I'm thinking about giving Mass Effect a try and the only thing that worries me is all of those horror stories about how bad the driving is. Is it something that you do a lot of during the game?
So how bad are Mass Effect 1's driving segments?
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If you cut out a lot of the side exploration you don't have too many, and those that you do get tend to be boring more than anything else. But it does handle like a drunk six-legged hippopotamus.
I dunno, personally I didn't find it all that bad. The Mako (The tank you drive around) is pretty unwieldy, but you can get used to it.
...There's only a few driving sections that are outright required, though if you do much planetary exploration you'll find yourself using it more. Most of that is optional however. Mass Effect is a great game. don't worry about the driving, just buy it.
...There's only a few driving sections that are outright required, though if you do much planetary exploration you'll find yourself using it more. Most of that is optional however. Mass Effect is a great game. don't worry about the driving, just buy it.
It can be awkward but if you use the jump jets right its usually pretty painless.
Also what dude below me said.
Also what dude below me said.
The physics were fucking ridiculous.
You can drive up and almost completely vertical incline, and then struggle to get over a little hump.
You can drive up and almost completely vertical incline, and then struggle to get over a little hump.
The vehicle is tricky to handle, but I enjoyed the driving sections, most of the time.
There are only a couple mandatory driving sections. You can do as many or as few of the open world ones as you want. Don't let it turn you off Mass Effect.
There are only a couple mandatory driving sections. You can do as many or as few of the open world ones as you want. Don't let it turn you off Mass Effect.
Played it on PC.
Thought the controls were fine and they were really fun levels. I don't see why people find it so boring.
I only really did it during the main story and one side planet though, since I'm not into doing every single side mission in a game.
Thought the controls were fine and they were really fun levels. I don't see why people find it so boring.
I only really did it during the main story and one side planet though, since I'm not into doing every single side mission in a game.
It's not THAT bad, but it can become monotonous and tedious after a while. This is especially true if you do sidequests.
Honestly, the thing that annoyed me most about the Mako wasn't the driving but when it got hit. If things were really bad, you had to repair it in the middle of enemy fire.
Honestly, the thing that annoyed me most about the Mako wasn't the driving but when it got hit. If things were really bad, you had to repair it in the middle of enemy fire.
You get pretty used to it.And not all that much of the game is driving, very little is infact.It's worth it.
if your not going to do it much, and your just going to trudge through the main plot the driving isnt that bad since the pathways are fairly linear and there aren't that many 'oh shit i hit a bump, time to go flying 50 feet into the air' moments. but if your going for a completionist run (and why wouldn't you be?) then your in for a lot of time driving around everyone's favorite brick covered in flubber
Bah. The worst part about using the Mako was that if you blasted fish in a barrel with its guns instead of getting out and doing it with personal weapons you get less XP. Otherwise...yeah, it's kind of clumsy, and at times it's a little...odd which areas it will drive over and which it won't, but most of the time, it's fine.
I never got what the complaints were about, the things easy to drive, it's 1 billion times better than planet scanning IMO, and incase it matters i was running the pc version with keyboard and mouse.
It's not so bad. How bad it is is exaggerated, but I'm pretty patient so I might not be the best judge.
Having replayed it recently, on the 360. Well, I don't really mind it, and you can get through the story without driving too much. The sidequest planets don't have much variety about them, and the Mako's controls are erratic at times, and if you truly work at being a completionist at least 20 percent of your total gameplay will be driving across the mountainous planets.
It's not too bad but it can get a bit dull if you don't spread out doing the sidequests across the story.
It's not too bad but it can get a bit dull if you don't spread out doing the sidequests across the story.