It’s not meant to imply that the games were primarily played by literal boomers; “boomer shooter” just rolls off the tongue a lot better than “gen-x shooter” or “early-edition millennials shooter”. Are you the sort of person who goes to the Steam page for Rogue and challenges the ‘Traditional Roguelike’ tag because it’s not rogue-like if it’s actually Rogue? :P
It’s not meant to imply that the games were primarily played by literal boomers; “boomer shooter” just rolls off the tongue a lot better than “gen-x shooter” or “early-edition millennials shooter”. Are you the sort of person who goes to the Steam page for Rogue and challenges the ‘Traditional Roguelike’ tag because it’s not rogue-like if it’s actually Rogue? :P
Or dark/demon souls games being label souls-like.
I see souls-like listed, I instantly assume it’s a console game with terrible camera controls
Super Mario 64 is my favorite souls-like! /s
I always liked the term “classic shooter”.