NO. BAD BIOWARE. DON'T TELL ME WHO MADE THE REAPERS. Keep the Reaper's origin a mystery, it makes for a WAY more interesting story.

Cognimancer:
Game producer Mike Gamble hinted on his Twitter account that more content was in store, tweeting, "Would now be a good time to talk about how we're doing more DLC in the future?" He later added, "That was a trick question. We'll save the future DLC for future chats. Don't worry though ... there's much more." The fans, impatient creatures that they are, evidently decided to bypass those "future chats" and cut to the chase, digging up some juicy details on the planned DLC. Naturally, beware of Mass Effect plot spoilers below.

Oh really? As if we wouldn't have known after the screen after the ending already announced DLC ages ago...

Cognimancer:

The script includes new lines for each of Shepard's companions that help shine some light on the details of the mission. One line, which appears to be delivered by EDI, implies that the mission may reveal new information about the Reapers' creators, a topic mostly untouched in the series so far: "So the Reapers did not fully exterminate their creators. That suggests they are fallible, even on large or long-term scales."

And yet we have to trust the asspull starchild or die.

Problem with ME3 DLC is that it won't have the weight of the previous ones. The main draw to buying ME2 DLC (to me, at least) is that it seemed significant to the story, so it was necessary for the sake of the conclusion to the series.

But now that draw's gone...you know how it ends, this is just extra gameplay. Which is nice and all, but in all likelihood, it'll just amount to getting +200 points or something of the sort, which is probably irrelevant since you can get all the endings without it.

The only DLC I'm interested in that will make up for the ending is one that let's you play as Garrus during the gap between Shepard's death and meeting him again on Omega.

Oh, Reapers have free will now?

Hahahahaha, this BioWare storytelling is sure getting better and more consistent since they sent Drew to write the great success known as SW:ToR.

Maybe when they're done with all the DLC, we'll have enough resources to tell that stupid little shithead to shut the fuck up and still get ourselves a happy ending like the one in Mass Effect 1 and 2.

hey. more asspulls.

Shotgun Guy:
Commander Shepard's adventures aren't over just yet.

No, his battles are over, now I can choose to go back and relive more moments before his agonizing decision at the end. No thank you, I've already played through Mass Effect 3, shoving more crap into its bloated corpse doesn't interest me. I'll only buy DLC that takes place after the war or is in someway completely separate from it. I've fought this war, I know what happens and I've ended it, why would I care about more assets? Why the hell would I want to back into the middle of it? If this DLC seriously does change the ending yet again, I'LL catch it on YouTube.

dementis:
The only DLC I'm interested in that will make up for the ending is one that let's you play as Garrus during the gap between Shepard's death and meeting him again on Omega.

Well said you two.
I said my goodbyes to Shepard already :(

rawrnosaurous:
By get in the final battle I assume that just means he's added to our war score. Other wise their going back to fiddle with the ending of Mass Effect 3, after their pissing match with the internet over artistic integrity.

Also if a Reaper can go rogue than what is the importance of the star child? Didn't he control the Reapers and by extension make them do his bidding? Does that mean that the control option ending is bullshit if the Reapers can go rogue and ignore Shephards commands?

Does no one at Bioware look at the shit that they write?

There will always be one defective unit out of the bunch. Maybe he powered off before the OS could shut down correctly and the driver that controlled the "Obey master" chip became corrupted. (Windows joke ^^)

Hmm, seems interesting, but unless this ''Leviathan'' impacts the ending (as in, we see it ''swallow'' a destroyer or two) I don't see it selling well, I mean aside from malKing everything but Refuse even LESS appealing:
For Destroy, you are now killing other Reapers that may have their own agenda, as well as Leviathan, YOUR ALLY.
For Control, now Reapers could defect and refuse Shepard's leadership,
And For Synthesis, now some Reapers could just turn on everybody because, well, free will and whatnot.....
: Any War assets to be made from this DLC could be made from playing 2 hours of Multiplayer or simply not sucking at single-player (in my first playthrough I had 3200 war assets, and now with the EC you only need 3100 for the best everything).

Kungfu_Teddybear:

Riff Moonraker:

Kungfu_Teddybear:
On one hand, this sounds really cool.

On the other hand, who cares if we get him in the final battle? It's not going to change the endings.

Or.... what if it did? What if it was planned to put another ending in the game all along? Far fetched, yes... but its not an unreasonable line of thought, either.

Not unreasonable, but I doubt it will happen.

Probably not... but speculation is the spice of life!!! :D

Seeing how I have 3 characters all saved right before the collector base I really hope that this mission or whatever added in allows me to access it from that late in the story, since I really don't want to start a new save.

Or better yet just release it without achievements so my 52/52 doesnt get affected.

EDIT: And to all those wanting post-story DLC like Omega and shit, it's obviously not going to happen! Do people forget that once you beat the game it just reloads your save to before the final battle? This ain't like ME2 where after the suicide mission you just chill on the Normandy.

Yep, I'd say my interest in ME3 DLC is minimal.

I wanted post-game DLC. Not crap that takes place earlier and ultimately has no impact on how things end.

As others have said, unless it fixes the ending, it's not that interesting to me. I'm done being the guy that defends the writers' "artistic integrity". I've swung to the other end of the spectrum. Those writers can stick their "artistic integrity" in their fucking ear.

Wow that sounds awesome. Will hopefully also help Bioware to rebuild their reputation for fantastic storylines after the less than appealing original ending trilogy.

Here's hoping!

Okay I'll admit it, the idea of recruiting a Rogue Reaper does sound pretty awesome. Sadly I don't have any love for Bioware these days even with revised endings, already done too much wrong beforehand, not just with Mass Effect. I don't intend to give any more of my money to them, so unless this is free (unlikely I realize) then I might give this a miss. My interest in DLC or Bioware products is pretty low.

Unless this might affect the endings somehow, because a Reaper is massively powerful, and even having one on your side would help greatly in the final push, as well as possibly having intel and technology to help upgrade ships, better equip troops and possible improve the crucible. Fighting at Earth would be easier. I'm likely grasping at false hope, but such a DLC would have some big implications ingame. Like most people, unless this tweaks the endings at all I sadly not interested. :( My current playthrough to reach the new endings will be the last time I fire up ME3, the series died months ago...

Interesting...most interesting. Hopefully it will have some more Ash dialogue, she was neglected too much in ME3.

There is quite a few people i've seen in various me3 threads arguing that the reapers were an unstoppable force and it is simply "not" possible to beat them conventionally.

That stance looked increasingly flingy as the games went by and reapers became more and more faillible and our impression of their invincibility came from our ignorance (we initially assumed reapers wiped out everything relatively quickly, then found out later that they needed centuries to wipe out the protheans, and even took casualties).

Now the current galactic cycle not only foils the main reaper plan (surprise attack via citadel), has access to reaper tech and weaponry (those thanix weapons are a big deal despite upgrading an entire fleet with them only resulting in like 5 measly ems points) and now will have potential access and recruitement of an actual reaper? One who can completely reveal away all the mysteries and secrets of their previously invincible foes? Unless they pull off a jareik "im a soldier so dunno anything that can really help" explanation then this is quite a big deal.

The refusal ending is looking like such BS now. Screw the crucible, and screw earth. Prepare for a long centuries war with the reapers, the current galactic cycle of the me universe now has all it needs to fight a prolonged war vs the reapers.

So yeh cool idea for a DLC, but feels cheap considering it likely won't have any impact on the endings despite my feelings above.

A Raging Emo:
My favourite colour is red.

Surely that I'd also end up destroying Leviathan?

This. How precisely does the kill-those-meanies option become morally viable at all - other than the "it's for the greater good" that's been spurt all the time - if you kill a goddamn allied Reaper?

Riff Moonraker:

Kungfu_Teddybear:
On one hand, this sounds really cool.

On the other hand, who cares if we get him in the final battle? It's not going to change the endings.

Or.... what if it did? What if it was planned to put another ending in the game all along? Far fetched, yes... but its not an unreasonable line of thought, either.

"Artistic integrity this, artistic integrity that ... But hey, look, we're friends with you: We changed the ending according to what you wanted and now we're going to change it even more because we want to cash in!" ... Tooootally reasonable.

I would probably be more interested if the result of the DLC wasn't

Congratulations! You recruited a multi-millenia old war machine to your cause, +50 war assets.

Wait. What if, for a brief, glorious moment, we could control a Reaper?

That would KICK ASS!

For some reason I picture Shepard riding on the back of a Reaper waving a cowboy hat around yelling "Yeeeehaw!"

Darkmantle:

HEY! ELDRITCH ABOMINATIONS FROM BEYOND THE VOID HAVE FEELINGS TOO!!!

Well played sir. Now I imagine Cthulu taking extra therapy sessions for that boat that hit him on the head.

Darkmantle:

yeah the writing department is in the shitter.

PingoBlack:
Oh, Reapers have free will now?

Hahahahaha, this BioWare storytelling is sure getting better and more consistent since they sent Drew to write the great success known as SW:ToR.

Ok good, I'm not the only one who sees something wrong with this.

Tank207:
For some reason I picture Shepard riding on the back of a Reaper waving a cowboy hat around yelling "Yeeeehaw!"

It's sad because that's actually more entertaining than anything Bioware can write now.

I like the idea of having more Mass Effect. The universe they crafted is rich and diverse.

However, I believe Shepard's story is at an end. Let another take up the reigns.

I'm so pissed at this that I can't even get worked up about this bullshit. Does anyone remember that one person who filed a complaint against EAWare for false advertisement? It's time we cashed in on that and sued them to hammer the message home that we're not going to take it anymore.

Captcha: change yourself

Iīm going to be the cynical one and say i donīt give a fuck, they can make it so we have a gazillion giant Reapers on our side, as long as the ending stays the same nothing we do before the battle will mean anything what so ever.

Well look at this, DLC for Mass Effect 3 that isnt for Multiplayer or to cater to the people who overexaggerated the ending of game. Goodie!

I was wondering if ME3 would have some great stand-alone DLC like Overlord or Lair of The Shadow Broker from Mass Effect 2. At the same time, I liked the whole Leviathan of Dis thing being a fun footnote from planetary exploration.

Kungfu_Teddybear:
On one hand, this sounds really cool.

On the other hand, who cares if we get him in the final battle? It's not going to change the endings.

My thoughts 100% when I first read the article. So I might get a Reaper for the final battle, will it make any difference when taking on the Reapers conventionally? Probably not. Giving me an extra, let's say, 100-200 points to my war assets changes nothing.

If Bioware makes this DLC strong enough as a stand-alone chapter, like the Shadow Broker DLC, then I might be interested to boot up my pre-Cronos station attack savegame to try it out. If it's meant to tie in to the ending and change it ever so slightly, I'll probably pass.

Elmoth:

Daget Sparrow:
NO. BAD BIOWARE. DON'T TELL ME WHO MADE THE REAPERS. Keep the Reaper's origin a mystery, it makes for a WAY more interesting story.

They are already just the tools of the catalyst. . . They're hardly villains anymore.

This DLC shows that they have free will.

Which breaks the ending even more. Christ, Bioware.

Eh, looks interesting enough. Might be a nice reason to get back into the game again. What might be cool though is to add a cutscene of Leviathan and say Harbinger fighting/talking etc.