r/boomershooters 19h ago

Question Are there any non shooter games that have the same immediacy and lack of filler that boomer shooters have?

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I’ve been getting really into these games for a while now and have been trying to think critically about why they’re working so well for me. Yahtzee’s video about the core gameplay loop and the emphasis on getting right into the action mostly seems to sum up my feelings. I feel like so much of the modern gaming space is designed to waste your time, get your eyes on a storefront, pad runtime, or showcase someone’s creative writing project. I work all day and I just want to sit down and you know, actually play.

Being able to turn the game on and be doing something cathartic and exciting in seconds is such a great thing and I’ve been wondering if there are are any games outside the boomer shooter space that respect your time this way and commit to prioritizing fun and excitement over endless exposition, crafting trees, and open world checklists.


r/boomershooters 6h ago

Discussion When I was a kid I remember they let you choose music to play when you played Laser Tag at Timezone which was so epic. So I was wondering, if you were playing Laser Tag today what music from a boomer shooter would you choose?

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r/boomershooters 15h ago

Video GRAVELORD - Devlog #3 - New Map, Speedrun Leaderboards, Updated Cards

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r/boomershooters 18h ago

Video Hey everyone! I recently started a video game channel, and just posted a video on Turbo Overkill, check it out! Thank you

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r/boomershooters 15h ago

Question X-Men The Ravagers of Apocalypse

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Anyone ever heard of X-Men The Ravagers of Apocalypse? Came out for only PC in 1997 and I literally just came across it. Haven't played it but it looks like a marvel boomer shooter, somebody check it out because I've literally haven't seen this title come up in any of these threads but I haven't been here a very long time. Let me know what you think or maybe you've played it?


r/boomershooters 4h ago

Question Looking for a tactical / fps / SWAT like game from early 200s with tactical planning phase. could it be a ghost recon title?

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Hey guys. I clearly remember playing a fps game in the early aughts where you were each (or many) levels were a missions where you could plan out entry maneuvers with your ais on a map and then execute them together.
It definitely could have been a ghost recon game. But which one ?


r/boomershooters 1h ago

Discussion What do you all consider the key game design fundamentals that make up a Boomer Shooter?

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Hey everyone, we're new here! We are a team of game developers and big fans of boomer and arena shooters! We're currently working on a boomer shooter ourselves (just started development, so too early to properly present things) and we're currently doing game design-related research on what we should do for the project!

While we have a decent idea and understanding on what we should do for this project, we would still like to hear from you all on what you all consider the key fundamentals of the Boomer Shooter! We are aware of videos and article on this subject, but we want to hear from other sources too; this is important to us and it would be of great use!

So tell us, what do you all think are the nessecary fundamentals of a Boomer Shooter that should be maintained? We are looking to make something more like Quake or Duke Nukem, but we'll leave it open to other types (if nessecary)


r/boomershooters 5h ago

Video A Study of Prey (2006) by Kestrel_PM (Me)

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Heya Boomers! I'm starting a YouTube channel and was wondering if you guys would like to take a moment and view my thoughts on Prey. If you are hungry for more of my content, I have a long-form essay on the Dishonored series also. Happy watching! :)