Games like 'Dusk', 'Amid Evil', and 'Into the Pit' are shining examples of a new FPS subgenre: the "boomer shooter" inspired by games like 'Doom' and 'Quake'.
That’s basically reverting back to calling games “DOOM clones”.
Calling something like Amid Evil with its spectacular map architecture a mere Doom clone does it a disservice, though, because Doom closes were basically flat and had 90° walls. Descent and Quake 1 aren’t clones of Doom either.
Boomer shooter is a moniker to try to be cute with language. Because these shooters go “Boom”.
Fuck that noise. Call it a Classic Doom-like.
That’s basically reverting back to calling games “DOOM clones”.
Still better than boomer shooter
Calling something like Amid Evil with its spectacular map architecture a mere Doom clone does it a disservice, though, because Doom closes were basically flat and had 90° walls. Descent and Quake 1 aren’t clones of Doom either.
But then the media post won’t be totes edgy and get people to click on it…
Except that other than a few GZDoom-based games, Dusk and such have more in common with Quake than Doom, being fully 3D.
Maybe it should be called Doomer Shooter instead