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From stealthy spy-based action to adrenaline driving (bringing the Need for Speed engine to our screens) and on-rails shooting.
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From Tetsuya Mizuguchi, creator of kinaesthetic masterpiece Rez, comes Child Of Eden, another on-rails shooting game that blends music and psychedelic visuals, while this time letting you control its surreal action using Kinect.
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From Tetsuya Mizuguchi, creator of kinaesthetic masterpiece Rez, comes Child Of Eden, another on-rails shooting game that blends music and psychedelic visuals, while this time letting you control its surreal action using Kinect.
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Add to this the fact that when you need to you can see your body and legs (mostly in other on-rails sections) and you can start to see the building blocks of a really interesting system for representing the player in a virtual world.
Far Cry 2: Wrongs and Rights Ben Abraham 2008
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While structurally similar to its most recent forebear, climbing buildings and free-running feel far more fluid and less on-rails, making it easier to direct Ezio off high ledges to his death and in the process delivering a more involving and visceral experience.
This week's new games Nick Gillett 2010
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Add to this the fact that when you need to you can see your body and legs (mostly in other on-rails sections) and you can start to see the building blocks of a really interesting system for representing the player in a virtual world.
Archive 2008-10-01 Ben Abraham 2008
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It provides a nice distraction from the straight-forward shooters and on-rails zapper games.
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Specific details, such as exactly how interactive the adventure will be, and how much on-rails, are yet to be revealed.
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The original Sin & Punishmentwas an incredible experience, an on-rails shooting design that tops the list of best games ever made for the Nintendo 64 — but it never came to America.
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Does that make this the very first on-rails platformer?
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