![]() Modern boomer shooters are trying to recapture the magic of games like Doom. ![]() Several classics like Quake, Hexen, Duke Nukem 3D, and Rise of the Triad emerged from iD, Raven Software, and 3D Realms. A few years later, iD Software would release Doom, which took the world by storm with demonic and gory visuals, bombastic weapons, compelling level design, and fast-paced gameplay.Ī surge of FPS games dubbed “ Doom clones” found success in the late ‘90s, and in many ways, these were the original boomer shooters. ![]() In 1993, iD Software changed the video game industry forever with Wolfenstein 3D, a level-based, pseudo-3D action game that introduced the world to the first-person shooter (FPS) game genre. As this fad began in the late 2010s, a new term to describe these games emerged: boomer shooter. It applies to first-person shooters that intentionally harken back to the classic PC games of the late ‘90s like Doom and Quake.Ĭall of Duty and Battlefield currently define the FPS genre, signaling a trend towards realism that’s lasted more than a decade, but some indie developers want to relive what they believe to be the glory days. “Boomer shooter” is the latest term to follow the likes of “Roguelike” or “Soulslike” in the realm of hyperspecific gaming subgenres. However, the reality of the emerging subgenre is much more nuanced, with a history going back decades. When asked to define “boomer shooter” on Twitter, Dusk developer New Blood Interactive wrote, “A shooter that goes boom.”
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