(Final warning! Spoiler!)

Some things are cut from the original version for a reason.

This week, a few spoilery details leaked out regarding Mass Effect 3's inevitable day-one DLC, and those details have a few people flipping their proverbial biscuits . BioWare's responded to the accusations that resources were diverted from ME3's development to create DLC, saying that this content was developed by a separate team, but however you feel about that issue I can't help but feel that there's a whole lot of wild overreaction going on here on the story angle. I'd encourage all y'all to relax a little and at the very least wait until we know more before raging against EA and BioWare . Here's why.The main point of contention with this particular piece of DLC is that it includesa Prothean character who can join up with Shepard as a crewmember. That character's very existence is a ginormous revelation, since from the beginning of the Mass Effect saga Protheans were believed to be extinct , wiped out by the Reapers millennia ago. It's understandable that ME story devotees would be upset that their return would be separated from the main game and held hostage for $10.Here's the thing, though: we don't know that the Prothean companion is the only Prothean in Mass Effect 3 . In fact, when you think about it, that'd make no sense whatsoever. A major event like the return of the Protheans isn't something you can just tack on without completely screwing up the story, and unless the DLC adds a new line of "Holy shit, a Prothean!" dialogue to every single character you speak to, it'd be totally awkward and broken. It'd be like walking up to someone with your pet pterodactyl on a leash and them not noticing anything weird. The only way this can possibly work is if the revelation of the existence of at least one living Prothean is part of the main game's story.Historically, BioWare's writers have demonstrated that they're smart enough to know that. And if they're not, you'd be better of playing ME3 without this story-breaking DLC, and treating it like sweepings from the cutting-room floor that are best left there. We'll be sure to let you know what we think of it in our review.