Rail Shooters for new consoles??

Im itching to play some rail shooters lately.
Anyone have these? Im wanting some honest opinions about them.

I Wish Xbox 360 and PS3 were making Rail shooters.
I do like being able to use my LCD TV

Wii seems to have a few:

Ghost Squad
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UEWZWpTVac


House of the Dead 2-3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uV9aqkDVa98


House of the Dead Overkill
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYD6GdTSyuM&feature=channel


Resident Evil Umbrella Chronicles
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3AgMsBMo5o


Gunblade and La Machineguns Hit Pack is coming out soon Aug. 24th
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtMueOrlK04


Sin And Punishment Star Successor
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mh8Ej1FyJDo&feature=fvsr


Post your opinions about these games or others that I didnt mention.
Im trying to get a few.

Also, feel free to mention good guns to get for the Wii
or other systems. I have these and they work fine but Im sure there is something else out there.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000X2RKOO/ref=oss_product

I also love Point Blank 1,2,3
for Playstion and Playstation 2 for CRT

I keep forgetting about the L.A Machine Guns/Gunblade NY combo pack, that's a day one for me. I played the hell out of both of them. I'm still pissed off that my local Dave and Busters got rid of LA, but they still have Brave Firefighters. I hope Sega will release a Virtua Cop collection to get VC3 on a home console. That's one badass game.

I used my 20 dollar off coupon on Amazon for Sin and Punishment, so I should get it Thursday at the latest, can't wait to play that with the Wii-Mote and Nunchuck. There's another game on the VC called Zombie Panic in Wonderland that they say is decent, but if you don't own it your better off dropping points on Wild Guns, which I plan to get because the price for the cart has skyrocketed in recent years.

Yeah Its a day one purchase for me too.

I hope the Console systems Like Xbox 360 and PS3
dont forget about Rail shooters going forward.

hard for me to believe that Wii is the only one doing much with the genre.

Some of the HD games that could be for those consoles would be awesome.

HoTD: Overkill

I really enjoyed the soundtrack [coming to a thread near you].

. . . and the "screamer" boss fight presentation and music works perfectly together - very memorable.

It's a silly fun game - nothing to take seriously. It's short ("that's it?"), and there's not much reason to come back to it. How well can you line up the visible cursor on the screen with someone's head? This is no duck hunt. It's a guilty pleasure.

That's about all you can say - you can probably get it for 10$ - compared to the price of a movie for mindless entertainment, that's fine. If you're looking for something more than entertainment - look elsewhere. The weapons are imbalanced with the score system, so you really can't even go that far with the game beyond completing it. Play it once or twice, and you've probably got what you can out of it - shelve it and come back to it later or play it at game parties.

That said - I enjoyed it much more than many other recent games I've played. There's no pretentious (over)design - see and destory - few risks, simple rewards.

All of the games you listed (except for Umbrella Chronicles) are awesome. Make sure you pick up a Perfect Shot to really enjoy them (not necessary for S&P.)

*edit* I noticed that you did list the Pefect Shot! It's pretty good, although the handle is a little large for my hands. It also lets you feel a slight bit of recoil when the wiimote rumbles. Much better than the Wii Zapper.

GohanX said:

All of the games you listed (except for Umbrella Chronicles) are awesome. Make sure you pick up a Perfect Shot to really enjoy them (not necessary for S&P.)

*edit* I noticed that you did list the Pefect Shot! It's pretty good, although the handle is a little large for my hands. It also lets you feel a slight bit of recoil when the wiimote rumbles. Much better than the Wii Zapper.

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What dont you like about Umbrella Chronicles?

I havent played it so any info is good to know.

There's also:

Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles

The camera shake messes with your aim - sucks for a game that's all about precision.

Some good ideas, but ultimately forgettable [I never saw how the boss battles were handled in the original versions, so I don't know what it was like playing them in the original code veronica or whatever game the story bridges]. A bit too slow for my tastes, and I don't recall liking how the ammo was handled.

Very anticlimactic.

Edit: I haven't played Umbrella Chronicles, so I can't make a comparison. From what I hear - The Darkside Chronicles is better. If that's the case, you can probably live without it.

Dead Space Extraction is worth a play through if you can get it cheap but the story missions are kind of dull.
And lots of gray corridors...

How well does House of the Dead 2-3 play compared to the original arcade?

shadows said:

Dead Space Extraction is worth a play through if you can get it cheap but the story missions are kind of dull.
And lots of gray corridors...

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Awesome Im going to check this one out too. Thanks.

Looks Dark and fun. Sorta like house of the dead with a Deep space twist

Sin & Punishment is awesome, get it for sure.

I agree with FS about House of the Dead Overkill it's a fun game, not something I go back to, but fun.

I really enjoyed Umbrella Chronicles, I guess I'm in the minority here? There was tons to unlock and I thought it played really well. Had a decent score system that made it enjoyable to replay levels etc. Probably have more time on this than any of the other games mentioned (although S&P will probably surpass it in the future).

House of the Dead 2 & 3 are pretty good too, if you've played the arcade then you know what to expect, but I think the Perfect Shots are a MUST for this game.

Which of the above games I listed or that others listed require the whip ?

I prefer not to use it but Im sure a few require it.
Im just asking because I dont own any of them yet.

Time Crisis Razing Storm

Time Crisis Razing Storm Debut Trailer. This looks awesome IMO!!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVtSaIjwVlY


Comes with Time Crisis 4 and some
Pirate Game. Looks fun. I never played em in the arcade.
they show the extra games at the end of the video.

Check it out.

JustinS said:

Time Crisis Razing Storm Debut Trailer. This looks awesome IMO!!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVtSaIjwVlY


Comes with Time Crisis 4 and some
Pirate Game. Looks fun. I never played em in the arcade.
they show the extra games at the end of the video.

Check it out.

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Yea but whatever those flashlight things are, they're gay. What happened to guns?

The_Chosen_One said:

Yea but whatever those flashlight things are, they're gay. What happened to guns?

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I think you can still use Guncon 3s?? im waiting to see.

game releases on october the 19th. I would be suprised if they dont offer a cool gun for it at some point

I completely agree on the flashing knobs of the move thingy. I hope those can be turned off because they don't just look stupid they are also distracting.

For the topic HotD 2 + 3 is pretty fun and a not too shaby con off the arcade ver.

I liked Umbrella Chronicles too!

Can't wait to get my hands on S + P 2 but haven't got too much money at the moment. If it's as good as the first it must be awesome!

JustinS said:

I think you can still use Guncon 3s?? im waiting to see.

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Yep, its guncon 3 compatible.

No way in hell I was going play a gun game with an icecream cone, so its nice they didnt remove the guncon option. Now, I just need to pick up a 2nd one.

JustinS said:

Time Crisis Razing Storm Debut Trailer. This looks awesome IMO!!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVtSaIjwVlY


Comes with Time Crisis 4 and some
Pirate Game. Looks fun. I never played em in the arcade.
they show the extra games at the end of the video.

Check it out.

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I just played Deadstorm Pirates at Dave and Buster's with my girlfriend we both loved it so much fun

Biohazard53 said:

I just played Deadstorm Pirates at Dave and Buster's with my girlfriend we both loved it so much fun

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Deadstorm Pirates
So thats the name of it. Thanks!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iccLf4QFegc

Looks like from the vid that they break things up so things dont get
repetitive. Im counting the days.

Transformers: Cybertron Adventures

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPCOzlaDmo8


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JustinS said:

How well does House of the Dead 2-3 play compared to the original arcade?

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Part 2 is fine. But the Wii port of 3 sucks. The arcade, and even the original Xbox 1 port run at silky smooth 60fps. The Wii version? Only 30 fps.

Been picking up most of the games listed above and took some time to try them out this weekend.

So far Ghost Squad has felt the most like an arcade game,
House of the Dead 2 and 3 are both awesome too.

Spend the extra time with careful calibratiion for the best accuracy, its worth it.

I bought the Perfect Shot and wouldnt go back at this point.
http://www.amazon.com/Perfect-Shot-..._1?s=videogames&ie=UTF8&qid=1281321515&sr=1-1

The experience is 10x better with some kind of gun control.
The only down side to the Perfect Shot is that you can't use Motion plus.

I do notice that the Motion Plus feature will improve the speed that you can move the cursor
around on the screen for aiming but you dont need it. (Im just trying to eek out a little more accuracy and speed)

Im trying out another gun control for the wii. There black (I have a Black Wii) which is more gun like and they
let you use Motion plus. where the Perfect Shot does not.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270588353949&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT

There only $1.50 and $4.99 shipping, so I bought two, well see how they work compared to the Perfect Shot.

Ill review it when I get them, coming from Singapore.

Also, I picked up a couple EMS TopGun 2 for playing PS2 games on LCD TVs
and I will review them when they arrive as well.
You can pick them up on ebay or Play-Asia.

Here are youtube vids of the EMS TopGun2:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwQdVOPWKpY&playnext=1&videos=2Jcsj4UF78M

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYmlPTU6KhA&feature=related


Ebay: EMS TopGun 2 - Compatable w/ ps1/2/3 xbox and PC
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=370368664347&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT


Play-asia.com: EMS TopGun II
http://www.play-asia.com/paOS-13-71-1i-49-en-70-2vss.html


Here is a site that has downloadable drivers for the EMS TopGun2
http://xoomer.virgilio.it/guncon2/