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  • Summary: When a sinister conspiracy targets Commander Shepard, you and your team must uncover the truth, through battles and intrigue that range from the glamour of the Citadel's Wards to the top-secret Council Archives. Uncover the truth and fight alongside your squad - as well as the cast from theWhen a sinister conspiracy targets Commander Shepard, you and your team must uncover the truth, through battles and intrigue that range from the glamour of the Citadel's Wards to the top-secret Council Archives. Uncover the truth and fight alongside your squad - as well as the cast from the original Mass Effect and Mass Effect 2, including Urdnot Wrex! Expand

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 8
  2. Negative: 0 out of 8
  1. Mar 8, 2013
    91
    There are more laughs in this DLC that many entire comedy games, made stronger by being undercut with a real poignancy.
  2. Mar 24, 2013
    90
    Funny, touching and full of action and smart in-jokes, Citadel is Mass Effect’s heartwarming last hurrah to its fans.
  3. CD-Action
    May 13, 2013
    90
    Conversations with your comrades are more meaningful and have a stronger emotional charge than combat or solving problems. Citadel is a great way to bid Commander Shepard good-bye. [CD-Action 06/2013, p.58]
  4. Mar 15, 2013
    81
    Even though Citadel, like other Mass Effect 3 expansions, plugs into the final third of the campaign, this is probably the closest thing to a happy end that Shepard & Co. will ever have. And if you think that there is no place for fan service and inside jokes in the gloomy universe of Mass Effect, you’d better stay away from this DLC.
  5. Mar 13, 2013
    80
    An excellent DLC, intended for the Mass Effect fans, that is full of references it's not even possible. An interesting story, great dialogues and perfectly entertaining action, bringing nontraditional variegation into the game, are awaiting you. If you love ME, you must have this DLC.
  6. Mar 11, 2013
    80
    Citadel delivers. The last story-driven DLC for Mass Effect 3 allows the players to say goodbye to Shepard and his friends in a grand style. The content is light, fun and humorous, and the new main mission is great. What is more, the quests are more diverse than the ones in Omega or Leviathan. I'm a fan and I see Citadel in a very good way, but you have to remember, that it's aimed at a specific audience. People that didn't like Shepard's previous adventures have nothing to see here.
  7. Pelit (Finland)
    Apr 15, 2013
    72
    A strange mix of a decent side quest and a Mass Effect sketch comedy show. It's nice having the whole crew together for the last time, but the jokes are really not that funny or entertaining. Fan service meets fan fiction meets cheesy writing. [Apr 2013]

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  1. Positive: 37 out of 58
  2. Negative: 13 out of 58
  1. Apr 17, 2017
    10
    La seconde fois que je termine ce DLC que j'ai fait en tout dernier après les 3 Mass Effect, dernier DLC de Mass Effect 3 et dernier DLC deLa seconde fois que je termine ce DLC que j'ai fait en tout dernier après les 3 Mass Effect, dernier DLC de Mass Effect 3 et dernier DLC de toute la saga Mass Effect, une sorte d'adieu ou de testament galactique des développeurs qui y ont instillé à la fois nostalgie et auto-dérision même s'il ne s'agit que d'un au revoir, car Mass Effect continuera toujours avec ou sans Shepard...

    Original et très bien mené, ce DLC-hommage est souvent très drôle mais aussi émouvant. Je l'ai trouvé en fait meilleur que la première fois sur 360 (cette fête est si parfaitement réalisée et si différente selon les personnages que l'on a préservés... ou pas ! c'est du génie).

    A noter que la version PC ne souffre pas des quelques hoquets dans la fluidité qui affectaient la version Xbox 360, la faute à un environnement plus chargé que d'habitude (spécifique à Citadelle) et décidément magnifique. Pas de support manette hélas, mais avec Bioware on commence à être habitués. Nonobstant, si les DLC sont chers en général, celui-ci mérite amplement son prix, superbe travail.
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  2. Mar 7, 2013
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. From other three DLCs, From The Ashes, Leviathan and Omega this one is definitely the best. Its story look a little bit like parody to me, but still. The Armax Arena is a great idea for me, because it allows player to "taste" multiplayer gaming. It's very similar, so. it has some funny quotes, older characters and enemies (Arena)... But still, all 10 by me. Expand
  3. Mar 5, 2013
    10
    I don't know how anyone can say this is "2 hours". The DLC is split into two parts. First part plays out as a combat mission similar to Omega,I don't know how anyone can say this is "2 hours". The DLC is split into two parts. First part plays out as a combat mission similar to Omega, though much better for a variety of reasons. The story of that part is rather odd (but I certainly wouldn't call it predictable), but I like it because the moral its telling is very fitting. However, after finishing the well done mission section, you have a secondary, more relaxed "party" element which can take just as long (if not longer), which allows you to spend meaningful time with all surviving members of your squad (and even some of those who haven't survived). This part is surprisingly fleshed out and a helluva lot of fun, especially given it takes place in a single apartment. What made ME2 so great was its focus on your squad, and this DLC delivers what ME3 was sorely lacking. You come away from this DLC feeling melancholy, but satisfied. The last line in particular was very moving, because it really folds up the entire trilogy as a whole.
    I was one of those who was sorely disappointed with ME3's ending and not entirely satisfied with the Extended Cut, but for a final DLC, this doesn't disappointed. This is easy ME3's best DLC and worth every penny to a Mass Effect fan. Even if you feel like you want to boycott EA, I would consider this. Unlike Omega or Leviathan, you really can't get everything out of this DLC without playing as your own Shepard.

    Enjoy.
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  4. Mar 8, 2013
    9
    First of all, I was pretty angry at the way ME3 ended, the exteded cut made it ok... But there was something out there, something called theFirst of all, I was pretty angry at the way ME3 ended, the exteded cut made it ok... But there was something out there, something called the Indoctrination Theory... It was brilliant, awesome and I hoped... I hoped even more when Bioware refused to confirm or deny it... I though the fact spoke from themselved... My hopes got even higher when in the Leviathan DLC, Sheppard mentionned a curious headache at the end of the DLC. I was wrong... It was all false hopes and delusion (unless it was the plan and EA didn't want to put the money to go on this way... I wished they had deny it from the start, I wouldn't feel like a fool today. And I am very pissed off about EA, or Bioware call it as you wish it is the same thing now.

    Then why am I rating this DLC so high? Because it was simply fun to play, fun to interact whit those characters I love sooo much, fun to play whit something that does not have anything to do whit all this about the ending... It gave me hope about mass effect 4... Like in real life, sometime you don't have a thing to say about how things end... And even though the fight was finally about something as stupid as a circular logic bull**** about AI versus Organics, we deffeated the enemy, and life goes on (exept for sheppard).

    I am done hating about what we certainely should have got, and I still think what we got overall was awesome, all about you and your team and some kick ass universe... My score is 9 because my hate for the ending should not impact my judgment, and it is so much better than omega who deserved an average 6.
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  5. Apr 28, 2013
    8
    I have been a long time Mass Effect Fan, and am glad to see it sent off by bioware in a good manner. The DLC has an alright story andI have been a long time Mass Effect Fan, and am glad to see it sent off by bioware in a good manner. The DLC has an alright story and (obviously) has gameplay identical to that of ME3, but where citadel really shines is in its Fan service (as a good thing) and the time to reunite with all the old characters we have got to know and love in the ME universe. Most of the characters from the games make and appearance, provided they didn't die before, and in the end the dlc ends with a nice party scene reminiscing on all the crazy things Shepard and his/her squad have gone through This DLC can't be seen for more than it is, which is a happy good bye to the Mass Effect franchise, and in that sense it truly shines. Expand
  6. Jun 3, 2013
    6
    I was expecting a little more than a simple relaxation quest. This is simply not worth the money or time unless you wish to return to the gameI was expecting a little more than a simple relaxation quest. This is simply not worth the money or time unless you wish to return to the game after have already beaten it. Even so, I suggest just replaying the whole Mass Effect series than playing through Citadel. Expand
  7. Apr 8, 2014
    0
    This was such an extremely inappropriate break of pace, with all the main characters acting completely out of character with some of the worstThis was such an extremely inappropriate break of pace, with all the main characters acting completely out of character with some of the worst dialog I've ever heard. It totally breaks the atmosphere of the game, and I must warn any one playing the game to experience a high class sci-fi story to stay clear of this mess ofa DLC! Expand

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