It was one of my favorite genres and had an awesome revival last gen due to Wii and Playstation Move (the only good thing that came out of that motion cotrol fad in my opinion) but it doesn't seem like the genre will be a thing in the next gen which makes me sad ( I personally don't mind playing on rail shooters with a gamepad, but don't think developers would make games in the genre now that the motion controls are not a thing since most people won't play on-rail shooters with a gamepad)
I got some on Wii as my brother is not that good with many games but liked these, so we played them co op. Mostly HOTD 2+3 and Overkill. We did not enjoy the Umbrella games that much though.
I will comment in this thread, never being able to find it again.
Sin & Punishment 2 is one of the few Wii games I still play a lot (I use the wiimote + nunchuck).
Such an underrated game IMO. Everyone loves Kid Icarus: Uprising SOOOOO much...but IMO Sin and Punishment 2 blows it out of the water in terms of actual gameplay (Dialogue and VA is pretty good in KI though). The controls in KI:U were awful (especially on the ground) the controls in Sin and Punishment were near flawless.
On rail Shooters are awesome. Games like Starfox and Sin&Punishment show, how they should be done.
And yes, i will miss this genre...and then i remember, that there are tons of these out there
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While there was dead space, I would only miss it if there was some rail shooters with a good story to tell, other then that I'm not to fussy with it.
I don't think rail shooters is the genre to go for if you are looking for a good story. I think house of the dead overkill had the right idea by dropping pretences and going for all out goofyness
Sin and Punishment for Wii was a total flop (no promotion) and it can be found in bargain bins and discounted heavily....grab this gem while you can, it's quite possibly one of the most imaginative and intense on rails shooters EVER.
Also, the House of the Dead series are pretty good and can be bought cheap on Wii.
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