MrEUserJun 21, 2023

OK Boomer Shooter: How indie games breathed new life into a dying genre

https://lemmy.ninja/post/12496

OK Boomer Shooter: How indie games breathed new life into a dying genre - Lemmy Ninja Clan

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ninja/post/10393 [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. >

Show threadCylusthevirusJun 21, 2023

Call of Duty and Battlefield currently define the FPS genre, signaling a trend towards realism

What version of reality does this author live in, anyway?

Show threadWheeljack
I assume by "realism" they're talking about setting, not that those games are simulations of what it's like to get shot at.
Jun 21, 2023 at 8:09pmWeb