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Boomer shooter Gravelord adds controller support and gets Steam Deck Verified
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.....what the holy fuck is a Boomer Shooter?
Continuing gaming's long tradition of dumb names for game genres, boomer shooters are first person shooters that don't use auto-regen health (COD, Halo), in offline they give health frequently from killing enemies (rather exclusively health packs), and they're designed to be fast paced, usually with a wide FOV, an absurdly high "walk" speed with no run button, and somewhat disorienting or labyrinth-like map style. They're often offline, but can be multiplayer player-vs-player.
Even if the game is completely modern: Doom Eternal, Ultrakill, Dusk, Turbo Overkill, etc its still called a boomer shooter.
A game category made up by people who think "boomer" means "anyone more than a few years older than me".
Shooters styled after Doom, Quake, and Wolfenstein
Those are games that gen X grew up with. Boomers were their parents.
Boomer talk
Shoo. Go back under your bridge troll.
No, you're literally too old to realize the yooths call you a boomer too
So we all can be boomers, yay
Fuck off boomer.
These cringe ass olds, lol
Yeah. Kindergarten vibe is strong in this one.
I promise you my baby boomer father has never even seen Quake, or is aware of it's existence.
Ping Pong i guess.
I don't think my parents played anything else ever.
Fortnite Battle Royale /s