If you were itching to buy the re-releases of the original DOOM trilogy but found you weren’t willing to make a Bethesda.net account, you’re in luck. As of today, all versions of the three games on every console no longer require a login.
We’ve deployed a patch for the re-releases of DOOM and DOOM II, which now adds an option to skip the Bethesda net login requirement and removes the disconnect notification during gameplay. pic.twitter.com/KtlbRvmRyJ
— Bethesda (@bethesda) August 15, 2019
Given the games work identically without a login screen, I can’t tell you what benefit they’d have by shipping with that requirement. That being said, you can now buy the game and never have to connect it to the internet. Or give your personal information to companies you don’t trust. Justice is done this day.
