

The largest weapons need mounting with fixed or portable stands in order to get the most out of them- but of course their operators then become easier targets without proper cover or team support among the tight streets and corridors that make up your battlefields. The creators have strived for realism, which shows in over 30 weapons, which will send bullets arcing upwards if you hold the trigger down, and similar physics affecting sniper accuracy. With a nod to Team Fortress Classic, the soldiers are grouped into classes on both the Axis and Allied sides.

Being smart, they've released it at the top end of budget price too, so searching around, the mod won't cost you more than £15. This was enough for Valve to do what it did for Counter Strike (and single player GunMan), bring the mod in-house and for Activision to repeat Vivendi's move and turn publisher.

Crafted from the engine of the best selling Half-Life which never had bots at launch so most online deathmatching was human v human, the penultimate version to this review copy won universal praise for being the best in its two-year life. (Pocket-lint) - Another success story from the mod development community, Day Of Defeat is a hardcore WWII multiplayer FPS.
