the Normandy. It's safe.
CAPTAIN: Oh thank goodness you came, Commander!
LIARA: You are most fortunate.
CAPTAIN: Yes. By the time we realized what was happening, most of the crew was infected.
SHEPARD: Are you able to get back underway?
CAPTAIN: We should be able to fix the engines, yes. Commander, we owe you our lives. We're delivering this experimental armour and weapon shipment. Please take one set, we'll explain it to the client.
SHEPARD: Thank you.
(SHEPARD examines the unique set of armour. It's rather ugly and is vastly inferior to the armour she found several planets ago. She immediately dissolves it into Omnigel, along with the experimental assault rifle which is not a weapon type she or her team use).