Comment on I hate the term "Boomer Shooter"
Coelacanth@feddit.nu 6 months ago
It’s so curious, I swear I heard “boomer shooter” used to refer to another type of FPS… But then again I guess the definition has changed. What term do people use nowadays for slow FPSes that are more tactical, rather than twitch-reflex reliant, like ARMA?
bermuda@beehaw.org 6 months ago
Those are tactical shooters. If it’s a simulator like ARMA then the term “milsim” (military simulator) is also used.
Coelacanth@feddit.nu 6 months ago
Makes sense. And I have heard those terms before. I guess i just need to update my internal definition. All this time I thought boomer shooter meant “slow FPS for old folks who can’t keep up in Valorant anymore”.
bermuda@beehaw.org 6 months ago
Oh no boomer shooter means very fast FPS, it just has old-school mechanics like health packs, a large loadout, arena-style gameplay, stuff like that. Things that were considered outdated when games like Battlefield and COD rolled around in the mid 2000s.