The Citadel (DLC)

I enjoyed Omega, but it isn't essential like the other two.

Quit waffling and go buy them

Citadel DLC is awesome. Highly recommend that one. Leviathan is cool overall but I think it gets tedious on repeat playthroughs.

I didn't like Omega at all. I don't like Aria because she's a douche and I didn't care much about what was going on in Omega. I actually liked Petrovsky more than anything else in the DLC.

I thought all 4 ME3 DLCs are worth it (in fact, i think all the "big" story DLCs of the trilogy are definitely worth getting).

From Ashes: Annoys me because this DLC should really have been in the main game. I am not one to say that all DLCs are necessarily cut-outs but in this case, I feel like they really should have put Javik into the game for everyone (I got the Collectors Edition back in the day, so for me, he was kinda in from the start but still, it bugs me that this was in fact a day-1 DLC).

Omega is a nice callback to ME2 and it has some very cool combat as well.

Leviathan IMO is probably the best structured DLC in the trilogy. Lot's of variety there and highly entertaining. It's also the one that fits most seamlessly into the main story. If I had to find a wrinkle, it's that the conclusion is trying to retroactively justify the endings, which is weird but hey, even then, the presentation is pretty cool.

Citadel: If you played all three games, it's a must-have. The time you can spend with all the characters you've grown so attached to over all this time is priceless. Downside: The tone of the DLC doesn't quite fit into the game as a whole. If you are going to head-canon Shepard's survival at the end, I actually recommend the Citadel Epilogue Mod. IMO this DLC works way better as a final victory party as it seems less like a distraction and more like a (well earned) reward for the characters and the player.

Citadel has some epic moments ... Grunt playing with your door's video, for example or Wrex coming to the rescue ....

How does that jive with the constant mentions of the ongoing war and the melancholy departure at the end? Where are they going in such a hurry if not the war? I would have loved the Citadel DLC being built around a high-ems destroy ending though.

Thanks, I'm going to give it a try when I import my current ME2 game into ME3. So does it somehow start after the breath scene or the Stargazer?

I use JAM because: a) I want to broker peace between the geth and quarians, I want to send the Reapers straight to hell and don't feel the geth and EDI should have to pay for that (though without mods I'd do it anyway) and c) I want to SEE my Shepard with his LI at the end, not just allude to survival. Finding him in the rubble is everything!

Why don't I like Citadel DLC mod? I get what people say about the light tone during wartime but I accept that. However, the end of the party, the scene where they're all heading to the Normandy...the final comments between Shepard and LI (or whoever if you don't have one) just make me feel so good. The mention about it probably being the last party, alluding to it all having been worthwhile despite the difficult times they endured and know they may not survive...to me, that's perfect if placed right before heading to Cronos Station. I have a hard time believing an after party is going to be a thing after the Citadel and nearly every inhabited planet have been decimated. Just my take.

The Citadel DLC is so childish, immature, and unrealistic. I mean who in their right mind throws a party while they're on the verge of annihilation? Why the Clone and Brooks wanted Shepard dead? It's like the devs are incompetent with their storytelling.

I really liked all the DLC. Citadel is brilliantly done, but I thought Omega was nearly as good. Play it in one sitting and it's like a fun sci-fi action film. Aria and Nyreen are great and you get Flare as a bonus power, which is almost worth the price in itself.

Historically, it's been done... partying during WWII was a known phenomena:

www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/61/a2553761.shtml

danceinwwii.weebly.com/

One of the USO's key objectives was to provide wholesome recreational outlets for servicemen... to keep them out of the bars and brothels... so, USO dance was a regular occurrence in cities and towns were troops were congregating.  The Citadel DLC is based on the premise that Normandy needs maintenance... which would give the crew a shore leave (a period of time where they could not be involved in the fighting).  It's not unreasonable that during that time they would gather at a party... the style of party is decided upon by the player.

Then host a quiet gathering... no booze.  You have that option built right into the DLC... just a few close friends of the commander getting together before he/she and the crew are shipped out again... might be the last time they get to see each other.  The premise is that the ship needs the maintenance... wouldn't be cool to break down at the front of the fleet in the big battle.  It's no indication about the writer's not taking their work seriously... they're giving different players different options.