What would be brilliant is to have the entire game on cartridge.

I regret buying DOOM 2016 on Switch on day one as the multiplayer content was part of the software patch as opposed to being optional DLC, so we're forced to bear the 8GB+ load whether we play online or not (and any additional features and bug fixes are unfortunately contained within the 8GB+ patch). Worse is that the game requires a NSO membership even after Bethesda has skimped out on the cartridge.

If Bethesda pull the same crap (or likely worse) with Doom Eternal, I will skip it entirely and wait for it to drop to $20 or less on Steam. If they do right by the Switch version, then I'll splurge on both the Switch and PC versions on release. The ball is in their court.

I wish that a 32GB cart version had been available for DOOM 2016 in at least one territory, price be damned, but we're not even given the option. I am still happy to double-dip.

I would overwhelmingly prefer the Switch version of Doom Eternal over PC due to the convenience of portability, and the compromises made for the Switch version in terms of A/V quality and performance is, in my opinion, negligible. Those that decry the compromises made to get these games working on Switch should shut their mouths and stick to the PC version then if that is their preference. I don't understand the rationale of those that are so petulantly begrudging.

The Switch version is a stunning technical achievement and I have little doubt that Doom Eternal will live up to its predecessor, but if only they would do it justice with its physical release. A franchise like DOOM deserves it.

I'm also in the process of playing through DOOM and DOOM II in Ultra Violence without cheats for the first time ever (I have never even completed DOOM I at the lowest difficulty in all of my years of playing the game, and I'm having a blast ). I would love to see the classics, along with DOOM 3, receive a physical release, ideally with Final DOOM (which contains some of my favourite levels), and if the rumours are to be believed, DOOM 64 as well.