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submitted 11 months ago by onlooker@lemmy.ml to c/gaming@beehaw.org

Not to say I hate the genre, I actually love me some Dusk or Turbo Overkill, but why, oh why are they called Boomer Shooters?

These games clearly took inspiration from 90s FPS games, which ๐Ÿ‘Œ, but they were played mostly by Gen Xers and Millenials, not Boomers. When games like Duke Nukem 3D or Quake were out, Boomers were what? 30 to 50 years old? I'm sure some of them played FPS games, but there is no way they were the majority.

Whenever I see the term Boomer Shooter, my mind goes to games like Shootout! for Magnavox Odyssey. Can't we call them something else, like Retro FPSes or something?

Anyway, rant over. Thank you for your time.

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[-] raccoona_nongrata@beehaw.org 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

It makes no sense to me, since really young gamers tend to like simpler, less in-depth shooters that are essentially like those from the early days. People who have played FPS for a while tend to grow out of that and into more mechanically complicated FPS.

If the term refers to age then I don't get it, since really young gamers and really old ones tend to be drawn to the same basic kind of training wheels gameplay.

this post was submitted on 14 Mar 2024
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