Topic: DOOM

Heads up: http://nintendoeverything.com/bethesda-says-doom-is-custom-bu...

It's weaker hardware. Every third-party AAA title going forward that isn't designed with the Switch in mind and comes to the system will be "custom-built."

Bethesda: Doom on the Switch Graphics Not One-to-one, Custom Built for Comparable Console Experience
_{So how will Doom on the Switch look?}

http://www.usgamer.net/articles/bethesda-doom-on-the-switch-g...

That comparison video is pants so let me quote metalpants from the site you got the video from:

"Keep in mind we're looking at footage from a compressed live video feed from the Nintendo Direct on YouTube. Just look at how dark and blurry Splatoon 2 looks on this ND and compare it to actual gameplay footage, or to the game itself if you own it and you'll see that massive difference. Bottom line is, this DOOM Switch footage is a far cry from the final, direct feed quality."

@SKTTR truth... overall it should look nice. Im actually lookin forward to the multiplayer just as much as playin the campaign again.

In light of this news, I hope that they will finally licence Doom 64 for VC release!

I would also love to have DOOM 3 BFG Edition, which should run without a hitch on Switch. The original DOOM games with download play (the games are ridiculously small in size) would also be a dream come true.

OMG id be all over that if they releases DOOM64 and the other games. OMG

The trailer seems very low quality, not necessarily the game port itself. I am actually confident. They can still improve on dynamic lightning, but perhaps they made some changes to make it look better on the Switch display and that could also be the reason for slightly different contrast. I rather take some blurry textures if we can get 60 fps. This game is so fast, most probably wouldn't even notice.

I have faith in Bethesda and I am thankful they supported the console early on with Skyrim. Elders Scrolls is really not my type of game, but I am happy to show appreciation in paying full price for the DOOM pre-order.

All this talk of framerate... obviously it'd be great to have 60 but I've never encountered a game in my life that wasn't totally playable at a stable 30. Obviously it's not ideal but... it'll be fine either way.

And the comparisons look astounding. It hardly looks any different at all, and that's being a YouTube video.

@sillygostly I recently finished Doom3 and yeah, I bet t he Switch could do that game justice.

@Tsurii
Have you played it at stable 30fps? Cause I don't think most people talking about how it feels have actually felt it.

Yes we all want 60 FPS.. clearly the game will benefit from it... but if it's a stable 30 it's not going to suddenly be unplayable or anything. Wolfenstein and Destiny are 30fps. I know it's not as good and I'm hoping for 60 as much as the next person. But I'm seeing way too many people lately try to entirely dismiss games for being less than 60. When you're playing on a portable system concessions will have to be made, and I seriously doubt they're going to get a AAA game like this running at 60 FPS on Switch. Maybe they will, but I'm not expecting it.

If people want that peak performance they can always play on a power console. I do hope they manage the full 60, that would be terrific. But again, if it's not, I'm not going to go boycott the game or say it's unplayable.

They got an awesome new AAA game running on a portable system and people are already looking for reasons that they won't enjoy it.

You're going to want 60fps in a twitchy FPS. Just think how Splatoon would run at 30.

@Tsurii
No, I agree with that. But I notice a trend where a couple people will say "gruff gruff, it's gotta be 60 FPS or the game is unplayable and I'm not buying it" and then other people plagiarize those opinions and just repeat them on other sites. And before you know it you've got every person on the Internet saying the game is unplayable if it's anything less than 60, with very few people actually doing research to investigate it or having first-hand experience of playing the game at a stable 30.

I'm right there with you in that I hope they can get the frame rate up but, if they can't it's no big deal for me. I play Monster Hunter XX in stable 30fps and that game is one of the most precise, "count the i-frames" type games there is. I played Wolfenstein The New Order in stable 30 and I know it's slower paced but, it's not too far off the mark.

But we'll see how it all pans out. No matter what happens though I'm just happy that I can play this game on the Switch. And hopefully with motion based aiming like Splatoon and Skyrim. What is Skyrim running at? I imagine that's what we'll see for DOOM. Isn't it 1080p 30fps? Maybe they'll do 720p 60fps, who knows.

@JaxonH Skyrim is 720p 30fps in handheld mode.

@Octane
In handheld mode, sure. Handheld mode taps out at 720p. I mean docked.

@JaxonH We don't know. Could be 1080p, could be 900p.

60 FPS hand and dock or no buy!
Im kidding...will buy day 1

I will just 2nd the hopes that it will put 60 FPS as a priority. It will on a very objective level, be better if it is 60 FPS than if it is not.

I know I'm crazy for thinking that there could be, but HD rumble and motion controls would be absolutely brilliant, if supported. I'm just so chuffed to have DOOM on Nintendo hardware again.

And incidentally, the last Wolfenstein game on Nintendo hardware (correct me if I'm wrong) was a port of the original PC Wolfenstein 3D for the Game Boy Advance. We've come such a long way.