Capcom sets out to create
a fun rail shooter where characters can relive past events of the Resident Evil series, and they deliver.
Not exact matches
At its gaming heart, Until Dawn Rush of Blood is n
rails shooter that is filled with all the classic archetypes and clichés of the horror genre which makes the game so
fun.
On -
rails shooters are usually short, lacking in plot and designed to suck away your quarters — this doesn't sound like much
fun at home.
As far as first - person
rail shooters go, it's a surprisingly
fun and addictive (albeit short - lived) spinoff that surprisingly never got an appropriately fitting sequel on Wii U.
We've seen with Until Dawn: Rush of Blood that horror on -
rail shooters work perfectly on the platform, and whilst House of the Dead doesn't necessarily take the «on -
rail» side so literally, being zipped across a multitude of creepy environments whilst blasting away at all sorts of monstrosities with the Move controllers (or Aim for any potential two - handed weapon mode) would be a hell of a lot of
fun.
This makes The Last Sniper feel like a 90's arcade
rail -
shooter, but not a
fun one.
This is an on -
rails shooter that screams tech demo but there was still some
fun to be had.
I'm sure you'll get a few minutes of
fun out of playing
rail shooters like Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles or Dead Space: Extraction before the novelty of laying on your stomach while firing wears off, but it could also be interesting to see someone playing a game like My Horse and Me with this.
The customisation and upgrading of the Gummi Ship was a lot of
fun, but the actual on -
rails shooter style gameplay felt like such a sudden change of tone that it would really knock you back.