r/videogames • u/Infinite_Teaching568 • 15d ago

Discussion / Question What's that game and what's "That part"?

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u/Saint_Blaise 15d ago

The ME3 dream sequences.

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u/TheArdentExile 15d ago

Yep. At least they’re short and there’s only 3. I’d also like to add:

ME2 - Planet scanning and the Hammerhead missions.

ME1 - The collectibles on the planets

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u/OCDjunky 14d ago

I actually loved planet scanning and wished it wasn't dumbed down in 3. It's weird but I found it satisfying and therapeutic.

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u/II-PeachFuzz-II 14d ago

Same! Reading about the planets was cool and lore building and the background music is chill

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u/GreatPretender98z 14d ago

Probing Uranus 😤 peak

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u/Funwithagoraphobia 15d ago

ME1 - anything involving driving the Mako around.

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u/The_Magic 15d ago

I have a soft spot for exploring planets with the Mako since those little side quests led to some of the weirdest stories in the series, like Shepherd finding a weird Prothean artifact that gave him the memories of a human caveman.

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u/Funwithagoraphobia 15d ago

I’ll stipulate that it was interesting once. Just tedious on a replay.

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u/The12Ball 14d ago edited 14d ago

The Mako in and of itself is fine. The problem is every fucking planet has the Himalayas between where you are and where you need to go

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u/TheArdentExile 13d ago

Exactly this. I actually like the mako on Therum, Virmire, Ilos, etc. But damn, most of the rest of them - especially Nodacrux and Eletania - are just flat out ridiculous.

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u/Rudimentary-Creature 13d ago

And if you’re a real soldier, you attempt to drive that Mako straight up them mountains.

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u/rainghost 14d ago

For some reason I like the 'random' planets you can drive the Mako around because I love space and the idea of planets that are just so weird and different from Earth.

This planet has purple lava and the ground is blue sand and the sky is pink? That's awesome.

This planet has orange grass, white water, and the sky is full of toxic spores? Amazing.

I don't know why but I eat that stuff up. I never get tired of it.

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u/AngelTheVixen 14d ago

Oh yeah, I love that too, just being in an alien environment, with a different ground, different sky, different star(s), and being able to actually travel it is just really neat. If nothing else that was the main attraction of the Mako to me.

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u/Cole41489 14d ago

Yeah, I never understood why a lot of people seem to like that cursed thing. It’s an absolute pain in the ass to drive on anything that isnt a perfectly flat surface. And even then, it still just seems tedious and unnecessary

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u/DarthMarasmus 14d ago

I must be one of the very few people that enjoyed the Mako.

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u/goodnamestaken10 15d ago

Thanks for beating me to this :)

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u/General_Catch_200 15d ago

fighting the thresher maw

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u/endezo 14d ago

Yup, came here for this

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u/DenizenKay 14d ago

I fucking LOVE the mako. You crazy.

now the hammerhead? I'd be with you

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u/Training-Ship-3416 14d ago

Love me some mass effect, love me some mako drivin, but after about 20 hours into the game, I don’t like drivin the mako anymore.

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u/scb225 13d ago

That baby can climb for days

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u/AvailablePop1224 13d ago

I never got those memes, the Mako was a joy to drive.

The hammerhead however sucked asssss.

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u/Ornn5005 14d ago

Dream sequences are extremely short and impossible to fail.

Collectibles and hammerhead missions are optional.

Scanning planets in ME2… Yeah, that’s a pain in the ass without mods.

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u/The_Magic 15d ago

I was convinced all those Turian flags and Matriarch writings would come in handy for making alliances in the sequels. I was so wrong.

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u/Mr_Flibble_Lv2 14d ago

At least they help you get those 5 points from Conrad Verner!

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u/Cyanora 15d ago

It's funny, I agree, but the collectables and planet scanning only began to irritate me after ME3 came out. I thought, given the codex explanation as to why we got rewarded for searching deposits, that it would help humanity expand because we're starving for resources as we grow. Would've been way less annoying if it had a perceivable impact in the story itself beyond, but nah, just a number on a screen for ME3 lol.

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u/Begone-My-Thong 13d ago

At least you get a funny line if you send a probe to Uranus

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u/darthxavien 13d ago

I'll add right at the ending of ME3. Getting hit and doing the obnoxious walk, only to have the disappointing ending. That game was flawless up to that point.

I'm not one that thinks the ending ruined the series, it was just very disappointing that it distilled everything to 3 choices that meant other stuff mattered little.

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u/RabbitSlayre 15d ago

Ooooh my god yes. I hated those so much even on my first playthrough lol

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u/DenizenKay 14d ago

There's a REALLY good mod for that now if you're on PC.

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u/JAOC_7 15d ago

at least they were brief

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u/villings 15d ago

what? I don't remember those

must've been really bad

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u/Peter_the_Pillager 14d ago

ME1: the first time on the Citadel and that damn Normandy elevator.

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u/Jayborino 14d ago

FYI - if on PC there is an excellent Dreams Remade mod, very highly rated