My co-op partner was stuck playing the Super Elite Theron, which is a fancy way of saying 'a Theron guard who will be struggling to get a kill.' Two Mega Maulers make up the rest of the team. Things aren't quite as fabulous if you're playing as one of his underlings. Right about now you're thinking, 'Hell yeah! That sounds great!' - and it is. When the Kryll aren't picking the flesh from a COG soldier's bones, they act as his own personal shield. When RAAM makes his now iconic pointing gesture a swarm of Kryll will obliterate any living thing in his path. He's even more devastating than Beast Mode's Berserker. RAAM plays differently than any other character in the Gears franchise. He's like Ivan Drago, only he simply needs to point at something to destroy it. RAAM is a car-flipping, COG-stabbing, Kryll-commanding force of nature. You can expect to be playing as the Locust Bros about a half an hour into the content. Things get real interesting when General RAAM makes an appearance. This is Barrick's scared face, which is a a million times more badass than your best angry face. COG vets Kim and Tai make up the rest of Zeta squad. Check out those magnificent chops! The second player will take the role of Valera, yet another tough-as-nails Gears girl. He's kind of cool, kind of bitchy, but one thing's for certain: He's all man. Michael Barrick, whom you'll play as if you're the first player, is an adequate, grumbling, Fenix-esque, mesomorph. Zeta team is a perfectly good Delta substitute. It plays how you would expect it to play. 'Oh crap, wretches! It's Lancer'n time!' Awesome! Mix in some Hammer of Dawn and Seeder set pieces and that's entertainment. I'm not going to go into any plot spoilers here, but like most Gears games, I found myself wondering why we we were doing anything 'Why are we in this bank?' Don't know. On the COG side, it's more of the same, which isn't a bad thing. RAAM's Shadow is a welcome addition to the the Gears franchise. Sounds incredible, but is it $15 bucks of incredible? Not really, but it's still pretty good. You'll be playing as General 'Hey, Kim, what's that in your gut?' RAAM himself, along with some of his super-powered, super-elite Locust Bros.

To make things extra awesome, you get to play some chapters as the Locust Horde - and not just any Locusts. RAAM's Shadow offers a whole new co-operative campaign which takes place before the events of the first Gears of War. That's all well and good, but the meatier of the two DLC's came out yesterday. The first was the Horde Command Pack, which features new multiplayer characters, weapon skins, Horde mode upgrades, and a few new maps. Gears of War 3 has received two, count'em, two new DLC's in past few (okay, six) weeks.

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