M35 Mako Infantry Fighting Vehicle | Mass Effect 

Make Mountain Climbing Team, sound off like you don't care about gravity.

Fun fact: the _Lair of the Shadow Broker_ DLC has a car chase, and after it's done Liara will say "Still better than the Mako", meaning that Shepard's godawful driving is canon.

The Mako, enemies can't figure out where you're going but neither can you

Interesting fact. After the destruction of the SSV Normandy SR1, the main crash cite was in ruins and in the middle was the mako. The only apparent damage being a flat tire

Don't Care If People Hate this Vehicle, This Vehicle was my Guardian Angel in Mass Effect 1

Ah the Mako. The mountains you'll climb, no matter the gradient. You'll climb, you'll shoot, but most importantly, you'll ram the Geth to oblivion.

The Mako, otherwise known as the gravity defying all purpose vehicle

the makos abandoned in the battlefields of a 100 battles would probably still work due to how damn durable they are

The M35 Mako IFV, the vehicle so strong that when the ship it was on was destroyed. Somehow survived.

Ah, yes, the mako, the IFV that could defy gravity. We have dismissed that rumor. TBH I love that the point of the Mako is to just get throw towards a planet and hope it lands.

Actual Narration: While the M-35 Mako had a steep learning curve--OH MY GOD HELP ME WE'RE UPSIDE DOWN AND THE GETH ARE SHOOTING AT US!

The M35 Mako; a superb example of how the bizarre & aberrant tactics of Humanity surprise everyone else by actually working.

I remember driving one in the Second Mindoir Armored Brigade. I think we destroyed more batarian vehicles with this thing than any other vessel. Felt like this thing could defy gravity with its core though, but we took hits that would've destroyed an asari hovertank. Am proud to have served in one. REMEMBER MINDOIR

The Mako, the Marmite or vegimite of tanks. You either love it or hate it. I love it. The ram shoot tactic never gets old.

Can take the beating of a Baneblade while also deliver a similar killing power, but it handles like a drunk rhino.

"Just them good 'ole boys. Never meanin' no harm..."

Just what humanity needed, A wheeled vehicle with jump jet..

The Mako is fastest species of shark on record speeding through the water in ways that can appear to defy gravity. The namesake is fitting that something that actually defies gravity and is just as unruly.

Enemies of the Systems Alliance will fear the might of the Tactical Bunnyhop.

"The greatest struggle in human history." Fighting off the Reapers, or getting a Mako to drive in a straight line?

I’m sure you guys can all remember Legion’s rare shock at how Garrus defied Legion’s calculations with regards to Calibrations. Now imagine how the Geth felt when they saw the Mako in action.

Remember using this vehicle back in 07 when the game first came out. Didn't really pay much attention to the tooltips and such and went through my entire first playthrough using only the machinegun rather than the cannon, didn't matter what it was even Thresher Maws died to thousand cuts. Loved the damn thing just exploring worlds and climbing up the steepest cliffs for shits and giggles.

SAN:So we built carriers but we need a AFV. US Military: I’m thinking Bradley. SAN: No, no it has to be Comfor... US Military: With a 155mm Cannon SAN: We just want a Reconnaissance Vehic.... US Military: and Rocket launchers Top SAN military brass: This is the way SAN: Oh Gawd.

It was a beast to control, but when you got it right, it was a beast of vehicle. Especially its dodging capabilities for unguided projectiles. Good firepower and you can WWE slam infantry for fun. I learned to really like Mako, kinda missed in future games.

The M35 Mako is as iconic as the Halo warthog imo.

"Greatest Struggle In Human History" - any Mako Mission

She might handle like a drunk rhino, but she's OUR drunk rhino!

The Hammerhead can't possibly hope to clean Mako's suspension systems - I'll take the somewhat unwieldy Mako over the wet tissue paper hover"tank" any day of the week.

While most vehicle manufacturers struggled to create the perfect "all-terrain" vehicle, the Mako solved this problem by simply removing "terrain" from the equation.

I love this jank tank so much. I'm almost done with my current playthrough of Mass Effect 1 and I'm definitely going to miss it.

If the Alliance used it in theme parks as a roller coaster, it would have a bigger GDP than the Asari republics

Oh ye Gods, the Mako. You could charge right into half the fucking Geth army and annihilate them all in spectacular fashion. You could climb straight up mountains and (With its horizontal boost upgrade in Legendary Edition) go fast enough to turn the Mako into a six-wheeled projectile of death capable of punching through the armor of a goddamn dreadnought. You could bring down fucking dropships and gunships with its main gun given you shoot them enough. And the thing could self repair at a moment's notice whenever the hell you wanted it to. Oh, whats that, want to charge through the Geth equivalent of an armored division to reach the Conduit, and then catapult yourself into the Citadel because Saren needs an Omni-Blade shoved up his ass ASAP? The Hammerhead would shit itself and then proceed to sob in a corner in the fetal position at the mere thought of doing something as ass-rippingly badass as that. For the Mako? No problem. Hell, even thinking about how much of a nightmare the Mako was to its enemies makes the Hammerhead weep in pure shame, knowing it could never reach even a fraction of the glory the Mako had. Hail to the Mako, Chariot of the Shepard, God of Tanks.

You forgot to mention that its ability to climb is due to its vertically aligned Mass Effect core.

To be honest. This thing was sooo much fun to bounce around in XD Even with it Jelly Suspension and the controls of a Drunken Dump Truck it saved my clueless blundering self in quite a few outdoor combat situations :) It was much more fun than that hovering vehicle.

FUCK YEAH MORE MASS EFFECT Love the orange-dark UI Edit: "... a triumph over the impossible" *wipes tear*

The Mako, an absolute terror in the battlefield...to which side is the question

I really liked the original Mako in ME 1. Way more than the later hammerhead

Honestly I wish that we got to see something like a hybrid of the Nomad and the Mako. The Nomad was so much fun to drive around in Andromeda.

My one big critique is that the weapons felt underwhelming. they need either more output or endurance. I was able to wrangle its controls, but shooting things until they dropped was a bit of a slog at times.

What I love so much about the M35-MAKO is that it could realistically exist. With the exception of the EZO Core of course. The hydrogen fuel cell could theoretically be used as both a source of power generation for the electric drive system (utilizing atmospheric oxygen for the fuel cell when on planet) and if it carries a contingent supply of Liquid O2 (LOX) you have yourself some rocket fuel to power some standard rocket engines for atmospheric re-entry and to sustain power generation . It could also carry some binary hypergolic propellant in the form of fuel as (Dimethylhydrazine) and the oxidizer (Nitrogen Tetroxide) which auto ignite in each other’s presence to provide boost.

That shot of the old mako at the Normandy SR-1 wreck... You're bringing back some old feelings.

Love the Mako. I have a signed limited edition lithograph of the artwork at 4:46 framed on my wall.

I love how you turn the crazy handling and propensity for user error into variable gravity and a steep learning curve. X) Love the canonization of those memorable bits into proper-sounding lore.

Ahh yes, my favorite BMP/lunar rover hybrid

I loved driving this around. ❤️ Great video. Thanks.

Even a bane blade couldn’t stand up to this beast

Love it. Please do more from the ME universe ❤️

Ah, the Mako. She and I have gone through many skirmishes together. I would give up everything for one more ride with that shitty old APC. **reminisces in Zaeed**

Mako upside down like a turtle in a jagged valley on a planet that eats your space suit in 2 minutes with the Geth shooting at you. Mako Driver: "Its fin'e. We're fine. Happens all the time. It's fine."

Wow you guys have come a long way since I last ran into one of your videos (Chimera) good for you! I got some catching up to do it would seem

The Mako is what would happen if a vehicle got bit by a radioactive spider instead of Peter Parker.

The mako was certainly interesting to drive. Looking forward to you eventually covering the battlestar. 🖖

Goddamn I LOVE THIS VEHICLE!

You forgot to add that this thing was so durable it survived FTL through a mass relay unassisted.

“You ever hear of ‘Evil Knievel’?” *I never saw Star Wars*

When you realize this thing is basically a more futuristic Bradley. The mako sexually identifies as everything from a tank to an apc to an all terrain vehicle. Makes sense considering humanity in this universe are near perpetually outgunned and outnumbered.

Great episode as always, good job. I love the recent focus on the mass effect universe!

My brother was amazed when I explained to him this thing canonically has a bigger gun than a scorpion tank

Surprisingly good vehicle design and actually very realistic. In future outer planetary warfare, tracked vehicles would almost be not needed in future warfare where they would prove to be too slow and large amounts of armor would be pointless by more powerful guns and weapons. Speed, versatility, utility, and operating in multiple environments, would be more important than anything else. The M35 is a viable and makes sense as an idea.

This video came out just I finished download the legendary collection. Perfect appetizer.

Am I the only one who is a surgeon on this vehicle?. Because everyone I read or speak says this vehicle has horrible controls. Yet somehow I know how to drive this vehicle with enough precision to literally bounce from enemy to enemy and avoiding obstacles.

The vehicle equivalent of a difficult friend. “Yeah he’s an asshole but he’s our asshole”

The Mako, AKA the "Barftub"

I like the Mako, but I absolutely do not believe that three grown adults can fit without all three having to lay down practically on top of each other.

Still surprises me that this lovable truck has a bigger cannon then the Abrams I drive

It's the Wild Wacky Action Bike of infantry vehicles.

Nice

Me playing ME1 : "uuuhm, physic ?" Mako : *"We don't do that here"*

Ah the RC tumbler... Those Procedurally generated worlds never stood a chance!

Absolute peak content

With the firepower of a tank and an armor of a true armored personnel carrier.... and it handles like a drunk rhino who ate an entire field of wine berries.

The Mako seems to draw design cues from multiple real-world sources. *One may be the 20th century Russian BTR-series of APCs, especially in the turret, body shape and side entry door areas (even though they aren't used in the game, they are visible.) *Another might be the 6x6 variants of the MOWAG Piranha. *Director/Producer Casey Hudson has remarked that the Big Trak toy inspired certain elements of the Mako's design.

Thank you the English subtitle.

True the nerdiest channel ever made, title sealed by this great video about the beloved Mako.

Ah yes, the M-35, replaced by the advanced and agile M-44, arguably worse in every field imaginable, except for cheese

I miss the OG Mako

The Mako is the perfect vehicle there is nothing wrong with it is perfect in every way

Loving this Mass Effect content. 👍

Who else didnt know that Mass Effect had a cartoon/tv series? 😮

An ideal vehicle for driving on the LA Highway system. Talk about road rage!!!

Love it or hate it, you can't help but admit that the Mako was an iconic vehicle built to last a very long time. (Incidentally, I think I might have placed this in the ideas section right after the Systems Alliance Navy video was posted...) Anyway, I'll just wait for the video on the Normandy...

Interesting fact: The M35 Mako drew inspiration from the Russian BTR-80 APC series.

Great vehicle. It's an important part of every thresher maw's balanced diet. lol

Any vehicle that can be dropped out of a perfectly fine aircraft and still work when it lands. Is great as far as i am concerned. 😄

When I saw the word "mako" I SWEAR I thought this was from Final Fantasy.

The dislikes are from the vehicle operators who couldn't get over the steep learning curve.

To say it handles like a fridge is an insult to those limber appliances.

Could you make a video about berserk univer as an homage to Kentaro Miura ?

Much has been said about the Mako's 'maneuverability' or ability to flip gravity the bird... but how does it produce an extra 25 degrees of gun depression when in sniper mode?

Mako Inaros! Mako Inaros!

I dont think the hammerhead was ever going to replace the MAKO for millitary goals. That's like replacing a tank for a nifty electric scooter.

The templin institute is the KND.

This video was great! I loved it and want to see more Mass Effect content, maybe do the M-44 Hammerhead next!

My God. The Alliance ground forces are basically the VDV.

One of the most recognizable IFVs of all time.

My stupid spacetruck finally getting the recognition it deserves

The design concept reminds me of that of the Bradley armored fighting vehicle.

Float like Styrofoam, sting like a Panzer

Please do the LASGUN next. I very much enjoy these videos.

I feel like the designers who make these games need to see the size of gun before they implement them. 155, while only 6.1inches in diameter is a really big gun. Even if you take powder out of the equation, the round is still huge and heavy. So to make a vehicle that doubles as an armored transport would be like taking a Panzer 2000 and mating it with an M3 Bradly.