The end of hope - Reginleiv is ON RAILS!!!!!!!!!

[Farmageddon]

Son1x said:

Farmageddon said:

jarrod said:

Arcade Gun Games have stolen the "Rail Shooter" title from it's correct genre classification imo (ie: Rebel Assault, Panzer Dragoon, Space Harrier, Star Fox, etc).  Games like HotD and Time Crisis weren't called rail shooters in the past, dunno why they are now?

Yeah, you're right, for some reason "light gun" games this generation have been called rail shooters, and many feel they have been abused of, so now a rail shooter is seen as a bad thing, as most gamers won't even remember what the genre can actually be like.

Well the "light gun" games are a little different this gen.

For example, lets take HotD 2&3 or Ghost Squad. All you need for these kinds of games is Wiimote (or the gun in arcades). You pick it up and shoot the hell out of it.

Then we have games like Umbrella Chronicles (I guess Darkside Chronicles and Dead Space Extraction as well) where controls aren't as simple as in the previously mentioned ones. You basically need all the buttons. These kinds of games wouldn't work as good in arcades and don't go along with Wii Zapper.

For me, "light gun" games are games like HotD, Time Crisis, CarnEvil, Vampire Night etc., qucik-paced games, where all you need is gun and shoot. Of course there are exceptions like the cover in Time Crisis or the rescue thing in Ghost Squad, but its still simple.

I hope you know what I mean

Sure, but the point is, and I think you'll agree, that Darkside Chronicles, as an exemple, is still much closer to something like House of the Dead 2 than it is to something like Sin and Punishment or Star Fox, gameplay-wise.