Making the announcement on Twitter, Bethesda told players the sign-in is entirely optional from here on out and the disconnected notification has been removed. There was huge excitement when it was announced at QuakeCon 2019 that the classic Doom and Doom II (and Doom 3) were coming to PC and other modern systems for free. That elation swiftly turned to menace as players found they had to jump through Bethesda’s online account system to play the two-decades-plus old games.
Fans weren’t happy, and Bethesda responded, explaining the idea was to reward Slayers Club members for playing through the trilogy. Not a bad idea in premise, sure, but having sign-in be obligatory for all just served to irritate the player-base, many of whom just wanted some no frills old school FPS action.
The latest update, rolled out August 15, has taken away the necessity to be signed in to Bethesda.net, meaning the games can now be enjoyed without any online access whatsoever.
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
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