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<blockquote data-quote="SolitonMan" data-source="post: 5093354" data-attributes="member: 22433">I also think that actually making the resources useful was a brilliant idea.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />&nbsp; And I played enough ME1 to get tired of driving the same routes over the same planets time and again.&nbsp; But that was tiresome over the course of many playthroughs, whereas scanning got tiresome by like the 6th time I was doing it (even with the upgrade to speed and number of probes).&nbsp; It is just jarringly BAD given the otherwise excellent improvements in the game.&nbsp; Like the bypass and hacking minigames, they're not difficult or anything, but they're quick, they're at least slightly fun, they take a minuscule amount of skill, and generally you don't have to do them or else risk losing the game.&nbsp; If you want to survive, you have to upgrade your ship, which means you have to scan for minerals.&nbsp; I can think of a bunch of ways they could have made this aspect of the game actually FUN, instead of completely not fun.And that's the crux of the problem, not that scanning &quot;isn't so bad&quot; or &quot;doesn't take too long&quot; or whatever other non-complimentary description is being passed around the Bioware boards.&nbsp; The point is that it is NOT FUN, and why would anyone deliberately choose to add a feature to a game - which in my experience is something that is supposed to be fun - that is not fun?&nbsp; It just stymies me.And while the Mako also got boring after repeated playthroughs, I'll tell you true, that first time, and most of the second, the threat of a thresher maw erupting from the ground made me VERY SCARED when driving over large, open terrain.&nbsp; It was great!&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />&nbsp; I didn't have any part of ME2 that got me nervous or scared or anything.&nbsp; I liked it mechanically a lot (save for the scanning obviously), I think that the trimmed down inventory system went a bit too far but was a generally great idea, I thought that implementing ammo (whatever in-game term they choose to call it) was going to suck but it wasn't a drawback in any meaningful way, and overall the game was majorly improved.&nbsp; If only they had done something more intelligent than that planet scanning, I'd probably love the game.&nbsp; As it is, I'll probably get one more playthrough out of it before I put it on the shelf.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="SolitonMan, post: 5093354, member: 22433"] I also think that actually making the resources useful was a brilliant idea. :) And I played enough ME1 to get tired of driving the same routes over the same planets time and again. But that was tiresome over the course of many playthroughs, whereas scanning got tiresome by like the 6th time I was doing it (even with the upgrade to speed and number of probes). It is just jarringly BAD given the otherwise excellent improvements in the game. Like the bypass and hacking minigames, they're not difficult or anything, but they're quick, they're at least slightly fun, they take a minuscule amount of skill, and generally you don't have to do them or else risk losing the game. If you want to survive, you have to upgrade your ship, which means you have to scan for minerals. I can think of a bunch of ways they could have made this aspect of the game actually FUN, instead of completely not fun. And that's the crux of the problem, not that scanning "isn't so bad" or "doesn't take too long" or whatever other non-complimentary description is being passed around the Bioware boards. The point is that it is NOT FUN, and why would anyone deliberately choose to add a feature to a game - which in my experience is something that is supposed to be fun - that is not fun? It just stymies me. And while the Mako also got boring after repeated playthroughs, I'll tell you true, that first time, and most of the second, the threat of a thresher maw erupting from the ground made me VERY SCARED when driving over large, open terrain. It was great! :) I didn't have any part of ME2 that got me nervous or scared or anything. I liked it mechanically a lot (save for the scanning obviously), I think that the trimmed down inventory system went a bit too far but was a generally great idea, I thought that implementing ammo (whatever in-game term they choose to call it) was going to suck but it wasn't a drawback in any meaningful way, and overall the game was majorly improved. If only they had done something more intelligent than that planet scanning, I'd probably love the game. As it is, I'll probably get one more playthrough out of it before I put it on the shelf. [/QUOTE]

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