minorly irritating, kicks the crap out of the bloody planet scanning in the sequel. I even enjoyed some of the car segments at times.lucky_sharm said: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?
Yeah it's true it's a weird driving mechanic but don't be frighting about it! It's nothing that ruins the game in any way... it's only a little irritation but that's all.lucky_sharm said: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?
combined with a groovy lowrider caused by all the bouncingHungry Donner said: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 agree with you 100%. I even think Bioware tried to give the driving sessions an Alien feel, with low gravity and such. What really screw things up are the mountain ranges. But vehicle physics have always been Bioware's weakness, ever since Kotor and those swoop bikes. They really should hire someone from Gothan Racing or whatever.Agayek said:It's not as bad as people make out, in all honesty.lucky_sharm said: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?
There's something like 4 forced driving segments through the course of the main game, and these are just fine. There's no issue with them at all.
The problem comes in when you go exploring on random planets. Their terrain is very unfriendly in many areas and it makes driving nigh impossible. There's all sorts of hills/mountains that the thing just refuses to go up, and the handling on it is piss-poor so it's really easy to fall off when you're trying to find the sweet spot that will let you go over.
If the terrain was halfway decent, the driving would be fine. Not good by any means, but perfectly serviceable. As is, exploring the side planets is just painful.
It couldn't be described any better. Also, funny post.Hungry Donner said: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.