I was absolutely livid when I was forced to buy the new DOD, the old one was a lot better game wise. The new one took away a lot of weapons, and gained just the full auto Broomhandle Mauser pistol which is not a good trade.
The old game had the Germans sporting the G-41 semi-automatic rifle to compete with the M-1 Garand. It also had a sniper and standard version of the FG-42.
The Germans also had the MG-34 which did not overheat, shot slower but had less rounds than the MG-42. I prefered the more accurate MG-34 that was overheat resistant like the 1919A4 on DOD.
The Americans had the Greasegun, which I liked a lot more than the Thompson because the cyclic rate made for a longer period of suppression than the Thompson. I did not have to get into that vulnerable situation of keep having to reload.
They actually had the Brits too!!! This new DOD got rid of them, its sad! They had the Bren machinegun which was awesome, it reloaded as quick as a rifle or subgun unlike the 1919A4. They also had the Stengun, and it was also a nice weapon in the game.
You could pick up the PIAT which is an anti-tank gun, and it was nice that it could be added to your weapons list, shot, then dropped.
You could also fire mortars in the original DOD.
They have always since day one got the MP-44/Stg and MP-40 wrong. The MP-44 was the original assault rifle with a very long stroke action which the bolt never hit the back of the receiver, and in turn had ultimate controllability. The MP-40 is one of the tamest subguns to control in real life. They made these guns out to be something they are not. I am having to fight the mouse to control either of these two guns, and it is sad.
The Germans also had I believe two types of Panzerfaust on the original game.
Why the heck don't they update the game with the original weapons. I like the Broomhandle, but it is not enough.
They also made the weapons list different for each map to reflect the best ones for use in such a mission.
We should all send them a note saying we want our guns back, and bring back the Brits!
I have never seen the Brits on the 1.6 version. Maybe they do in the 1.3 version.
I am surprised there is more critiquing of the size of this post rather than caring about how the game has been ruined by their source upgrade.
Steam updates Source here and there, but guess what? The game has the same bs of dumping a mag on someone point blank and they have blood all over them yet the guy turns around and kills you in one shot (realism). Still has the same lame weapons line-up, and has none of the original maps which I thought were much better.
Steam-ing pile of crap...
VAC is also a pile, people aimbot all the time, and you have snipers running yet have use of the scope. VAC is worthless...
Let's get something straight here: Day of Defeat is version 1.3. The only reason it says 1.6 in Xfire and Gametiger is because Half-Life is version 1.6.
DOD Original Weapons
The old game had the Germans sporting the G-41 semi-automatic rifle to compete with the M-1 Garand. It also had a sniper and standard version of the FG-42.
The Germans also had the MG-34 which did not overheat, shot slower but had less rounds than the MG-42. I prefered the more accurate MG-34 that was overheat resistant like the 1919A4 on DOD.
The Americans had the Greasegun, which I liked a lot more than the Thompson because the cyclic rate made for a longer period of suppression than the Thompson. I did not have to get into that vulnerable situation of keep having to reload.
They actually had the Brits too!!! This new DOD got rid of them, its sad! They had the Bren machinegun which was awesome, it reloaded as quick as a rifle or subgun unlike the 1919A4. They also had the Stengun, and it was also a nice weapon in the game.
You could pick up the PIAT which is an anti-tank gun, and it was nice that it could be added to your weapons list, shot, then dropped.
You could also fire mortars in the original DOD.
They have always since day one got the MP-44/Stg and MP-40 wrong. The MP-44 was the original assault rifle with a very long stroke action which the bolt never hit the back of the receiver, and in turn had ultimate controllability. The MP-40 is one of the tamest subguns to control in real life. They made these guns out to be something they are not. I am having to fight the mouse to control either of these two guns, and it is sad.
The Germans also had I believe two types of Panzerfaust on the original game.
Why the heck don't they update the game with the original weapons. I like the Broomhandle, but it is not enough.
They also made the weapons list different for each map to reflect the best ones for use in such a mission.
We should all send them a note saying we want our guns back, and bring back the Brits!
godspeed
yeah really, how are we supposed to fend off those tanks now!
The dev team stopped caring about 1.3 when call of duty source came out
Maybe they do in the 1.3 version.
I am surprised there is more critiquing of the size of this post rather than caring about how the game has been ruined by their source upgrade.
Steam updates Source here and there, but guess what?
The game has the same bs of dumping a mag on someone point blank and they have blood all over them yet the guy turns around and kills you in one shot (realism).
Still has the same lame weapons line-up, and has none of the original maps which I thought were much better.
Steam-ing pile of crap...
VAC is also a pile, people aimbot all the time, and you have snipers running yet have use of the scope. VAC is worthless...
Just thought I'd clear that up.
Good Luck!