Japanese "First-Person Shooters"
Japan isn't really known for first-person shooters, but there is a smattering of them, which often have a unique vibe compared to the standard western fare. This list stretches the definition a bit though: along with "proper" FPS games, I've included first-person mecha games, games with gallery shooter elements, and a lot of odd experiments and hybrids.
Not available on Backloggd:
Maze 776 [PC-98] (1996)
TARGET GEAR & TARGET GEAR Alga 2nd [PC] (1997/2000)
Alfur Oguni Monogatari ~ Ergus Invasion War [PC] (????)
FR: Fantastic Rain [PC] (2015)
Possible additions: Ace Combat, Point Blank, House of the Dead (all rail shooters, pure gallery shooters, or dogfighting games)
Not available on Backloggd:
Maze 776 [PC-98] (1996)
TARGET GEAR & TARGET GEAR Alga 2nd [PC] (1997/2000)
Alfur Oguni Monogatari ~ Ergus Invasion War [PC] (????)
FR: Fantastic Rain [PC] (2015)
Possible additions: Ace Combat, Point Blank, House of the Dead (all rail shooters, pure gallery shooters, or dogfighting games)
90 Games
[British director, Japanese programmers and artists]
[British programmer, but Japanese director and graphic designer]
Has an FPS mode along with the standard railshooter mode.
[edge case; instead of a gun you have two pinball-flipper-like bones you use to bounce energy balls.]
[Edge case: movement during combat is real-time, but the actual shooting behaves as in a turn-based RPG, with aiming determined by RNG]
[TPS/FPS hybrid]
Also: Oretachi no Sabage Portable
Also: Oretachi no Sabage Portable
The maze sections and the sniping scene at the end.
The gallery shooter and maze sections.
[half top-down shmup, half FPS]
3 Comments
Maken Shao Demon Sword, despite being a remake of Maken X, is a third person game, so it doesn't really fit at all
Ah yeah, you're right. I'd forgotten that they changed the perspective for the remake. Fixed it.
ListMaster909k
2 years ago