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’.
Can we start coming up with inaccurate names for every genre? Maybe battle royales can be called “Greatest Generation Turn-Based Puzzlevanias.”
Boomer shooter isn’t really about the generational boomers but that the games have a lot of “booms”. It says it right at the top of the article. Boomers never even played video games. That era was all Gen X and old Millennials so it wouldn’t even make sense that way.
ah yes doom (2016) and eternal the indie games lmao
I mean, the article specifically states that, as high-budget games, Doom 2016/Eternal don’t really fit into the category:
While they aren’t necessarily boomer shooters due to their higher production values, faster-paced first-person shooters like Titanfall 2, Doom Eternal, and Halo Infinite are earning more goodwill than the latest Call of Duty and Battlefield games, proving that a faster-paced and more fantastical FPS still appeals to mainstream audiences.
the first remake of doom is very old school
Feels like you didn’t read the article and are just trying to snark about a point that noone is making. 🤷♂️
