Day Of Defeat: Source

[ebeattie]

Hi. Im staunchly in the COD2 column when it comes to FPS. But i was curious to know about Day of Defeat. Is it COD style where its not round based like CS? Also does it have VOIP, or do people prefer to use vent or ts?

I played CS:Source some and it was fun, but round based is not really my style. Ill probably pick that up just for giggles, but I never played DoD. I figure it couldnt hurt to add it to my library.

Any input appreciated!

 

[pontifex]

CoD2 is 100x better than DoD:S

 

[ebeattie]

So already having COD2, would it even be worth it picking up DoD? Might get CS:S just to dabble.

 

[TheRyuu]

Originally posted by: ebeattie
So already having COD2, would it even be worth it picking up DoD? Might get CS:S just to dabble.

DoD:S is different.

It's not like COD2 I think.

Think of DoD:S like CS:S set in a WWII era with BF1942 components.

Thats how I think of it.

 

[VIAN]

I think DoD is better than COD2. DOD has more goal/team oriented gameplay. Players respawn after about a minute, depending on the server. DOD is just much more challenging than COD2.

 

[Whirlwind]

DoD Source is way better then CoD.
Get it and try it....it will be money well spent....it has awsome team play .

 

[mulletgut]

DoD:S is different. It's faster, no iron sights but it is team/goal oriented.
If you're looking for a real challenge, have a look at red orchestra. more goal/team oriented than dod:s, much more realistic weapons/aming/firing. And, it has team tanking, gunner, driver, machine gunner.
Very cool game. and I have played them all bar BF1942.
I was hoping COD3 was going to come to PC.

 

[pontifex]

if you want, i think i have a 3 day trial code for it.

 

[IEC]

DoD Source is pretty good, respawn based rather than round-based, and objective/team-based rather than CS Source, where everyone goes rambo :disgust:

 

[clamum]

****** CoD2.

DoD: S is a WWII-era team-based shooter. There's five different classes I believe, with different weapons and functions. Maps are awesome, there's always at least a couple ways to get to a position so you gotta watch your ass and it's pretty hard to just camp somewhere. The goal is to capture all of the the flags placed through out the map. Some you can capture yourself and some require you to have a teammate with you. You pretty much have to work as a team to function well and when you can find a server with non-idiot players on it the game is fun as fvck. There's also a few maps with the goal of blowing up several objectives.

The complaint I hear most about it is that the guns are really inaccurate. I say: learn how to shoot.

I have a trial you can have if you'd like to try it out (I recommend it).

 

[StompAWOT]

I also have a guest pass that expires on 2/20 - so I need to dole it out before then. I have no ideal how long the trial lasts - probably on a few days per earlier posts on this thread. If anybody wants it PM me w/ the email address I should send it to.

 

[imported_JeReMY]

Originally posted by: mulletgut
DoD:S is different. It's faster, no iron sights but it is team/goal oriented.
If you're looking for a real challenge, have a look at red orchestra. more goal/team oriented than dod:s, much more realistic weapons/aming/firing. And, it has team tanking, gunner, driver, machine gunner.
Very cool game. and I have played them all bar BF1942.
I was hoping COD3 was going to come to PC.

Actually there are iron sights

 

[Genx87]

I loved Day of Defeat but jesus does the source version suck total ass.

 

[mulletgut]

Originally posted by: JeReMY

Originally posted by: mulletgut
DoD:S is different. It's faster, no iron sights but it is team/goal oriented.
If you're looking for a real challenge, have a look at red orchestra. more goal/team oriented than dod:s, much more realistic weapons/aming/firing. And, it has team tanking, gunner, driver, machine gunner.
Very cool game. and I have played them all bar BF1942.
I was hoping COD3 was going to come to PC.

Actually there are iron sights

Yes, mybad. But only for the garand and kar.
COD and RO have iron sights and NO CROSSHAIR for all weapons, which imho should have been a user option in the least for DoD:S

 

[pontifex]

Originally posted by: mulletgut

Originally posted by: JeReMY

Originally posted by: mulletgut
DoD:S is different. It's faster, no iron sights but it is team/goal oriented.
If you're looking for a real challenge, have a look at red orchestra. more goal/team oriented than dod:s, much more realistic weapons/aming/firing. And, it has team tanking, gunner, driver, machine gunner.
Very cool game. and I have played them all bar BF1942.
I was hoping COD3 was going to come to PC.

Actually there are iron sights

Yes, mybad. But only for the garand and kar.
COD and RO have iron sights and NO CROSSHAIR for all weapons, which imho should have been a user option in the least for DoD:S

CoD has crosshairs. it goes away when you run though.

 

[gorcorps]

Originally posted by: mulletgut
DoD:S is different. It's faster, no iron sights but it is team/goal oriented.
If you're looking for a real challenge, have a look at red orchestra. more goal/team oriented than dod:s, much more realistic weapons/aming/firing. And, it has team tanking, gunner, driver, machine gunner.
Very cool game. and I have played them all bar BF1942.
I was hoping COD3 was going to come to PC.

RO isn't so much a challenge of gaming as it is your patience. Everything is way too realistic, to the point of crippling the gameplay for me.

 

[ebeattie]

I think that NOT making COD3 a PC game then porting for consoles will prove to be a mistake.

Long Live COD and COD2

 

[KillerCharlie]

DOD:S blows... regular DOD was way better. The guns in DOD:S spray all over the place with no accuracy and the pace makes it feel like unreal.

 

[Balt]

Originally posted by: Genx87
I loved Day of Defeat but jesus does the source version suck total ass.

Agreed. I was really disappointed with Source. If they are going to make the Garand have a recoil like that I want a kill when I shoot someone in the chest.

 

[pontifex]

Originally posted by: gorcorps

Originally posted by: mulletgut
DoD:S is different. It's faster, no iron sights but it is team/goal oriented.
If you're looking for a real challenge, have a look at red orchestra. more goal/team oriented than dod:s, much more realistic weapons/aming/firing. And, it has team tanking, gunner, driver, machine gunner.
Very cool game. and I have played them all bar BF1942.
I was hoping COD3 was going to come to PC.

RO isn't so much a challenge of gaming as it is your patience. Everything is way too realistic, to the point of crippling the gameplay for me.

thats the way i feel too.

 

[PingSpike]

Originally posted by: Balt

Originally posted by: Genx87
I loved Day of Defeat but jesus does the source version suck total ass.

Agreed. I was really disappointed with Source. If they are going to make the Garand have a recoil like that I want a kill when I shoot someone in the chest.

Lots of people complained about the garand, and it was screwed up. I haven't played for about 6 months, but when I was playing they had just tweaked the garand. The damage hadn't been boosted, but the firerate was slightly increased and the recoil was reduced signifigantly.

I had initially thought that anything besides increasing the damage to a single chest shot kill was BS. But, the end result for me was that the garand went to a gun I found useless to my favorite weapon in the game. It plays different from the kar, but it really suited my "move, shoot, move" style better. Before it kicked to bad and fired to slow to make much use of it.

Few people were still using it, but I was going on some pretty serious sprees with it. Its pretty accurate even without the IS so its more of an offensive rifle then the kar.

 

[Genx87]

Originally posted by: Balt

Originally posted by: Genx87
I loved Day of Defeat but jesus does the source version suck total ass.

Agreed. I was really disappointed with Source. If they are going to make the Garand have a recoil like that I want a kill when I shoot someone in the chest.

I found the recoil and spray just ridiculous in DOD:S. I can handle a little recoil when you go into auto matic mode but jesus the effing kar98 and garand shoot up like a rocket one their first shot.

I like how they have recoil and spray in Counterstrike Source. These are soldiers, I highly doubt they went through weeks worth of training only to spray their bullets all over the place from 2 feet and have such a lack of control over their weapon the recoil sends the muzzle 3 feet up in the air after each shot.

The recoil and spray needs to be fixed. I cant count the times I unloaded from literally 3 feet away and all the bullters sprayed around my enemy. Then of course he flips around in mid air and 1 shots me with a pistol.

The old school DoD was tits, this version is utter crap.

 

[clamum]

I think the only weapons that take some getting used to are the weapons for the support classes. Even then the points is to not hold the trigger down. Take burst shots close or far away use the single shot. The single shot setting is surprisngly accurate. As for the other guns, they seem fine to me. Especially the Kar98... I mean I can be running, guy comes up to me, I stop and shoot w/o zooming and he's gone. That gun is easy to kill people with.

 

[rudder]

Originally posted by: Genx87
I loved Day of Defeat but jesus does the source version suck total ass.

How so? I tried going back to regular Day of Defeat after playing source... that was total ass. Granted when I first loaded DOD:S and played it the first time I really hated it compared to the older DoD. That only lasted a short while and DOD:s is about the only FPS game I play now.

 

[clamum]

Originally posted by: rudder

Originally posted by: Genx87
I loved Day of Defeat but jesus does the source version suck total ass.

How so? I tried going back to regular Day of Defeat after playing source... that was total ass. Granted when I first loaded DOD:S and played it the first time I really hated it compared to the older DoD. That only lasted a short while and DOD:s is about the only FPS game I play now.

I started out with DoD: S originally but had to play some regular DoD when my computer sh!t the bed and had to use my parents'. I could barely stand it... couldn't wait to get back to Source.