Mass Effect DLC- Bring Down the Sky

The "Bring Down the Sky" down loadable content (DLC) is 400 MS points off Xbox-live. The download went quickly. And it is automatically loaded on.

The downside to this is that if you have a character that has made it past the first time on the Citadel, then you can't access it. It can only be accessed with a character that either is brand new, or one that hasn't made it to lead the Normandy yet.

That aside, the story of the DLC is this. The mission is that the asteroid X57 is going to crash down on the planet Terra Nova. The Normandy picks up a distress call as it enters the area of the asteroid telling them of the 3 torches that are propelling the asteroid onto the collision course. Its your job to disable the torches and save the Alliance colony on Terra Nova.

What you don't know (if you haven't read the news about the DLC before it came out) is that the Batarians have taken over the torches themselves and are the cause of the problems. And, they have taken hostages.


First off, there is NOTHING TO MINE. So, any of you who figure this would be another place to gather that last mineral/medalion/whatever, you will be disappointed. Just get to the mission, you are getting 50 GS out of it anyway. The planet is like landing on an uncharted world. And the content takes about as long as a typical side mission. It took me a little over 2 hours to finish the mission.

Next, the devs decided to really be cruel at times. All 3 facilities you have to enter are surrounded by an average of 6 rocket turrets. Normally, that wouldn't be as much of an issue. But the devs decided to put shields around the turrets that only drop when you enter a certain area. So, you get bombarded all at once by a cluster f@#k of rockets. Then, the final area you go to is really open, and the Batarians love to overload all your powers.

In all honesty, 400 points might seem a little steep for what you get. I thought I would get a mission the size of one of the 4 main line planets. But, I won't complain about that, since they did throw in an achievement that is fair for the size of the mission. All in all, I would say download it if you want to, and wait to see if the price goes down at all if you want to wait. It won't hurt to wait if you really wanted to (unless you wanted another 50 GS)

Achievement Progress - Mass Effect
39 of 46 Achievements
890 Gamerscore

New Achievements - Mass Effect
Colonial Savior - 50 GS