Day of Defeat: Source release date

[Moving Target]

Day of Defeat: Source (DoD: Source), the latest version of the WWII online action game from Valve®, will be made available to gamers everywhere on September 26.

"Day of Defeat has quietly been one of the most played online action games for the past three years," said Gabe Newell, president and founder of Valve. "Day of Defeat: Source represents a major leap forward in both graphics and gameplay, and pushes the Source engine harder than any other Source project."

DoD: Source takes the classic teamplay of DoD and expands the experience with Source, the engine technology Valve created for Half-Life® 2 and it's next generation of games. With this technology, DoD: Source offers state of the art graphics with optimized versions of popular maps and all new player, weapon and world models, plus support for HDR lighting.

DoD: Source leverages the power of the Source engine by introducing advanced sound technology to provide a more immersive soundscape and integrated physics simulation technology for ragdolls and physically simulated objects throughout each map.

Available via Steam for just $19.95 and in the Counter-Strike: Source retail package, DoD: Source is a rebuild from the ground up of Day of Defeat on the Source engine.

DoD: Source will be available for pre-load and pre-order next week. Those who purchased the Half-Life 2 Silver or Gold Steam offers will receive a request to pre-load the game at this time and will receive access to play the moment the game is made available.

For more information, visit www.steampowered.com

So, what do people think paying an extra $20 for a mod? Thankfully I bought the Silver option so I don't have to pay now

P.S. the Steam website seems to be down to me?

[supersaint]

Works for me.
two screenshots of DOD:S,looks great .

http://pcmedia.ign.com/pc/image/arti...9040854512.jpg

http://pcmedia.ign.com/pc/image/arti...9040855840.jpg

[throdgrain]

Most people seem to have the silver version anyway.
Me I cant wait for it, if only to play it for a day or so before returning to CS

[Moving Target]

I think it'll be better than CSS

*fight fight fight*

[Stazbumpa]

DoD has always pnwed CS tbpfh. CS:S has been seriously noobed and I pray to god above that DoD gameplay, hit registry and gun mechanics haven't been made FUBAR.


I'm in an acronym mood today afaik tbh.

[throdgrain]

Oh how right you are.
I played DoD yesterday for old times sake (and I was bored) , the server had a thing that showed where you got hit. So, "you were hit in the leg with a K98" - dead. "you were hit twice in the chest by a Thompson" - still alive.
Rediculous.

[Sockstuff]

Originally Posted by throdgrain

"you were hit twice in the chest by a Thompson" - still alive.
Rediculous.

You mean you can't do that? Pussy.

[xane]

Originally Posted by throdgrain

Oh how right you are.
I played DoD yesterday for old times sake (and I was bored) , the server had a thing that showed where you got hit. So, "you were hit in the leg with a K98" - dead. "you were hit twice in the chest by a Thompson" - still alive.
Rediculous.

Probably needs more verbose messages, maybe it was "you were hit in the leg with a K98 causing you to stumble onto a landmine before being run over by a Sherman M4A1", and "you were hit twice in the chest by a Thompson but both bullets were deflected by the Bible in your breast pocket your mother got you for Christmas which you put in a drawer and forgot about but decided to take with you today just in case the latrines ran out again".

Thinking of trying DoD, I never played CS until it was out in Source, so how does DoD compare with BF:1942 ?

[DaGaffer]

Originally Posted by xane

Thinking of trying DoD, I never played CS until it was out in Source, so how does DoD compare with BF:1942 ?

Not really comparable. DoD is more like Medal of Honor or Call of Duty than BF. I always thought it played OK but didn't really hold my attention for long. If I was in the mood to play a WWII FPS that wasn't BF, I'd probably take Call of Duty.

[dysfunction]

Originally Posted by throdgrain

Most people seem to have the silver version anyway.
Me I cant wait for it, if only to play it for a day or so before returning to CS

Thats only cos you're a noob!


So i guess you wont be starting a KEA DOD clan then...

[throdgrain]

Originally Posted by dysfunction

Thats only cos you're a noob!


So i guess you wont be starting a KEA DOD clan then...

Waste of time.

And you're a bigger noob than me !

[supersaint]

Some videos of DOD:S.

http://media.pc.ign.com/media/703/703780/vids_1.html

Looks great.

[Moving Target]

Oh my gawd, only 45 minutes to go..it's been a long road, and one soon to be filled with thousands of people trying to get on 100 servers!

[Stazbumpa]

Just played on a 24 man server on Anzio. Apart from the lag and the silly notion that the Thompson isnt allowed to hit anything anymore, this game is fecking brilliant. Gameplay was really intense, have to keep checking your 6 a lot and grenades + enemy + ragdoll = hilarity.

[Gray]

man.. when i stopped playing CS about 6 months ago, i had a short-stint at WoW again (It was infact my favorite, it was just that the DoD servers were pretty empty).

People where talking about DoD: S, this must have been back in March time, and expected release by "Fans" was around April/May...

So its taken all this time for it to be released then? I dont play FPS anymore mind, but DoD: S looked like a game in itself when i seen pics back then