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submitted 1 year ago by MrEUser@lemmy.ninja to c/gaming@beehaw.org

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ninja/post/10393

“Boomer shooter” is the latest term to follow the likes of “Roguelike” or “Soulslike” in the realm of hyperspecific gaming subgenres. It applies to first-person shooters that intentionally harken back to the classic PC games of the late ‘90s like Doom and Quake.

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[-] ampersandrew@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

I'm looking for shooters to catch up more to the 6th gen style. I miss 007: Agent Under Fire with moon gravity and Q Claw. I miss Halo. I miss Metal Arms. I miss split-screen and LAN multiplayer.

[-] DonnieNarco@lemmy.one 2 points 1 year ago

I was gifted a very unique game in this style, called "Forgive Me Father". I believe it was created by a single person and is extremely well designed and scary. If you haven't checked that out, I would highly suggest it.

[-] MrEUser@lemmy.ninja 1 points 1 year ago

It was one of my first posts. I am excited about about Forgive me Father II. The story and the art are well done (putting it mildly). I’m trying to get an interview with the dev so I can write an article on the second one and stream it on release.

[-] HiT3k@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

Sure wish id would capitalize and develop a true, in house successor to Quake. I actually like Quake Champions, but you can't help wonder what it would be like to have id or Epic put the full force of their development talent behind an arena shooter for the modern era.

[-] Jeze3D@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

Great article, but I hate twitch terms/phrases like "boomer shooter." IDK why I just find them annoying.

[-] nzodd@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

As a decidely non-boomer who grew up playing those original FPSs, I find it aggravating too, but it's a pretty established term at this point.

[-] DidacticDumbass@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago

That is because they ARE annoying, pointlessly insulting, and do not actually track with the age group it is referencing.

Terms are not magically legitimized just because they sort of rhyme. It is stupid.

[-] DaSaw@midwest.social 1 points 1 year ago

A more accurate term would be X Shooter, or even Shooter eXtreme (since that's totally how stuff was advertised to my generation). A boomer wouldn't even be able to play the game.

[-] Jeze3D@beehaw.org 0 points 1 year ago

The twitch community/culture as a whole is obnoxious. Just as bad as TikTok imo.

[-] DidacticDumbass@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago

No idea, I am not part of any of that. Seems like that has always been a good decision.

[-] hare_ware@pawb.social 1 points 1 year ago

Did this even come from Twitch? People outside of Twitch use the word "boomer".

[-] ascagnel@beehaw.org 0 points 1 year ago

Note the date of the article: October 2021.

[-] MrEUser@lemmy.ninja 0 points 1 year ago

I didn’t realize that made it irrelevant. Especially when I’m using it to lead in to three other articles that are all based on that article, and one of the games that falls in the class of this article has been released today.

[-] ascagnel@beehaw.org 0 points 1 year ago

More that the article being a few years old means it’s missed out on a number of notable releases in the interim.

[-] MrEUser@lemmy.ninja 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The good news for you is I posted two articles since then. https://lemmy.ninja/post/14972 https://lemmy.ninja/post/18150

Now you’re up to date.

this post was submitted on 21 Jun 2023
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