Multiplayer fans will also be pleased to know that the DLC brings six new multiplayer characters and a new weapons skin pack.įans will do themselves a favour by downloading this content. I also liked some of the little touches like Zeta squad setting off metal detectors in the Ilima Savings and Trust bank as they searched for survivors. Raam's Shadow doesn't bring anything revolutionary to the Gears series, but it adds much needed backstory to the series.

He moves slowly on foot and never takes cover – he doesn't need cover – but it's a nice touch playing from the perspective of a locust commander.

Raam also has a fairly devastating knife attack on downed COG. Raam is a formidable combatant and he's surrounded by a shield made of kryll, which not only protect him from arms fire from COG soldiers, but can also be used to unleash an attack on foes, engulfing them in a black cloud and exploding them in a puff of red mist. One element is you get to use the devastating weapon, the Hammer of Dawn, but from a top-down perspective – blasting locusts forces, and secondly, you get to control General Raam as he forces his way through Ilima city against COG forces. 'RAAM's Shadow' is the second piece of DLC to be announced for Gears of War 3, following the 'Horde Command Pack', which will be released on November 1. Fans of the Gears games will feel right at home with the game play, but Raam's Shadows brings a couple of new elements to the table. The DLC takes about three hours to complete and spans about five hours in the story. Raam's Shadow also features one character who is introduced about the mid-point and who gets to play a much larger role in later Gears games – but I won't spoil that for you – and the overarching story in this DLC is that Zeta squad has to evacuate survivors from Ilima before a kryll storm engulfs the city. Joining him is Lt Minh Young Kim, who had a fatal run-in with General Raam in the first Gears game, and Tai Kaliso, who met his fate in Gears 2. This is the first time Barrick has appeared in a Gears game, but he will be well known to fans of the comic book series. There's no Marcus Fenix, Dominic Santiago or Augustus Cole in this content. Players take the role of Michael Barrick, a balding member of Zeta squad. This is the sort of downloadable content that I'm prepared to pay for.ĭesigned as a prequel to the Gears trilogy, Raam's Shadow takes place in the hours following Emergence Day, when the locust first revealed themselves to the Seran population. But Raam's Shadow is different: it's custom made for GOW3, stars perhaps one of the series' most recognisable villains and adds to the backstory.

The last time Epic did single player downloadable content (DLC) for Gears of War it was content rejected from a game and then added as 'new' content. RAAM'S SHADOW: Evacuate survivors from Ilima before a kryll storm engulfs the city.

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