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The developer calls it a "movement shooter" that has taken " the best parts of what makes both modern and retro shooters such as DOOM ETERNAL and QUAKE fun, then sticks them in a blender with fast paced Rogue-Like progression and Perma-Death, leaving for an even more intense experience with absolutely NO space for filler". I know that description will certainly pull in a few eyes. There's also "no intrusive story", it's all about the gibs.
It seems to do a few curious things like sending you through different dimensions with different enemies, and a unique weapon for each area. In a way, the way you progress sounds perhaps a bit like Risk of Rain 2 but the order of the areas you go is randomized. Why is it a movement shooter then? Well, everything is fast as hell and ammunition is a reward for moving around so you have to stay on your toes.
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It's definitely not the prettiest around but I'm sure the action will make plenty of FPS fans happy.
The system requirements are mildly amusing too noting it needs "Sound Card: LOUDEST POSSIBLE DAMMIT", and on the macOS side "Additional Notes: shouldn't have bought a mac" — ouch.
You can follow it on Steam.
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
StoneColdSpider Jul 25, 2022
Quoting: lukas333So many boomer shooters to choose from right nowY'know, I'm Gen X myself, but I still think it's a bit much to have tons of games about shooting boomers.
While this isn't especially unusual nowadays i.e. for a mid-40s person to play computer games in their spare time, back in the 90's, it was mostly young people (teens/early 20s) who were playing 'Boomer Shooters'...
Putting this into perspective, a 10-year old gamer could have been born as late as 1990 and still be considered to be a 'Boomer Shooter', similarly an 18-year old gamer could have been born as late as 1982 and still be considered a 'Boomer Shooter'.
So, basically Gen Y / Millennials were the typical age range for playing 'Boomer Shooter' games (and some tag-alongs from Gen X). Practically zero real 'Boomers' were playing 'Boomer Shooters'.
Even the creators of the earliest 'Boomer Shooter' (Doom), namely John Romero (born 1967) and John Carmack (born 1970) were Gen X themselves.
Basically the term 'Boomer Shooter' is derived incorrectly.
Last edited by g000h on 27 July 2022 at 5:36 pm UTC
Quoting: g000hBasically the term 'Boomer Shooter' is derived incorrectly.I hope you are enjoying your first day on the internet
Quoting: g000hThe disparaging term 'Boomer' tends to get applied very poorly by younger generations.While that's true, I think it's fair. Boomers for their part generally seem to call absolutely everyone younger than about Gen X a "millennial" and pretend that they're lazy and have it easy even though in fact boomers had it much better in most ways than more recent generations. I think everyone's pretty lazy about their references to any generation that isn't theirs.
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