Gears of War 3: General RAAM Shadow Expansion
RAAM’s Shadow Expansion
The third piece of downloadable content for Gears of War 3 is the first single player add on content available. It costs 1200 MS points or it’s free if you’ve purchased a season pass. I was able to beat the DLC in just over 2 hours.
The DLC takes place just after Emergence Day (E-Day) as Zelta squad is on a missin to evacuate the city and protect it from the Locust Kyrllstorm that is starting to blanket IIima City.. Yeah, you heard me no Delta Squad in these chapters. Zelta squad consists of Michael Barrick, Lt. Minh Young Kim, Tai Kaliso and Alicia Valera. There are no mechanics to speak of but several weapons found in Gears 3 make an appearance like the sawed off shotgun (still way over powered in my opinion). There are several cameo appearances along the way from various Gears that we’ve meet over the life of the franchise. It also reveals the story and introduction of Jace.
The interesting piece in this act is that you get to do something that you’ve never done in any other Gears game, play as the Locust. You can control and be General RAAM. There’s no dropping in cover, no roadie run and no dodging the Gears attacks. There isn’t really much of a challenge being RAAM you feel like your a god walking through the streets steam rolling people. RAAM has two attacks one with iconic knife which allows you to run at people, stab them and slightly places them into the air. The second attacks is he can fling Kryll at any target and watch them die instantly.
For you Gears multiplayer or horde players don’t worry Epic hasn’t forgotten about you. This DLC also comes with the chocolate weapon set, 250 worth of achievements, 6 new multiplayer characters including General RAAM, Theron Elite Commando, ALicia Valera, Lt. Minh Young Kim, Tai Kaliso and Michael Barrick.
If you have a seasons pass or your dying to play more Gears of War you should definitely shell out the 1200 Microsoft points and pick this up. There’s an interesting story to be told and well haven’t we all wanted to play as RAAM at some point? you can satisfy that itch once and for all.