Wanna try and shoot with a virtual Webley?

Swindiana · Post by **Swindiana** » Tue Aug 05, 2003 4:29 am

Perhaps the first time in a computer game...?

In the WW2 game Day of Defeat, a total modification of the game Half Life, British troops have the Webley as their sidearm.

Cool, huh?

Great game too!

http://www.dayofdefeatmod.com/

/Swindy

cliffhanger · Post by **cliffhanger** » Tue Aug 05, 2003 10:07 am

Very cool.

Thanks Swindy!

Peace,
Cliffhanger

Renderking Fisk · Post by **Renderking Fisk** » Tue Aug 05, 2003 10:43 am

Can I shoot nazis?

Cooler King · Post by **Cooler King** » Tue Aug 05, 2003 10:52 am

Renderking Fisk wrote:Can I shoot nazis?

Yes, but to be politically correct, we can't say Nazis nor use the swastica, they're Axis members and are marked with the iorn cross...

Looks cool to me, very accurate and detailed looking gun. Who would have thought? A WWII game based on Half-Life.

Renderking Fisk · Post by **Renderking Fisk** » Tue Aug 05, 2003 12:58 pm

Why bother.... I would rather shoot a real gun and use photocopies of Saddam and his girl His-Mamma Been-Layen for a target.

Is this a good game?

Post by **Michaelson** » Tue Aug 05, 2003 1:07 pm

Somehow, I feel that the recoil just isn't going to be quite the same when shooting THIS Webley. (grins) Regards. Michaelson

whipwarrior · Post by **whipwarrior** » Tue Aug 05, 2003 2:04 pm

SWEET!

It makes me fall in love with my .455 all over again!

-Dale

P.S.- Hey! Where's the thumb lever on the left side of the frame? That stirrup catch doesn't open by itself, you know!

Swindiana · Post by **Swindiana** » Tue Aug 05, 2003 5:33 pm

Renderking Fisk wrote:Why bother.... I would rather shoot a real gun and use photocopies of Saddam and his girl His-Mamma Been-Layen for a target.

Is this a good game?

Well.. Have you played Half Life? This is a convertion of it, almost unrecognizable although the graphic "feel" to it is sort of the same.
The game is great I think! You play it on-line on either the Allies or Axis team on different maps based on actual happenings from WW2. On the map Overlord you storm the beaches of Normandie on D-day for instance. For the most part your team tries to reach flags or checkpoints to make them show your colour while the other team does the same thing towards your lines. If you "have" all 5 checkpoints at the sime time, your team wins. Other missions features snatching secret plans and getting them back to your base, blowing up tanks and tons of other creative stuff.

In the mod "Counter Strike" you have to wait until all players are killed or for the round to end to play again if you are out. In Day of Defeat you have to wait a maximum of like 10 seconds until "reinforcements" arrive where you can carry on trying to finish your teams mission. The game has great sound with guns firing in the background and people screaming and the Axis even speak German. The guns are all ones that were used in WW2 and you have to reload and save your ammo in order to progress. There is a retail version including Half Life but you can also download it for free if you already have Half Life. (Half Life alone is like $14 now since the game is pretty old, still with good enough graphics I think.)
To sum it all up: Go get it!

Oh, be sure to pad your mouse (or furniture) when firing the Webley if playing indoors... KABOOM! Pretty good recoil!

(Reminds me about playing Nintendo for the first time... Did anyone actually manage to control Mario by shaking their gamepad from side to side?)

Cheers!

/Swindy

whipwarrior · Post by **whipwarrior** » Thu Aug 07, 2003 9:07 am

I just noticed something new about Indy's Webley while watching the Mediterranean Beach and tank chase scenes in Last Crusade. Unlike my Webley, which has a flat-bladed front sight, the sight on Indy's gun appears to be one of the taller, rounded sights. Now, I'm not terribly concerned about this, but just for the sake of argument, is it even possible to buy, or even find, an original rounded Webley sight?

-Dale