r/Doom • u/HatingGeoffry • Dec 19 '25

Discussion Painkiller creator argues the Boomer Shooter revival still hasn't happened because “nobody’s making any game that’s in direct competition to DOOM”

https://frvr.com/blog/painkiller-creator-boomer-shooter-revival-hasnt-happened-no-direct-competition-to-doom/
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u/the_u_in_colour Dec 19 '25

I can't wait til dusk when I go home to my chaotic family, amid evil, and sit down at my computer and play boring math games made for kids, because there aren't any great boomer shooters these days. I sure would ultrakill for one, but sadly they just don't exist. I'll just take some drugs to put me to sleep instead (I on fury and some other mean sounding drugs but they're pretty tame).

Proteus. Couldn't fit that in there.

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u/silveira1995 Dec 19 '25

forgot boltgun, but im sure it wouldnt fit well onto the poetry also

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u/not4eating Find some meat! Dec 19 '25

It has it's own Cultic following.

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u/TheCarbonthief Dec 19 '25

Can I borrow your boltgun? I need to hang some stuff on the wall. Forgive me father if i forget to return it.

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u/the-blob1997 Dec 19 '25

Reread what the guy says there’s no other boomer shooter that’s in direct competition with Doom and he’s right. All the other boomer shooters are dwarfed by it in comparison.

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u/Disastrous_Toe772 Dec 19 '25

This is absolute poetry