... in reference to shooters made popular by younger Gen. X and Millennials while the actual boomers tried to get the entire industry banned.
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It's called "Slang"
Kids don't know that though
Hmm. Even Wolfestein 3D was more of a Gen-X than Boomer generational thing, so setting the bar at Doom seems a little misunderstood of who actually played those games.
It's a misnomer for sure, but that's why it's a funny label.
It's not meant to imply that the games were primarily played by literal boomers; "boomer shooter" just rolls off the tongue a lot better than "gen-x shooter" or "early-edition millennials shooter". Are you the sort of person who goes to the Steam page for Rogue and challenges the 'Traditional Roguelike' tag because it's not rogue-like if it's actually Rogue? :P
It is a intended as an insult. It is intended to insinuate out of style and old fashioned. Has nothing to do with the rhyme. Rogue is used to describe those games as they are "rogue like". If this were similar it would be "doom like".
I don't think it's intended as an insult at all; rather, it's just a joking reference to the meme that to gen z, anyone 30+ is a 'boomer'.
Except, you know, that it's a relatively popular genre that people actively seek out by that name because they specifically want those mechanics.
It's absolutely not an insult.
It is a intended as an insult.
So was "walking sim", but the term stuck and is now used to describe the genre.
Or dark/demon souls games being label souls-like.
I see souls-like listed, I instantly assume it's a console game with terrible camera controls
Super Mario 64 is my favorite souls-like! /s
nope. Not remotely similar intent nor usage.
How is Souls-like not similar in intent as Rogue-like?
Wolfenstein 3D is not a Gen-X shooter or a Boomer Shooter, it is a Greatest Generation Shooter
In my optics, Boomers had Pong, Asteroids and pinball machines.
The Great Generation didn't play on computers until Candy Crush and Farmville, so even if they're older, their games are newer.
It was a reference to Wolfenstein 3d being the first FPS AND being about WW2
Oh no
They've angered the 38 year olds of the comment section
Valve didn't do shit, what an awful title. These are user generated tags.
🎉🥳 Another label graduated! 🥳🎉
Now please hurry up and vote for Bullet Heaven on Brotato and its colleagues so we aren't stuck with something as terrible as "Survivor-likes" or unweildy as "Action Roguelike - Bullet Hell"
Boomer Shooters > Modern FPS games, FIGHT ME!
Boomer shooter and modern aren't mutuallg exclusive. I liked TB's classification: "Modern military shooter".