a prequel chapter available free on Steam
I've seen this approach to a demo a few times recently. I really like it and prefer it over a cutout from the full game where it may or may not be possible to transfer progress.
this post was submitted on 13 May 2024
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It's also a lot better than there being no demo at all, which too many games are guilty of.
EDIT: meant to reply to another comment, whoops.
What's "boomer shooter" supposed to mean? According to Wikipedia definitions, baby boomers were 29-47 years old when Doom was released - hardly the target audience.
It's games styled like doom. Iirc it's from Duke nukem calling his shotgun a boomstick and the shooter part comes from it being a shooter game. Some people also just call anyone a generation older than them a boomer.
Technically speaking we're all baby butts compared to the old timers who played the games at the time. Wolfenstein, DOOM, Hexen and Blood were not targeted towards children - even though some of us got our hands on the shareware.
But like with all language and definitions, it was normalised by certain people, like Civvie 11 - who also uses the short hand "boom shoot" and worships at the feet of John Carmack, hallowed be his name.
If anything it's just a definition that stuck, probably because it's pre-millenial.