Thread: What is DOD:S and what makes it awesome?

Originally Posted by Guyver

Oh my God! I clocked so many hours on this map, it was just pure sniping from both sides. Man, I remember an exploit on this map people used in the console to speed hack everywhere just on this map. Complete chaos. I think it was snipers_hill or something? Could be way off.

The Omaha beach map was fun as well, especially on the flags further back in the trenches

Originally Posted by Guyver

A lot people don't realize that DoD:S was a test bed for features that are now in almost all Valve game...killcam, payload mode, and achievements all came from DoD:S. There are no official payload maps, but the code originated with DoD:S. The DoD:S developers worked extensively on TF2, and they liked payload..so they added it to TF2.

To add, the "distant firing" you hear, of which is actually a player's weapon firing, DoD:S was the first game to introduce that. Prior to that, i most games, and in DoD, there was just scripted loops of battle sounds. It really makes for a rich atmosphere in a game.

I had to skim through Heavy's post because.... bed time, but it's good stuff. I am opposite actually, I went from DoD to CS. Both great games for different reasons.

Yeah, I had forgotten about the distance sounds.

EDIT:
Yeah, the map in that screenie is dod _hill.

There's a Source version.:
DODSBANANA: dod_hill_classic (Day of Defeat: Source > Maps > Standard)

dod_hill_classic