Anybody remember the Reach-beta Banshee, that big purple nerf ball of death? I feel like its brother got recruited for Halo 4, the big lug. No more pirouettes en route to massive domination, I guess.
Frankly the H4 hog feels kind of weird too, sort of like it’s a Tonka truck with a lot less weight!
I can’t help but laugh about the nerfballs, but you had me at “H,” 343. The multiplayer felt like a big evolution, but campaign feels like a neat graphics-enhanced continuation of 2007.
I think it would be fine if it flipped faster.
I know the title is for banshee but seeing as you mentioned it…
I used to love the Warthog. Got in and drove for some lazy gunner dude every chance I could up until now! Was something I really enjoyed, being the wheelman.
Now I think I have four betrayals accredited to bad brakes on the current Warthog. It just slips everywhere and just a tickle on a team mate’s back and that’s it - insta hate mail.
Maybe this can be pinned to me just needing to get back used it from playing BF3, but maybe not?
It does seem to go down easier when shot too, which is nice.
banshee was the dumbest vehicle on reach. if you used the banshee you were garbage because that’s the only way you could get a kill. i’m glad they nerfed it; now it’s more of a nuisance than a flying death machine.
You could always tell an expert Reach Banshee pilot when you saw one — and I wasn’t one of them. You know, the guy manages to pull off a tight barrel roll just when your plasma bolt or grenade is about to zap him, and the next thing you know, your corpse is flying away. Sure, there were plenty of goofs racking up kills with them too, but the pro’s made it a thing of beauty to watch. And grumble about. But given enough time and cooperative teammates, you could still take out a Reach Banshee with just DMRs.
I haven’t run into the “auto” betrayals (see what I did there) with the hog but wouldn’t be surprised. Thing feels like a matchbox car to drive, but it surely still has game mass.
“Auto” Betrayals…
…Zing!
Yeah, the banshee sucks balls in this game. I don’t agree that “omg banshees are for noobs”, because I have seen some very skilled banshee players. It wasn’t as difficult to master as a revenant, but no where near the noobfest that was the scorpion.
However, Banshees in this game suck bad. Not only are they slow (in both rolls and boost), but they seemed to have nerfed the plasma cannon; on the upside chain guns seems buffed.
In BTB I find myself steering clear from the banshee. In Reach I’d rush to get it, go on a running riot or better, but in Halo 4 when I get the banshee I’m lucky to get 2-3 kills.