Boomer Shooters
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A community about boomer shooters, a type of old-school FPS games before Half-Life revolutionized the genre. Boomer shooters have emphasis on shooting and sometimes traversing mechanics, are light or devoid of cutscenes, and the fun of making things go boom takes precedence over story. The name originates from a tongue in cheek description of the 2018 game Dusk and since stuck as a shorthand for the type of FPS.
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Don't complain about the term boomer shooter. It's a fixed term. I did not make it up.
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Half-Life is not a boomer shooter.
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Hail Civvie11
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No racism, homophobia, etc. Lemmy.World rules appy.
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Severed Steel - The 4 year anniversary update (Also: 95% off, $1.24 /1,04€)
(store.steampowered.com)
An intense single-player FPS featuring a stylish movement system, completely destructible levels, and an acclaimed OST.
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Cyberpunk first-person shooter with a rich story and RPG elements. You are Lucy, an enhanced street samurai searching for lost memories. Fight in large, open, interactive levels overtaken by yakuza, zombies, robots and bosses!
The full release is finally here! The devs at Metacorp have worked tirelessly to bring you the full experience of Beyond Sunset. Now, with 5 episodes, 29 enemies, 4 bosses, 5 weapons, and 39 player upgrades, you can accompany Lucy, our street samurai, in her (quite violent) search for lost memories.
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Game launched a few days ago. Looks to be in style of Ultrakill, Sprawl,...
WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF JETRUNNER
In a dazzling near-future where gravity is optional and style is mandatory, JETRUNNER is the planet’s most thrilling sport: a pulse-pounding fusion of first-person parkour, fluid controls and fast-paced FPS action, designed for only the boldest contenders. Run, jump, slide, and blast your way through hand crafted arenas as you climb the ranks and etch your name into the annals of Jetrunning history.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2865670/JETRUNNER/
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Release Date: 18 Sep, 2025
Civvie11 review of Chapter 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4ZK8_XAeXM
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Same developer as yesterday's Cryptis.
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Found it while browsing through the Steam store.
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Wizordum Comes To Consoles Sept 23 [Fantasy FPS inspired by Wolf3D, Heretic]
(store.steampowered.com)
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A modern Doom engine written from the ground up with a focus on performance.
Content creators have created maps that struggle to render at high framerates with even the latest and most expensive hardware. With Helion, Doom's most complex maps are no longer stressful on modern GPUs and playable on old hardware that was previously impossible.
Helion uses static rendering with a state management system to reconcile dynamic map changes in Doom. In contrast to the typical BSP tree rendering that requires significant CPU processing, Helion is able to manage dynamic changes and optimally utilize the GPU resulting in dramatic performance increases.
Helion supports WADs targeting vanilla, Boom, MBF, MBF21, UDMF (partial support), and ID24.
Minimum requirements are Windows 7 or Linux and an Open GL 3.3 capable GPU.
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