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What do you call types of games where you shoot but don't control the movement (store.steampowered.com)
submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by dudesss@lemmy.ca to c/games@sh.itjust.works
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Is there a name for games where you shoot but don't control the movement?

An example would be Call of Juarez

Possibly there is a Steam filter with these kinds of games?

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[–] Console_Modder@sh.itjust.works 32 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

On-rails shooters?

[–] Sanctus@anarchist.nexus 23 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Its a rail shooter, games like House of the Dead, Time Crisis, or any other run-of-the-mill arcade shooter you'd find atChuck E Cheese. Fable also had a rail shooter, as well as Dead Space on the Wii.

[–] Corngood@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Maybe a bit of a forgotten genre, but there were some absolute classics like the Panzer Dragoon series.

[–] Die4Ever@retrolemmy.com 2 points 2 weeks ago

The genre had a small resurgence on VR, hand controllers work well for them

[–] Holytimes@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago

Don't forget typing of the dead! A true classic.

[–] CancerMancer@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 week ago

This post is odd because you're talking about on-rails shooters but Call of Juarez is not one of them (it's an FPS).

[–] karashta@piefed.social 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The on-rails style reminds me of games like Time Crisis. Ah, the memories.

[–] leoj@piefed.social 5 points 2 weeks ago

My favorite was Deadly Tide - not an arcade game but on oldschool windows PC, had like 8 discs or something.