A quote from FuzzDad in the DoD:S section of the steampowered boards (in response to charges of DoD:S turning into or being unduly influenced by TF2):

They are not going for the “TF2 look”. Never have, never will. The stuff they brought over from TF2 was done so just to get it to run in the game (remember…one or two guys doing almost all the work…there’s little content add here and it’s far easier to port and adjust than add new from scratch). Sure…as a byproduct of the engine certain things will look like TF2…but as long as the MG guy doesn’t look like Mr Incredible I think we’ll be fine. BTW…achievements were always going to be part of the mix with the move to Orange Box…it has everything to do with the way games are heading. TF2 just happened to be the first game (along w/Portal and EP2) from Valve fully integrated into that philosophy.

I suspect most of the blatant TF2 gfx will be replaced to fit the WW2 look-and-feel but I’m not sure when (could be a while). Best guess is after they go live and replace regular DoDS (which is really soon).   [source]

Good to hear. We haven’t been playing the Beta much lately, for no other reason than FNF’s beta server is hosted on Bat21’s home dsl. I’m ready for the update to go live, so we can convert the regular server!

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