Periodically, drop pods will be deployed in the map and you'll have to race the Imperial forces for control of it. You'll also face probe droids, and every few rounds, an AT-ST or TIE Fighter gets thrown into the mix. Eventually, you'll face shock troopers who use heavy blasters and have greater armor, troopers with a personal shield and jetpack, snipers, and even one that can cloak itself and launch a surprise attack. You begin with a shared pool of two lives, and it's not possible to revive a teammate, so careless play will be punished.Īs the rounds progress, the types of Stormtrooper that get thrown at you get mixed up a bit. It's a nice way to preview some of the later abilities. Before starting, players can select one of two preset Star Card hands, and select from all of the blasters whether they've unlocked them or not. Survival mode is, as you might expect, a wave-based mode where you and a friend fight off Imperial forces for fifteen rounds. I don't see a real reason to co-op the training missions unless you've got a friend on your couch who also needs to learn the ins and outs of the control scheme, so let's talk about Survival mode. Battlefront supports two player co-op either locally or online in two modes: the five Training missions, and the four Survival maps. Which brings us to the co-op, of which there isn't much.
