On the bright side, at least the memes coming out of this situation are pretty hilarious.Play the role of the last space marine stationed in the demon-infested station on Mars and clear the place of all hostiles in this classic FPS – Doom! Experience the game that started it all and shoot all those pixel demons down!ĭoom is a classic bloody first person shooter that spawned many titles and inspired many more. Naturally, this is going to cause problems, such as when someone wants to play DOOM 3 while on the go but has no internet connection. It’s also strange that Bethesda would implement a DRM tool for games which each cost about the same as a cup of coffee and would require significant work to pirate and get working on the Switch.ĭOOM 3, on the other hand, requires players to log in every single time to ‘access certain features and/or content’. It’s still a tad strange, though, especially as DOOM and DOOM II are both singleplayer and offline games that really don’t require the internet to play at all. Logging in confirms that the person has purchased the software legally and hasn’t pirated it, which is why Bethesda only require validation once for DOOM and DOOM II.
Looks like DOOM 1+2 require you to login into your Bethesda account before you can playĪfter your initial login, you can play it offline as wellĭOOM 3 requires you to login into your BNet account "to access certain features and/or content" /OOYcUEaRi5īut why do players have to log in, exactly? It’s to do with digital rights management, or DRM. Once you’ve logged in and connected, you don’t need to log in again. However, jubilation quickly turned to anger after Switch players realised that the first two games required an internet connection in order to work.Īs confirmed by ResetEra’s Nibel on Twitter, DOOM I and II on Switch require the player to log into their account before playing for the first time. The games were supposed to be a celebration of DOOM’s 25th anniversary, with the original game coming out back in 1993. Yesterday, Bethesda dropped the first three DOOM games on Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4. The company says that the login should be entirely optional and that they’re working on fixing the issue now.
The login should be optional, and we are working on changing the requirement to optional now. The BethesdaNet login requirement was included for the Slayers Club, to reward members for playing the classic DOOM games.
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