After finishing Mass Effect 3, I felt the story was done and going back would alter it-–even with a new character and different class-in a way I wasn't comfortable with. I was having a squad mate ask a security guard inane questions to distract him while I hacked a camera or door lock. I was decorating my new apartment and gathering guests and supplies for a party. I wasn't arbitrarily collecting war assets to aid my assault on the Reapers, I was playing blackjack in a casino to blend in while another character was shimmying through an air duct to infiltrate my mark's office.
Given time away from the game, the developers who worked on this were able to re-energize and stretch their legs a bit everywhere you look, it shows.
Self-deprecation and awareness do more to charm here than at almost any other point in the series. From beginning to end, razor-sharp writing and voice acting keeps the mission from taking itself too seriously even in the most desperate of circumstances characters old and new have plenty of time to shine, and even brief datapad notes lying about had me laughing on more than one occasion. It's a stark contrast to the main game's urgency and overall dour tone. A scene lovingly paying homage to the Joker's fundraiser event entrance in The Dark Knight-similar dialog, actions, camera angles, you name it-introduces the mission's conflict: someone's hacked Shepard's communications and is out to kill him.Įven during the most frantic of firefights, Citadel feels breezy and lighthearted. Shore leave on the Citadel's cut short during a sushi date with Joker. Shepard's goal on this mission is simple: take some time off and relax before the end he-and the player-knows is coming. The key difference between this mission and the preceding add-on packs is it doesn't feel at all like something left on the cutting room floor, it's miles above Mass Effect 2's lauded " Lair of the Shadow Broker" and every other piece of downloadable content released before it.
Like the add-on missions before it, Citadel takes place an undefined time before the assault on The Illusive Man's base. With this last Mass Effect 3 downloadable content pack, "Citadel," the current Mass Effect saga comes to a close, giving the heroes we've grown to love some much deserved rest and relaxation. The past year's been tumultuous for Commander Shepard and the crew of the SR2 Normandy. Field Reports provide our first-hand experience with the latest games and expansion packs.
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