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Rail Shooter Sequences
With the exception of Killer 7 and House of the Dead: Overkill, rail shooters have been dead for about two decades. They’re no fun outside of arcades, and even then they get old fast. So why do so many games implement on rail sections? You’ll be playing a fast paced shooter like Call of Duty, when all of a sudden you’re stuck in a tank or helicopter with no control, and told to just shoot at whatever you see. It’s boring, and comes across as the developers just running out of ideas.
