Well, you can’t do a headshot in Doom because there’s no vertical look. So it’s either a reference to older people (ok boomer) or the ridiculous explode-y weapons you get and the general feeling of blasting through hordes of baddies. I’m guessing it’s the older people term, since modern shooters look nothing like Doom.
True I think there was a big gap somewhere in the years between when o.g. 2.5d retro shooters like Doom, Blood, and Hexen players got used to moving with mouse look, and the people who played shooters like Quake, UT and counterstrike back in 2000-2005 where we aimed with the mouse and strafe run with the left and right keyboard buttons.
A few other hidden gems back in the day that I never got around to playing until years later after their prime time was probably Descent, System Shock and also AvP.
Well, you can’t do a headshot in Doom because there’s no vertical look. So it’s either a reference to older people (ok boomer) or the ridiculous explode-y weapons you get and the general feeling of blasting through hordes of baddies. I’m guessing it’s the older people term, since modern shooters look nothing like Doom.
True I think there was a big gap somewhere in the years between when o.g. 2.5d retro shooters like Doom, Blood, and Hexen players got used to moving with mouse look, and the people who played shooters like Quake, UT and counterstrike back in 2000-2005 where we aimed with the mouse and strafe run with the left and right keyboard buttons.
A few other hidden gems back in the day that I never got around to playing until years later after their prime time was probably Descent, System Shock and also AvP.
Those were the days alright