Hammerhead, thou art a piece of trash

[Replica]

I have hated you since February 2012 and later on when I got my hand on Overlord, my very first expression was 'I paid and got the tissue paper ship' thank you for continuing to suck all these years later.

Stab, stab, stab 'cries in wants the Mako back'

[alexander_dougherty]

You need to fall back behind cover when you hear the alarms telling you the shields are failing..... Hammerhead is much more agile and quick.

[Xautos]

The M-44 is a good machine, light, agile, nice ranged and guided attacks. True it's not as strong as the M-35 but if it's a choice between the M-44 and M-35, i'd choose the M-44 every time, because it's so agile and that it's quick enough to get in and out of range. You have to fight more smart than directly with the M-44 and that means using everything around you to your advantage.

[Dex]

I understand why they switched to the hammerhead instead of the mako, and I don't particularly miss the mako, but yea, it's not particularly fun to use and the missions feel extremely tacked on.

[Something completely different]

Not too fond of either. The driving around in vehicles is one of my least enjoyable ME moments usually. And another reason MEA was a bit meh for me.

[Xautos]

Originally posted by Something completely different:

Not too fond of either. The driving around in vehicles is one of my least enjoyable ME moments usually. And another reason MEA was a bit meh for me.

I actually liked the ND1, no weapon to speak of apart from itself. Pancakes anyone?
The ND1 is nice to control and you can feel the differences, you can still climb steep hills with the ND1 when switching modes and use of boost at the right moment. I also like how gravity has a stronger effect on the ND1.

M-35 in comparison is like a bucking Bronc at one of those American Rodeos.

[alexander_dougherty]

Originally posted by Gecko:

I understand why they switched to the hammerhead instead of the mako, and I don't particularly miss the mako, but yea, it's not particularly fun to use and the missions feel extremely tacked on.

Ironically the designed the Mako levels as part of the game while they literally tacked on the Hammerhead levels (it was DLC content)

[Dex]

Originally posted by alexander_dougherty:

Originally posted by Gecko:

I understand why they switched to the hammerhead instead of the mako, and I don't particularly miss the mako, but yea, it's not particularly fun to use and the missions feel extremely tacked on.

Ironically the designed the Mako levels as part of the game while they literally tacked on the Hammerhead levels (it was DLC content)

sorry, my wording was confusing, yea, it's obvious the hammerhead was tacked on. I wonder, was there a blowback from the fans for removing all vehicles or something? It doesn't seem to add anything to the game

[alexander_dougherty]

Originally posted by Gecko:

Originally posted by alexander_dougherty:

Ironically the designed the Mako levels as part of the game while they literally tacked on the Hammerhead levels (it was DLC content)

sorry, my wording was confusing, yea, it's obvious the hammerhead was tacked on. I wonder, was there a blowback from the fans for removing all vehicles or something? It doesn't seem to add anything to the game

Yes there was blow back, a lot of fans wanted the Mako back, they got the Hammerhead instead, which was contraversial at the time. That's basically what the conversation in the hanger bay in ME3 is about, and why neither of them are in ME3 (Makos were supposedly on a lot of planets, I think the Hammerhead is supposed to be rare though)

[Xautos]

The M-44 had its missions and was mentioned during ME3 that it went to a lab to increase its armour and was presumably destroyed along with the lab. So obviously the developers knew there was blowback on the M-44.

ME3 trailers had the M-44 included, so at some point the M-44 was removed from the final game before release.

[GlorFindel1983]

Hammerhead really is glass tank with cannon and lack of its visible healthbar and inability to save when you fly around in it adds to annoyingness of those sequences!

[Nothing.]

The Hammerhead truly is a piece of trash, both in gameplay, and design-wise. It was a reactionary addon to address criticisms that Mass Effect 2 lacked a sort of vehicular combat/exploration vehicle, and it misses the mark on being both a capable combat vehicle, and one suited for exploration.

It handles worse than the Mako ever did, and its armament is very lame, especially when coupled with its paper-armor that makes it so you have to tediously stay just outside of the firing range of enemies just so you're not obliterated in an instant. Bioware was keen to make jokes poking fun at the Mako at their own expense, but whatever Bioware's intention was with adding in the Hammerhead completely failed to resonate and has a far worse legacy than all the worst parts of the Mako combined, and that is the real joke.

[balearadu]

Maybe in the next ME,we will use an upgrade Mako..that would be so awesome.

[Applied Mediocrity]

Originally posted by Xautos:

I actually liked the ND1, no weapon to speak of apart from itself. Pancakes anyone?

Except, unless you install the road rage mod, it doesn't make any. Kett fly 20m that way, hit themselves against the wall, get back up with 95% their health and shoot you without even dusting themselves off.

Mako, on the other hand, can ram a bunch of Geth Armatures and drive away. Well, unless their legs get stuck between the wheels.

Now, that's clearly gameplay/physics engine oversight, but still.

[ShadowAngel]

Originally posted by Nothing.:

It handles worse than the Mako ever did

Nah, really not. The Mako tumbles around like a fat, drunk bear. Whoever thought putting Monster Truck wheels on a space craft deserves a....slap. And it somehow controls even worse in this edition, at least in the original i never to make the Mako fly on its back, in LE it happened several times. Controls are just that abysmal.

The Firewalker isn't great and the missions its used in are crap but at least it doesn't go haywire after hitting a corpse or small roadblock

[Nothing.]

Originally posted by ShadowAngel:

Originally posted by Nothing.:

It handles worse than the Mako ever did

Nah, really not. The Mako tumbles around like a fat, drunk bear. Whoever thought putting Monster Truck wheels on a space craft deserves a....slap. And it somehow controls even worse in this edition, at least in the original i never to make the Mako fly on its back, in LE it happened several times. Controls are just that abysmal.

The Firewalker isn't great and the missions its used in are crap but at least it doesn't go haywire after hitting a corpse or small roadblock

I never had issues with the Mako in the original, and its crowning ability was that I could climb steep mountains with it. The Hammerhead was a floaty piece of junk with a weird jump limitation, and an absolutely bizarre scanning functioning where it has a seizure each time. If it was supposed to feel better than the Mako in any way, it failed to do so for me.