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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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[–] MrEUser@lemmy.ninja 3 points 1 year ago

Excellent observation. I mentioned that in another comment. Not only are dev costs low, but risks can be taken. An example: Blood West I’m sure you guessed with a name like that it’s a Western flavored FPS. And it is. It has more story than usual. The downside is that during the first hour of game play you will have fired all of six rounds. Also, initially your character is a marshmallow. You die a LOT! AFTER that period you start getting in to the story and have better weapons and armor starts being a thing. The game is not my favorite, however, it is a welcome break from frenetic blasting. I hope in the next incarnation they figure out a better balance at the beginning of the game.