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[ThisIsMyDogKyle]

Bethesda REALLY likes the Switch don't they? I seem to remember Todd Howard gushing over it pre-release more than almost any other dev.

 

[AcademicSaucer]

I love Doom, should have won more GOTY awards, I really dont like the MP

 

[Renegade Frost]

To be honest, with all these tricks developers are using to get around the cartridge limitations, the Switch may as well be a digital only system for most people. Which I'm sure many wouldn't have a problem with as long as they have a big enough SD Card.

You mean like the PS4?

 

[Naked Snake]

I hope the multiplayer download is not forced/bundled with normal game patches/bug fixes. Don't care for multiplayer but would want to keep game up to date

 

[Adam Prime]

60 FPS is going to be the hinge point on this, huh?

 

[Vital Tundra]

Bethesda REALLY likes the Switch don't they? I seem to remember Todd Howard gushing over it pre-release more than almost any other dev.

either they have mega faith in the Switch or Nintendo is doing their part in making Bethesda want to support it. Probably both.

 

[Steroyd]

Would be nice if they patched that feature in my PS4 copy, 80GB just to play the SP in a FPS is atrocious, and it was the thing that stopped me from bothering to 100% the game because I wanted to free up space.

 

[Crayolan]

That's cool with me. Only thing I care about is the campaign.

 

[chrisPjelly]

Huh. Guess they were able to fit it all in a cartridge after all. I wish they would do something these 50+ gigs over on the other consoles...

 

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[MAtgS]

No Snapmap is the real news here.

 

[Servbot24]

I just think it's funny they're going to be selling a cart with only the single-player on it but people will still be paying for the multi-player portion they don't want anyways.

That's what people did with multiplayer on the PS4 disc as well.

To people who don't want multiplayer this is non-news. People who want it experience a minor inconvenience.

 

[Undead Fantasy]

The multiplayer is better than you might think. Devs gave it a ton of support, ton of modes & content. Core loop is fun.

Sure but since the mp will die once the servers do, it really doesn't matter if it's a download.

I'm very thankful the sp was prioritized for the cartridge.

You see Capcom? This is how you do things.

 

[xochipiltontli]

Wonder if that'll be the case with digital too. If the multiplayer is really not that great as people on here are making it out to be, I'd rather just have the campaign in order to not fill up my SD card as much.

 

[Wamb0wneD]

I hope this won't automatically start to download the MP part as soon I connect to the internet with the DOOM-cartridge in the system...

 

[XaosWolf]

My ideal version then. =D

 

[EmCeeGramr]

Lol, would never imagined people requesting to remove MP from their DOOM copy

The multiplayer beta ahead of Doom 2016's release was practically the nail in the coffin for any hopes I had about the game until the word started spreading about how shockingly good the campaign was.

 

[suaveric]

Anything about a price yet? This would be my first time playing the new Doom but I'd rather not pay $79.99 CDN for it.

The game has been pretty cheap for about a year now on other consoles. $30 and even cheaper on sale. I hope they don't try to charge more for the Switch version.

 

[IdreamofHIME]

Who the hell is buying for the multiplayer? Yikes.

 

[Naked Snake]

The game has been pretty cheap for about a year now on other consoles. $30 and even cheaper on sale. I hope they don't try to charge more for the Switch version.

I expect $60

Switch is price gouge land.

 

[GitarooMan]

So is 200gb the sweet spot for microsd cards for Switch right now? I'm definitely going to have to get one shortly.

 

[SinCityAssassin]

Thank god, I've advocated forever to just give me the single player and just ditch multiplayer as optional. That stuff clogged my harddrive.

All in for cart, baby

 

[Mister_Ruck]

I thought the Doom MP was fun. I guess no one likes Unreal Tournament/Quake style MP.

It's not that it's bad really, but it bloats the file size of the game to an insane degree. Like, 30 or 40gb worth of patches for the multiplayer alone. You couldn't even fit a Doom patch by itself on a Switch cart.

 

[Shaanyboi]

Good call on their part.

 

[ShadowSoldier89]

the separation is fine, but uh, its straight up missing one of the games biggest features?

 

[D.Lo]

Perfection. Every game should do this if storage space is an issue.

 

[Man God]

Bethesda REALLY likes the Switch don't they? I seem to remember Todd Howard gushing over it pre-release more than almost any other dev.

All signs are pointing to Skyrim being a gigantic holiday release for them.

 

[RionaaM]

I hope this is also the case in the digital version, so you can choose to download whatever you want.

Lol, would never imagined people requesting to remove MP from their DOOM copy

I never tried the MP in any version of Doom. To me they are single player games.

 

[Shaanyboi]

the separation is fine, but uh, its straight up missing one of the games biggest features?

Every award granted to DOOM last year was based on its fun-as-hell single player campaign. Nobody is praising it for the multiplayer.

 

[FyreWulff]

Lol, would never imagined people requesting to remove MP from their DOOM copy

even back in the day I remember people caring way more about Doom's campaign than it's MP. Quake being the other way around.

 

[ShadowSoldier89]

Every award granted to DOOM last year was based on its fun-as-hell single player campaign. Nobody is praising it for the multiplayer.

but im not talking about the multiplayer per se, snapmap is really fucking cool

 

[Laieon]

15 years from now, the multiplayer servers will be down and you'd have a useless cart.

This is really the best way to handle it.

Except, for, you know... the single player portion.

 

[Ludist210]

I'm for this. I only want to play the single player campaign, and I was planning on buying the cartridge anyway.

 

[wanders]

Bruh I can't believe we're getting Doom on switch

 

[NimbusD]

Kinda sucks, by default that needs the player base. I wonder if the switch app will support this.

 

[OryoN]

Awesome, I'm down!

Lol, this turns out to be "too convenient" for a workaround, seeing other platforms could've benefited from such a move also. I hope other devs/pubs take notice. Zero complaints here, this works!

 

[Neoxon]

Good call, Bethesda. I'm completely okay with this work-around.

 

[Red Devil]

Huh. Guess they were able to fit it all in a cartridge after all. I wish they would do something these 50+ gigs over on the other consoles...

Consider that includes the multiplayer, also presumably sacrifices had to be made even if it's just singleplayer on the cartridge. I wonder how big the multiplayer download will be though, any information on that?

 

[DANNYJUNIOR]

Is Doom going to be the first online Multiplayer FPS on the Switch?

 

[Cerium]

Is Doom going to be the first Multiplayer FPS on the Switch?

It's going to be the first FPS period.

 

[mokeyjoe]

Wow. Didn’t know this was coming to Switch.

Now I want a Switch.

 

[*Guaraná]

how big will be the game?

 

[VariantX]

shame about snap map, but I hope it does come later down the line if enough people pick up a copy

 

[LegendofLex]

I wish it was reversed. If I choose to download it I would prefer to download only the campaign unless I choose to also download multiplayer. If I have the cartridge I would expect everything to be on it.

Trust me, you want the thing that requires the servers to be the required download, not the single-player content.

Except, for, you know... the single player portion.

Assuming you have it downloaded and installed when the servers go down.

If you don't, your cartridge is useless.

 

[Zap Rowsdower]

I wish they would let you choose to download just the main campaign on PC too. Doom's file size on PC is obscene.

 

[NippleViking]

Wonder whether it'll still be 60FPS.

 

[Nairume]

Is Doom going to be the first online Multiplayer FPS on the Switch?

Payday 2 could beat it to the punch.

 

[Shadow Broker]

All signs are pointing to Skyrim being a gigantic holiday release for them.

I hope it sales. I'm nervous that it won't though. If it sales good to great it'll send a signal to every other publisher that there's is a consumer base on the Switch that would buy more then just Nintendo games.

I wonder how much Skyrim, Doom, and Wolfenstein needs to sale for Bethesda to consider it a success.

 

[Skittzo0413]

DOOM 2016 but portable and with an optional multiplayer installment? Did... did the Switch just get the definitive version of DOOM?

If it has gyro aiming then yeah it did.

 

[LegendX48]

Excellent! Starting to get tempted to double dip.