M-44 Hammerhead and ME 1 Cerberus Improvements?

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Pretty much this.

When this releases, I will definitely be playing a modded to the max version instead. I lament the missed opportunity that this LE represents... they should have made ME3 gameplay standard for all three games, which would have required substantial environment rework in ME1 but is trivial for 2.

They should have overhauled the Hammerhead and completely finished/restored the Mako. Yes, restored it. It is apparent to me that at one point at minimum the thruster was meant to be upgradeable. Using the console and maxing the booster, you can traverse planets quickly as well as see some unusual perspectives. Makes the Mako miles better, and I wonder if they didn't intend for it to be upgradeable further. Like KotOR's swoop bikes, an unfinished ride that could have been really fun.

If they actually tried to live up to the name they gave this, I would have paid $100 for it without a blink of an eye. They will maybe get $5 instead years later.

Making ME3 gameplay standard across all three games would have required a remake, not a remaster.
(And for the record, I think ME2 had the best gameplay in the series. But this thread is not about that topic.)




How many combat sections do you actually have with the Hammerhead? And you can do pretty much all of them without ever taking fire.
1. Firewalker: Artifact Collection is the single most combat-heavy mission for the Hammerhead. HOWEVER, you can target all enemies at a distance without them ever firing back at you. Your visual and attack distance is greater than the Geth's visual and attack distance. It is just time-consuming on Insanity. This mission is also extremely optional.

2. Firewalker: Dig Site (where you can get the Biotic Damage upgrade) can have some combat outside with the turrets that pop up. But you can just ignore the turrets and jump/fly on past. Just shoot the shield generators and move on. Do not bother with the turrets.

3. Overlord:
- If you are trying to pick up all data logs, then yes you will have combat. HOWEVER, you only need to do this once for the achievement. After that, doing it is pointless and you can avoid all combat in the open area.
- You can consider the Geth cannon at Prometheus station a combat encounter, but that is hardly a fight. You are mostly just sitting by a shield generator waiting for the cannon to target you before you move away. You only really shoot the unshielded generators (which do not fire back) and the Geth cannon which is really slow to target you.
- The road to Vulcan station has some turrets that pop up, but you can avoid those by just flying on by. No need to stop and shoot them as they are pointless.

I would argue the Hammerhead's biggest weakness is not its low HP, but its auto-targeting missiles which do not always target the enemy you want.

Yes, I am well aware of this. This is simply not legendary enough to deserve the name, it is 99% a reskin and should simply be called Remastered or something less OMG sounding.

Have I mentioned I hate marketing?

You almost said a word there that the NFL would ban you for!

Playing frogger across lava flows with an origami paper mache hover craft was so damn much fun.

We're told Eden Prime was supposed to be gorgeous but at no time did we see even a hint that it was the case.

Don't think you'll get much criticism for this one. It did okay with missiles but it's useless if you explode in one shot. It made Overlord terrible but I'm incapable of allowing David to die.


They would practically have to rebuild every world to fix this one. They're just standalone prefabs. No reason to be overly concerned.

I believe the yhave asi dthe yhav eimproved the Hammerhead though but as to what they'v done unfortunately there is no info on that (or at least I've not been able to find any) Outside of a few graphical improvements I doubt we'll see an ychanges to any of the side stuff really.

I've been replaying ME3 for a while now, and just before closing the game and opening the forums, I saw a conversation between James and Cortez about how the Mako handled like a drunk rhino and the M-44 Hammerhead was not durable at all.

I mean, I'm eager to see the Mako modifications, but if the Hammerhead is changed at all, the entire point of this conversation and the first one with Cortez about where the Hammerhead is (Sent to the labs) is rendered useless, IMO.