Individual review for the original game is available on my profile. This is a review of this specific DLC.
Honestly holds up better then I expected. Omega seems like a weird detour at first, and it kind of is - it's really self-contained and mostly exists as a vehicle for a fan favourite character - but man, as a stand alone story it's actually really fun and inventive. The Omega station was already one of the best hubs in the series and now seeing it from the perspective of it's liberator changes the feel of the station as well as your relationship to it.
Helps that it's got just really great character work. The villain is wonderful dastardly, Aria is a joy, and new character Nyreen is a highlight as the first female turian in the series. It's mostly a glorified side story, but as side stories go it's among the franchise's most thrilling and engaging. Love it!
Honestly holds up better then I expected. Omega seems like a weird detour at first, and it kind of is - it's really self-contained and mostly exists as a vehicle for a fan favourite character - but man, as a stand alone story it's actually really fun and inventive. The Omega station was already one of the best hubs in the series and now seeing it from the perspective of it's liberator changes the feel of the station as well as your relationship to it.
Helps that it's got just really great character work. The villain is wonderful dastardly, Aria is a joy, and new character Nyreen is a highlight as the first female turian in the series. It's mostly a glorified side story, but as side stories go it's among the franchise's most thrilling and engaging. Love it!
Bishop... takes King F12 laughs in russian
The return to Omega that feels like it should have been in the base game the whole time. Much like Leviathan it feels more segmented than it really should. But the DLC itself offers a lot of unique encounters, and getting time with Aria and the awesome new character Nyreen makes this DLC great time.
No Aria romance
Dark horse best Mass Effect DLC. Tells the contained story of a lightning war, with a genuinely interesting question at its core: are you going to dance with the one that brought you?
Omega and Aria are two of the most distinct elements of Mass Effect 2, the most reperesentative of that game's bolder, meaner presentation. The Omega DLC has some of the best rolling battles in Mass Effect 3, the most striking presentation, and a commitment to military sci-fi that weaves the personal and galactic-scales together effortlessly.
Players often evaluate narrative DLC modules based on what they add, rather than what they achieve as single piece of storytelling. Omega has everything that works about Mass Effect 3 contained within 90 minutes (if that) and it rocks.
Omega and Aria are two of the most distinct elements of Mass Effect 2, the most reperesentative of that game's bolder, meaner presentation. The Omega DLC has some of the best rolling battles in Mass Effect 3, the most striking presentation, and a commitment to military sci-fi that weaves the personal and galactic-scales together effortlessly.
Players often evaluate narrative DLC modules based on what they add, rather than what they achieve as single piece of storytelling. Omega has everything that works about Mass Effect 3 contained within 90 minutes (if that) and it rocks.