Ever since Bethesda brought back DOOM ($4.99) and DOOM II ($4.99) on the App Store and Google Play, both releases have been getting big updates with new content and fixes including support for free add-ons. Today, an update for both DOOM and DOOM II is rolling out across all platforms with a ton of new features, enhancements, and fixes.
As of this writing, the update is live for me on PS4, Xbox One, PC, and Nintendo Switch. It has rolled out on Android but is yet to go live on iOS. The update has improvements for all platforms and iOS-specific fixes and changes like a new touch control option with more precise controls and momentum changes. For iOS, PS4 and Xbox One controllers are also natively supported with mappings matching other platforms. On mobile and PC, various frame limiting options are available with 30, 60, 90, ad 120 fps support on iOS. An optional crosshair is also available and I’m going to enable this on everything. The highlight is widescreen rendering for the engine which is a first for an official port of DOOM and DOOM II. Watch the original re-release trailer for the ports on all platforms below:
Barring those features, today’s update has added a secret area notification, ultra violence+ skill level, BTSX Episode 1 and 2 in both games (was previously just in DOOM II), proper enemy behaviour in nightmare, delay and lighting issues being fixed, some cut content restored, and more. These updates are excellent on consoles and I can’t wait to replay them on iOS when the updates arrive hopefully soon today. If you haven’t already, you can get DOOM and DOOM II on the App Store and Google Play right now as premium releases. It is great to see Bethesda put so much support into these releases on all platforms. I can’t wait to see what comes next. Even though I’m not a fan of DOOM 3, I know many people would enjoy it on iOS and Android. Have you been playing DOOM II and DOOM through these new releases on any platform?
These updates are horrendous. I'm dead tired of publishers pushing out broken game updates because they can't be bothered to test them properly.
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Edit: Both apps appear to have been delisted from the App Store. Hopefully they'll be fixed and re-uploaded ASAP.
Why not just make the controls customizable? The updated controls look pretty awful and just clutter up the screen. Not sure it’s so hard for them to get this right. Shadowgun Legends pulls it off pretty easily.
They have a unified codebase so there might be UI scaling or other issues? I've got this on iOS and Switch and it's remarkable how similar they look and feel. It would be neat if they could implement cross-platform saves someday, too.
For now, I'm just happy that these fun old games are getting the attention they deserve.
No update yet. It’s not even in the store under Bethesda. That’s a little odd, right?
Both Doom games have disappeared from the App Store 😱
Apparently the iOS and PS4 updates were messed up so they were pulled from the store for now. Widescreen DOOM on the Nintendo Switch is nice in the meantime.
That makes sense, hope they fix soon and hope they fix strafing issue for ps4 controller 🙏🙏😅