Medal of Honor Rising Sun

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User Score
5.9

Mixed or average reviews- based on 32 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 32
  2. Mixed: 16 out of 32
  3. Negative: 6 out of 32
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  1. ChrisB.
    Jan 9, 2005
    1
    A terribly flawed, mediocre game? The worst shooter I've ever played? Both? Yes. Not only is this game extremely buggy and crash-prone (so buggy, in fact, that I exchanged 3 copies of it before coming to the conclusion that it was, in fact, just a terribly-made game) but it does nothing to even remotely make up for it. The graphics are awful - only slightly better than the ORIGINAL A terribly flawed, mediocre game? The worst shooter I've ever played? Both? Yes. Not only is this game extremely buggy and crash-prone (so buggy, in fact, that I exchanged 3 copies of it before coming to the conclusion that it was, in fact, just a terribly-made game) but it does nothing to even remotely make up for it. The graphics are awful - only slightly better than the ORIGINAL PSX Medal of Honor game. The AI is most definitely NO BETTER AT ALL than the first-ever Playstation game. The controls are terrible, even for a console shooter, and the lackluster level design should win some sort of award of mediocrity. Avoid.… Expand
  2. RobertU.
    Oct 23, 2006
    0
    I thought this was a good game until the singapore sling level where you meet the aussie guy.......he gets in the way of you when he gives you that charge thing so that you cant go up the stairs! So now I have to go and spoil the experience by getting the cheats.
  3. AT.
    Nov 27, 2003
    2
    I loved the frontline but hate this one. Graphics are terrible, levels extreamly easy, and the weapons are very unrealistic. Come on, why do I have to shoot some one 5 times with a 30-6 rifle?
  4. Rangaman
    Dec 16, 2015
    0
    This game is trash. The A.I. is dumb, many of the enemies have stupid attacks (no really high ranking officer, running at the Americans with a sword raised above your head is a perfect strategy), the campaign is the generic "Japanese bad, Americans good" patriotic and more-than-slightly-racist bull**** and the game's pathetic attempts at "realism" only result in the game feeling more datedThis game is trash. The A.I. is dumb, many of the enemies have stupid attacks (no really high ranking officer, running at the Americans with a sword raised above your head is a perfect strategy), the campaign is the generic "Japanese bad, Americans good" patriotic and more-than-slightly-racist bull**** and the game's pathetic attempts at "realism" only result in the game feeling more dated than a Ford Cortina. Oh, the controls can only be described as garbage and the level design is just abysmal.

    One of the worst games I have ever played, period.    … Expand

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#26 Most Discussed Xbox Game of 2003
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#47 Most Shared Xbox Game of 2003

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Metascore
65

Mixed or average reviews - based on 23 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 23
  2. Mixed: 13 out of 23
  3. Negative: 2 out of 23
  1. GMR Magazine
    70
    Feels a bit like Michael Bay's Pearl Harbor in that an attempt to make an epic WWII Pacific Theater experience results in a product with brilliant touches mixed with mediocrity.
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  2. Edge Magazine
    50
    On retreading the levels enemy attacks become predictable puppet shows, with mad-eyed soldiers lining up to get killed exactly where they did many times before. It's the kind of repetition more commonly associated with lightgun games these days. [Christmas 2003, p.109]
  3. Xbox Nation Magazine
    40
    You can, in practically one extended sitting, blow through the entirety of this dumbed-down, bloodless, sanitized version of America's hard-fought victory. [Dec/Jan 2004, p.88]
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