I just finished through the Mass Effect 1 download. Worth the dollar download, but not much more for an hour or less worth of gameplay. Thanks OP for the info. on all the downloads.

Originally Posted by Doomstink If any of you are PSO players that didn't like PSU much, Ambitions of the Illuminus might change your view on that a little. It adds a bunch of weapons from PSO, all the PSO levels (except Ruins, I think), and it adds Boomas as a rare monster in some of the other levels. Definitely worth a download for free. Hell, I still feel pretty satisfied with the 1600 points I paid for it.

holy shit.. just noticed its free. I am a huge PSO fan.. but PSU lost alot of the magic..Will give it a shot again. I still need to beat the single player but i never did play PSU online

They brought back PSO weapons and levels? wtf how didnt i hear about this earlier

never did beat ME1.. hopefully i can jump right into this DLC.

The price is definitely right on Ambition, but PSU ended up largely being a single-player title for me, and everything Google has turned up suggests that Ambition requires a subscription to play. Meh.

Originally Posted by guyver2077 never did beat ME1.. hopefully i can jump right into this DLC.

Yeah, it's basically just another mission, so it fits in pretty well and is pretty good, though trying to go back AFTER you've finished the game is kind of a pain (and wipes out your final save file...)

Nice! Gonna pick up LO and Blue Dragon DLC. This will give me a reason to replay them.

Originally Posted by thehoweller Start a New Game+ You'll have to complete Noveria and the Citadel again, but BDtS is worth it. It's a rather decent DLC for $5, $1 is an amazing price. (This time around, shoot Fist in the mouth, and tell the Consulate that her gift's a piece of trash). Pinnacle Station wasn't worth my time reading its title, let alone $5 and 2-3 hair-pulling hours of my life. ing Bioware -.-

A follow-up question.

Which game save do I import when I start Mass Effect 2???

- The New Game +?
- Previous save?

If I start a New Game + (completing the BDtS DLC), will I have to beat the game all the way to its' entirety again? Or will my original game save suffice?

Originally Posted by sabin23 A follow-up question. Which game save do I import when I start Mass Effect 2??? - The New Game +? - Previous save? If I start a New Game + (completing the BDtS DLC), will I have to beat the game all the way to its' entirety again? Or will my original game save suffice?

The ONLY one it seems to use is your autosave file. What that means is if you go back and play Bring Down the Sky, it'll overwrite the autosave and you'll have to replay stuff to get a ME2 compatible save. I found that out the hard way.

I didn't even KNOW there was a New Game + by the way

I need PSU to play Ambition of the Illuminus, right?

To clear up the PSU + Ambition of the Illuminus confusion:

Phantasy Star Universe has a single-player, story-driven mode; however, it does not have an offline "multiplayer" mode, like the PSO iterations. If you want to play a custom-made character, you need to play online, and pay the subscription fee associated with doing so.

Ambition of the Illuminus just adds to the confusion a bit, as there's two versions of the game: one for PS2, and the other for 360. On PS2, it received a full disc-based, retail release, which contained both an extension of the single-player story mode, as well as the additional online content. On 360, however, it's download-only, and only has the additional online content, with absolutely nothing added to the single-player side of things.

Hope that helps clear things up.

Originally Posted by doodofdoods I need PSU to play Ambition of the Illuminus, right?

Correct.

Originally Posted by Wolfpup The ONLY one it seems to use is your autosave file. What that means is if you go back and play Bring Down the Sky, it'll overwrite the autosave and you'll have to replay stuff to get a ME2 compatible save. I found that out the hard way. I didn't even KNOW there was a New Game + by the way

Wrong, once you beat the game it creates an entirely different save file. That's the one that transfers over. I transferred a few different Shepards into ME 2.

Originally Posted by Zerok Wrong, once you beat the game it creates an entirely different save file. That's the one that transfers over. I transferred a few different Shepards into ME 2.

Well all I know is I didn't delete any save files, but had to replay the ending because the only one Mass Effect 2 could 'see' was my Autosave file.

Any achievemnts for Katamari or Blue Dragon DLC?

Originally Posted by GeorgeCostanza Any achievemnts for Katamari or Blue Dragon DLC?

Can't speak for Katamari, but Blue Dragon's don't.

Originally Posted by GeorgeCostanza Any achievemnts for Katamari or Blue Dragon DLC?

Yes to Katamari. According to trueachievements, looks like you have to download all the stages to get the few extra achievements.

Definitely in for Lost Odyssey. I had fun with that game, and wouldn't mind a little bit more of it, for that cheap. I hope this is a permanent drop, and the start of a trend to make old DLC bargain-basement type stuff.

I jumped in for both Blue Dragon and Lost Odyssey. I didn't get the items for Blue Dragon as paying for items kinda feels cheap to me. Thankfully I had 260 ms points lying around...now what to do with the last 100.

Originally Posted by Scott To clear up the PSU + Ambition of the Illuminus confusion: Phantasy Star Universe has a single-player, story-driven mode; however, it does not have an offline "multiplayer" mode, like the PSO iterations. If you want to play a custom-made character, you need to play online, and pay the subscription fee associated with doing so. Ambition of the Illuminus just adds to the confusion a bit, as there's two versions of the game: one for PS2, and the other for 360. On PS2, it received a full disc-based, retail release, which contained both an extension of the single-player story mode, as well as the additional online content. On 360, however, it's download-only, and only has the additional online content, with absolutely nothing added to the single-player side of things. Hope that helps clear things up.Correct.

Thanks for the clarification.. I downloaded it before I read your post and noticed you couldnt do anything but get online.. which of course requires the hunters license. No way im paying for that at this moment.

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If you download DLC for a game you don't own yet, it'll still go into effect when you get the gamer later?

Originally Posted by utopianmachine If you download DLC for a game you don't own yet, it'll still go into effect when you get the gamer later?

Yes. Just be sure to start the game connected to Live in order to get any patches necessary for the DLC to function.