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How much would you pay for a good on rail shooters?

The same i pay for any AAA title 17 35.42%
 
The same i pay for indie stuff 14 29.17%
 
Probably just trade off with someone 2 4.17%
 
I have no interest on games like these 15 31.25%
 
Total:48
Sharu on 24 January 2014

I loved railshooters on Wii: HotD2-3-Overkill and Resident Evil Chronicles was amazing. Even Ghost Squad was OK. Hopefully it will be some new games like this for the WiiU...



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JoeTheBro on 24 January 2014
Mystro-Sama said:
Because it's as linear as a game can possibly get.


But what's wrong with that?



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kirby007 on 24 January 2014

Bit outdated concept but i love them, pokemon snap was my favourite



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Mr Puggsly on 24 January 2014

We still see them here and there... The Gunstringer, Fable: The Journey, and Child of Eden. I feel MS tried to revitalize the genre, but people didn't want them!

I think the new Rambo game is a rail shooter as well. I'm considering importing it. Rambo... <3



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Porcupine_I on 24 January 2014

I agree with the OP, on rails shooters shouldn't be dimished, they should be embiggened.



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d21lewis on 24 January 2014

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ToxicJosh on 24 January 2014

In my eyes the key reason why niche genres are getting a bum rap compared to FPS and 3rd Person Adventures is that every game at retail, regardless of budget, is being sold for a blockbuster price.

If it was acceptable to sell a retail game for £20 instead of £45+ then I think we'd see a lot more of the niche genres still kicking around outside of indie games. And if the price was lower more people would be willing to spend on them.

Or to put it another way; you have £45 to spend on one game, do you pick the latest Assassin's Creed/ COD/ GTA or do you pick up a Wonderful 101/ Trauma Centre/ Crimson Dragoon? The vast majority would take the 'blockbuster'.

Now, if for the same outlay, you could pick up 2 'niche' titles OR one 'blockbuster', the niches would probably start to sell more copies. They still wouldn't hit COD levels; they're still niche at the end of the day, but I think they'd be a lot more successful.

The other issue is that publishers need to see 'success' as 'recouping costs' more than 'megabucks in profit'.

TBH, I think this may be where Nintendo is headed (we'll see this year); capturing the niche genres and allowing Sony and Microsoft to duke it out over whose framerate is marginally better in Call of Duty.



Nintentacle on 24 January 2014

If It's good, normal price.



papamudd on 24 January 2014

what does "dimished" mean?



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flagstaad on 24 January 2014

There is not something in between?
60 U$ looks like too much
15-20 U$ looks like too cheap

I think I could pay 40 U$ easily for a decent one, for me to pay more it would have to be very special, several endings, different paths that actually affect the progression, good graphics. I liked the ones for the Wii, I had a blast with both Resident Evils and the Wiimote worked very good with those games, but I think I bought them at 40 each.