Medal of Honor: Rising Sun: Same Old, Same Old
Bahamut5098
50% score
When I saw MOH: Rising Sun in a commercial showing Japanese planes flying over American battleships and dropping bombs, I went nuts because of how intensely cool it looked. When I got the game and played the beginning, the gameplay felt fresh at first, but quickly became tedious. The first level is the only level in the entire game worth playing. The battle we all know about is great to play in, especially when you get to shoot at the japanese planes with an automatic machine gun and double-barreled missile launchers. The action and the scenery is great, along with the sound which makes it feel even better. But after the battleships are sunk and you're on your way to the next mission, you quickly realize that this game is no different than Frontline or the MOH games preceding it. All you do is walk around, shoot a few enemies here and there, pick up a medkit, repeat. And, that goes on for the rest of the game. I was very dissapointed after I beat the game. Oh, the gameplay time was a good 8-10 hours. I couldn't of asked (or expected) for more. There are a few nice features here and there, like having more of your allies helpin' you out along the way, riding a war elephant with automatic machine guns on it, and a few planes flyin' by here and there. Oh, Rising Sun is online, which I haven't tried, but I guess it would be pretty fun (for a couple hours). Point being: Rising Sun isn't any better than Frontline. It seems that now EA Sports is trying to pull people in with the promise of one epic battle mission. This might pull in a few players, but right now, it will only bring in hard-core MOH fans. This game will cease my buying of any more MOH games and I hope it does the same to you. In closing, if you are looking for a good first-person shooter game and have spotted this, move on and try out Call Of Duty for the PC.
