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good game but many parts left to be desired | | Tyler Morphew from lakeville USA says (5/Jan/2004): | As a fan of the MOH series i was very optomistic about rising sun
i was positive that it would be better than frontline, little did i know that ea games has become unfirmilar with a good quality game. I am not saying that the game is terrible but it sure has left much to be desired.
First the good parts- multiplayer! this allows for everyone to play unlike frontline where you where forced to fight over the controler to see who would play next.Another great part of the game was the fact that you have more freedom to complete objectives in different ways. The graphics look OK, the backgrounds look good but the mission deviders suck they used a thick wall of tree like objects to prevent you from acsessing the
the vast area of jungle that was not included in the level.
Another great addition to the game is the 2 player campaign, fun!
Now the bad grrrr!!!
Some people belive that the game has gained realizim over frontline i would have to disagree, taking out and aircraft at low level flight with a thompson? i dont think that happend very ofton. the scenary was very scetchy. The amount of glitches was unbeliveable, i saw soldiers walk though walls and men stuck in the walls. This game really at time offends me, i was stabbed with a baonet more times than i can count and slashed to bits by a samouri sword. urrrggggg!!
One thing that puzzles me is the lack of use of certain weapons in all the MOH games, the M1 carbine has not been found to my knowledge, i know that it is not a standard infantry weapon and it was pretty weak too but it would be nice to see it once in a while. The M3(grease gun) has yet to be seen, i know not standard infantry but still i am sure they could find a way to put it into a tank for you to find. little of our heavy machine guns have i seen for my use either (browning 1917).
I hate to be one to bad mouth this game, it is in fact a descent game and i truly love to play it, but sometimes things about it make me wonder. if you own frontline and have beaten it many times i still belive this game is for you even if the lack of levels is a turn off i am sure the multiplayer option more than makes up for its weakneses/!
| pretty good but whats with the end | | A gamer from dogtown says (4/Jan/2004): | I am a young person and i was somewhat dissatisfied with the game because at the end because only 9 levels! But it was a good game except the jungle level was very irritationg because there were too many places to go and it was too dark. also personally the game play was to short cause in just 8 hours all together I had completed the game. The graphics were pretty good but the game could have used more guns on the levels. I conclude that this game had bad plot because there were too many things to worry about. And did anyone save the brother
| Semper Fi | | Gunny from Niles, IL,USA says (3/Jan/2004): | This game is AWESOME!!! I like the fact that it is the first MOH Game With the Marine Corps. Killen Japs and nips Are fun.
They even throw in some krauts to kill on the Hotel mission!!!
If you don't like this game You are one heck of a sailor lover!!! I don't know anyone who is a sailor lover and really, I DON'T WANT TO!!! I'm telling you this game is just amazing, especially for a person who loves the Marine Corps!!! (ME)
If they make another Medal of Honor game, I will be the first one to buy it. For all the people who enjoy this game. Semper Fi - that means always faithful in the Marine Corps.
| Nice, but to short - How do you save the brother? | | A gamer from Rochester, NY says (2/Jan/2004): | I thought the script was pretty good, but definitely not long enough. I know there could be so much more to the story line. I don't mind using the PS2 controller, although it did take a little time to get used to its touchiness. Once you get used to the set up it becomes much easier to pick off the enemy. What happens if I collect all of the bonus documents or what have you on each level? Is this part of receiving a medal? Is there a way to save the brother or will there be a Rising Sun Part 2?
| tooooooo short | | lee from london england says (1/Jan/2004): | the graffics are acceptable,the playability is very good,barring the fact that sometimes you miss your enemy even when your cross hair is clearly bang on target,the sound is top notch,i love the multi player..nice touch,but completing the game in 1 day is a joke and i aint happy..i was expecting a massive adventure and was very disapointed when i completed it.also the levels are tiny,after playing halo this game seems as big as 1 halo level!and im getting really fed up with the fact that i cant obtain a medal..sort it out e.a!
| Fresh new ground, or a $60 Appetizer? | | A gamer from San Antonio, Tx. says (1/Jan/2004): | For all the complaints I've read os far, I'm going to have to go the other way on this one: I actyually enjoyed playing the asain theater, It's about Damn time. For all those who think that the series should stay in Europe,I say go back to playing the Original MOH on PS One, Oh yeah Frontline is just a re-hash of that, wait a minute so is every other MOH title other than Rising Sun, oops guess you guys wnat them to stay in Europe so they can REHASH it AGAIN, YET ONE MORE TIME. For those types, it must be easy cooking for, just give em a 99 cent hamburger everyday for the rest of their life...As for Me, sorry a lil teriayki here, some egg-rolls there, chop suey on the side every now and then. The point being, Rising Sun , in many respects is a welcome change of pace.
The second major issue that comes up is everyone ranting about the brevity of the game, and lack of sustained missions. Ok, i can go along with that. The problem was --in terms of missions-- EA went overboard. They tried to encapsulater way too much of the war in the Pacific and ended up with paltry fare. Guadacannal should have been a complete MOH Game by itself, as should the Phillipines, and Burma. They want to make a MOH around PT-Boats, fine then do it, just don't do it half-ass&d. And why is it that every stinking MOH game has got to involve the OSS, SOE, or some other James Bond-y kinda of outfit? It seems to me that the TRUE CMOH recipients were more often than naught in NO WAY connected to such comic-book garbage. Why can't there just be regular soldiers doing extraordinary things, The Fall of the Phillipines scenario is a prime example. Heck, trying to get a wounded buddy back to batt'n aide through a mine feild while being shot a can be just as every bit as exciting as some sort of spy mission? EA has to ask themselves the Question: Is this series really about acts of courage in combat, or is it a wanna-be James Bond-Alstair Mclean-Indianna Jones Knock off?
Ok they have an opportunity to fix all the problems in one word: KOREA. WWII has been milked so much that the cow is giving Red Milk. Time to move on, as i said before EA can concentrate on realistic combat situations, not scenarios that are driven by the lead character in search of King Solomon's Skivies, or some such nonsense. The Civil War, The Boxer Rebellion, The Mexican-American war, The War with Spain, the Indian Campaigns of the Old West, and the War of 1812 are all fertile topics that can breathe new life into the series. EA doesn't have to stop selling Milk, they only need to switch cows.
| Fresh new ground, or a $60 Appetizer? | | A gamer says (1/Jan/2004): | For all the complaints I've read os far, I'm going to have to go the other way on this one: I actyually enjoyed playing the asain theater, It's about Damn time. For all those who think that the series should stay in Europe,I say go back to playing the Original MOH on PS One, Oh yeah Frontline is just a re-hash of that, wait a minute so is every other MOH title other than Rising Sun, oops guess you guys wnat them to stay in Europe so they can REHASH it AGAIN, YET ONE MORE TIME. For those types, it must be easy cooking for, just give em a 99 cent hamburger everyday for the rest of their life...As for Me, sorry a lil teriayki here, some egg-rolls there, chop suey on the side every now and then. The point being, Rising Sun , in many respects is a welcome change of pace.
The second major issue that comes up is everyone ranting about the brevity of the game, and lack of sustained missions. Ok, i can go along with that. The problem was --in terms of missions-- EA went overboard. They tried to encapsulater way too much of the war in the Pacific and ended up with paltry fare. Guadacannal should have been a complete MOH Game by itself, as should the Phillipines, and Burma. They want to make a MOH arou
| Short, but still sweet! | | J-Rod from Council Bluffs, Iowa says (1/Jan/2004): | Ok, to all you gamers out there that thought the game was bad, I will have to disagree. The length of the game was too short, but thats how it goes. You have to give them credit for throwing Multiplayer and 2 player campaigns on there, Graphics were better the Frontline, the jungle scenes are much harder on a tougher lever... Maybe you should try it on the hard mode, you won't go through it as fast, and maybe thats why they call it HARD, All in all, I tip my glass to the makers of Rising Sun, Impressive gameplay and layout, made it hard for me to put the controller down. I did only finish the game in two days, just like most of the other gamers who have it, but maybe thats why it didn't take long to beat....Great Game!
| Not a Very Good Game. | | Jeff M from Texarkana,AR says (31/Dec/2003): | I must agree with the lot of you. It is'nt a very long or challenging or a very long game. I belive that EA spent the most time on its online abilities more than game play. Which is sad because they have a very good game series on there hands.
Maybe they should branch out in to other wars. And this time give us a few more levels and maybe some new cheats. Not that you need them in this game. I am not sure what else to say but i do regret buying this game and not renting it first. What a waist of $50.
| This is the shortest game I've ever played!!! | | Cristo from Madrid,Spain says (31/Dec/2003): | Dont buy this game is too short and in less than one day u can complete it. I think is the worst MoH game from the collection of MoH's. It has some A.I. failures when you go in some campaigns with allies and the enemies are too easy. But the worst thing about this game is that is too short!!!. The graphics are not bad but some places like the jungle or Singapur are very boring. Finally the weapons are less than other MoH games.
Graphics: 7
Difficulty: 3
Duration: 0
A.I.: 2
Sound: 8 (I like the music)
| Aha, right, I'm getting into this game now... Oh, it's finished. Bugger... | | Pete H from Maidstone, England says (31/Dec/2003): | I bought this game looking forward to some intense fighting, patriotic cutscenes, inspiring music and effects, a long lasting challenge, a good reply factor and awesome graphics to top it off. Well, 2 out of 5 ain't bad...
The first level isn't a patch on Frontline's, and to all those magazines out there who have given this game 8 or 9 out of 10, listen up. First the good points. All two of them. The music and effects are excellent, no complaints there. Graphics? Again, excellent, although there is some noticeable slowdown at points, but it is rare. Now the bad. Too easy. By a long long way. The only way to get any challenge from this game is to set the difficulty right up. Uninspiring levels that become very samey. When your in the jungle, you cant help but feel that you might as well be in a city made out of foliage, its all very linear. The storyline is, well, how can I put this... abismal. Awful. Terrible. It has no relevance to the main character, whose name i cant even remember, and all that pap about him going on a mission of revenge to find his lost brother is... well... pap, like I said. You don't save your brother, and there is no real end to the story. In fact, the last level ends very abruptly with the sinking of an aircraft carrier. Oh, and for those that are interested, that would be the seventh level. Well, 9 technically, but the first 2 are so pathetically short and easy that i didnt bother to count them as real levels. Frontline had well over 20 missions, probably nearer 30 odd, and they were all the same length or longer than the ones in Rising Sun... and they were more fun... and more challenging... and... better. Just better.
Now, the AI. I will agree that it is better than Frontline. Yes. But the Japanese officers are the DUMBEST people I have seen in a game... ever... and that includes all the idiot creatures in pokemon... wow, they must be dumb then. What person in their right mind when they have a shotgun pointed at them thinks "I know, I'll put down my gun and stab him with my big Japanese Katana thingy... Oh, I seem to have a large whole in my stomach... oh, I'm dead." You just wouldnt do that, you shoot the guy with your gun!
Another thing that has plagued both Frontline and Risng Sun, and maybe other MOH games, I'm not sure, the unbelievably annoying collision detection on, well, everything. Walls, Stairs, Barrels, Boxes, you name it, the collision radius is set at least a few inches too wide. So sure, you can see the enemy, but you cant shoot him, because there's an invisible thing blocking your way, your gonna have to sit in the open pretty much to get a clear shot... if you dont get shot first that is.
20 authentic weapons? Well, i counted 6. 9 if you include all the different mounted guns you can man. Never 20. That's just a lie.
Multiplayer. It's fun for a while. Unfortunately that 'while', is about an hour. It's just too samey. And the co-op is a bit different sure, but playing split screen is very disorientating when your in a gun fight, you dont know who is being shot at from where.
All in all this game is... well yes, I will say it, because it is. Pathetic. It's pathetic. If it were a car, it'd be a Vauxhall Nova... with 3 wheels... and a broken exhaust... and half an engine... and broken windows... and a shabby interior... and, well you get the picture. Now, I would be off to take this game back and get something a little worthwhile, but unfortunately, I got it mail order, so I'm stuck with it. You people arent! Take it back while you still can! If you think there are more levels to come, there aint mate! 9. thats it. Oh and dont get me started on the Historical accuracy... I'm gonna stop now before this rant becomes completely rediculous...
| this game is not very realistic | | jay from brampton,Ont,Canada says (29/Dec/2003): | I for one kind of enjoyed the game BUT I also thought the game was to short and not very realistic in some parts. Like having the enemy in your crosshairs of your sniper rifle shooting him 8 times until he finally dies that I thought was B.S.It seems to as if the guys at E.A games should really think before they put games on the market that are to easy. My four year old brother could beat this game so what does tha tell you guys at E.A
Oh and I forgot one thing I want my money back.
| sweet game, ausome graphics,loved multiplayer | | Josh man from Waukee,IA,USA says (26/Dec/2003): | I can't say enough about this game. It's a lot better than Fronline I'll tell you that.It's cool the way they set up the whole storey line,and the sound is great too.All the guys who rated it from 5-10, you guys know what your talking about.My faverite level is Midnight Raid, becuase my grandpa fought at Guadalcanel.I agree with Dave from Winnipeg, they left out Iwo Jima one of the biggest battles in WWII.Still a great game though.I think the makers of the game deserve every ounce of credit because they made a great game.Make another one guys!
| short , but pretty good | | bo from goldsboro, NC USA says (26/Dec/2003): | this game was overall pretty good. game play is much more exciting than frontline. I'm kind of disappointed with the amount of levels and time taken to finish it. Four hours is way too short for a war game then again they didn't have much to base it on except for a couple of small battles and the attack on pearl harbor. The intro was great though, weapons are pretty much the same except for some new Japanese automatics and a pistol. One thing that was challenging was the banzai charges from behind when you were getting turned into swiss cheese from a jap in your front. A lack of realization was discovered in the level midnight raid, when your commander person is standing there getting stabbed with a bayonet by like 5 japs to the point that you'd expect him to be dead as a doorknob, then he'd get back up and start shooting again; as if they are invincible. and it also took me 4 shots to kill one guy point blank, so yes , definitely a lack of realization. the graphics are pretty good, about the same as frontline.
| What is the problem? | | A gamer from Bremerton, WA says (25/Dec/2003): | All in all, a great game. Historically correct, nicely rendered. Smoother and more playable than the earlier MOH titles. Adding more vehicles such as the PT boat and its huge environments helped the game significantly. I could pick apart the game and say that it sucks compared to this version or that, but I don't have the other versions. This game allows me to do everything that I expect in a first person shooter. Shoot enemies, blow up enemies, and butt-stroke them if I run out of ammo. DId I mention that the graphics are AWESOME? Well made and satisfies this gamer!
| Some good, some bad | | A gamer from Lubbock, TX, USA says (23/Dec/2003): | Overall I liked MOH Rising Sun, the only thing that irritates me is that I like to sneak up on enemies and "snipe" them before they see me, but if I have a squad they go running in guns blazing and alert the enemy. Half the time they get in the way of my shot, too. I still haven't completed the game cause the wife won't let me play for more than a few minutes at a time. I would much rather prefer to have the option of having "helpers" or not. Really I just end up yelling at the TV for them to get the he** out of my way.
| What a load of S*it ...!!!!! | | Alex Russo from London says (22/Dec/2003): | I agree with some of the other comments - The jungle parts were just boring after a while, not to mention - easy !! And, yes I too completed the game in under 3 sittings (3 short sittings at that, as well) I was just a wee bit slightly P'd off when I relised after the aircraft carrier level - that was the end of the game. How many levels again, was it 9 ?? 9 levels - sort it out EA games and in the true sprit of EA games I challenge you to tell me why I paid as much as I did for this game. Did you think we would be happy with only 9 levels ?? Get real..!! And give me my money back..!! Don’t get me wrong, I love the MOH range. I also love to be challenged when playing FPS’s, but this game had no real challenges. I’ve replayed some of the levels and found the so-called ‘secrets’, but why ? What’s the point in playing a game with a ‘no die’ cheat, if the game is so easy in the first place ??? EA games – Challenge everything. Challenge my arse !!
| RIP OFF | | Martin Hooper from Bristol, ENGLAND says (17/Dec/2003): | Well it looks like they spent all their time on the PC version and then dropped the resolution until it ran smoothly on PS2, like playing anti aliased GIFs. The game is just FAR too short and not as involving as Frontline. Some of the jungle levels were just irritating. Finished in 3 evenings of play. Did anyone manage to rescue the brother?
To summarise-
Graphics...worse than previous game.
Controls...still too notchy, gun is constantly aiming too high as default.
Sound...good, but if I want good sound i'll buy a CD.
RENT IT, DO NOT BUY IT!!
| As bad as I hoped it wouldn't be. PS2 mouse anyone? | | happyshopper from Birmingham, England says (17/Dec/2003): | Having tried Halflife, I should have known better. First person shooters designed for a PC with a keyboard and mouse just don't work on a playstation. If it had targeting assistance it would help but you end up spending soooo much time aiming that you end up a sitting duck. The self centering on the analog joysticks also gets in the way of aiming and moving making it all the more jerky.
It is possible that it would be more fun on multiplayer, but as with Unreal online etc, you bound to come across several 12 year olds in Italy with more time on their hands to learn to do this that just make online play a joke. A brief joke. At least with Playstation online the hardware will all be the same so you won't get the LPB problem that plagues online play with PCs.
If you really like this sort of thing and you have the time to learn the controls, I might be fun. For the rest of us, stick to what works well; anything that doesn't need more than four buttons to enjoy.
| Exciting and great fun!!!! | | Randy from Akron, MI U.S.A. says (16/Dec/2003): | Who says short can't be sweet. Sure it might have been nice to have a longer game for fifty bucks. I still enjoyed shooting the other bad guys for a chance. Hitler was'nt the only evil guy during the war. I liked the other MOH titles, but this was new, fresh and cool. My hat is off to you guys. Great game. To the wimps that thought it was breeze, try it without codes on the difficult setting. Maybe it'll be a little tougher to lolly-gag though the missions. The graphics on this one I thought were outstanding. Maybe it was'nt quite historically correct, but hey we would'nt know that unless we crack a book on the subject. Overall the makers are on the right track with this one. I await the next one, hopefully they stay in the Asian theater for awhile. A ending with the flag-raising on Mount Suribachi would be a heck of lot better than the slightly lame one we got. But I understand you wanted to leave us wanting more, right?
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