We all know that Boomer Shooters are stylized FPS games that’s taking inspiration from Doom. But what about stylized TPS games? And what games would you recommend
We all know that Boomer Shooters are stylized FPS games that’s taking inspiration from Doom. But what about stylized TPS games? And what games would you recommend
I’d say considering Tomb Raider, Uncharted and The Last of Us to be a shooter is a weird thing. Especially so when we talk about a thread where we compare it to Boomer Shooters, where the shooting element is the main genre. Otherwise with your weird of thinking GTA 5 is a racing game and Final Fantasy 7 Remake is an action game, not an RPG. Edit: And its like saying Resident Evil is a shooter.
Honestly, I don’t really think the original FF7 (or any FF for that matter) is much of an RPG in the first place. The only thing it actually shares in common with the genre is turn based battles and leveling up to get stronger. They’re closer to a visual novel than a true role-playing game.
But that’s what they are called by their developers.
And you call me arbitrary and weird way of thinking.
“Doom isn’t a shooter. It’s a labyrinth game with shooting mechanics.”
With your logic Breath of the Wild is a Jump’n Run, because you can jump and run in the game??
Edit: Let me explain this differently. Doom is a shooter, because the main game element is a shooter. If you robbed Tomb Raider the shooting element away, it would be still the same game. Because that is not what defines to be Tomb Raider. The shooting element doesn’t make it a shooter genre.
Lemme guess: You consider it to be an RPG?
Do you even know what RPG means? If you had read my previous replies, then you would know that Tomb Raider is an Action Adventure game. It’s more comparable to a Zelda game than a Doom game. Edit: Explanation can be found here: https://lemmy.ml/post/55246936/29003366
Games can be more than one genre. If you read my replies, you’d understand that many action adventure games are also THIRD PERSON SHOOTERS. TLOU: Action adventure 3rd person shooter. Uncharted: Action adventure 3rd person shooter. Tomb Raider: Action adventure 3rd person shooter. Metroid Prime: Action adventure FIRST person shooter. Borderlands: First-Person Shooter Action RPG.
These differentiate from games like Zelda, which are action adventure but nothing else. Soulslikes are closer to Zelda than Tomb Raider, TLOU, or Uncharted are and it all comes down to how the action is handled. Shooters vs melee focused combat.
GTA is a racing game, because you have cars. Breath of the wild is a third person shooter, because you have a bow and can shoot. Is that where are at? Oh did I already mention that Breath of the Wild is a Jump’n Run too, because you can jump and run? As said, the shooting element of Tomb Raider is not what it makes to be a Tomb Raider. Therefore calling it a shooter is wrong. It is an Action Adventure. You totally ignore the context in what we are discussion:
3rd person shooter equivalent be to “Boomer Shooters”
And Tomb Raider is not that. The shooting element doesn’t matter for the genre it is in. Off course games can be categorized in one or more genres. But depending on the game, its not important for the genre.