It's so funny to be reminded of that period in the 90s where any first person game was described as a "DOOM clone", because DOOM itself was the first FPS that hugely took off.
"The term boomer shooter has a rather nebulous origin, and it likely started as a joke. Online pedants often point out that the original first-person shooters were developed by Gen-Xers like John Carmack (born 1970) and John Romero (born 1967), not Baby Boomers. However, "boomer shooter" uses the slang version of the term boomer, as a stand-in for any older person who is closed-minded and out of touch—so please, direct those complaints elsewhere."
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Deestan@lemmy.world · 61 pts · 2y
It's so funny to be reminded of that period in the 90s where any first person game was described as a "DOOM clone", because DOOM itself was the first FPS that hugely took off.
nokturne213@sopuli.xyz · 17 pts · 2y
Exactly, DOOM is DOOM. I remember hearing Wolfenstein calls a DOOM Clone too.
Copernican@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 2y
Doom was a top down 2d shooter that just happened to be rendered in first person 3d.
aequitas@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 2y
It’s the first “person shooter”
ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 2y
After Wolfenstein
aequitas@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
Nazis don’t count as people
ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 2y
In that sense Doom doesn’t count either
Fluffy_Ruffs@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 2y
Ahoy always delivers.
Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 2y
I thought it was a Christian game…
naticus@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y
Parkour
otp@sh.itjust.works · 12 pts · 2y
A parkour game without jumping?
aeronmelon@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 2y
Doom & Captain Toad Treasure Tracker are in the same genre.
naticus@lemmy.world · -1 pts · 2y
When the only choices are parkour or menus? Yes.
TheSaus@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 2y
[Hello] i don’t know, probably a shooter?
ghostblackout@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
I thought doom was just doom
lowleveldata@programming.dev · 1 pts · 2y
Hack and slash
Draegur@lemm.ee · -3 pts · 2y
L take.
His worst video.
And an entire month too late for April Fools Day.
DarkMetatron@feddit.de · -4 pts · 2y
I have not seen the video but I think the correct modern answer nowadays is: "boomer shooter"
echodot@feddit.uk · 2 pts · 2y
And what defines that genre?
DarkMetatron@feddit.de · 2 pts · 2y
"The term boomer shooter has a rather nebulous origin, and it likely started as a joke. Online pedants often point out that the original first-person shooters were developed by Gen-Xers like John Carmack (born 1970) and John Romero (born 1967), not Baby Boomers. However, "boomer shooter" uses the slang version of the term boomer, as a stand-in for any older person who is closed-minded and out of touch—so please, direct those complaints elsewhere."
Source: https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/news/a-beginner-s-guide-to-boomer-shooters-and-how-they-inspire-new-school-fpses-like-witchfire
ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 2y
Yeah