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I hate the term "Boomer Shooter" (lemmy.ml)

submitted 8 months ago by onlooker@lemmy.ml to c/gaming@beehaw.org

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Not to say I hate the genre, I actually love me some Dusk or Turbo Overkill, but why, oh why are they called Boomer Shooters?

These games clearly took inspiration from 90s FPS games, which 👌, but they were played mostly by Gen Xers and Millenials, not Boomers. When games like Duke Nukem 3D or Quake were out, Boomers were what? 30 to 50 years old? I'm sure some of them played FPS games, but there is no way they were the majority.

Whenever I see the term Boomer Shooter, my mind goes to games like Shootout! for Magnavox Odyssey. Can't we call them something else, like Retro FPSes or something?

Anyway, rant over. Thank you for your time.

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[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 24 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I love the term. For me it's not just a shooter in an older style but also a shooter that goes BOOM. Much better than boring cover shooters.

[–] onlooker@lemmy.ml 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Oh, they're definitely better, no question. But by that definition, wouldn't that make them Boom Shooters?

[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 19 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Na, because the newer shooters still go boom. But boomer shooters are just boomer. And everybody's waiting for the coming of the boomest shooter.

[–] Dark_Arc@social.packetloss.gg 5 points 8 months ago

I kind of enjoy this take lol

[–] skulblaka@startrek.website 4 points 8 months ago

We've already seen the boomest shooter. Our savior hath already come and gone and left us behind to witness his passing. His name was Ultrakill.

[–] onlooker@lemmy.ml 3 points 8 months ago (3 children)

I would love to see that take place, so sign me up for the Church of the Boomest Shooter. My only real concern is where do we go from boomest?

[–] LunarLoony@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 8 months ago

Boomestest, obviously.

[–] Aphelion@lemm.ee 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Helldivers 2 wins. You get to drop orbital strikes, launch ICBM nukes, call in cluster munitions, etc.

[–] Schadrach@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 8 months ago

Meh, I've been able to do all of those in modded Minecraft for years.

[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 2 points 8 months ago

That's the neat part, we don't. Can't have the messiah coming for real. Otherwise you get splinter religions.

Now I feel like playing Messiah.