So, after spending some processing my feelings on the game trailer and the demo respectively - I’ve come to the conclusion my biggest issue is how little of the Banished’s aesthetic identity is apparent in this game thus far.
The Brutes designs are flat out WRONG. I get that they’re based off of the Halo 3 Brutes, but they should be based on the Halo Wars 2 iterations of the Brutes. This is the banished. Not whatever we saw in this trailer.
Where is their distinctive grey steel and red patterned armour? Why have they downgraded their gear, where are their spikers? Where is anything?
343, if you want to ride on the coattails of Halo Wars 2’s Banished popularity you should probably actually make the Banished look like the Banished. These rainbow brutes are a JOKE.