So far, I really like the DLC. The story is pretty cool (I won't spoil it) and the first mission was excellent. You actually have the opportunity to go in stealthily (and get an achievement) or just say fuck it, and go in guns blazing.
Good setpieces for combat, long battles, all pretty awesome. The only thing I didn't really enjoy was that basically you're unable to save in the second part of the entire mission (first mission, I think there's five in total in the DLC, at least if the unpacking levels were anything to go by), and since I'm playing on Insanity with an Adept, that became quite hairy at a few points.
The other thing I find irksome is that Mass Effect 2 is a squad based combat game (especially on Insanity. You really need your squadmates' powers in order to pull off good combos,) and for some dumbass reason they make you go alone in this one. Other than probably a soldier, most of the ME2 classes aren't really solo-machines. I know the adept sure as hell isn't. Maybe I should have brought my infiltrator...
If there are indeed four more missions and they're all like the first one, this DLC is easily worth the money. So far it's a definite thumbs up.
Edit : Okay, just finished it. There's two more missions after the first one, so it's a bit shorter than I predicted. It still feels pretty long, it took me about 2.5 hours to finish. It's also really flipping epic. The final battle (and the visuals) are awesome, as well as nigh fucking impossible on Insanity with an adept. I finally made it, but not before nearly breaking my keyboard in half.
The repercussions of what happens in this DLC are awesome, and really set up a very cool plotline for ME3 (at least I'd think so.)
It's absolutely worth the 7 bucks, imo.
Creston
This comment was edited on Mar 29, 2011, 23:34.