/v/ - Video Game BOXES

Oh boy I can't wait to use another purposely miscalibrated lightgun.

>Arcades

I understand Nipland still has them but the rest of the world?

>The arcade cabinet is equipped with mechanics such as air cannons and vibrating seats, which activate based on the player’s progression.

Blast their eyes with enough air and make the seats jerk so the aim isn't right and you'll be raking in the cash.

Wonder how soon it will be until we see a home version of the game for the PS4 or the Switch.

>>14164300

Most of the arcades in the U.S. are stationed in the "Family fun" centers like Dave & Busters. There are some actual arcades, but they mostly deal with the older titles instead of the newer ones (Or their selection is from 5 years ago).

>>14164304

>>The arcade cabinet is equipped with mechanics such as air cannons and vibrating seats, which activate based on the player’s progression.

So, it will be like that bug game, that Jurassic Park game, and that pirate game that I've seen in arcades for the past couple years.

There was nothing we could do

>>14164361

Not to mention the soundtrack is not that bad, Magician's theme is always great but I prefer the Saturn version.

>>14164273

Arcade games used to have better graphics than console and PC games. What went wrong?

>>14164385

Sounds like the inferior version of Zombi 3 soundtrack.

>>14164423

>What went wrong?

Sega created the ST-V and NAOMI arcade boards, and developers started making more 1-to-1 ports of arcade games for consoles to bring in more money, and the power jump from the fourth (SNES, Genesis, PC-Engine, Neo Geo) to fifth (N64, PS1, Saturn, 3DO, Jaguar) to sixth (Dreamcast, PS2, GC, Xbox) to seventh (PS3, 360, Wii) console generation, and that graphics stopped looking "as good as they possibly could" by the mid-2000's.

Best rails shooters:

>Virtua Cop 1&2

Runner ups:

>Panzer Dragoons

>>14164273

Can't wait for the Typing of the Dead Scarlet Words PC port.

Are there any good rail shooters on PC? I've been wanting to play one but I can't find any for PC.

>>14164758

Same. The only rail shooters on PS4 I know are House of the Dead and Resident Evil Chronicles. There really needs to be a rail shooter revival.

>>14164752

This, but with custom dictionaries.

>>14164788

Always with custom dictionaries.

>>14164910

What the fuck is this?

>it isn't overkill 2

fuck this shit

>>14164900

The Wii version sure. But the only true rail shooter set in ww2 was Medal of Honor heroes 2

>>14164950

>overkill

>good

LMAO good thing we found these miniguns XDDDD

>>14164954

Overkill was fun. Not challenging or hard in anyway but it was still a fun play through.

If this means new Typing of the Dead, count me the fuck in.

>>14164994

panzer dragoon really doesn't belong there

>>14165410

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>>14165622

I'll bite. What's wrong with Sin and Punishment?

>>14165845

Nothing that I know of, just watch the video and you'll understand.

>>14165857

>Ghost Squad

I always sucked at the arcade, but when I tried out the Wii port I found out just how bullshit it really is, especially the jungle level. And WHY does it have to have so much grind in it to unlock all the weapons? Were they selling it as a $60 game and tried to prolong the length of it that way?

>>14165905

It wasn't that hard? It's a game you're supposed to play a couple times.

>>14165921

Yeah, but I've played through it twice and only unlocked 2 weapons. There are like 30 or 40 of em.

>>14165921

The game became trivial once you had unlocked some of the guns as far as i know. My friend had everything unlocked and never died because he had memorized everything.

>>14165543

I used to love that game, but I always died pretty fast and never had enough quarters to keep going.

>>14165986

The only bucket list item I have is to finally 1CC this game. I've gotten to the big top and died to the fucking clown docs.

>>14165997

Is it possible to 1cc? There's unavoidable damage.

>>14166032

The only unavoidable damage I can think of is Junior's vomit, but that's iffy as I've gone through that without getting damaged. Although I don't know if that was because of my shooting or something else. Evil Marie's blast attacks can be avoided if you do a great deal of damage before she gets to that stage. You can stun her by shooting her in the cooter. Same for Krampus in his legs. The rest is memorization. Tokentaker can be stunned too if shot repeatedly. Either way, your arm's going to get a workout it hasn't seen since your nads dropped.

>>14166078

>You can stun her by shooting her in the cooter.

Seriously? I had no idea.

>>14164758

>>14164785

There really is a dearth of rail shooters on the PC, which is weird considering how it's perfect for aiming. Or maybe that's why there are so few, it's too good for aiming. :^)

There are a couple I can think of off the top of my head. Obviously there's Typing of the Dead Overkill, and that did come with another mode where you could play regular shooting House of the Dead mode, but that's not really very useful because the game hates modern graphics cards and refuses to show entire zombie models. There was also that really terrible Rambo game. Rez got ported to PC and VR as well, but does that really count? It plays pretty different from your average rail game.

There's also Gal Gun, but I have no idea if that game is any good unironically.

And then there's one last one I can think of, something called Blue Estate. I'm pretty sure it's based on a comic book or something, but for sure it's a proper rail shooting game. It might even be good.

I notice the genre is coming back the most with the growing market of VR. Obviously there's Rez, but there's also that new Serious Sam toy, not to mention games like Robo Recall and other virtual shooting galleries. I think PSVR even had a sequel to Until Dawn that was literally a roller coaster ride with a gun. So, maybe they're making a comeback, but I want more rail shooter games that I don't need a damn virtual boy to play.

Typing of the Dead > House of the Dead

>>14164273

>What's the one you miss most?

See >>14167936

Too bad TTotD has been left to rot. Nips got patches and updates for 1 (and additions like S-rank), and 2 was outright nip-only.

I remember it was nigh-impossible to get a damageless run at max rank (all A-ranks) in TTotD1; heavily luck-based depending on final boss's attacks (also the hydra in the underwater route has a nearly-unavoidable attack in its 2nd-phase). all A-rank 1CC was more doable, but still very tough (last boss again). there's also a hostage that's 95% impossible to save at the beginning of the 2nd level if you let the car crash

>>14167930

TTotD: Overkill was a rushed afterthought:

>no fun gimmicks (e.g. theme dictionaries, costumes, bobble-heads, boss fight gimmicks)

>no missions (not a bad omission, but it was part of the game)

>no keyboard on character models

>no humorous touch-typing tutorial, drills, or boss-rush

>if you type fast enough, zombies will flinch repeatedly and never hit you

>if you're doing well, zombies will get extremely long phrases, even if they appear running 2 steps away from your face

>because of former point, more often than not zombies tend to queue up to attack you instead of acting independently

>lack of need to type punctuation is for casuals (fuck capitals and spaces tho)

>collecting objects by spamming TAB instead of typing a word

>backspace canceling words instead of ESC fucks with your muscle-memory

Was Blue Estate any good? About all I've gathered is it is or was buggy.

Fondest memories was playing one of the Virtua Cop games at high school, and finding the enemy spawn mechanics funnier than they should be. Or that Xiao Xiao flash game. It's odd I haven't gotten into the genre more.

>>14167930

Does VR even combine well with rail shooter type gameplay? It seems like a troublesome combination for aiming when most of them are designed around fixed viewports. Also Gal Gun is extremely disappointing, and no challenge even with a conventional controller.

>>14168771

I liked all of those

>>14168776

You have god awful fucking shit taste then, straight up.

>All of these games have a dead zone on both P1 and P2 side on the guns where they can't reach making certain attacks have much more strict timing then they ever should. (as if they're ever correctly calibrated anyway)

>QTE's out the ass (Nigga better shoot these 4 rings in 2 seconds or game over nigga) (Oh you brought player 2, you both better be perfect at this shit then)

>throwing "Allies" into the foreground taking up half the screen or have them actively run into the way of fire to try and give penalties as another method of offing you without having you hit

>Uncomfortable as fuck cabinets where you have to sit on some plastic service that shakes to throw off you aim in the case that the dust filled air it pumps into your eyes didn't already

Remember when a rail shooter was about how accurate and fast you could shoot somethings weak points and not hold the shoot button while being as uncomfortable as possible until the bullshit design makes you fuck off.

>>14168795

Good points, I still enjoyed Lets go Jungle and Deadstorm Pirates though.

I do agree, if the game design is like those and not something to House of the Dead 3/4 with god tier peripherals it's going to be shit.

>>14164752

Can't wait for SEGA to fuck it over with DRM like the last "port".

>>14169134

I can't wait for the tears

>>14164273 (OP)

I really like the UI but I absolutely hate the fact it's once again that UZI bullshit coupled with loads of zombies on screen, the appeal of the other games was all about quick reflexes and prioritizing targets with short but frequent encounters.

Also can someone explain to me why the hell do Koreans love the shit out of rail shooters?

>>14164616

blocky aesthetics obviously, because they make it incredibly easier to tell which parts of the zombie you just shot down and don't lag as much as high tech models.

Pretty interesting. If I ever end up seeing this (highly unlikely, no arcades even within 60 miles of me) I'll definitely play it. I have 1 - 3. Might pop in 2 later.

>>14169100

>VR guns

I've never used VR, does it at least track where the gun is and pointing in relation to your headset or is it just based on accelerometer movement? I can still imagine it being awkward just because you can't see the physical gun and aim it like one.

>Gal Gun

Only 2 difficulties, easy and pathetically easy. The original is a bit harder since it seems to have been designed for the Move controller but it's still for casuals. It does some cute things with standard rail shooter gameplay that I love, but not nearly enough to be more than a fluffy fanservice game.

>>14167930

Also I forgot to address this: Aiming with a mouse lacks the satisfaction of a proper gun controller, and they're virtually non-existent on PC. Systems like the Wii with its standardized pointer controller are a much better target for them.