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Posted: Mar 19 2009 11:08 am

Capcom will be bringing Resident Evil: Darkside Chronicles to the Wii this winter. It is a rail shooter based on the events of RE2:

http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/wii/image/958780.html

Posted: Mar 19 2009 11:22 am

To me, rail shooters have the replay value of the Columbian peso, plus I HATED RE Survivor or whatever. I prefer the classic gameplay and the new TPS look, that's it.

Posted: Mar 19 2009 11:34 am

I heard that is supposed to be more of a spiritual sequel to Code Veronica.

I dunno, I have a place in my heart for on-rails shooters, but its almost insulting to the Wii how many games are being remade or ported as on-rails.

I could understand the new House of the Dead being on rails as that is a staple of the series, but now we have the port of Dead Space which is going to be on rails.

Here is my stance on games like these. I am a big fan of the arcade style action that it usually implies but in this circumstance I feel that it is more of a cop out than ever. Why can't we have an original effort that is not on-rails for Christ's sake, this console is more powerful than the original XBOX and the caliber of titles they pulled off on that console is ridiculous in comparison to some of this Wii garbage. God damnit.

Posted: Mar 19 2009 11:58 am

Personally, I love rail shooters. Umbrella Chronicles was a little frustrating because it wasn't always clear where an enemy's weak spot was, but hopefully Capcom will learn from those mistakes.

And really, there should be MORE railshooters on the Wii. Financially troubled Midway could rake in some easy cash by realising a classic light gun connection for the Wii; so could Namco and Konami.

Posted: Mar 19 2009 12:36 pm

Syd Lexia wrote:

Personally, I love rail shooters. Umbrella Chronicles was a little frustrating because it wasn't always clear where an enemy's weak spot was, but hopefully Capcom will learn from those mistakes.

And really, there should be MORE railshooters on the Wii. Financially troubled Midway could rake in some easy cash by realising a classic light gun connection for the Wii; so could Namco and Konami.

It isn't that I actively dislike rail shooters, I am just so burned out on them.

I must admit that I have always been a fan of the Time Crisis games, I would enjoy it it Namco released some ultimate Time Crisis collection.

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Andrew Man wrote:

I must admit that I have always been a fan of the Time Crisis games, I would enjoy it it Namco released some ultimate Time Crisis collection.

I give this a FUCK YES!!

Posted: Mar 19 2009 11:29 pm

JRA wrote:

Andrew Man wrote:

I must admit that I have always been a fan of the Time Crisis games, I would enjoy it it Namco released some ultimate Time Crisis collection.

I give this a FUCK YES!!

Ever since Time Crisis gave me the ability to duck behind cover, I haven't been able to play any other rail shooter without lamenting over how much better TC is.

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Necromanced because I was looking for a thread on Darkside Chronicles so I wouldn't start an extra one. I just got this as a present so I popped it in for a play.

Once again, I should have done my homework, because I was not expecting this game to be a rail shooter. In fact, I was hoping it would use the good ol RE4 engine or some shit like that. So that's kind of a let down. Also, the camera. Fuck the camera.

Maybe it will get better as it goes on, but as of right now, Gamespot rated this a 6 out of 10, and I'd say that's about right.

Wizard Joined: Jun 12 2009 Posts: 4209

Ha ha ha. Resident Evil... -shakes head-

Not exactly about 2, but, when I got Resident Evil 0, the camera really fucked up my sense of perspective. And I died a lot trying to run from zombies, because that split second change where Down actually becomes Up made me run into them COUNTLESS TIMES.