Can some1 explain 2 me what an on-rails shooter is?

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tolu619 on 07 February 2009

I've been checking the previews for & just read the review to House of the Dead:Overkill.I have a good guess but what's an on-rails shooter,does any1 prefer it to a FPS and is RE:UC an on rails shooter?

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ph4nt on 07 February 2009

Picture it like this.

You are on a roller coaster, you have no control over where you go but you can look around as you wish.

That is an on rails shooter.

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c03n3nj0 on 07 February 2009

I think you can consider Umbrella Chronicles as an on-rail shooter.

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Shadowblind on 07 February 2009

An arcade shooter. You only control the gun. Like Time Crisis.

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Pete_Beast on 07 February 2009

It's when you only control your head's movement. Easiest way to explain. You don't control distance, you only move your gun, like arcade games. They move on their own.

House of the Dead (1 and 2), Umbrella Chronicles, all those games make your character appear in first person, and all you move is your gun's pointer since your body moves as the game advances.

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