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Author: ShadowHog

Dec 17th 2012 at 11:56:21 AM

* ''VideoGame/PanzerDragoon''[='=]s dragons fire these, if you hold the button and scroll your cursor over relevant targets. They're much more powerful than your rapid-fire gun, and are guaranteed to hit, but having to lock-on all the targets takes longer, and they don't lock on to projectiles that could otherwise be shot down.
** In ''Saga'', which is an RPG instead of a RailShooter, the downside is instead that they lock-on to targets automatically and indiscriminately, which can be a problem with large crowds if they target several weak {{Mooks}} when you wanted to hit a strong one.
* E-102 Gamma in ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure'', as well as Tails and Eggman from ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure2'', are equipped with homing lasers that behave extremely similarly to ''Panzer Dragoon''[='=]s. However, they are platformers with mostly static targets, and not rail shooters where the targets would inevitably go out of range of their own volition. To counter this, the targeting laser eventually dies out, losing your lock on every target, requiring players to lock onto all targets within a short timeframe if they want to fire anything.