Absurd Boomer Shooter 'Turbo Overkill' Shadow Drops On Switch

Not sure about that. All started getting a bit too fast and hectic looking for me. I ain't getting any sharper, and my appetite for relentlessness is... relenting.

Haha this is the first time I've heard the term "boomer-shooter" and I've never felt older 😂

Sounds like fun and looks good, but to be honest, it's too much for my eyes.

Looks interesting. I'd love to see it with a local MP though, I care nothing for online MP.

Please stop saying Boomer shooter 😑😑😑

I’ve just seen there is a demo for this if anyone’s interested. I’m gonna give it a go.

and it even has Duke Nukem's voice in it

What does a Zoomer shooter look like? I think this game has nothing in common with original doom, wolfenstein, quake, counter strike, half life, halo, golden eye, time splitters.

Rather, this game has more twitch based gameplay in common with Zoomer shooter Overwatch.

Oh my oh my oh my oh my !!! 🤩
InstaLove 😍

@gb_nes_gamer really ? On Switch, the demo ?

Let’s a (rock) go ! 😎

@Koda1000 Hard to take what you've said seriously when this game does in fact play like Quake, Blood and Duke and absolutely nothing like Overwatch.

@mmakara81 was that John St John, or was it Steve Blum in that trailer? Kinda sounded like the ladder.

About bloody time! It’s been on my wishlist for what seems like forever! Can’t wait to finally dive in!

@Stimpson I think you meant “Latter” not Ladder.

Damn, this looks good! Might get it along the road!

@Stimpson per IMDB John St. John

@JS_Comics I take it you never watch any Anime series in the 80s and 90s

never heard the term 'boomer shooter' before in my life as a genre. I came in expecting a shooter that Boomers would like

How many boomers will I be able to shoot in this?

• Play a game, get epilepsy

Should be in the description with the rest

@canaryfarmer why?

@Mando44646 it's a very common term for old school shooters, mostly with sprite enemies, ammo everywhere and keycards to find and progress the completely illogical maps

@Princess_Lilly Because Boomers weren't the ones that played/grew up with Doom/Quake/Wolfenstein/etc, that was GenX and Y.

@JS_Comics It's the fact that you haven't heard it until now that's making you REALLY old gramps! Ahaha.

Don't worry, old toot here.

@Mando44646 So basically korean war shooters!

@canaryfarmer But they made them. Also, it's just a name, and game genre names have always been weird, like metroidvania, shmup or walking simulator

@Princess_Lilly Carmack and Romero et al. are all GenX

Boomers were the ones at that time complaining that video games were getting too violent

@canaryfarmer I'm sure at least one boomer had his hands with at least one boomer shooter

That's true. We could use the Boomer and GenX creative minds though, 80s to 00s popculture is unmatched

@OorWullie maybe one for you

@lovecraftINkafka I’ve just played through the first level on Regular Jo difficulty.

There’s a Doom Eternal air dash and a Borderlands 3 ground slide so traversal / level design is interesting.
Combat is satisfying in the usual way of gun / enemy sounds and animations.

This is just from the first level so not sure if I’ll be buying it yet.

@Koda1000 Well the funny thing is "boomer shooter" is completely inaccurate. Very few Baby Boomers actually played Doom, Duke Nukem 3D, Quake etc.back in the 90s. That whole now legendary id Software crew that made Doom were all young(at the time) Gen X'ers.

@canaryfarmer no

@N8tiveT3ch no you

Boomer shooter scrolls through Facebook with its index finger and wonders what this world is coming to.

@gb_nes_gamer thanks ! 👍 & 🙏

@Princess_Lilly I've always seen those called Doom-likes

Not sure why the headline says the game is absurd - it's really no more than Doom Eternal for example, just in a sillier, cyberpunk-ish way. Either way, one of the best boomer shooters, get this game!

That genre rename sounds so fetch.

The boomers tried to take away these types of games . But it’s fine to call it a boomer shooter. These games were all about the boom and the action. Then came the zoomer shooters which focused on cut scenes with sprinklings of action.

Boomer shooter is a distracting name (I prefer classic-style FPS) but I hate Belt Scroller more.

@AmplifyMJ I actually bought this on Steam a couple of years back and requested a refund after playing it for an hour. I couldn't get into it, too fast. it's very highly rated though.

There's a demo on the eshop! Downloading now

How is this for Boomers. I grew up with a ZX Spectrum that couldn't run FPS and I'm on the Gen X / Millennial border.

Looks like a fun fps, definitely will get it once I had some spare change.

I literally thought this was going to be some deranged game where you shoot people who own low priced houses and told you off for being lazy.

@gcunit @JS_Comics

I think it's the editing of the video that makes it look so intense, which hasn't done them any favours. It's probably no crazier than Doom 2006 in gameplay - which of course is still intense.

@Dee123 @Koda1000

I think Boomer Shooter comes from Evil Dead 3 when Ash calls his Shotgun his 'Boom Stick'. It's got nothing to do with Baby Boomers!

Personally I like the term a lot.

Anyone know what performance is like on the Switch? It's on Xbox Series X too but having this handheld would be a lot of fun, but only if it runs well.

@sonicbooming looks decent enough https://youtu.be/80IT_00e-20?t=225 but why not try the demo for free?

I was wondering when this would finally come to Switch. Played it on Steam and enjoyed it. Added to wishlist but hoping for a physical release eventually.

The protagonist seems to have a penchant for flipping off his foes.

@Warioware You probably already understand this, but I like the functionality provided by "belt scroller" differentiating how the Z-axis operates in game in-between a game like Ninja Warriors and a true 3D brawler like Fighting Force.

@Thomystic ok, I think that's a fair point. I admit I am biased against the term - I used to work as a supermarket cashier many moons ago and the term reminds me of the endless stream of groceries churning towards me on the conveyer belt whilst everybody else was out enjoying their Saturday 😂😆 Paid off in the long run though 😁

@canaryfarmer mate- that’s exactly what Turbo Overkill is- A Boomer Shooter. Over the top violence, massive weapons and wild gameplay mechanics.

@sonicbooming it runs perfectly on the Switch. I’m a few hours in and having a ball!