Last week, Bethesda released DOOM, DOOM II, and DOOM 3 on PlayStation 4 as part of its 25th anniversary celebrations. The surprise arrival of the trilogy was naturally well received, but a symptom of modern games got in the way of playing the classic shooters. It was quickly discovered you first have to login to BethesdaNet before you get to the action, much to the ire of a lot of fans.
The publisher received a great number of complaints about this, and it's forced the company to make changes. In a tweet, Bethesda says "the BethesdaNet login requirement was included for the Slayers Club, to reward members for playing the classic DOOM games". However, it's now looking to make logging in optional, and will release updates for the classic titles to enable this change.
Once the update is available, you should be able to play your old school DOOM without the need for a BethesdaNet account. Have you been playing these classic re-releases? Don't let the comments section below go to hell.
[source twitter.com, via gameinformer.com]
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Good news, well done to those who complained.
Load of fuss about nothing, standard.
I've been enjoying all of these on Switch, most of the fuss seemed to be about those versions as many seemed to think they were unplayable offline which simply isn't the case. It should never have been a requirement to have an initial sign in but at worst it cost me about 3 seconds of my life
I'm interested in doom 3 but not the other two, they're too dated now imo.
well i wasn't getting them until next week anyway
@kyleforrester87 There's nothing good about DRM that's forced down everybody's throats, that's why GOG is so successful. The industry will never grow and shape into something that benefits us all if we don't call out companies when stuff like this happens.
Good. This was always a stupid requirement.
@BenVenn be my guest, I’ve got bigger fish to fry
@kyleforrester87
Easy to say if you have very reliable internet all year round but many don't have that luxury. Which means there are times they wouldn't be able to play an offline retro game they purchased. Just one of a few problems players would face. So a fuss yes, but not about nothing.
Well I was gonna break out the PS1 and play my copy of Doom on there.... Still might actually. But I might get these too once this is done!
@LieutenantFatman sucks for them, my internets fine though.
@kyleforrester87 I hope you don't have to connect your fryer to the internet before it let's you cook said fish!
@BenVenn ah but that right there is the silliness of this “outrage” in a nutshell
@Foxy-Goddess-Scotchy
PSone port is definitely the best version that was made. But this one having 4 player split screen, a platinum trophy and online play are all rather nice additions. And for the price it's hard to say no.
Good, I plan to buy doom 3 on ps4, doom 1 on iphone or switch
@kyleforrester87 i like to fish
@ellsworth004 Now imagine you couldn't fish without an internet connection. That's the world Bethesda want you to live in.
Apparently it was an "error" I say they got caught.
I've never played much of the original games before (or the remake), but good to know they're working on removing the login requirements.
@kyleforrester87 well good thing i have a good internet connection 😉
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