Beach Troopers

Description
Maveritchell, one of the SWBFII modding scene's most prolific and skilled modders, brings to us today this interesting and summery mod, which utilizes a rather silly premise to bring about some interesting gameplay techniques, new game modes, and demonstrate how Battlefront doesn't necessarily have to be about Star Wars the entire time.

Essentially, this mod is basically just a water gun fight between two sides, one of which wears helmets and the others don't. There are four game modes that these water gun fights can take place on - Team Deathmatch, Survival, Sand Castles, and Soak the Wookie (more on these later). This mod can, as of right now, be played on only five maps, which are Felucia, Kamino, Kashyyyk, Mos Eisley, and Naboo. Each side is largely the same, featuring waterized versions of each side's typical weapons.

The main focus of this mod, amusing as they may be, is not the sides, however. This mod is focused on its new gametypes, which are actually fairly interesting and fresh. One of the two most unique are Survival, which is essentially just you against waves of enemies, recieving powerups as you go along. This mode isn't quite as new to the game as the other, but it's well executed here and pretty fun to play. The other mode that is most interesting is called Soak the Wookie, which is a game type in which you attempt to capture CPs, but in order to do so, you must shoot a neutral Wookie to coerce him into capturing CPs for your team. This brings a whole new element of strategy to your games, since you have to concentrate on the Wookie instead of the CPs. It's a new and fresh idea and it's very well done here.

visually, this mod is pretty good - the character models look about as realistic as you would expect from a game with Battlefront's graphics levels, and the water guns are interesting and seem fairly accurate to actual water guns. There is a new reload animation, which is slightly stiff and strange, but other than that the graphical presentation is pretty good. There is a bunch of music included with the mod as well that will help make your experience just that much more summery.

So, if you're looking for a fun mod to play, regardless of the amount of clone troopers it has, then I'd suggest you check this mod out. It has some good ideas and a clever enough premise to make it easily one of the most memorable mods that I've played this year. Give it a download and get soaked for yourself.

- Jedikiller