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team that works together and spreads out, targeting

all feel unique from one another. It’ll ultimately be

different areas, if not, be prepared to do a lot of

one of those elements where you hit the ground

dying, running miles and miles then dying again.

running, and become a pro at air-to-ground support
or can never really grasp; but then again, that’s
why we’re not all flying with the Red Arrows.

The mode certainly didn’t feel balanced though,
and after numerous rounds, the battle would fall

Survival on Tatooine

into the hands of the Empire much more than the
Rebels, whether it was an imbalance of objectives of

For those that prefer a more personal approach

just the walkers being too damn difficult to destroy

to their gameplay, then Survival on Tatooine is what

I’m not sure, but EA will surely have noticed any

you’ll be looking towards. Much like Call of Duty’s

anomalies in statistics and will address the issues…

now legendary and ever expanding zombie hordes

unless of course they are working for the darkside.

mode, the gameplay is basically surviving waves
upon waves of enemies which grow in numbers

Walker Assault of course offers the classic FPS

and difficulty the further you progress. Aside

combat, but scattered across the maps are power-

from the hordes of Imperial troopers swarming

ups for both the Rebels and the Empire, similar to

towards you, Survival has something of a story

Drop Zone, these can offer things such as aerial

although it’s nothing more than the squid headed

strikes, ion cannon strikes or mounted weapons,

Admiral Ackbar telling you to get to different

but in Walker Assault these are joined by aerial

points around the map, keeping you from finding

combat power-ups. Finding one as either side will

and taking advantage of one part of the map.

place you in the cockpit of an X-Wing or A-Wing for
the rebels or a TIE-Fighter or TIE-Interceptor as the

It’s a very simplistic mode, and one that even on

Empire, and while the exclusive Aerial combat mode

the most difficult setting is relatively straightforward

wasn’t available during the beta, getting behind the

- however, come launch there will be more difficulty

controls of these ships gave us a glimpse of what

settings than the three available on the beta;

to expect. Controls are initially inverted, which for

meaning that storm troopers might actually be able

controlling aircraft is particularly odd (whoever

to hit something for once. It certainly won’t make up

heard of up making you go up in a plane), but aside

for the lack of a single player narrative, but Survival

from that, the aircraft react well to your input and

is a great mode for target practice or testing your
loadout but shouldn’t really detract much attention

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