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OK Boomer Shooter: How indie games breathed new life into a dying genre (www.inverse.com)

submitted 1 year ago by MrEUser@lemmy.ninja to c/games@sh.itjust.works

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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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[–] Jessica@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It’s a bit silly because at least with like quake and unreal tournament, they are referred to as arena shooters already

[–] MrEUser@lemmy.ninja 5 points 1 year ago

Quake III is an arena shooter, Quake I and II definitely are not. Yes Unreal Tournament is an arena shooter but Forgive Me Father, Blood West, Wrath, Deadlink, and Boltgun definitely are not…