But as more titles from earlier eras of gaming port over to new consoles, DRM tools have become increasingly scrutinized. But it’s just the latest in the gaming community’s ongoing frustration with digital rights management (DRM), a tool often employed by developers and publishers to prevent piracy. Doom and Doom 2 can be played offline after you log in. It looks like it’ll be a momentary annoyance, however. There’s no reason for players to have to connect to their Bethesda accounts to play a game, but that’s the requirement in this case. Bethesda isn’t doing anything to alter the gameplay, either.
These aren’t brand-new games that cost hundreds of millions of dollars to produce they’re ports of old games. When Doom, Doom II, and Doom 3 were released, they were single-player games that didn’t require an internet connection, and Bethesda isn’t explaining why they need players to log in now. Looks like DOOM 1+2 require you to login into your Bethesda account before you can playĪfter your initial login, you can play it offline as wellĭOOM 3 requires you to login into your BNet account 'to access certain features and/or content' /OOYcUEaRi5- Nibel July 26, 2019
