Though adecent adventure,Rising Sun is nowhere near the compelling experience that Frontline was,but still a good game
User Rating: 8.4 | Medal of Honor: Rising Sun PS2
Rising Sun takes place in the Pacific Theater of operations during World War II; a drastic departure for the series, but a welcome change of environmental style from Nazi Germany and it’s surrounding areas that fans are accustomed to. Players take the role of Joe Griffin, whose brother goes missing during a skirmish in the Philippines. But of course, the game must open up with something intense, and it’s likely that the whole idea behind Rising Sun probably evolved around the idea of doing a Pearl Harbor scene, which takes place as the first two missions in the game. What we find peculiar is that the Pearl Harbor scene(s) are underwhelming; we just didn’t find them to spark the same kind of raw emotion that the Normandy Beach invasion from Frontline did. Perhaps it’s because the two Pearl Harbor missions are brief, or because they are so simplistic and revolve around basically rail shooting at planes. No matter the reason, the impact just isn’t as strong as it should be.
