All in all, Day of Defeat is a very fast-paced and exciting shooter for the history buff and the action fan alike.
User Rating: 8.7 | Day of Defeat PC
World War II. Who would have known it would spawn so many games? Some are good. Some are bad. Luckily, Day of Defeat (DoD) is one of the good games. You all (hopefully) know what WWII was. So lets cut to the chase. The Allies and Axis battle for control over various terrain throughout Western Europe. You’ll storm the beaches of Normandy, fight in quaint villages, and blast your way through an airfield. In order to obtain victory in the battlefield, you must capture flags or certain areas, like a bunker. Most maps have you capturing maps while some have you capturing areas. The levels are well designed, and encourage all-out battles. It’s too bad they don’t look too good. I don’t hate the graphics or anything, but the texture look way too grainy. The character models, however, look good. Gun models look spot on as well. Now, when you enter a battle, you choose your side, and choose your weapon class. There is the rifleman who is well rounded, the submachine gun class, the sniper, the machine gunner, and the bazooka class. Depending on the map, there might be more classes, like the German paratroopers who sport the FG42. The Americans and the Germans are usually evenly matched, while the British…. not so much. Since the Brits are new to this version of DoD, they only have the rifleman, the SMGer, sniper, and MGer. So, the Germans usually outclass the Britons, but that’s not really a big problem. Just wanted to point it out. The sound quality is pretty good, the weapons sound realistic and crisp. You will hear background noise in all of the levels, which really evokes the feeling that you are in a battle. One of the gameplay features I really liked to the stamina meter. The meter decreases whenever you sprint or jump. This makes the game realistic, and it makes sure your not jumping around like an idiot like most people do in other shooters. Most of the guns have recoil too, which really adds to the realism (say goodbye to using machine guns standing up). So far, my only gripes with game are the textures, so what’s next? Its really just technical stuff. You WILL experience frequent server crashes and disconnections. It’s very frustrating, but shouldn’t keep you from enjoying a very fine game. All in all, Day of Defeat is a very fast-paced and exciting shooter for the history buff and the action fan alike.
