I’m STEALING this and pretending I wrote it. You are a jeeneus and get all the interwebz points for the day!
I agree, this is why I’m trying to highlight indie devs. I’m not perfect at it (I’m barely good), but I enjoy what I do. Thanks for reading.
No, they’re not. The MODERN games BASED ON THEM are called “boomer shooters.”
Agreed, I’m taking a HUGE liberty classifying it as such based SOLELY on the voxel graphics… But, since I’m the writer, editor, and hobbies t doing this… I’m okay taking liberties on occasion for a game that only costs $15 and has no micros transactions. I REALLY do want to support this idea. I just wish they made it for iPadOS/iOS.
Also: You obviously haven’t played BoltGun. It is the opposite of all of your complaints… and that’s just ONE that is.
“IDK why the OG FPS are now a considered subgenre”
I don’t know why people keep thinking, saying, and implying this. The OG shooters are not being called “boomer shooters.” Modern games based on them are. I don’t know why the confusion.
Doom (1993) NOT a boomer shooter. Quake (1996) NOT a boomer shooter. Boltgun (2023) IS a boomer shooter.
I don’t really consider it a “boomer shooter,” that’s why the title has a question mark in it. But it is fun, and the graphics make it something I figured I could talk about. The part I like most… no microtransactions. Of course this comes with the downside of anti-cheat as it’s a multiplayer game… I guess you can’t have it all.
No.
An arena shooter occurs in… an arena. Arena shooters are multiplayer.
Quake was single player and not in an arena. Quake II was single player and not in an arena. Same with Heretic, Helen, Duke Nukem, Serious Sam…. And modern games like Boltgun, Forgive me Father, Wrath: Aeon of Ruin, Deadlink, Trepang^2… No, not one of these is an Arena Shooter.
I had done two previous articles with that information:
https://lemmy.ninja/post/14972 https://lemmy.ninja/post/18150
The good news for you is I posted two articles since then. https://lemmy.ninja/post/14972 https://lemmy.ninja/post/18150
Now you’re up to date.
I honestly don’t care about the term either. I’m just having fun playing them and highlighting them so more people know about them.