Substance TV

I know the premise of reviewing what amounts to a bunch of skins for your virtual shipmates is a tad ludicrous, but follow me on this one.

There is no denying I’m a sucker for anything Mass Effect 2, I mean I bought a book based on the game. That fact may make me a wee bit biased. The DLC includes one new costume for Jack, Thane, and the best of all, Garrus. Here’s my quick thoughts on each costume.

Jack’s costume is my least favorite of the three. For some reason, it doesn’t fit her persona. She looks like a poor man’s Geordi La Forge. It’s all a little too buckle crazy for my taste. The black looks alright, but her tattoos are her costume. Her original costume is still the best so this costume is pretty much worthless for me.

Thane’s new costume is kind of interesting. Though for being a trained assassin and sniper, I’m not sure why he has sunglasses on. Wouldn’t that make things more difficult? Thane has a new dark grey outfit with red accents and it looks pretty nice. Seems to fit his persona much better than Jack’s.

Now all this DLC would be a waste if it wasn’t for Garrus’s new costume. I won’t ruin the game for you, but when you find Garrus in Mass Effect 2, he gets pretty beat up and his armor shows it. In a way, it was cool to see Garrus with his beat up broken armor on. It reflected his character and what he had gone through. Even after finishing his loyalty mission, Garrus still wore the beat up armor. Wouldn’t he want to fix it? I mean after 46 hours, he’s still wearing it! This new DLC costume fixes the problem.

First and foremost, his armor is fixed! The glowing blue lines around his armors give it a very Tron vibe. Overall the armor has a very metallic feel. Though what’s with the dual microphone?

Bottom line: I would only recommend this if you’re a die hard fan of Mass Effect 2. I personally enjoyed this DLC, though I know it’s not going to be for everyone. Note, this adds no new content or story, it’s just costumes. I would say save your money for the Kasumi DLC slated for April 6th.