Posted: 30-01-09 In: Mods By: Hectic Glenn | (3) comments | Add your comments

This week, we've been lucky enough for the Ninja Workshop team to have given us access to their new closed beta build of their mod Berimbau.

Berimbau is a multiplayer Source engine mod featuring fierce sword duels in a retro-future universe. The game features an open sword combat system that allows for creative use of combos, counter-attacks, and parries. This combat system encourages players to develop attack patterns and strategies to defeat their opponents, rather than random “knife-fight” melee combat.

Playing together over the past few days has been great to see a mod in it's relative infancy as it's core features are put into place. This mod offers a unique experience, whereby you must co-ordinate strings of attacks, as well as blocks & parries. Dodging and stance changes are all important, and this will be a mod to look out for in the future. Duels can be fast and frantic or controlled and methodical, multi duels will add to the chaos once introduced.

Keep up to date with the ninjaworkshop team on their website, and I'm sure they will be looking for support in the ModDB MOTY competition if this looks up your street!