Light Gun Shooters
Light Gun Shooters always have two-faced popularity.Some people think of some games in the genre as the best in the world, while others see them as gimmicks made by companies like Sega and Midway to make a quick buck.Do you like this particular genre of games, and if so, what are your top 3 favorite games in the genre?I love light gun shooter games, and my favorites are:
3.Johnny Nero: Action Hero (the cheesiest game and title ever, but it had fun gameplay)
2.Time Crisis 3 (A fun game that's definetly worth playing in an arcade or tracking down the PS2 version and a guncon)
1.The House of the Dead 2 (This game is probably in my top ten video games.Extremely fun, addictive gameplay and some of the cheesiest so-bad-it's-good voice acting ever.That makes for an amazing arcade game in my opinion.The only problem is that it's almost never in arcades(I've never seen it in an arcade in my life).Even so, this game is worth your money buying the dreamcast port, the Xbox port (an unlockable in HotD 3), or The House of the Dead 2&3 Return on the Wii.
3.Johnny Nero: Action Hero (the cheesiest game and title ever, but it had fun gameplay)
2.Time Crisis 3 (A fun game that's definetly worth playing in an arcade or tracking down the PS2 version and a guncon)
1.The House of the Dead 2 (This game is probably in my top ten video games.Extremely fun, addictive gameplay and some of the cheesiest so-bad-it's-good voice acting ever.That makes for an amazing arcade game in my opinion.The only problem is that it's almost never in arcades(I've never seen it in an arcade in my life).Even so, this game is worth your money buying the dreamcast port, the Xbox port (an unlockable in HotD 3), or The House of the Dead 2&3 Return on the Wii.
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the game takes like 2 hours to play, and the bosses are crazy.
That was a good game, but it broke the golden rule of rail shooters: Don't try to make the game take itself seriously.Even so, that doesn't at all make it a bad game.
Gotta respect the classics.
..anyways, i totally love lightgun games. unfotunately there are only a few..and even fewer good ones.
1.I agree, and I could see the Wii becoming a home to a lot of on-rails light-gun shooters, because it costs less for the companies making them when they don't have to make a whole other gun to play it, and they could sell more copies when people don't have to go buy a $60 peripheral just to play it properly.
2.I do find the Zapper pretty useless, but Nyko's Perfect Shot is a pretty authentic gun shell for the Wii, and with games with calibration you can turn off the crosshair and play it arcade-style with that gun.
3.I'd like some other good arcade shooters on the Wii, too.But I would say Ghost Squad or House of the Dead 2&3 are at least worth a rent.(Don't even joke about Target: Terror, though, I played it in an arcade yesterday just to see if it was as bad as all the reviews say it is, and it is.In so many ways.)
Umbrella chronicles on the Wii is pretty good.Kinda like House of the Dead but with better graphics, story, and VO (but that's not sayin' much).
..how is that done on the wii? do you have a seperate controller or do you just use the wiimote as a lightgun?