Schucky Ducky
Banned
I'm expecting it will cost $60, like Skyrim. I'm fine with that personally. Portable DOOM is worth paying full price for (well full price minus any GCU or Amazon Prime discount of course.)
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DOOM on Switch will have full campaign on cartridge, multiplayer as optional download
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I'm expecting it will cost $60, like Skyrim. I'm fine with that personally. Portable DOOM is worth paying full price for (well full price minus any GCU or Amazon Prime discount of course.)
Poohblaster
Member
I will. I've wanted a decent online shooter on a handheld since forever. So far Killzone Mercenary has been the closest to being acceptable.
I like that it's an optional download, but it's a shame if people don't try it. I hated the beta, but I played a ton recently when all the DLC went free. I enjoyed it quite a bit.
No one plays it anyway. The MP blows.
FutureLarking
Member
More than 20GB and it's not staying on on my system... for long. I mean I've got 90GB of free space, but it'll be the first thing dying when I need it.
Wouldn't be such a problem with Nintendo added some sort of external storage swapping system to the dock - obviously not playing off the external storage, but being able to archive games too and from the external storage, so we can just swap which games we want to keep on our Switches without redownloading everything.
Wouldn't be such a problem with Nintendo added some sort of external storage swapping system to the dock - obviously not playing off the external storage, but being able to archive games too and from the external storage, so we can just swap which games we want to keep on our Switches without redownloading everything.
The Real Abed
Perma-Junior
Is there an official explanation why SnapMap isn't included? I'd have liked to play with that.
Also, even though I'm getting the Mario Switch bundle (Hopefully) I'd totally throw that aside for a DOOM bundle with the same red controllers, a red console (Why the heck doesn't the Mario one have a red console?) and a box with that same box art on it.
Really looking forward to putting that awesome box with my other DOOM boxes for my Jaguar, 32X, Saturn, PSX big box DOOM, PSX small case Final DOOM and GBA DOOM games and my SNES and N64 carts.
I like DOOM.
I don't suppose they could also put the original two games in the package as well.
Now we just need to convince Sega to give us a physical Sonic Mania too. (With a Sonic blue cartridge please.)
Also, even though I'm getting the Mario Switch bundle (Hopefully) I'd totally throw that aside for a DOOM bundle with the same red controllers, a red console (Why the heck doesn't the Mario one have a red console?) and a box with that same box art on it.
Really looking forward to putting that awesome box with my other DOOM boxes for my Jaguar, 32X, Saturn, PSX big box DOOM, PSX small case Final DOOM and GBA DOOM games and my SNES and N64 carts.
I like DOOM.
I don't suppose they could also put the original two games in the package as well.
Now we just need to convince Sega to give us a physical Sonic Mania too. (With a Sonic blue cartridge please.)
it's probably some boring reason like Snapmap being only used by about 1-2% of the PS4/Xbox userbase so they're not gonna spend the money to port it
edit: oh, snap map is crossplatform, so Switch probably couldn't download most of the snapmaps if their memory usage is maxed out. maybe it'll come later?
Eolz
Member
I wouldn't be surprised if it asked way more time and effort to port. It's harder to test something like this than multiplayer or single player.
I wish it was there too, but it's already fantastic like this tbh, wonder how long it took them, and how big the team was.
Zomba13
Member
Good way to save space. I actually thought the MP was fine but I can totally see some people not wanting it especially if you really just want Doom on the go and won't even be playing the MP. Cutting the MP and Snapmap stuff is the smartest way to save space while still letting people get the MP if they want.
TacoMasters
Member
Jesus, didn't expect so many people to dislike DOOM's multiplayer. It's pretty fun (for me at least).
Jaded Alyx
Member
Goodbye, frame-rate.
Noisepurge
Member
Vita has the full featured game and its portable
Switch version is probably 30fps so its the worst version by far.
And the wording still feels like the MP-patch will autodownload as soon as you insert the Switch card.
dragonflys545
Member
Are they going to charge people $60 then? Would be nice if they allow people to pay $30 for campaign only.
Forsaken82
Member
From the business side of things, this would make little sense. The majority of people who would be playing Single Player only play it because they lack the online to play Multiplayer, so that negates the concept of locking Single player behind a download.
This is why you often see Day 1 patches focus squarely on Multiplayer issues with games now adays. The people that will be most affected are those that will be able to grab the patch. There's no point in fixing issues for people that would otherwise be unaffected.
Smiles and Cries
Member
don't you need stronger hardware to run that?
Schucky Ducky
Banned
Vita has the full featured game and its portable
Are you referring to Remote Play?
peanutbutterlatte
Member
The competitor for a decent MP shooter is literally non-existent on Switch, so hell, Doom's mediocre load out based offering might actually succeed!
Vita has the full featured game and its portable
Switch version is probably 30fps so its the worst version by far.
And the wording still feels like the MP-patch will autodownload as soon as you insert the Switch card.
lol..streaming is easily the worst possible way to play this type of game
Jaded Alyx
Member
Vita has the full featured game and its portable
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This kind of nonsense really needs to stop.
Gotdatmoney
Member
Do we know if it's 30fps?
Jaded Alyx
Member
We don't.
crookedaxis
Member
Vita has the full featured game and its portable
Switch version is probably 30fps so its the worst version by far.
And the wording still feels like the MP-patch will autodownload as soon as you insert the Switch card.
he actually did it the absolute madman
Noisepurge
Member
Why? Runs perfect at 60fps.
Galactic Specter
Member
I wonder how all these Bethesda ports are gonna do and whether they'll lead to more third parties bringing their titles to the system.
GrayFoxPL
Member
Same for the PS4 pls, the game size is unbearable.
frankie_baby
Member
It'll be full price 60 bucks I'm sure, we dont actually know its on a 32gb cart though do we? Wouldnt be surprised if they can compress down the single player into 16gb
Since Bethesda offered the Season Pass and you get all the weapons from the beginning, the MP has become really really good, so far I'm loving it, it's my new Halo in some sort.
Who knows. I'm just happy that we are going to get some solid ports of some of the best FPS's that have been released this generation. While I wish The New Order & Old Blood was included with the Switch port of The New Colossus, that's the only minor gripe that I have.
That's perfect. If you want to play the online multiplayer you'd need an online connection and if you don't have one why would you want an online multiplayer.
It's also good that you have the choice to not download it if you are not interested of course.
That said, I truly wonder if they really saved that much space by not including the MP, seems a bit silly as most stuff in the MP should be on the cartridge as assets anyway?
It's also good that you have the choice to not download it if you are not interested of course.
That said, I truly wonder if they really saved that much space by not including the MP, seems a bit silly as most stuff in the MP should be on the cartridge as assets anyway?
Spyder_Monkey
Banned
Vita has the full featured game and its portable
Switch version is probably 30fps so its the worst version by far.
And the wording still feels like the MP-patch will autodownload as soon as you insert the Switch card.
Having to be connected to Wi-fi kind of defeats the purpose of having a portable version. Also Doom is designed to run at 60fps. No way they're targeting below that.
Every part of this post is wrong.Vita has the full featured game and its portable
Switch version is probably 30fps so its the worst version by far.
And the wording still feels like the MP-patch will autodownload as soon as you insert the Switch card.
Noisepurge
Member
LTE phone hotspot works just fine.
calc84maniac
Member
The last part seems like it could be right, though... unless they implement it as a free DLC you can download from the eShop (which I hope is the approach they take, but given it automatically downloads with the download version I don't have my hopes up for it not being a regular patch).
"Worthless"? A game is still playable at 30 FPS wtf is wrong with gaf
I mean with something like DOOM that statement isn't so crazy.
Diablohead
Member
The problem with multiplayer in Doom 2016 is just how sloppy it feels, lag plays a very important role and even with a stable connection you can get into battles where you die after they die because of a lag rocket, it just seems rough around the edges.
I'd prefer the original quake 3 arena engine over what doom is using.
I'd prefer the original quake 3 arena engine over what doom is using.
added_time
Member
that's actually a really good idea
AlexFlame116
Member
Goodness where do I even begin with this post?Vita has the full featured game and its portable
Switch version is probably 30fps so its the worst version by far.
And the wording still feels like the MP-patch will autodownload as soon as you insert the Switch card.
Huge Succeeded
Banned
with notable input latency and compromised controls
it really is the worst way to play DOOM
lmao
that you even think that has me convinced you're full of it