The Scorpion

Games Halo 5: Guardians
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What is up with the control movements for the Scorpion? I long for the days when moving up on the thumbstick made the tank move forward, right would make you turn right, left would make you turn left, and down would make you back up.

In Halo 5, the direction appears to be tied to whichever direction you’re looking… so if you’re targeting something to the side of the tank and rotate your turret, it jacks up your direction. I constantly find myself pressing dead right or left to get the damn thing to rotate, only to have it wiggle back and forth and not rotate at all. I’ll just be stuck there trying to get the damn thing to turn and it won’t go the direction I want it to.

2

It does have some drawbacks, yes, but once you get used to the new movement, you begin to realize that there are some situations in which it’s really usefully to be able to quickly turn. I’m still trying to get used to it, so I haven’t decided whether or not it’s a good change as of yet.