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'.
Nah, Genres being named after the first game that does it is pretty uninspired. It almost makes it sound like players can’t articulate what makes the game interesting.
That’s basically reverting back to calling games “DOOM clones”.
Calling something like Amid Evil with its spectacular map architecture a mere Doom clone does it a disservice, though, because Doom closes were basically flat and had 90° walls. Descent and Quake 1 aren’t clones of Doom either.
Boomer shooter is a moniker to try to be cute with language. Because these shooters go “Boom”.
Fuck that noise. Call it a Classic Doom-like.
Nah, Genres being named after the first game that does it is pretty uninspired. It almost makes it sound like players can’t articulate what makes the game interesting.
That’s basically reverting back to calling games “DOOM clones”.
Calling something like Amid Evil with its spectacular map architecture a mere Doom clone does it a disservice, though, because Doom closes were basically flat and had 90° walls. Descent and Quake 1 aren’t clones of Doom either.
Still better than boomer shooter
But then the media post won’t be totes edgy and get people to click on it…
Except that other than a few GZDoom-based games, Dusk and such have more in common with Quake than Doom, being fully 3D.
Maybe it should be called Doomer Shooter instead
Then you’re catering to the peppers