Medal of Honor: Rising Sun

A masterpiece, plain and simple. From the opening Pearl Harbor sequence, to the rain-soaked midnight raids, to the machine-gun-mounted elephant rides, Rising Sun oozes with jaw-dropping quality at every single turn.

Each iteration of the Medal of Honor series has been better than the last, and Rising Sun is no exception. It would have been nice to see EA take a few risks and break formula, but the game's a great war shooter nonetheless.

It's a shame to see a game that could have been spectacular turn out to be just a little bit above average.

It's not a bad game, but then again, it's not the be-all and end-all Pacific-theater FPS we expected. The primary emphasis on gloss and glamour over gameplay and challenge suggests that Rising Sun is geared more toward the tyro rather than the savant.

Besides basic online deathmatch options and a new set of PTO locales and situations for new recruit Joseph Griffin to step in and save the day, Rising Sun’s average visuals and linear-to-a-fault level design leave us just as cold as “Frontline” did a year ago.

As for enemy behavior, it's so embarrassingly bad at times, it's hard not to laugh. [Jan 2004, p.122]

A formulaic, by the numbers FPS with zero innovation, demented AI and a crushing lack of inspiration.

Medal of Honor Rising Sun may be the best Medal of Honor game I've ever played. I just simply love this. Pros: - Superb soundtrack - Amazing missions - Realistic approach on the Pacific Theater - Never gets boring the gameplay and the setting is that good - Splitscreen Co-op (little bit changes the missions to appeal co-op, which is fantastic!) - Everything in this game is just memorable Cons: - The graphics are kinda outdated (well obviously, since this came out in 2003) - The AI is sometimes dumb - It could've been longer 10/10. Simply put, this is the best MOH ever and I'm really disappointed and sad that this game won't get any continuation, since many people didn't like this game. How can you not like this game? It's the best in the entire series.

A nice change to shoot the Japanese but something was missing in it for me. Big + for coop.

This game is a downgrade from Frontline. i like him because of the story in coop

It's a shame how this game had so much potential and yet it was thrown away. A Medal of Honor set in the Pacific theatre would have been gorgeous - but this game sank like the USS Arizona. Fortunately, the empty stomach that Rising Sun left us with was filled in Pacific Assault, the game that proved a Medal of Honor in the Pacific was a great idea.

Despite featuring a whole host of cliches, including a numerous mounted turret sections in which the bad guys only appear once you man the weapon, Medal of Honor Rising Sun could have still passed as an adequate World War II FPS back in the PlayStation 2 days. However the terrible collision detection, that see's the player failing to hit enemies despite clearly lining up the reticule, makes it all but unplayable at times. One to avoid.