I know I'm late to the party, but I've just embarked on my first playthrough of Mass Effect 3. As of today, I have the option to get the new "Leviathan" DLC, as well as the free expanded ending one. I'd like to experience them both, but I'm wondering if there's a best order to play them in.
Should I watch the original ending, and then go back and enable the expanded one? Should I play Leviathan before the natural end or after? Perhaps it's just a matter of preference, but for anyone who's already done it, I'm wondering if there's an order that makes the best narrative sense. Please, no spoilers!
Best Answer
As you have just started your first playthrough, I would recommend enabling all DLC and completing it in a single playthrough. The "Extended Cut" DLC primarily affects the ending with very few changes outside of the last hour or so of gameplay, while the From Ashes and Leviathan DLCs add content to be completed during the story.
From Ashes and Leviathan essentially add missions and additional lore to the story and while you don't miss much by not playing them you don't gain enough to warrent seperate playthroughs from either DLC.