The Shoot: The Only Light Gun Game That Also Features Figure Skating March 11, 2010
Posted by Ray Barnholt in : PREVIEW , trackback
The Shoot is a fairly standard arcade rail shooter, adopting the theme of a series of B-grade movie sets (hence the double meaning in the title). Its look is certainly different: the presentation features comic book-style harsh lines and dank colors, but with characters presented as cardboard cutouts -- and often on strings.
Again, The Shoot is a "light gun" shooter at its core, so most gamers should know what to expect: move the cursor and push the trigger. The Move controller does serve a slightly greater purpose, as you can physically lean to the left or right to dodge enemy missiles and such; plus more moves like a slow-mo mode activated by turning yourself in a complete 360-degree spin (light gun meets figure skating?), or drawing the Move from your hip and shooting for a finishing move (which, admittedly, I never actually pulled off). So you'll have to accept the fact that you will have to stand up and look silly at least once. In all fairness to the game and its genre, it's nice to see some extra Time Crisis-style movement with your body, and the 360-degree move in particular is something the Wii Remote and its rail shooters just can't accomplish.
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