I'd like to start off by saying Mass Effect is one of my most favourite game series ever. The World, the Lore, the Characters, The Story. All very compelling.
I've played through the Trilogy at least 6 or 7 times and am in the middle my of 8th (roughly), just finishing up a couple DLCs before I import my Save into Mass Effect 3.
I've wanted some peoples thoughts on this piece of DLC. For those who've never played the DLC, Project Overlord revolves around a Failed Experiment in Connecting a Human Mind to a V.I. (Virtual Intelligence) where the V.I. is going berserk destroying anything technological in its path and attempting to shut it down for good.
The Main Character who issues a Distress Signal for help is named Dr. Gavin Archer, and his brother David, who's Autistic and a Mathematical Savant, volunteered to be the Human Test Subject. David also has the ability to replicate the language of the Geth, a Synthetic A.I. Race created by another Race Native to the Milky Way known as the Quarians, originally intended as Laborers but eventually revolted which drove the Quarians into being a Nomadic People.
After you find and dispel the VI, you also find David, inhumanely treated and horrifically hooked up to a apparatus (akin to a similar one used in Stanley Kubricks A Clockwork Orange and the fictional "Ludovico Technique" used in said movie) that connected him to the V.I. and is revealed he was actually forced to be apart of the experiment by Gavin. You then have the choice of giving David to an Academy for Students who excel in Scientific Arts and Mathematics where he'll be safe and sound after Therapy, along with the Project being dismantled entirely or let the Project continue where Gavin eventually euthanizes his brother out of mercy.
Here is the Wiki link if you prefer to get more background information on the whole thing: Project Overlord
I've played through the Trilogy at least 6 or 7 times and am in the middle my of 8th (roughly), just finishing up a couple DLCs before I import my Save into Mass Effect 3.
I've wanted some peoples thoughts on this piece of DLC. For those who've never played the DLC, Project Overlord revolves around a Failed Experiment in Connecting a Human Mind to a V.I. (Virtual Intelligence) where the V.I. is going berserk destroying anything technological in its path and attempting to shut it down for good.
The Main Character who issues a Distress Signal for help is named Dr. Gavin Archer, and his brother David, who's Autistic and a Mathematical Savant, volunteered to be the Human Test Subject. David also has the ability to replicate the language of the Geth, a Synthetic A.I. Race created by another Race Native to the Milky Way known as the Quarians, originally intended as Laborers but eventually revolted which drove the Quarians into being a Nomadic People.
After you find and dispel the VI, you also find David, inhumanely treated and horrifically hooked up to a apparatus (akin to a similar one used in Stanley Kubricks A Clockwork Orange and the fictional "Ludovico Technique" used in said movie) that connected him to the V.I. and is revealed he was actually forced to be apart of the experiment by Gavin. You then have the choice of giving David to an Academy for Students who excel in Scientific Arts and Mathematics where he'll be safe and sound after Therapy, along with the Project being dismantled entirely or let the Project continue where Gavin eventually euthanizes his brother out of mercy.
Here is the Wiki link if you prefer to get more background information on the whole thing: Project Overlord