Thursday, September 1, 2011

What does term "rail shooter" mean?

Question

pretty simple question, what does it mean when a game is refered to as a "rail shooter"? When looking at some articles about upcoming Rage, I saw that it had been refered to as "not a rail shooter" for console but IS a "rail shooter" for iPad/iPhone.

Answer

A rail shooter is a shooter game in which you don't have control over your movement, at least for the most part. The movement of the character is pre-determined, although some rail shooters will give you some movement control. Although this normally amounts to nothing more then choosing which path to take.

Resident Evil Umbrella Chronicles is a prime example of this:

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