Cant get to a ballon.

[nekraushaar]

So the whole game I havent been able to get to the ballon outpost in Grit Canyon. After you blow the door there is a step about up to max's knee that he wont go up. I can tell thats the way because right past it is a yellow ledge for climbing, and in camera mode its easy to see all the yellow path from that door to the ballon. Anyone else having this problem? Is there a work around? Took a screenshot, not sure how to add it to this post.

[jacobvandy]

I believe I vaguely recall what you're talking about, and I was able to kind of work my way around on the geometry to step up... However, that was before I realized you could press left trigger to jump! Well, more of a lazy hop, but it should help you there and in many other places. :)

[TheOutSiderNL]

You know MAX can jump right? You can just jump on that step: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSTIoUTRiSo

[nekraushaar]

Some how I missed that in the key bindings. I beat the game, fully upgraded everything and did it all without jumping once. Everything but that one stupid ballon you have to jump at.

[ironrooster67]

Not knowing how to jump is the result of controls that are not intuitive, poor game tutorial or both.

[TheOutSiderNL]

Originally posted by original_ironrooster:

Not knowing how to jump is the result of controls that are not intuitive, poor game tutorial or both.

More then 2 years later it is. (Yoda mode off)

[rich]

There's also a location where it's impossible to get 3/3 scrap without jumping to the top of the hill. I just found this advice which saved my sanity on this particular task.

[Clarence Boddicker]

Find a rock to launch your car off of, hit the boost at the right moment to land on the balloon.

[Petrichor]

Bless this post. I've played this game multiple times since release and never knew there was a jump button, because per default it's bound to left control on mouse and keyboard. What the heck!

Also, the game just lacks control logic in general. Handbreak is SHIFT, usually boost in other games. Boost is space, which is usually the handbreak! And it's the same in Balloons, where space goes down and shift goes up!

Still love the game, but man that is stinky design.