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Published: 2015-10-29 17:49:34 +0000 UTC; Views: 1883; Favourites: 17; Downloads: 2
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Ah, the Mako. It took me only about three days in the Mass Effect fandom to work out that pretty much everyone feels the same way about it as I do. The first time I drove that thing on Feros... well, the less said about the actual details of that disaster the better, but it took me about forty five minutes, ten saves, and seven abrupt flying lessons for me to reach the end of the driving part. I think I could have done myself a favour by doing Therum first, since that seemed a lot simpler - but maybe that was just because I'd got better at it by then. My relationship with Mako is now more love-hate than pure loathing, and I make it a bit more fun by playing fitting music while I drive - like this song, for example: www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXzFOH…If you're wondering about the evil face on Mako, I have a headcanon that after Feros, Ashley broke out a tin of paint so she could properly express her disgust with the thing. If they still use paint in 2183.
This particular journey that Helen, Kaidan and Garrus took across Therum led to another amusing situation - so keep your eyes out for the next comic, which will tell that story... (Though hopefully I will work out before that how to stop dA enlarging all my pictures when I upload them and making the lines get stretched and messy.)
I've decided to stop numbering these, since I don't want people to think they're a series that has to be read in sequence. And they're probably not going to be in chronological order after the next one. Here's the rest so far:
Mass Effect Moments - First Impressions
Mass Effect Moments - Soldiering On
Mass Effect Moments - Overprotective
Mass Effect Moments - Unintended Assault
Commander Helen Shepard and art © Skyflower51
Garrus Vakarian, Kaidan Alenko, Mako, and Mass Effect © Bioware
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Comments: 15
Okay, I'm IN AWE of Mass Effect, this is my final conclusion. I had to take a break in playing for some time, but now I'm back, started all from the beginning! And in the beginning, I'm afraid. (But I am a Spectre, and I have already rescued Liara. I adore how this sounds: Spectre. Ohmigod, I am SO proud!)
The Mako... 
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I'm so happy you're enjoying it! Now we have another fandom to geek out about together. 
Ah, the Spectre ceremony... I was very proud too. Glad I'm not the only one to get very emotionally invested. Have fun - it just keeps getting better!
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I don't have a choice other than playing ME, do I? I wanna speak the same language with you again.
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Hey, don't worry, I'm not stopping my Skyrim art! I'm just going through an ME phase right now, as I play it for the first time.
(But yes, play it!
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I'll try to give it a go.
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It seems the true *hate* for the Mako comes from the console community, on the PC it was easier to control, it just had weird physics. I always found it amusing to drive because of the weird physics.
The typical view for those that don't simply hate the Mako is that Shepard is a horrible driver and the rest of the team is either screaming in fear, or trying not to vomit up their lunch - or both. I always imagined Tali threatening to make me sanitise her suit if she pukes.
The Hammerhead (ME2) was a piece of crap; never stayed in place, weak ass main gun, no machine gun, and couldn't take more than a couple hits. That thing I hated.
The Mako would have been appreciated for the (deeply annoying not to mention uninteresting) final mission in ME3.
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That doesn't surprise me, I'm a console player myself, and boy was that thing hard to control, the tiniest movement sent it spinning off in all directions. I don't really hate the Mako any more, I did at first, but only because I was so terrible at it. As soon as I got better, I started to find it mostly fun - a love-hate relationship, as I said. I'd rant at it every time it flipped me over, but otherwise I was OK with it. In my headcanon, my Shep's definitely not a great driver, but when Garrus persuaded her to let him take the wheel, he had just as much trouble.
I've not encountered the Hammerhead yet... this sounds ominous, I will have to prepare myself.
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The Hammerhead is in a pair of DLC for ME2 (Firewalker and Overlord), without either of those you won't see the Hammerhead. Both the Mako and Hammerhead were mentioned in ME3 - and you see several Makos in the game - but I don't recall ever driving anything.
You might need Firewalker for Overlord, I'm not sure about that. Firewalker is free, and a rather ho hum experience, Overlord is better, but costs money.
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The Mako has a lot of mixed feeling headed it's way, but believe me, by ME3 you'll be wanting that Mako at the end. (and maybe ME2 if you play the firewalker dlc)
I personally like playing in the Mako, but I hate having to use it on a million planets for those exploration missions.
I just like to pretend that Shepard's a terrible driver and constantly terrifying his squad mates. It makes things a little more comical.
Well done on the drawing, great job on the Mako!
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Having finished the first game, I kind of have an amused affection for the Mako now, though its handling still drives me crazy. I'm with you on the exploration missions thing - it would have been nice if some of those planets could have been done on foot, and the Mako driving could have been saved for just the more important missions.
Hehe, well, maybe the Alliance doesn't teach its marines basic driving lessons as part of its training scheme.
Thanks! The Mako was actually really fun to draw, the geometric shapes were a nice break after the difficulties of trying to work out how on earth to draw a turian from behind...
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The thing I appreciated about the Mako exploration missions in ME was that it gave a sense of scale, that you were actually driving around on a world, instead of just walking around a very small portion of a base or ship, or something. That said, they could have done with less ridiculous mountains for us to cross.
In the other 2 games, only in the Overlord DLC for ME2 did I ever get that same feeling of scale, of being on a planet.
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Yes, I did enjoy that too, especially when you reached the top of a slope and encountered one of those beautiful, sweeping views of an alien sky. Along with the elevator conversations (seriously, I loved them and do not understand the hate they get) that's one of the things I miss most from ME1.
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Yes, the power of spontaneously flipping you over a cliff the moment you tweak the steering just a little.
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Lol it took me at least ten times to reach my destination. (why ten? Because at the ninth attempt, my game crash right before the autosave at the location :/)
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