Dabar jeigu tau norisi "gaišt" laiką tyrinėjant planetas, tereikia nepatankant į jokius krovimo ekranus praskanuot "skaneriu". Čia būdas rinkt resusrsus.
Jeigu apačioj planetoj kas nros idomiau, skaneris praneša apie anomalijas, tada galima ir nusileist, bet tik pėsti.

One of the many aspects of the original Mass Effect I despised was the awful Mako, an ATV the player drove to explore planets. The problem was the physics behind the Mako, which made it feel like a lame arcade game with all of its bouncing around and assorted nonsense. Bioware obviously heard people’s criticism but instead of fixing the issue they simply removed the feature altogether. Unfortunately, their overall solution is to have the player survey planets from the Normandy, a truly boring and repetitive process that involves holding the mouse button down as you scan the surface of a planet for minerals. This is presented in such a boring and uninteresting way that it comes across as a huge speed bump for the game, a necessary evil imposed on the player because you need those resources to create new upgrades.