

The publisher, Valve has offered this game in one of two ways: through the purchase of a game pack containing one or more of its other titles (IE: Halflife 2) or through Steam, an online, multipurpose gaming application. However, as DoDs is a multiplayer server-based game, other players can use inappropriate language via the scrolling chat or microphone.ĭay of Defeat:Source most likely will not be found by itself on the shelf. The game itself does not use any form of cussing, cursing or vulgarity.


As such, blood spatter is to be expected although there is no gore or dismemberment to be seen.ĮSRB did rate this as M for Mature for Blood and Intense violence due to a realistic combat environment. However, unlike many story-driven shooters, DoDs is combat-driven. The player can choose one of six solider types for Assault to Bazooka, each carrying the standard load of knife or shovel as well as secondary weapons.ĭoDs also offers a wide variety of servers catering to custom maps as well as nine standard maps.īeing a server-based* game also enables players to communicate to one another by chat as well as hear other players if the voice/microphone option is enabled.ĭay of Defeat:Source is a first-person-shooter and as such the player has complete control of their character. However with the advent of online multiplayer shooters, Day of Defeat:Source(DoDs) bridges the gap between historical combat and your run-of-the-mill shooter.īased off of the great struggle between American and Nazi forces in World War II, DoDs puts the player on the front lines in any of a number of Allied or Axis controlled territories.

First-person-shooters are a dime a dozen.
