Leviathan's another well-liked add-on in the series, and for numerous good reasons. While ME3 adamantly lines itself to a more action-heavy nature (which I have... feelings on), this DLC takes it down a few notches and follows up a fair bit on 1 and the other half of 2's tech-noir aspect, delving deeper into the lore and building up how the Catalyst itself plays into the conflict of them, with the newly introduced Leviathans, which are Totally Not More Lovecraftian Sea Creatures We Swear. It still has the mission structure, but thankfully it's a bit more spread out and not always reliant on it to get you to move on, as well as once again utilizing some mechanics from the multiplayer onto the missions.
You'll mainly be talking or doing some mystery solving like you're some third-rate space detective. EDI tags along for most of the length, which is warranted since she's one of the many victims of 3's companion writing being rather lackluster, despite having a visible arc and relationship bud with Joker. Your companions, and especially whoever your LI is, finally start adding more things to say instead of being blank-faced about what's happening, and some of the dialog here can really drive in the desperation and risky the whole assignment has become.
There's some writing qualms, mainly due to the fact that you can clearly tell this was written so that it could retroactively explain why the ending is the way it is, but overall I do find the actual mythos of the titular species to be pretty well done. Them essentially acting like another barrier for Shepard to overcome in order to unify different outlooks together to face a common threat is well done, and even then this whole final ordeal was well worth it for the framing of the mech, going deeper and deeper as you're unsure as to what will happen.
Much like the case with Citadel DLC, it's best to do Leviathan's missions after a specific point in the plot and not ASAP. I forgot the exact order as to when it's the most ideal, but sometime in the 2nd act, particularly after the main mission in Thessia and/or the Ardat-Yakshi Monastery side mission, should suffice.
You'll mainly be talking or doing some mystery solving like you're some third-rate space detective. EDI tags along for most of the length, which is warranted since she's one of the many victims of 3's companion writing being rather lackluster, despite having a visible arc and relationship bud with Joker. Your companions, and especially whoever your LI is, finally start adding more things to say instead of being blank-faced about what's happening, and some of the dialog here can really drive in the desperation and risky the whole assignment has become.
There's some writing qualms, mainly due to the fact that you can clearly tell this was written so that it could retroactively explain why the ending is the way it is, but overall I do find the actual mythos of the titular species to be pretty well done. Them essentially acting like another barrier for Shepard to overcome in order to unify different outlooks together to face a common threat is well done, and even then this whole final ordeal was well worth it for the framing of the mech, going deeper and deeper as you're unsure as to what will happen.
Much like the case with Citadel DLC, it's best to do Leviathan's missions after a specific point in the plot and not ASAP. I forgot the exact order as to when it's the most ideal, but sometime in the 2nd act, particularly after the main mission in Thessia and/or the Ardat-Yakshi Monastery side mission, should suffice.