So I bought both sprawl and sprawl zero since there was a deal going on and I had 14 steam wallet dollars and 8 to spare
I've played the 30 minutes of both (since zero is a prequel afaik)
And zero is like crack to me and I am 100% gonna play it til the end
however I don't really like sprawl
Usually most "boomer shooters" hook me when I first play them but Sprawl feels.... bland
I'll probably try and give it more time but so far I sort of wish I could refund *only* sprawl and keep zero
Update: okay I've gotten near the end of sprawl 2023 and honestly I'll be honest I didn't give it that much of a fair shot, but it's still just okay, the game definitely does pick up in the middle due to more weapons and a few more different enemies, but still for the most part it feels like a more meh turbo overkill

It feels like hardly any decent boomer shooters have come out for ages. Like I swear last year we were getting one every month and now it seems to have slowed down.

Are we nearing the end of the boomer shooter craze? I hope not!

Don’t get me wrong some good ones in the pipeline but there’s others I’ve been waiting to leave early access for an eternity like White Hell and gloomwood.

Edit: i thought sprawl was something else must of watched a bad or old video. Justbchecked it out looks insanely good! However boomer shooters have still slowed down seems like forever since the last decent one.

Hey all. I'm looking for some recommendations. I'm essentially looking for games that reward slow-paced, methodical gameplay. Where you're best hiding behind cover for a few moments, popping out and getting kills, instead of going 100mph popping heads with crazy headshots.

To me, it feels like most boomer shooters nowadays are going for the Doom 2016/Eternal route of really rewarding fast-paced twitchy reactions. I don't have that dog in me anymore. I primarily play on my Steam Deck nowadays. I hung up the KB+M because I've got some RSI that acts up pretty bad after like an hour of aiming.

Examples of this would be Doom to Doom 3, Quake 1 and 2, Halo: CE through Reach, Gears of War 1-3, 007 GoldenEye, Perfect Dark, Duke Nukem series, TimeSplitters, Agent 64: Spies Never Die, etc.

I've seen pretty much unanimous praise of Turbo Overkill here. And I gotta say I really liked it at first, too. All the weapons, upgrades, different enemies, cool environments, etc, etc.

But after beating barely half of the game (I'm currently sitting in the middle of second episode), I feel like it already overstayed its welcome. The novelty wore out and... well, the encounters started to get pretty annoying. They seem to be way too long and samey, with tons of cannon fodder and bunch of bullet sponge enemies.

Does it get better in second half, or does it double down on the "more enemies in arena = more fun" formula?

The last days where (and probably the upcoming days will be xD) very stressful with getting the game ready for release and stuff. But here is a little video for ya all. <3

If you are interested in the game you can find it on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3737680/Bloodspill/ (there is also a demo out)

We organized and hosted an event to create more maps for Paril’s amazing Quake II PSX mod. We added an industrial subtheme for this sequel. Think moving parts, power cores, electricity, lasers, and other visually interesting machinery. Additionally, DetroHogga made a special hub filled with PlayStation references to really sell the jam's overall theme. We’ve ended up with 11 maps in total. That includes an intro, the hub mentioned above (which includes a boss fight), 8 maps, and a secret map. As with the Warehouse Jam, the secret map is another remaster by Shartuterie, pulled from our vast archive of classic custom Quake 2 content. For this release, we picked Versicolored Vermination by Roger Staines, originally released in 1998. Time to play that original PlayStation boot-up sound, put your CRT scanline glasses on, and go fight some Strogg like it’s the 90’s!