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'.

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.

  • weirdo_from_space@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    2 years ago

    Competetion is also far more fierce. There are only a handful of AAA publishers and they all do the same stuff. Liveservice multiplayer looter or open world single player movie-like stuff.

    An environment where games like Undertale, Hollow Knight, Celeste, Dusk, Stardew Valley and Ion Fury rein supreme encourages making a stand out game far more than an environment that is more concerned with the in game store, cinematography of cutscenes and photorealistic graphics.