The internet went full on rage after noting players were forced to login to BethesdaNet before being allowed to play DOOM (1993), DOOM II, and DOOM 3.
Update on our new classic DOOM releases:
The BethesdaNet login requirement was included for the Slayers Club, to reward members for playing the classic DOOM games.
The login should be optional, and we are working on changing the requirement to optional now.
— Bethesda (@bethesda) July 27, 2019
Bethesda is listening
After all the backlash, Bethesda has announced they will make logging in optional in a future update for all three titles.
Good to see them act upon it but they could have prevented all the ‘bad’ backlash they got real easy upfront.
But what also is worth noting in the proces is that the ports are Unity remakes and not just the old roms being repackaged. Like they said; Doom is Eternal! And they are making sure it’s code base keeps fresh.
