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'.
“Boomer shooter” is the latest term to follow the likes of “Roguelike” or “Soulslike” in the realm of hyperspecific gaming subgenres. It applies to first-person shooters that intentionally harken back to the classic PC games of the late ‘90s like Doom and Quake.
Dusk is fucking awesome, that’s where the boomer shooter revival truly began. Dusk was so good that many other devs looked at it and went “hey, we gotta make an awesome game like that as well!”. And then came Amid Evil, then Ion Fury, then Project Warlock… and the rest is history.
And now they are making successors to other classic games like Half-Life and F.E.A.R. And also retro inspired but very much original titles like Ultrakill.
Wrath: Aeon of Ruin was made with the Quake engine. If you like Quake, Wrath pushes the engine to unbelievable. I’d highly recommend checking the Steam store to see if there’s a free demo to D/L. I keep going back to this one and am pretty sure you will too.
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DOOM and Quake are awesome games. My friend recommends DUSK on Steam, haven’t tried it yet but it looks like old school quake.
I’ve heard good things about Ultrakill too.
Dusk is fucking awesome, that’s where the boomer shooter revival truly began. Dusk was so good that many other devs looked at it and went “hey, we gotta make an awesome game like that as well!”. And then came Amid Evil, then Ion Fury, then Project Warlock… and the rest is history.
And now they are making successors to other classic games like Half-Life and F.E.A.R. And also retro inspired but very much original titles like Ultrakill.
Wrath: Aeon of Ruin was made with the Quake engine. If you like Quake, Wrath pushes the engine to unbelievable. I’d highly recommend checking the Steam store to see if there’s a free demo to D/L. I keep going back to this one and am pretty sure you will too.
Despite the fact that there was nothing to track time played in that era I am certain that I have more hours in Quake 1 than any other game, ever.
Prodeus. Fantastic game with a great dev team behind it.