Mass Effect 2's Stolen Memory DLC Available Nowish

I wonder if these DLC characters will have any bearing in the 3rd game, whether you downloaded them or not. If they only appear when downloaded, this makes a strong case for me just to get this in preparation for ME3 (and the insanity play through).

booooring i hope for a dragon age awakening type deal this stuff is just pointless the new weps and such for anyone whos beaten the game

So more dissapointing DLC for an already dissapointing game? This one mission costs almost a 6th of the games retail price. Thats fucking bullshit.

Anyone got the DLC and can say if it's good/worth the money? 
 
BioWare is painfully awful at DLC, would be lovely to see if they learned their lesson. 
 
If they are going by their standards I'd guess on the following:  

• New character, dull as fuck and with a rushed out backstory 
• New mission with new items and consisting of 95% of rehashed main game combat/enemies 
• Overpriced as hell, overall content about 15 minutes long
• No overall impact on the game/universe

" I think 560 MS points is a fair price considering the amount of free DLC so far, def ready for more ME2. "

I really want this DLC because I'm interested in all things Mass Effect ( I've read the books and I'm gonna buy the comics) but I wanna hear some impressions first, maybe even a review

" @Ertard: If anyone HAS got it... I'd love to know how. They promised April 6th... it's 35 minutes til April 7th where I'm at. "

I'm in the middle of my second playthrough, so this is great timing

I did everything and got all the achievements almost two months ago. I am a huge Bioware and mass Effect fanboy, but I really don't feel like playing any more M.E.2 any time soon.

I don't find these one mission DLCs very tempting. I don't want to keep coming back to ME2 once every month or so just to play a mission for 30min - 1hr only to then stop playing again. I'd much prefer a full expansion.

" @OJ said:

" I think 560 MS points is a fair price considering the amount of free DLC so far, def ready for more ME2. "

The other DLC isn't free.  It's being subsidized by everyone that's paying $15 for the Cerberus Network, after saving $5 on a used copy of ME2 at GameStop.  I assure you, if they were not charging anyone for Cerberus Network access, we would have had to pay for launch day Zaeed too. "

" @Brackynews said:

" @OJ said:

" I think 560 MS points is a fair price considering the amount of free DLC so far, def ready for more ME2. "

The other DLC isn't free.  It's being subsidized by everyone that's paying $15 for the Cerberus Network, after saving $5 on a used copy of ME2 at GameStop.  I assure you, if they were not charging anyone for Cerberus Network access, we would have had to pay for launch day Zaeed too. "

You're trying way too hard to hold this against BioWare. As someone who did buy Mass Effect 2 new, I'm plenty content with the fact that I've received a whole bunch of content for free, and it's being released on a relatively consistent basis.  The characters and loyalty missions in general were the highlight of Mass Effect 2--getting more of that for $7 does not sound like a particularly poor deal. And realistically, if someone cares enough about Mass Effect to download the DLC, they probably bought it new. "

I'm going to wait until they're finished with all the DLC, then buy it all and play it with the new character and stuff that they will eventually release. I haven't touched the Firewalker yet so that will be a nice little bonus too.

Just finishing up my PC Mass Effect run now (played it on 360, 2 on PC - want a carry-over save for my 2nd play through - a shame I didn't do this first). Probably going to go right into ME2. Perfect timing.

  DLC is finally live!

Awesome, and I love all the haters telling lies like you have to pay $15 for cerberus network, or it is a 10 minute mission. Bioware owns other game companies when it comes to story-telling, characters, gameplay, and RPG elements in combination as well as by themselves. 
 
Cry more. It will be great when this game wins GOTY, and all the crying bitches will still be hating. Bioware tries to give people free DLC through the cerberus network, and then people still whine yet buy the call of duty $15 map packs, horse armor, and other overpriced shit. Just goes to show you how idiotic these people are.

Nice. 
 
I should probably work on playing this game more than 2 hours first though.

I just started another playthrough the other day, figuring I'd take it slow and spread it out while I'm waiting for some new releases, so this is timed right for me. I'm just past the initial two dossiers, so it's still early enough to make a difference. I'll probably pick it up tomorrow. Let's hope it's worth the price.

" Awesome, and I love all the haters telling lies like you have to pay $15 for cerberus network, or it is a 10 minute mission. Bioware owns other game companies when it comes to story-telling, characters, gameplay, and RPG elements in combination as well as by themselves.   Cry more. It will be great when this game wins GOTY, and all the crying bitches will still be hating. Bioware tries to give people free DLC through the cerberus network, and then people still whine yet buy the call of duty $15 map packs, horse armor, and other overpriced shit. Just goes to show you how idiotic these people are. "

Dane Cook will describe why I am interested in this DLC for me. 
 
  

I agree it makes no sense to add squad members at this point. They need to make a killer mission and throw in the squad member as an extra. I would love to see a new little story arc or something in the next DLC, nothing mind shattering but maybe catching an intergalactic criminal or something.

"Second of all, the Cerberus Network dlc has been pretty much worthless, with the exception of Zaeed, and while this was was free, Stolen Memory is not. "

For anyone on the fence about buying this DLC then i just posted a review that will give you an idea of what it is so you can decide if it's worth it. 
 
Kasumi: Stolen Memories review

Bought it and got to say it's awesomes, worth your 560

I'll be spending time with Kasumi this weekend, looking forward to it

If you do the stupid DLC value maths, (11% of cost of game), it's nowhere near 11% of the value of the full game. Kasumi is also a Zaeed style limited interactive character with only one mission instead of two. But then again, it's more Mass Effect 2.  
 I wrote more about this over here:   http://www.thanklessgrind.com/review/mass-effect-2-dlc-kasumis-stolen-memory-review/155/

I played the DLC just now, finished it. Satisfied with it.
 
It's one of the more fun loyalty missions I think, though what disappointed me I'll say in spoilers.
 

Had this had come like a month ago, I would have been woo-hoo! But I'm hooked on FF13 at the mo, so I'll have to wait till I finish that before I can dive back onto the Normandy. I'm sure I'll love it though!

Really like Kasumi and liked her mission. Gave us a peek at some Earth history, and I loved the Bond vibe the mission had. Also kinda refreshing not having a big decision at the end.
 
Kasumi herself is probably the most light-hearted Mass Effect character in existence, jumping her up way high on my favorite party member list. About time the Normandy got a gossip. Though you can't have a direct conversation with her, like Zaeed, from what I can tell she has just as much dialogue as other characters (again, like Zaeed). Her Shadow Strike is useful, but I doubt it's effectiveness on Hardcore or Insanity (playing around with her on Veteran, myself).

Like Jeff says, I'm not quite at the point where I want to play through Mass Effect 2 again, so one short mission isn't really worth my time.. yet. I enjoyed Mass Effect 2 a lot, so when 3 rolls around I'll just play through it again, probably with this new character. Or, if there is an expansion-esque pack with a good amount of play time, I'll try her out then, assuming the two will be compatible. But at the moment there simply isn't enough interest in the game to pull me into another play through.

It was fine for what it was, the Firewalker DLC had more to do than this one, but at least this had some new speech.  If anything it's nice to finally see the last part of the ship opened up, especially when it's the bar.

My Xbox runs very slowly right now, I tried my brand new copy of FF13 and it pauses every few seconds. Im sure I will get it when I finish up FF13, but at this pace it may take YEARS

Looks an awful lot like the the episode "Trash" from Firefly. Does Shepard end up naked in the end of this?

Shepard. James Shepard.

Kasumi's outfit seems a bit to similar to Miranda's.

Someone hook me up with 560 MS point and i'll be happy to cop this shit.