Games like 'Dusk', 'Amid Evil', and 'Into the Pit' are shining examples of a new FPS subgenre: the "boomer shooter" inspired by games like 'Doom' and 'Quake'.

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.

  • socialjusticewizard@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    1 year ago

    These are millenial shooters dangit, boomers were too old for doom. Gen X at most.

    More seriously though I just replayed the OG doom and it still slaps, nice to see some folks are trying to recapture that. I should check these out.