Mythmaker1 on 24 January 2014
I think the ire is more directed towards on-rails sections in otherwise non-railed gameplay, rather than towards the genre of rail-shooters in general.
The reason these sections aren't that popular is that it usually represents a dumbing-down of the mechanics in limiting the player's usually free movement and generally skewing the difficulty curve. There are times when this can be effective, but in general it stands out negatively from the rest of the game.
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