Medal of Honor Rising Sun

 PlayStation 2
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7.5

Generally favorable reviews- based on 135 Ratings

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  1. Positive: 80 out of 135
  2. Mixed: 39 out of 135
  3. Negative: 16 out of 135
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  1. M1sfiT
    Sep 3, 2023
    5
    Gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamessss!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! mof rs
  2. VLG
    Aug 22, 2023
    8
    I loved playing this game with my brother. So many hours of fun. Good old days, man.
  3. JRo55
    Jan 26, 2023
    5
    Game is pretty forgettable. Not very challenging either. Framerate can drop quite a bit in some sections. That said there is still some fun to be had and I liked the jungle/ temple theming.
  4. FoxCritic
    Jul 30, 2022
    4
    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.
  5. The_D4RknesS
    Jul 3, 2022
    7
    This game is a downgrade from Frontline. i like him because of the story in coop
  6. BeggarSoldier
    Oct 27, 2020
    10
    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    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    - The graphics are kinda outdated (well obviously, since this came out in 2003)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.    … Expand
  7. Cjmolina007
    Jul 21, 2020
    6
    Boy was the first two levels of this game super promising. The opening act on Pearl Harbor set the mood and the excitement on which was to come for the rest of the game. That unfortunately did not happen. With lackluster enemies and rather empty feeling levels, this game was pretty disappointing. What's worse the campaign was left on a cliffhanger and us console owners never got aBoy was the first two levels of this game super promising. The opening act on Pearl Harbor set the mood and the excitement on which was to come for the rest of the game. That unfortunately did not happen. With lackluster enemies and rather empty feeling levels, this game was pretty disappointing. What's worse the campaign was left on a cliffhanger and us console owners never got a conclusion to that story having instead get a mention or something like that in the PC game, Medal of Honor: Pacific. In any case, the graphics are an improvement with vast beautiful colors and the music is as good as the last game but at the core of the game, it just wasn't there. Shame really because I was really excited to finally play a game not set in the European Theater as the Pacific was seemed to be ignored in pop culture. Guess we'll revisit in 2008's Call of Duty: World at War.… Expand
  8. Centurionn98
    Nov 7, 2019
    10
    Okay... this game is really dumb.. I mean, we have to admit it: it's really bad. But that's the point. It's so bad that it becomes so much fun xD

    I just finished playing the Two-Player Campaign with a friend and we gotta say.. we had a total blast ! The game, being bad at everything, is just hillarious and ridiculously funn from every point of view. Idk what to say anymore. I could    Okay... this game is really dumb.. I mean, we have to admit it: it's really bad. But that's the point. It's so bad that it becomes so much fun xD

    I just finished playing the Two-Player Campaign with a friend and we gotta say.. we had a total blast !

    The game, being bad at everything, is just hillarious and ridiculously funn from every point of view. Idk what to say anymore. I could go on talking about details but I think a proper review for this game would just be a mess =)) I have to give it a 10/10 for keeping us entertained. But ofc, I wouldn't give it a 10/10 for how seriously broken it is xD    … Expand
  9. okayokay
    Oct 10, 2018
    5
    rrrrrrrrrrraaaaaaaaaaadddddddddddiiiiiiiiiiicccccccccccaaaaaaaaaaalllllllllll
  10. Duke_Nukem
    Oct 1, 2015
    8
    Medal of Honor Rising Sun offers a nice change of settings (Singapore, Burma, Thailand, Philippines) in comparison with its predecessor Medal of Honor Frontline.

    Though it still has very linear missions, the levels are less interesting than Medal of Honor Frontline and the graphics are not very pleasing to the eye, this game has one advantage over MOH Frontline: it has a split-screen    Medal of Honor Rising Sun offers a nice change of settings (Singapore, Burma, Thailand, Philippines) in comparison with its predecessor Medal of Honor Frontline.

    Though it still has very linear missions, the levels are less interesting than Medal of Honor Frontline and the graphics are not very pleasing to the eye, this game has one advantage over MOH Frontline: it has a split-screen co-op mode as wel as a deathmatch mode and also an online Multi player mode!

    On different missions in the single player campaign you get to play as a team with your A.I. squadmates, but most of the time they are just standing at random places, waiting for you to move and several times I saw them being stuck running into walls.

    I would rate Medal of Honor Rising sun 6 out of 10 for the single player campaign and 10 out of 10 for its multi player mode, which makes an average of 8 out of 10.    … Expand
  11. art4321
    Oct 19, 2014
    6
    nice grapchics but story and levels are tooo boring . . .
  12. Matths
    Aug 31, 2014
    10
    A história do protagonista que o jogo tenta contar é muito bem contada, porém o game peca no pouco realismo de uma verdadeira Guerra, pois você sempre acaba dando de cara com o Joe Griffin a batalhar sozinho contra uma carreira imensa de inimigos em meio a floresta.
    Durante as duas missões introdutórias do game, você fica com aquela expectativa daquela mesma ação durante o resto do game,    A história do protagonista que o jogo tenta contar é muito bem contada, porém o game peca no pouco realismo de uma verdadeira Guerra, pois você sempre acaba dando de cara com o Joe Griffin a batalhar sozinho contra uma carreira imensa de inimigos em meio a floresta.
    Durante as duas missões introdutórias do game, você fica com aquela expectativa daquela mesma ação durante o resto do game, ação essa que não aparece até você fazer a mesma coisa (atirar em aviões) no final do game, durante a primeira missão por terra, Fall Of the Filipines você já percebe a piada que o jogo está para ser apenas outros dois soldados te ajudando a batalhar contra vários japoneses que surgem seguidamente sem nenhum motivo aparente de dentro de um armazém, e este exemplo acaba se perdurando por incontáveis vezes no jogo, não há um pega realista do que seria uma Guerra (ataques em grupos grandes, tropas, pelotões, trincheiras, invasão reforçada em meio a floresta, etc), pois sempre mesmo estando com outros 2 aliados, você está batalhando sozinho, e este para mim desde a primeira vez que eu joguei quando era criança, foi o ponto negativo do jogo.
    Até mesmo quando você está se aproximando do final do game, durante as últimas missões, desde Singapore Sling, que é o início da carreira de sargento do protagonista e também das missões estratégicas, até Supercarrier Sabotage, a última missão do jogo, você percebe muito bem que é mal feito, sei que eu deveria perdoar o fato de eu batalhar sozinho pelas missões serem estratégicas, mas continua fugindo do que seria a realidade, a missão mais mentirosa do jogo sem dúvida é "A Procura do Ouro de **** pois os 2 aliados que estão ao seu lado, morrem praticamente no início da fase e você acaba percorrendo pelo menos 45% dela sozinho a batalhar contra centenas de soldados e inúmeras metralhadoras, e quando encontra Harry Tanaka, o mesmo não mata absolutamente ninguém e nunca toma a sua frente, oque para mim explica o fato de ele ter apenas 1 ou 2 estrelas no modo multiplayer, e é aí que você acaba por terminar de pecorrer todo o restante da fase ou seja, você percorreu 95% de uma floresta, e 100% de um Gigantesco Templo, like a Super-Man, oque leva a conclusão de que essa fase é a pura piada do game, e a missão mais realística, claramente sem contar Day of Infamy e Pearl Harbor que são maravilhosas, é Suppercarrier Sabotage, pelo seu estilo estratégico muito bem acoplado e perfeitamente bem feito, porém Fall Of the Filipines, Pistol Pete, Singapore Sling, A Procura do Ouro de **** pecam todas da mesma maneira, a mandar em determinados momentos Joe se fuder com centenas de soldados japoneses, e poderiam ser facilmente trocadas por missões que retratassem oque realmente foi a guerra que nós conhecemos, quanto ao Ataque de Meia-Noite em Guadalcanal, todos os que invadiram a base Japonesa já no início da fase uma hora ou outra naquele gigantesco mapa seriam aprisionados ou mortos, oque a coloca em um nível bizarro sem eu ter palavras para a avaliar, e na penúltima missão do jogo, logo no início já acontece para mim oque foi a coisa mais sem criatividade na história dos games, o avião leva um pequeno bombardeio ou balança sem nenhum motivo aparente arremessando Joe para fora, e aquela cara de buceta que ele faz quando está prestes a cair nas arvores já fica como confirmação da coisa mais bizarra do game, sem contar que a fase peca colocando Griffin como um Super-Man principalmente quando batalha contra os sobreviventes do trem em chamas.
    Oque posso deixar das fases do game depois de toda essa analise é que ele contou uma ótima história, com ótimos personagens e um protagonista nada carismático, praticamente mudo, com uma cara de medroso, que alguns momentos aparenta não querer estar a passar por tudo aquilo e que tem vontade simplesmente de ligar o foda-se e fugir da Guerra, mas que apesar de tudo isso acabamos nos apegando, e a querer ajuda-lo a acabar com tudo isso o mais breve possível, sério mesmo, não tenho oque discordar, a história do game foi simplesmente perfeita, com muitos elementos criativos e entusiasmantes, que só seria melhor se Joe ficasse ciente desde o início que seu irmão foi aprisionado e não morto como ele pensou, pois haveria ali uma vontade muito maior e sem medo dele mesmo de acabar com tudo aquilo quanto logo para resgatar seu irmão de sangue, mas quando ele é dado como morto a gente vê em Griffin um homem medroso, sem objetivos, apenas a vontade de acabar logo com tudo oque resta na Guerra, e voltar para Mary, é um personagem que precisa ser ajudado, porém se ele soubesse que seu irmão foi aprisionado desde o início ele teria objetivo, ele mesmo se ajudaria.
    História perfeita, personagens perfeitos, jogabilidade perfeita para a época, tudo cativante que faz a gente querer continuar, o modo Multiplayer e seus personagens carismáticos, fiquei muito decepcionado com as notas que game recebeu, e consequentemente terem cancelado a sequência que planejavam.    … Expand
  13. tangosucka
    Aug 16, 2014
    7
    medal of honor goes abroad to the pacific theater! but a few things were left behind, medal of honor rising sun was released in 2003 for tthe ps2, xbox and gamecube systems, it was the first medal of honor game set in the pacific theater of world war 2, so where do i start? this is the black sheep of the medal of honor franchise, essentially, i have 2 versions of this game, the xboxmedal of honor goes abroad to the pacific theater! but a few things were left behind, medal of honor rising sun was released in 2003 for tthe ps2, xbox and gamecube systems, it was the first medal of honor game set in the pacific theater of world war 2, so where do i start? this is the black sheep of the medal of honor franchise, essentially, i have 2 versions of this game, the xbox version, and the ps2 version, while the ps2 version plays well without incident, the xbox version is packed full of bugs, mainly level areas that dont spawn, i would not reccomend the xbox version at all, but as for the game, the level design is fairly good, but some levels feel cramped and grainy, like the Guadalcanal level, the graphics are a plus, they are fairly good looking, but the one thing that lets this game down is the ai, the enemies stand out in the open and just let you shoot them, i dont know if this is for historical realism, because japanese soldiers were not afraid to die, but i have no clue, your teammates have the same problem, but they will occasionally get stuck on the scenery, also the control is nowhere near as good as medal of honor frontline, it feels slugish and stiff, and aiming accurately is an absolute chore, but one bonus over frontline, is that there is a checkpoint system, in the form of save systems spread about the levels, overall, its not a bad game, the concept could have worked, but it was just rushed out the door too quick, and all the different ports have so many things wrong with them, i wouldnt reccomend this game to anyone with a 6th gen console, its not a bad game, but, you wont get your moneys worth :(… Expand
  14. drlowdon
    Jan 22, 2014
    2
    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,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.    … Expand
  15. shambo
    Jul 21, 2012
    8
    Not the best of the MOH series, nevertheless a good war yarn. Interesting foray into the Pacific War, albeit a tad unrealistic. The Japanese don't always Banzai charge, like shown in the game. Graphics aren't the best, but the compelling game play, plot, and weapons make it a vivacious roller coaster. Definitely worth a second glance.
  16. JesseS.
    Jun 19, 2005
    4
    When will they stop making the exactly same game!? There is fun to be had with this title, but its more like an expansion pack for Medal of Honor Frontline. You'll definitley feel like you're playing the same game, with a different map pack and with different enemies.
  17. SamS.
    May 1, 2004
    9
    Multi player rocks!!!!!!!
  18. TimM.
    Feb 23, 2004
    10
    Sweets Game 've played RS is way better then frontline.
  19. RK
    Dec 22, 2003
    0
    It is worth spicing up jeffrey ps crappy game.
  20. HelloD.
    Dec 16, 2003
    4
    Complete sh..
  21. TedP.
    Dec 10, 2003
    10
    This game is the best ever ww2 game period. i think all these game player's are dum for what they said about this game.
  22. DouglasJ.
    Dec 10, 2003
    3
    The game play itself was as good as the far superior Frontline and the initial (very short) Pearl harbor mission was incredible, but that's where the postitives end. This game was not much more than a series of jungles as you take a corner and shoot someone, cross a bridge and shoot someone, ride an elephant and shoot someone. The quick ending was a maddening dissapointment and The game play itself was as good as the far superior Frontline and the initial (very short) Pearl harbor mission was incredible, but that's where the postitives end. This game was not much more than a series of jungles as you take a corner and shoot someone, cross a bridge and shoot someone, ride an elephant and shoot someone. The quick ending was a maddening dissapointment and seemed to fall where the middle of the game should have been. Where Frontline had all kinds of extra nuances (shoot a window, it shatters, shoot a hanging pan, it pings and rattles on its hook), nothing of the like was available here. There seemed to be zero AI with the enemy, and apart from the sound effects the atmosphere was equivalent to N64's Doom. I completely regret paying retail price for this disappointing follow up to one of the best games to have been released in the recent past.… Expand
  23. JoshB.
    Dec 7, 2003
    5
    Well, the beggining Pearl Harbor level rocked, but it was down hill from there, plus it was far too linear. I'd reccomend a rental, but that is it.
  24. KyleK.
    Dec 7, 2003
    8
    I absolutely love this game because of the graphics and levels. I am disgusted though at how damn short it is. 5 little hours and that's the end of a brilliant game. if there were 20 or so levels this would go top. The multiplayer is wicked. (i only found out you could have bots after i finished the game). Great game
  25. DanielF.
    Dec 4, 2003
    8
    This game had a lot to live up to being another MOH game...was disapointing, but not bad, a wee bit short and a lack of change background, mainly jungle... great to see they now have multi player (online). in its own right this is a pretty good game.
  26. medalofdump
    Dec 2, 2003
    0
    You have to be kidding! I have had farts that lasted longer than that game! What a rip off! Worst ending ever! It was around 85% shorter than fronline. What a scam! The ending made no sense, you had no clue the game was coming to an end. RIP OFF! THE GAME WAS TOTALL GARBAGE, just like the scumbags who made it.
  27. KB
    Nov 27, 2003
    7
    A lot of fun...really..but was disappointed at how fast it ended.
  28. MichaelM.
    Nov 26, 2003
    10
    This game is better than all other Medal Of Honor games!
  29. JeremyB.
    Nov 25, 2003
    10
    The game is fantastic. It is so much fun. Cool locations, great missions, lots of action. It is Way better than Frontline. The co-op multiplayer is very, very cool. Can't wait to try the online.
  30. JH
    Nov 20, 2003
    3
    Graphics, sounds, gameplay were all good. But I felt ripped off for my $53.26 when the single player campain ended after only 9 missions. The two player campain and multiplayer are a plus, but don't make up for the lack of effort; an effort that Frontline seemed to have more of.
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#17 Most Discussed PS2 Game of 2003
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#20 Most Shared PS2 Game of 2003

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Metascore
68

Mixed or average reviews - based on 30 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 30
  2. Mixed: 16 out of 30
  3. Negative: 3 out of 30
  1. Eurogamer
    40
    A formulaic, by the numbers FPS with zero innovation, demented AI and a crushing lack of inspiration.
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  2. Official U.S. Playstation Magazine
    70
    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.
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  3. Cinescape
    58
    Quite simply, the game offers nothing that you can’t get in the other games, and can’t have a better time getting in the other games.
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