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[Crixt]

Driving up a 75 degree incline in the mako is what ME1 is all about!

[Adynata]

I love the mako; I have no complaints about it. I know it lacks some feasibility when climbing mountain sides, but big deal, it's a game. I want to scale a mountain side. I can do it on foot in Oblivion. I miss being able to zoom in and fire rockets at baddies from a mile away. I also miss flying off cliffs and hitting the thrusters at just the right moment to avoid a deadly crash. Ah, memories.

[Vaylise]

I liked the Mako, but unfortunately the side missions got old fast.

[Iosev]

The Mako wasn't bad when you're driving on fairly even terrain, but when you have to scale a steep cliff to get to a particular place, it gets incredibly annoying and painful.



The controls were easy on the Xbox 360, but if you've played the PC version, the Mako is much harder to control (at least for me anyway).

[binaryemperor]

Actually I found the Mako to be really cool to drive on the PC.



I think it would have been better if it went faster, with a tolerable amount of momentum that allowed you to actually not stop dead when you start going up hills.

[darksporks]

in me1 the mako had its outright fun points, in me2 the new mako is fun also but the maps for it in me2 are just too confining.

[Timerider42]

Zaxares wrote...

As I've often said, the problem isn't the Mako itself (although I wish it had a bit more mass so it wouldn't go flying off like a kid's toy just because I went over a bump), but the extremely annoying terrain you have to drive over on your way to minerals and planetary sites. The Mako areas on the primary mission planets (Therum, Feros, Noveria, Virmire) are excellent examples of GOOD terrain to drive the Mako in; they're relatively flat, straightforward, and offer a fair bit of scenic beauty while you're at it. In contrast, most of the non-critical planets are just an expanse of identical terrain and/or nightmare zones of steep cliffs that you have to cross.

If you just restrict yourself to only the essential areas, then the Mako is a lot more fun to play around with, but if you're a completionist like me, slowly crawling up 85 degree inclines and watching the Mako bounce around like a rubber ball after a fall gets tiresome pretty quickly.

I mostly agree, however the control of the steering still sucks. While near the end of the driving section on Noveria, the Mako did a sharp 90-degree turn on me and flew off the cliff. CRITICAL MISSION FAILURE. I had to reload a save at the very beginning of the driving section.

[sonsonthebia07]

I actually have been pretty verbal on this site about my hatred towards the Mako. However, I recently played ME1 again (I hadn't played it in a long time) and I have come to the realization that I don't hate the Mako itself, just the BLAND, MOUNTAINOUS WORLDS. It is these 89 degree angled mountains on many of the worlds that make the "exploration" (rather, an illusion of exploration, as it isn't the same thing) take FOREVER. 80% of the time I spent on this latest playthrough was driving the Mako on side missions, 15% was from talking, and about 5% was spent on actual combat.

My worst experience with the damn mountains was on one of the worlds in the Maroon Sea cluster I believe - I got stuck in a gigantic crater with 89 degree mountains on all sides, I know you can go back to the Normandy directly, but I still hate this crap.

Modifié par sonsonthebia07, 02 avril 2010 - 05:07 .

[spacehamsterZH]

My problem with the Mako was mostly that it somehow felt more like I was playing with an RC toy than piloting a futuristic tank. It just didn't feel like it had any weight to it, and the whirring engine sound didn't help. I got into ME1 pretty late, so I'd heard all the complaints about the Mako and really thought it wasn't as bad as everyone made it out to be. Not my favorite part of the game, but also not completely broken or anything. The "exploration" maps were just complete garbage.

[blueL]

Mako was great. I got attached to it and I realy miss him in ME2. But seriously, I get attached quickly... when my dear Normandy blowed up I was all like "Noooo ;_; My baby!".

I guess I'm a little like Joker here.



The best thing was when I drowe on high speed towards the edge of some mountain and imagine my party screaming "Nooo fuuu- Shepard nooooot agaaaaaain!!!!" while falling down

[TeaWhiteNonePlease]

No. Hated the Mako. Have just started another playthrough of 1 to take to ME2 and I still cannot stand the Mako, have actually avoided landing on planets for side missions, just to stay away from the Mako!

[demongirl420]

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[Geso]

I always loved the mako, getting to an anomaly right through Mount Everest not so much. But in general I miss it in ME2.

[-Rhonkar-]

Indeed the Mako is quite fun when driven on a "normal" land, such as Noveria, Feros, Virmire, Therum, however, I think we have to use it too many times during the game, and especially on some damned mountains... although I would have liked to see more stations (like Zero Point described by Kaidan)

[JadeGL]

I loved the Mako. Yes, sometimes I had trouble getting around the more rocky terrain, but it was still a lot of fun. Plus it made me feel like I was actually exploring a planet. I wasn't expecting to find something all the time, but it was great when I did.

[Zontral]

Pacifien wrote...

CreepingGeth wrote...

The only time I have ever had a problem with the Mako is when battling a Thresher Maw. I hate those damn things...

Thresher Maws were annoying until I found out that if I just stayed still and jumped the Mako at the right time to avoid the venom, I could take down the Thresher without a scratch. Which might be cheating the AI, but I don't care.

But anyway, I agree that the Mako was fine if implemented correctly. And given more mass so it didn't get tossed wildly because it ran over a squirrel. What ME2 lacks are moments like Bringing Down the Sky, where you can look out from the Mako and see this great expanse of space and floating rock around you. Or Presrop, where you can look up and see the entire sky is taken up by the planet Klendagon and you can see the large rift created by the mass accelerator weapon. Or even Luna, where you can look up and see Earth.

I agree completely with this.  I loved the Mako and the beautiful scenery that came with it.  In fact, one of the things that helped convince me to get ME1 was a screenshot of the Mako on Luna where you could see Earth.

[Luke Bioware]

trigger2kill1 wrote...

Doctor_Jackstraw wrote...

Yeah I mean when you're JUST doing the sidemissions on the side planets i actually found out that every single mission point has 1-3 managable "paths" leading to it. I think it'd be nice if these "paths" were more directly laid out and the collectables and hidden nooknacks were just offshoots of said path to provide visual flavor, instead of requiring people to scour an entire square mile of terrain just to find a shifty cow

Ahh for f*cks sake ... I'm gonna petition BiowEAr to also sell their games for .25 more per achievement so all the lazy people can just buy a completed game.
Woo hoo woo hooo I just got a new game and the best thing about it is I don't have to even waste any of my time searching for anything. As soon as I get home I can just stick the game in the completed pile. Or better yet after purchasing it I can just turn it right over and get credit on my next game, and I even get more credit cause I didn't loose the lil book  (no paper cuts either cause I didn't even open it!).
Hell ya 21st century gaming rocks.

Just came in to say you are stupid, because you're oversimplying his point by being an ass yourself.

[Torrential]

The mako was a fun diversion, possibly there was too much of it, but I enjoyed it. It was however too easy, but the same can be said about most console based games.



Too easy as all you needed to do was fire, pull back, fire, pull back, simple.



As to thresher maws, they are not tough if your firing at the ground away from yourself, as they go towards the sound.

[Lord_Tirian]

darksporks wrote...

in me1 the mako had its outright fun points, in me2 the new mako is fun also but the maps for it in me2 are just too confining.

For me, driving through the Conduit was one of the best moments of ME1 - the time limit made it unfeasible to shoot the armatures... so I mostly ignored them, but drove into one (I love how they falter when you hit them) and they tend to stick on the Mako... and driving with the Mako, Armature on the front, through the Conduit to shoot out on the other side to flatten more geth with it was awesome.

In small doses on cool maps, the Mako was really fun. The pointless "Joker couldn't be arsed to drop you closer to the base"-missions on the always-hill-always-spiky terrain (where every flatland belonged to a Thresher Maw)... less so.

[Christmas Ape]

Every time someone tells me the Mako gave them trouble I have to laugh. It is possibly the most joy-to-drive vehicle in a non-vehicle-based game I've ever messed with - it's about 400% better than driving in GTA IV (Really? Using the handbrake at 30mph spins my car 180 degrees to a dead stop?). It has almost perfect traction, turns on a dime (can you say jump jets?), and climbs just about anything but a sheer wall. If it had a speed boost like the Hammerhead, it'd be glorious.

Here's a secret: don't try to drive it straight up rocks. Any* patch of "grass" (which is to say, the general ground terrain of the planet) is accessible, angle or no. And if you're climbing, LEAVE THE JUMP JETS ALONE. Those are for gliding and dodging. Eletania is the only planet I've ever had to X out and re-drop the Mako, and that's only if you go for that one mineral resource right on the edge of the map. Even Nodacrux was just about finding the path back up.

* Any being in my experience of a dozen playthroughs.

Edit: Well, that and smashing into Armatures and Colossi is awesome.

Modifié par Christmas Ape, 24 mai 2010 - 06:07 .

[Eddo36]

I like the Mako. It got me through some rough terrain and quickly, too. Not to mention, it's the ultimate sniping weapon for those without sniper rifle skills. 3 levels of zoom ftw.

With that said, I find fighting on foot to be a little more fun though.

Modifié par Eddo36, 24 mai 2010 - 03:08 .

[JaegerBane]

Christmas Ape wrote...

Every time someone tells me the Mako gave them trouble I have to laugh. It is possibly the most joy-to-drive vehicle in a non-vehicle-based game I've ever messed with - it's about 400% better than driving in GTA IV (Really? Using the handbrake at 30mph spins my car 180 degrees to a dead stop?). It has almost perfect traction, turns on a dime (can you say jump jets?), and climbs just about anything but a sheer wall. If it had a speed boost like the Hammerhead, it'd be glorious.

Here's a secret: don't try to drive it straight up rocks. Any* patch of "grass" (which is to say, the general ground terrain of the planet) is accessible, angle or no. And if you're climbing, LEAVE THE JUMP JETS ALONE. Those are for gliding and dodging. Eletania is the only planet I've ever had to X out and re-drop the Mako, and that's only if you go for that one mineral resource right on the edge of the map. Even Nodacrux was just about finding the path back up.

* Any being in my experience of a dozen playthroughs.

Edit: Well, that and smashing into Armatures and Colossi is awesome.

I agree. I've never honestly understood all of the hysterics about the Mako - I thought it was a cool vehicle. Like a easier to control Warthog.

I remember hearing from a lot of people about how terrible the mako was, and how all that crap contributed to removing it from the game entirely. There was one lunatic who kept insisting that the handling was so bad he couldn't complete Feros because he kept driving off the skyway edges. Yeah, right. Sounded like he was experiencing an epileptic fit more like.

Not that I don't like the Hammerhead. Beyond it's laughable armour, I love the hammerhead. It straddles the gap between aircraft and tank.

[Jestina]

Yeah, they yanked it because of the whiners and replaced planetary exploration with the worlds most boring mini game.



Myself, I liked the Mako and running around on planets. That's part of space exploration. I don't know what all the fuss was about the Makos handling. I have never had an issue with it, I think it's just some morons that don't know how to drive.

[Christmas Ape]

JaegerBane wrote...
I agree. I've never honestly understood all of the hysterics about the Mako - I thought it was a cool vehicle. Like a easier to control Warthog.

I remember hearing from a lot of people about how terrible the mako was, and how all that crap contributed to removing it from the game entirely. There was one lunatic who kept insisting that the handling was so bad he couldn't complete Feros because he kept driving off the skyway edges. Yeah, right. Sounded like he was experiencing an epileptic fit more like.

Not that I don't like the Hammerhead. Beyond it's laughable armour, I love the hammerhead. It straddles the gap between aircraft and tank.

I can't even imagine how you'd do that. Just...you know...don't point it at the edge and gun it.

Of course, you know what's sick? I enjoy planet scanning too, probably because I play the game with really nice headphones. It's not a moment I feel like Shepard, but I do feel like a crewman at station reading little twitches in his instruments to find resources.