cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ninja/post/14972

Yesterday I got lots of questions asking “I used to play (X) are there any current generation Boomer Shooters like it?” I wrote this article to answer many of those questions.

  • Droid_B612@kbin.social
    7·
    1 year ago

    I love single player FPS games, I’ll definitely try a few from this list. The term “boomer shooter” is terrible though.

    • blindsight@beehaw.org
      41·
      1 year ago

      The term “boomer shooter” is terrible though.

      idk… That seems very descriptive and has memorable assonance. I immediately knew the type of games that implies, even moreso than retroFPS since “retro” is such a moving target, it could mean things like Half-Life, which is about as far from boomer shooters as you can get.

      • Treevan 🇦🇺@beehaw.org
        6·
        1 year ago

        I like the name and it’s memorable but I dont believe FPS were intended for “boomers”, weren’t they aimed at Gen X/maybe early millennials who were the young adults/children in these timeframes? Games weren’t an adulting pastime back then, it was child’s play.

        I bet there were a few boomers playing but Gen X would have been the dominant gaming generation.

        I can’t believe Gen X have been forgotten again.

          • Treevan 🇦🇺@beehaw.org
            4·
            1 year ago

            While I don’t disagree with your statement, this is what I was referencing:

            The term “boomer shooter” is a playful reference to the ‘Baby Boomer’ generation who were the initial audience for these games.

            I don’t think there is any doubt there.

      • overload@sopuli.xyz
        4·
        1 year ago

        I agree. If everyone knows what type of game we’re talking about, the term is appropriate. Hard agree on retro-FPS.

      • ampersandrew@kbin.social
        1·
        1 year ago

        I saw Fortune’s Run referred to as a boomer shooter, which looks like Doom and a lot of games immediately inspired by it but plays much more like Quake, Half-Life, Deus Ex, Max Payne, and Metal Gear Solid in a blender.

    • owl@beehaw.org
      2·
      1 year ago

      Yeah. I approve of the idea of shooters where the intended audience is my 78 year old mum though