Your opinion on the Mako

By the end of my playthrough, I just felt sorry for it. I laughed, I cursed, I set it on fire the first time I took it out, but not on purpose. (I fell into a pit of lava.)

At least I can kill things with it.

ME1 was trying to incorporate RPG Elements into a Sci-Fi Shooter. Therefore, you couldn't realistically expect awesome vehicle controls.
Of course, the Mako seems comnpletely unaffected by Gravity, atmospheric pressure, and handles exactly the same on all planets(Then again, all habitable planets seem to have the exact same gravity and atmosphere).
Wandering around the Mako searching the galaxy for Turian medals was a nice break from the main storyline. I also liked actually having a vehicle with weapons.

Bottom line: The Mako may have been a tad clunky, but it is one of many things I wish they brought back in later games.

I kind of liked it. Definitely more than that crappy hovercraft in ME2 - the thing that would always threaten to have its engines freeze up and stuff. I mean, wouldn't a shuttle make more sense than that thing?

The Mako was horrible with maneuvering and definitely had trouble climbing up sheer mountains (though it could ride them horizontally). What I liked was how it could tumble end over end and land right side up. On those rare occasions when it was stuck on its back it could usually be turned right side up with a little bit of jumping. Plus, it has guns! I wish it was faster, but that's partly the fault of the Nomad for having an accelerator and me trying to use it on the Mako when I switch back to playing ME1.

I loved the Mako. It was hard to control at first but when I learned to it was really cool. Nothing couldn't be climbed with it. I also loved the cannon on it. The Hammerhead was nothing in comparison to the might of the Mako

"OK but should've been better, physics sucked"

I like the concept of an exploration vehicle, being able to find "secrets" off the beaten track, and the notion of vehicular combat. I'd be more inclined to say that the physics implementation was "flawed" than "sucked", but I'm forgiving of the ME trilogy's flaws in general.

I'd have liked the shield recharge rate to have been faster. Sitting around for minutes waiting for the shields to recharge is not my idea of a fun time.

Makos got nuthin on the Hammerhead.

You can save the game, then load the save to get the Mako back to full shields. Not always an option, unfortunately.

Particularly things like Thresher Maws.

The controls got better when I started using the manual settings from this mod. ( In my opinion that is, others may believe differently. )


Mako - Improved controls

I hate it with passion, therefore, I choose 'woeful'. Really, that thing is annoying and my Shephard must be the worse Mako pilot in the whole universe.

After having driven the Nomad and then going back straight into ME1, I have to say, the MAKO did bother me. I was always fine with it before but the Nomad spoiled me.
One of the MAKO's main problems are the maps though. If you do have maps that are actually designed to work with th emAKO (like the asteroid in BdtS), it's fine. It's mainly the stupid side mission planets where it frustrates like hell.

That said, I agree, the Nomad should ahve a canon and there should be some vehicle enemies in ME:A.

Which is why I love it.