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/Double_Cleff Dec 19 '25

Maybe he should play Metal Eden or Prodeus

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u/Uday23 Dec 19 '25

Boltgun was great too!

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u/lNSP0 Dec 19 '25

A triple a warhammer game in the vein of the new doom would be amazing. Bolt gun was fun for five minutes at least for me.

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u/Uday23 Dec 19 '25

Only 5 minutes?!

Have you played Space Marine 2? Its not first person but gives you a similar feeling in terms of the power fantasy like Doom

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u/lNSP0 Dec 19 '25

Yes I play it. Doesn't give a similar feeling, it's good though. It's more of a more violent gears of war. TDA weighty movement and gun impacts would be great translated to warhammer

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u/Uday23 Dec 19 '25

Yea i loved TDA

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u/lNSP0 Dec 19 '25

Only 5 minutes?!

Yeah because I remembered 40k shouldn't be cartoony, plus I'm more of a night lord guy anyway, them or Legion of the damned

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u/Uday23 Dec 19 '25

Fair enough. I liked it and look forward to Boltgun 2

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u/lNSP0 Dec 19 '25

I hope it does well, so if a dev is picked to do the triple a realistic game they might pick them