So, wondering where to start, and thinking, Cobra Fury/Rage. And what does Cobra have against their Vipers. You look at this thing and you see feature creep all over it. But seems feature creep doesn't cover actually PROTECTING the crew. Open turret. Open slats for the other crew hatch.
As I said earlier somewhere else: Any half lit redneck with a decent scoped deer rifle stops the Fury/rage . Some debris in the way, this thing is stopped. Oh sure it's armed to the teeth. With weapons it can't use. Want to lug Ally Vipers into the ally? Can't do it, what ally is the size of a 4 lane? And if you do force Vipers onto the outside, they get picked off, or worse, you burn them off with the Sagger anti-tank missiles or whatever they are that are placed right in front of the hangers-on.Minigun in the nose? Flush with the battering ram front end? Huh? Pop out rocket pod. Doesn't pop out enough. Or does it rotate? BFGs on the open top turret...how do they work? won't matter, they won't work for long. Dual Gatling guns on turret? Can't rotate, can't elevate. Mine layer? must be for when the thing turns tail and runs. And I dunno bout that elevating turret deal either. Raise the Viper higher into the air to be a better target, and it will do it with bone jarring back wrenching ,deafening fierceness. If this was a M.A.R.S weapon, someone needs their money back.
But as a toy? No more effective than it would be as a real deal.
Too low profile. Nothing shoots (ok we really hate shooting things, not because they are dangerous, we grew up with dangerous, but because they LOOK stupid!) . But this is a toy, and a heavily missiled toy! So how bout 1 damn missile?!!! Troop carrier? Not so much. And I dunno bout that elevating turret deal either. It takes quite a bit of effort to POP that thing into place and it scares the dog when it POPS!, and tends to pop apart, and pop the Viper out of the turret.
I say, for play-ability, it's a 10 if you're 10, it's a 3 if you're middle aged. as a real vehicle? FAIL
Let me know if I'm right or wrong.
WessD COBRA!!!!
And if the crew raises the turret, a grenade into the guts will slow that rascal down real quick!
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