User blog comment:The Milkman/Alpha and Omega/@comment-4220180-20121129204827/@comment-24174486-20121130122535

From Ashes consisted of more than just a character who pops out of nowhere (in the sense that he doesn't have a recruitment mission nor does he appear on the Normandy) and has no dialogue. In other words, it's almost exactly the same thing they did with Zaeed and Kasumi in ME2.

I'm divided on whether the price is an issue. It is longer than the From Ashes or Leviathan missions, with more replay value than the Leviathan missions. It gives you a lot more loot than From Ashes, and one more bonus power than Leviathan (and one more good bonus power than From Ashes). The characters and throwbacks in Omega beat out the characters of Leviathan (save for the Leviathans themselves).

Part of me thinks that $15 was a good price for what we get, and another part thinks $12.50 might have been a better price. I may be a little biased though—not as much my love for the N7 Valkyrie and Nyreen but just how much my girlfriend loves Flare. >XD