My First Mod - Unknown Forces - The Fight For A New Hope Sides Test

Description
Well, this mod was... interesting, I suppose. This is a sides mod that replaces the shipped Rebel and Empire with new variations, featuring several weapons from the Battlefront Extreme mod.

I'm not sure exactly what conflict in the Star Wars universe this is meant to represent. You've got Gungans and various other Rebel forces fighting against mostly black colored Stormtroopers, some of which have large Imperial symbols on their chests (Is this in case they forget which side they're on? I don't see any other reason, and it does look a tad bit silly). The real problem with the mod is the fact that there are only four or five units on the Rebel side, with only one or two weapons each. The Imperial side is more diverse, but only because it's very similar in design to the shipped sides.

The mod is very unbalanced. A lot of the weapons have unlimited ammo, don't overheat, and either do excessively high damage or fire extremely fast. The author also purposely balanced the game in favor of the Empire; never a good idea in my book. Battlefront II is meant to be a game where you can fight Star Wars battles any way you want, and making one team vastly superior to the other limits your options.

I also noticed a fair deal of bugs. Nothing was localized correctly, most new weapons had floating HUD icons, and nothing overheated (though these weapons had overheat counters, they just never overheated). Some other things that bothered me were the shields on units (you can't tell how much health they [i]really[/i] have when they have a shield) and the melee weapons, which it seemed too many units had.

All in all, this might be a fun mod for a quick playthrough if you're into over-the-top weapons. Download away if it intrigues you, just be sure to backup your default imp and all sides before installing.

A note to the author: make sure you give credit where credit is due. Simply citing the BFX assets as the source of your stuff isn't enough; make sure you look through the readme of the assets you used and find out all of the names of the people you should be crediting.

-Xavious