Bethesda has released a lengthy trailer which gives us a good, proper look at Battlemode, a new multiplayer option set to be featured in DOOM Eternal.
Battlemode is a 2-v-1 multiplayer mode that takes all of the action we know and love from DOOM's single-player content, mixes it up a bit, and fires it into a new, "every bit as satisfying" way to play. You'll recognise the series' signature fast and fearsome combat all present and correct, but in Battlemode, you'll be fighting it out across six different arenas with five playable demons.
One player takes controller of the DOOM Slayer - a fully loaded version, at that - while the other two will control two of those five demons. The goal for both teams is simply to destroy the other, but the way the characters handle and the weapons and abilities available to you are significantly different. You can see all of the mayhem unfold in the trailer above.
Bethesda notes that all future maps and playable demons will come free of charge for all players, so expect more content than what you see here. The game launches on 22nd November - are you looking forward to this one?
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Looks pretty sweet. Having just finished doom 3 I'm on a doom kick. At this point I just want to know when doom 2016 is getting discounted so I can grab that first.
I’m currently playing DOOM (1993) on my Switch, and I cannot WAIT for DOOM Eternal, I have really high hopes for it! In the meantime I think I’ll get DOOM 3 as my next game.
What would be brilliant is to have the entire game on cartridge.
I regret buying DOOM 2016 on Switch on day one as the multiplayer content was part of the software patch as opposed to being optional DLC, so we're forced to bear the 8GB+ load whether we play online or not (and any additional features and bug fixes are unfortunately contained within the 8GB+ patch). Worse is that the game requires a NSO membership even after Bethesda has skimped out on the cartridge.
If Bethesda pull the same crap (or likely worse) with Doom Eternal, I will skip it entirely and wait for it to drop to $20 or less on Steam. If they do right by the Switch version, then I'll splurge on both the Switch and PC versions on release. The ball is in their court.
I wish that a 32GB cart version had been available for DOOM 2016 in at least one territory, price be damned, but we're not even given the option. I am still happy to double-dip.
I would overwhelmingly prefer the Switch version of Doom Eternal over PC due to the convenience of portability, and the compromises made for the Switch version in terms of A/V quality and performance is, in my opinion, negligible. Those that decry the compromises made to get these games working on Switch should shut their mouths and stick to the PC version then if that is their preference. I don't understand the rationale of those that are so petulantly begrudging.
The Switch version is a stunning technical achievement and I have little doubt that Doom Eternal will live up to its predecessor, but if only they would do it justice with its physical release. A franchise like DOOM deserves it.
I'm also in the process of playing through DOOM and DOOM II in Ultra Violence without cheats for the first time ever (I have never even completed DOOM I at the lowest difficulty in all of my years of playing the game, and I'm having a blast ). I would love to see the classics, along with DOOM 3, receive a physical release, ideally with Final DOOM (which contains some of my favourite levels), and if the rumours are to be believed, DOOM 64 as well.
Hmm, well not the best trailer. This is PC for me, hard to go Switch for anything online multiplayer.
Playing WarFrame when I was in Prague last week was awful over the Hotel's Wi-Fi. Still playing online mostly at home anyway.
Still good there is a choice.
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Supposedly at Gamescom they will be showing off Switch footage. The fact that it was developed in tandem for the Switch and also that Wolfenstein: Youngblood runs pretty well gives me hope.
Gotten all the doom games on the switch and surprised how well the latest game ran, have high hopes for this on the switch
I prefer doom 64
Put everything on a cart and I'm there day one, id!
They had my curiosity, but now they have my attention
Can't wait to rip and tear!🙌🏼
Hmm I am not so sure about this
Looks great to me. I cannot wait!
Looks great, my backlog is too big for multiplayer games though
didnt they say during your campaign other players can join in as demons and try to kill you.
They should add a 2v4 option. cooperation only on the demon side would make the human side feel more like playing the campaign than actual multiplayer. More players the better.
I liked playing the first Doom remake MP, but this one seems a lot more barebones than that. I believe there was 3 MP game modes in the first, and now there's only this 1v2 in Eternal?
@RiasGremory If that is the case, I'm skipping the game, lol xD
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