Quick Look: Doom (Nintendo Switch)

the recording is bad, its all blurry

Looks better than it did on my laptop which is from 2014 and has a 860m! I had to run at an extremely low res. But that was before the Vulcan update.

What?

I didn't think this is what they meant when when they said Doom would run on anything.

This just made me want to check if Doom will actually run on my PC and oh apparently it runs well, so thanks, DOOM for Nintendo Switch!

It runs doom!

Also y'all need to break out the IPX and null modem cables.

Things I feel I need to say here:

You can turn down motion blur and you really should.

Loose controllers, one on each hand is the best control scheme. Not on the Switch, just the best. Holding your hands at an angle on your lap is terrible ergonomics.

This looks really good to me considering what it is running on. I’m going to pick it up eventually just to have that box art with Nintendo right next to it.

I already own Doom on PC but if Wolfenstein on Switch looks and plays like this then I might get that version, that would be a single player only game that I would play for the story so that would be nice to have on a shelf and not tied to a Steam account. I don't have a PS4 or Xbox one so switch might be that version.

As long as the switch version works directly from the cartridge without day 1 patches and all that.

EDIT: I'm not seeing any frame rate problems here, sure it wasn't some weird capture thing that didn't show in the video? It's possible I got a bad eye for this also..

Nintendo is getting 3rd party support (something the GB team was SO critical of in the past) and now they are just dismissive of Doom on Switch. It's very strange IMO. Of course it's the worst version, but this is a really good sign for what was, at one point, a big black eye on Nintendo's reputation.

I really hope they don’t grade Switch games on a curve, like I’ve already gotten that feeling from other sites that have done Switch version reviews.

@forcen: they're just saying that it runs at 30fps instead of 60 like all other versions.

looking at the timer countdown as they connect to the internet.... welp

Doom is a ridiculously well-optimized PC game. I hear of people getting 100+ FPS on stuff like 770GTXs. Which might be on real low settings, but going from the PC version to the Switch would be pretty rough, I bet.

I'm here for Mick Gordon's Soundtrack.

@awkwardl0ser: With Doom in particular, what I've read so far is that, at best, it's a nice technical achievement. USgamer seemed down on it ("Doom proves that maybe I don't want every game on the Switch. While playing Doom at a coffee shop does feel weirdly novel and cool, it's still a heavily compromised version of it.") and Polygon has written how the Switch is not comfortable to play FPS games on in handheld mode.

Hopefully there aren't too many writers out there touting up Doom Switch to ridiculous degrees.

A sub-20 quick look? Brings back memories

Also 9:21 is Classic Brad

Eh, it is a game that's been out on every other platform and the worst version - also most expensive - of it is now on Switch. I think it's a bit cooler than they do, too, but it still seems like a pretty small step.

Why won't this video play for me? YouTube version plz!

id Tech 6 is a very good engine.

This is so awesome!

$60 is a tough pill to swallow since I have the PS4 version... but I do want to double dip on this someday.

@sedrick: Nintendo always has third party support around launch, the real test is whether it lasts. Remember, the Wii U had a bunch of ports near its launch as well.

I wouldn't buy these category of games on a Switch, unless that was the only gaming system I had. Then, depending some on quality, and a whole lot on playability, I would be at some point on a gradient of don't bother to genuine appreciation.

A while a go I bought Vice City for the I-Phone, and besides having to learn the controls(a given I guess, but I am new to mobile gaming) I found they did not migrate the wonderful full soundtrack over. No host on NPR slamming an asshole guest with his stapler! I just went a big nope.

But I had hoped for the better, and what I saw in the QL gives me hope for Switch players. Perhaps using a Pro controller?

Definitely picking this and Skyrim up even if how much I'm going to play them is iffy, just to support this endeavor. I'd really like Modern Warfare Remastered on Switch, that would actually get a lot of play from me. Maybe they'll do MW2...

I got doom on the ps4 pro and love it. But I’ve bought this version too because for portable doom on occasion I’m absolutely up to support this kind of development. Aim is a bit awkward but damn it, it is doom.

@teoball: I guess I didn't notice it running at 30, I haven't played it on PC for a while but looking at another video the difference is there. Maybe I look for fps drops to much..

Thank god they made sure to say that it is not the best version of the game for about six and a half minutes straight. I would not have known otherwise.

I'm glad Brad mentioned the sticks being weird. I tried playing Splatoon 2 and it's less that the motion controls are far superior to traditional controls and more that something about the sticks on the Switch are just not excellent.

While the graphics are noticeably less detailed, I'm impressed that it still looks quite decent. (that motion blur, though... reminds me why I turn off motion blur right away in most games)

Shame that they didn't replace the enemy models with ones more reminiscent of the weird Doom 64 enemies. That would have been amazing.

No offense, but how does Brad not know how Nintendo's online system works by now? As a games journalist, you'd think he'd know these things. And shouldn't they have prepared the online connection stuff before recording, or at least edited the phone tethering bit out? Just saying.

Bought and am loving it, but on the subject of controls and precision, I do believe gyroscopic controls would have made this feel a whole lot better and given it some extra interest within the Nintendo community. As it is, I'm very impressed with what I'm seeing, played an hour of it in dead end traffic and thought that was really fricking cool.

This should have gyro controls. A successful implementation of that could have helped this version of the game a lot, I think.

This QL wouldn't be nearly as funny if they had.

oof, this looks awful. Its cool that Nintendo is getting actual 3rd party support this time and portable doom is a decent gimmick but there are too many compromises here for me for $60 fucking dollars.

Just like Brad mentioned, I also don't know why I bought this. I guess I just really like the idea of something like this being on the switch and I definitely do. Wish it wasn't $60 though. It should have been $40. LA noire was smart enough to know that, Skyrim at $60 is also ridiculous.

I don't get why every video seems to work except this one.

Played the hell (heh) out of Doom on PC. Multiple times.

I, too, was curious about this and even considering picking it up anyway for my Switch.

But for $60? Hell no.

Um... This video won't play for me. All the other videos on the site will...

codec issue?

Since they won't say it:

PS4: also not the best version

XBone: also not the best version

Why record anything in the office if you can't fully show off the product? You guys are doing both the SWITCH and the GAME a disservice.

How the hell can anyone say this looks "bad"? Frankly, this is fuckin astonishing.

I think the original "definition" of the Quick Look was something like: "If some guys sat down with a game and started playing it - maybe knowing a ton about it or maybe it was picked up on a whim."

GB's unpreparedness is annoying at times, but it's one of the things I like about the site. Usually it is like you're just sitting down with some friends to check out a game. They certainly don't sound like they're reading from a script :D

Besides it having horrible resolution and motion blur it looks fine.

Having the same problem. Multiple computers, multiple different connections.

@sedrick: it's a cut down version of a game running at a lower fidelity released over a year later and at a higher price than it should. it's really only a step or two above what the wii was getting, especially in the later years when activision started porting old CoDs to it.

There are definitely plenty of people just like me who did not upgrade their Xbox 360 and bought the Switch after learning of the insane year 1 lineup. I have always wanted to play Doom to experience the story and game play that was raved about last year but my PC cannot run it and I have no other options. I think it's a great idea to have these types of games on Switch, and because of the quality of the game it's great. Also cannot wait for Wolfenstein 2 for the same reasons on Switch.

Played over 200 hours of the multiplayer but the single player is not very good compared to the average 90s FPS game, it's difficult for me to understand why everyone is so completely wrong about this game.

I can not immagine playing this with the joycons, The sticks have a very short throw and on top of that theres a decent deadzone to em. Like, Deus ex on wiiu is completely unplayable as a shooter because of that same problem being a thing there. I'd think Doom requires even more precision.. Anyone who can inform me how the pro controller is on switch? same deal or better?