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PostRe: Doom lives! | Original titles out now on PS4, XBO and Switch
by Jenuall » Wed Dec 11, 2019 11:04 am

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Jenu-All I Want For Christmas wrote:That's a nice bonus - SIGIL is excellent. Given the unofficial status of it I'm actually quite surprised that it would be getting the nod from Bethesda.

I said it years ago and I'll keep saying it. I would (And for Sigil DID) pay good money for some of the original Doom and Quake designers to make the occasional episode of levels.

EDIT: With Sigil I actually got an email from John Romero providing me a pre-launch download link. I'm never deleting it. :lol:

Nice - treasure that email! :lol:

But yeah I am right there with you, I would happily put down money for a drip feed of "official" content from Romero and contemporaries. Fortunately in the absence of that there is a near inexhaustible supply of fan WADs to keep me occupied!

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PostRe: Doom lives! | Original titles out now on PS4, XBO and Switch
by Zilnad » Wed Dec 11, 2019 11:21 am

I've had my eye on the Switch ports since they came out but this announcement has peaked my interest. I've asked for some Switch gift vouchers for Christmas so I'll definitely get them downloaded now.

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by Jenuall » Wed Dec 11, 2019 11:28 am

I've not played them for a while but they're pretty solid ports. They could have done more to incorporate the kind of features that modern Doom source ports have on PC but it's still a nice way to play Doom on console.

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by Victor Mildew » Wed Dec 11, 2019 12:16 pm

Zilnad wrote:I've had my eye on the Switch ports since they came out but this announcement has peaked my interest. I've asked for some Switch gift vouchers for Christmas so I'll definitely get them downloaded now.


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PostRe: Doom lives! | Original titles out now on PS4, XBO and Switch
by Zilnad » Wed Dec 11, 2019 12:28 pm

Victor Mistletoe wrote:
Zilnad wrote:I've had my eye on the Switch ports since they came out but this announcement has peaked my interest. I've asked for some Switch gift vouchers for Christmas so I'll definitely get them downloaded now.


As in the mountain peak?


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by Snowcannon » Wed Dec 11, 2019 1:15 pm

Jenu-All I Want For Christmas wrote:
Cheeky Devlin wrote:
Jenu-All I Want For Christmas wrote:That's a nice bonus - SIGIL is excellent. Given the unofficial status of it I'm actually quite surprised that it would be getting the nod from Bethesda.

I said it years ago and I'll keep saying it. I would (And for Sigil DID) pay good money for some of the original Doom and Quake designers to make the occasional episode of levels.

EDIT: With Sigil I actually got an email from John Romero providing me a pre-launch download link. I'm never deleting it. :lol:

Nice - treasure that email! :lol:

But yeah I am right there with you, I would happily put down money for a drip feed of "official" content from Romero and contemporaries. Fortunately in the absence of that there is a near inexhaustible supply of fan WADs to keep me occupied!


Romero hinted in his recent AMA in Reddit he is open to making more Doom 1/2 levels, so we’ll see!

The quality of fan WADs these days is excellent though

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PostRe: Doom lives! | Original titles out now on PS4, XBO and Switch
by Jenuall » Wed Dec 11, 2019 1:24 pm

Yeah there are so many great WADs out there and no real sign that the community is going to stop producing new and interesting stuff so as Doom fans we really are spoiled.

More maps from Romero would be excellent, although I'm still interested to see if his aborted kickstarter FPS ever re-emerges as well.

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by imbusydoctorwho » Wed Dec 11, 2019 2:29 pm

On Game website there's a Doom Slayer Collection containing Doom 2016, Doom, Doom 2 and Doom 3 for about £30, thought it was a decent price though Doom 1,2 and 3 are on a digital code.

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PostRe: Doom lives! | Original titles out now on PS4, XBO and Switch
by Jenuall » Fri Jan 10, 2020 12:09 pm

The recent Switch/PS4/XBO releases have received an update which adds a whole bunch of stuff including 60FPS support and the inclusion of level packs for SiGiL, TNT Evilution and The Plutonia Experiment - plus the promise of more to come! :toot:

Doom, Doom II updates out now (version 1.0.4)

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by Cheeky Devlin » Fri Jan 10, 2020 12:40 pm

It's so stupid that 60fps wasn't in there to begin with. strawberry floating disgrace.

Enjoy the additional level packs though! Sigil was good, but tricky fun.

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PostRe: Doom lives! | Original titles out now on PS4, XBO and Switch
by Victor Mildew » Fri Jan 10, 2020 12:49 pm

Looks like I'm playing doom this weekend then :wub:

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PostRe: Doom lives! | Original titles out now on PS4, XBO and Switch
by Zilnad » Fri Jan 10, 2020 12:50 pm

I have exactly £3.99 in my Switch wallet so now might be the time to get this downloaded.

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PostRe: Doom lives! | Original titles out now on PS4, XBO and Switch
by Jenuall » Fri Jan 10, 2020 1:00 pm

Cheeky Devlin wrote:It's so stupid that 60fps wasn't in there to begin with. strawberry floating disgrace.

Enjoy the additional level packs though! Sigil was good, but tricky fun.

Yeah I had a lot of fun with Sigil on release, definitely had some tricky moments toward the end.

Apparently Romero has made some updates since it was first launched so I'm looking forward to giving it another run through!

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by Preezy » Fri Jan 10, 2020 1:02 pm

Jenu-All I Want For Christmas wrote:The recent Switch/PS4/XBO releases have received an update which adds a whole bunch of stuff including 60FPS support and the inclusion of level packs for SiGiL, TNT Evilution and The Plutonia Experiment - plus the promise of more to come! :toot:

Doom, Doom II updates out now (version 1.0.4)

Ah nice one, something to look forward to when I get round to it :toot:

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PostRe: Doom lives! | Original titles out now on PS4, XBO and Switch
by LewisD » Fri Jan 10, 2020 1:09 pm

Game rendering resolution on Nintendo Switch version now displays at 640×400 to support 60 FPS and improved battery life.


DAT RES :datass:

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PostRe: Doom lives! | Original titles out now on PS4, XBO and Switch
by Victor Mildew » Fri Jan 10, 2020 1:09 pm

Oh what I'd do for a version with the original PlayStation lighting and soundtrack :wub:

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by Jenuall » Fri Jan 10, 2020 1:13 pm

LewisD wrote:
Game rendering resolution on Nintendo Switch version now displays at 640×400 to support 60 FPS and improved battery life.


DAT RES :datass:

I did chuckle a bit when I read that! I'm hoping this is only in handheld mode! :lol:

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PostRe: Doom lives! | Original titles out now on PS4, XBO and Switch
by Jazzem » Fri Jan 10, 2020 1:31 pm

The update is so damn good :wub: Performance+quality of life+content improvements are to die for. It's bliss as portable Doom now.

The resolution drop is noticeable on Switch but it's a fair trade off for my money, though an option for 35fps + higher res may be nice for those who'd prefer it.

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PostRe: Doom lives! | Original titles out now on PS4, XBO and Switch
by Jenuall » Fri Jan 10, 2020 1:34 pm

Would love them to keep on building on it like this - there are loads of cool source port features that it would be nice to see make their way into these official console versions - free look, advanced lighting, transparency effects etc.

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PostRe: Doom lives! | Original titles out now on PS4, XBO and Switch
by Cheeky Devlin » Fri Jan 10, 2020 1:42 pm

Jenu-All I Want For Christmas wrote:
LewisD wrote:
Game rendering resolution on Nintendo Switch version now displays at 640×400 to support 60 FPS and improved battery life.


DAT RES :datass:

I did chuckle a bit when I read that! I'm hoping this is only in handheld mode! :lol:

What the utter strawberry float. :lol:

Why can't they get these ports right? I get they've fixed some issues but this is bad.

I mean it's not quite Ubisoft Tetris levels of bad, but it's not good.


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