Bethesda and ID Softworks brutally violent first person shooter DOOM Eternal is finally available on the Nintendo Switch system. It is only available digitally, so you will need to use the eShop to purchase. You will need a spare 17.5 GB of storage space on your system or SD Card. It is priced at $59.99 and £49.99. Here’s the details:
Slayer Threat Level at Maximum
Experience the ultimate combination of speed and power in DOOM Eternal—the next leap in first-person combat powered by idTech 7. Armed with a shoulder-mounted flamethrower, wrist-mounted blade, upgraded guns, new abilities and more, you’re the greatest demon slayer in existence.
Push-Forward Combat
Take what you need from your enemies. Glory Kill demons to recover health, incinerate them to receive armor and cut them down with the Chainsaw to stock up on ammo.
Motion Aiming Ready
Improve your aim with a control option that allows you to aim using gyro controls. The option can be used in conjunction with the control stick for the perfect blend of immersion and accuracy.
Enter BATTLEMODE
A new 2 versus 1 multiplayer experience pits a fully-armed DOOM Slayer against two player-controlled demons, fighting it out in a best-of-five round match of intense first-person combat.
This game is for kiddies, pass.
Please enlighten us all with what you think could be less for kiddie-oriented…
Well the obvious answer is that its bait.
On a more serious note though, historically speaking, the people most interested in hyper violent “mature” games are people 10-14 year olds. That’s not a criticism and I’m not agreeing with the premise that its “kiddie oriented”, but you could make a coherent rationale. I’d wager more 30-40 year olds play Mario than Doom. Again, not a judgement. I really don’t care who the game is “for”.
Wow, this game took an ETERNITY to release on Switch!
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8 months…
*Whoosh*
I believe you missed the joke.
I really wanted this on my Switch, but I don’t want to give up my storage space for it… :/
Which sucks, because I basically passed on other console versions to play it on Switch only to find out I probably will end up playing it on the other consoles…
So annoying. Guess these game studios really don’t think about how not including physical copies can screw people over.
Especially when the Switch doesn’t have much space to begin with. I almost never buy digitally; maybe a couple small indie games here or there. That’s it!
Buy a micro SD card. They are really cheap. I got a 256gb one and it has helped a lot with storage.
I couldn’t imagine playing that game with the tiny Switch controller
Guess you’ve never heard of the Pro controller?
Haha no I’m pretty new to the Switch scene.
I got burned by downloading digital on the wiiU. fool me once Nintendo.
Ummm, this game isn’t *on* the Wii U?
As a general rule, I’m very wary of new AAA games whose price drops as quickly as Doom Eternal’s has.
Just purchased this game recently. Albeit on ps4. But wow. Its absolutely amazing. Highly recommend
Oh good, it does have motion aiming. If I’m gonna get a shooter on Switch like Doom 2016 or Overwatch, I gotta know if motion aiming is a thing, because I can’t aim with dual stick for shit.