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Day of Defeat: Source

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9.2 User Score:

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Game Info

Publisher: Valve Software

Developer: Valve Software

Genre(s): First-Person Shooter, Action

Players: 32

ESRB Rating: RP (Rating Pending)

Release Date: September 26, 2005

Summary

Day of Defeat: Source features multiplayer, team-based gameplay set in the WWII European theatre of operations. Players choose a role and tackle goal-oriented missions based on historical operations. Day of Defeat: Source takes the classic gameplay of the original Day of Defeat and improves the experience with Source, the advanced engine technology Valve created for "Half-Life 2." With this technology, DoD: Source offers state of the art graphics (including support for HDR lighting) in optimized versions of popular maps, plus redesigned sound and all new player, weapon, and world models. New features include: Completely updated maps to take full advantage of the Source engine replaces, integrated physics simulation for ragdolls and physically simulated objects, higher resolution textures throughout, bump mapping, specular lighting, and other graphic effects, all powered by advanced Source engine technology, completely redesigned user interface, all new voice, weapon, and ambient sounds. [Valve]

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What The Critics Said

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Gamer 2.0

Hearing bullets wiz past your head as you hear the crackle of machine gun fire in the background is something that I have yet to experience in any game.

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GameShark

Day of Defeat is not only a great looking game, but an enjoyable WWII multiplayer experience that gives you more than your money’s worth.

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Worth Playing

Every bit the great game its predecessor was, and then some.

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AceGamez

Just as enjoyable and as addictive as it has been in previous versions, and hopefully in time, new updates and maps should bring in a new generation of Day of Defeat fanatics.

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2404.org

I think the new DoD has done the best job of utilizing the Source physics engine.

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Pelit (Finland)

Looks very professional. It is hard to believe that it is just a mod. The action might be too fast for the weak hearted so keep your pills close by. [Nov 2005]

Games Radar UK (Pre-2006)

This is a brave, slow-paced WWII shooter with tons of character and verve. Valve will update it with more content, and when they do DoD will be worth another 5%. Until then... [PC Gamer UK]

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PALGN

While the game still needs some patching, and is unfortunately not DoD as we know it, this is still an absolutely fantastic package; those after a new multiplayer shooter can’t really go wrong with this one. Oh, and expect this score to go up over time as Valve patches out various problems.

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IGN

I expect to be playing DoD a lot more than "Couterstrike: Source"... I recommend DoD:S to the multiplayer action crowd, but don't come crying to me when things start getting stale.

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GameSpot

While a lack of maps cuts into the game's value somewhat, Day of Defeat: Source still offers a satisfying and exciting experience for those who just can't get enough of World War II.

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PC Format

It's firmly a team game, rocketing from tense action to a tedious slog, based entirely on how the rest of your team plays. [Dec 2005 p.91]

Eurogamer

In terms of scale, it barely comes up to Battlefield's ankles, and in terms of tactics and tension it can't beat Counter-Strike, but once you've spent a few hours on a server of 20 or so people, you'd have to want not to enjoy it to fail to - and your own war stories are an inevitable byproduct.

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Electric Playground

A great game if you are a fan of the WW2 genre and a previous fan of the DOD series, but if not, you might find greater value in another WW2 title.

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ActionTrip

Sound is what makes this game unique however. You’re made very aware of gunshots almost everywhere to varying degrees of loudness.

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Boomtown

Valve's insistence on quality over quantity has paid off – this is a small but perfectly polished package.

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Computer and Video Games

When all's said and done, this is an old game - an excellent old game and a beautiful old game - but an old game nonetheless. But if you haven't played it before, now's a great time to do so. [PC Zone]

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PC Gamer

Great fun, but tough to recommend until more maps are available. [Holiday 2005, p.72]

Game Over Online

I just figured that with all the time it took to release DoD:S that they might be adding vehicles (a la "Call of Duty - United Offensive") or weapons. It turned out that I was wrong. Doesn’t make it a bad game, and the $20 bargain price (which is almost certain to include more maps from Valve at a later date) doesn’t hurt, but if given the choice (and Steam doesn’t) to just keep playing the old DoD, that's probably where I would have stayed.

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FiringSquad

Yes, yes, no doubt Valve will release more maps soon and the community is already churning new content out, but are we expected to pay for an updated mod that was free which offers less content than the original but that’s supposed to be ok because the community will fix it? Huh? That’s logic I can't wrap my head around.

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Computer Gaming World

Love it or hate it, DOD's war is an apparently contradictory compulsion.

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GameSpy

At $20 a la carte or bundled for cheap with other Valve products, anyone who enjoys this kind of game should easily get his money's worth.

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1UP

Taken with the limitations of only four maps, on which to play one game type, all too soon you can find yourself in a mechanical rut playing them over and over. And that's something that the original didn't suffer from.

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this game is 9.2 (out of 10) based on 1676 User Votes

Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Brain L gave it a9:
THIS GAME IS AWESOME!!! Awesome Multiplayer! I like what the game is based of WWll. I love shooting Nazis ^^

[anonymous] gave it a9:
A good solid game aging very well. Tons of custom content. If no one liked it, no one would be playing it, but there is still a huge community that plays this game.

[anonymous] gave it a10:
good game. rate it 10 no doubt. and people who say its simple and contentless should try playing officials with pro or semi-pro teams!

[anonymous] gave it a10:
I love the graphics and the sound effects and the realism! The ragdoll effects and the playing style makes this game amazing for only 10$. This game is very fun I reconmend everyone get this game if you want any world war 2 game!

[anonymous] gave it a0:
This game is the worst WWII game ever! Its not realistic at all. Some of the people who rated this 5 or up should try Red Orchestra! Red Orchestra is basically a simulation game. Its graphics are great and it has good, realistic gameplay. The only problem is the NPCs are kind-of messed up. But I do not recommend DoD:S at all. Crappy graphics AND gameplay.

anonymous gave it a9:
I have play this game before Simon. And I say that this is a solid and awesome game. The poor collision? The game is very well done and you should be ashmed. Anyway the graphicis a great the glare is more realistic and it only took like what about an hour to download on my type of computer. Oh and Simon you look like you just looked at the screenshots and said that this game is the worst. Well the other critics didn't say so now did they? So that makes you a whiny little brat.

Lasse N gave it a9:
It's a very good game with good graphics. The best thing about the game is the accuracy of the weopons unlike any other shooter game u cant just take your handgun and shoot someone 5 miles away in the head the accuracy is much more realistic than other games.

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