A first-personshooter on a portable

Doom successfully makes the leap from PC to the Nintendo Switch.

with playing the game in handheld has nothing to do with the game and everything to do with the design of the right Joy-Con. It can be frustrating when you are trying to glory kill a demon or even aim because of the placement of the right thumbstick.

This took a few minutes to adjust for, but players might want to play with the Switch pro controller if that sort of thing would drive you nuts. Personally, I just sucked it up and adjusted to it, but it is undeniably a shortcoming of the console’s design and not Doom. There are several button layout settings available that move the glory kill button elsewhere if it really gets to players.

SnapMap, multiplayer, arcade and online gameplay

One thing missing entirely from Doom on Nintendo Switch is the SnapMap level designer. This mode never caught on as much as some thought it would on PC, but its omission from the Switch version is worth noting.

Multiplayer is available for Switch players and it doesn’t require folks to quit out of the single player game like it did on PC. Players can jump back and forth between game modes rather easily on Switch and that definitely adds to the enjoyment.

An awesome addition to the PC version of Doom was Arcade Mode. This allowed players who have already played through the single player campaign to come back to levels and try to beat their own high scores. This mode is alive and well on Switch and played great.

One thing worth noting about the online component of the game is that I would receive a network error when waking Switch from sleep with Doom on. This is similar to issues I have had with Splatoon 2, and it resolves itself rather quickly. It didn’t lose game progression, but it was something that I noticed in my time playing the game.

Conclusion

Doom on Switch is a triumph of the human spirit. It is just one more feather in Nintendo’s cap as third party developers are flocking to the Switch. Panic Button deserves extremely high praise for this port.

It may not be perfect, but Doom on Switch offers players a new way to play one of the finest shooters to come out in recent history. The ability to pick it up and play for short bursts outweighs many of the technical limitations and I look forward to being able to immerse myself in the game on longer flights with that amazing soundtrack on the go. — Shacknews.com/Tribune News Service