Medal of Honor: Rising Sun

"Realizing that the game is barely two months old, we're quite pleased with the new direction that EA is taking its beloved Medal of Honor franchise. The Pacific theater should give us plenty of new military combat thrills that are all rooted in the quality MoH gameplay that we love."

"The Medal of Honor series has built itself up on the premise of making games from World War II and has developed its own research and sound talents. Now, it needs to also work on making the war come alive by giving the player more options and having a true effect on the destiny of the game. While Medal of Honor: Rising Sun is on par with others in the series, it has let itself get in too much of a rut by not taking a good hard look at making the experience more of a game."

"EA did it all right in previous versions, so why we are being insulted by this tedious, poorly designed and plain nasty piece of gaming we don't quite know. The graphics are awful, the levels are awful, the gameplay is poor and it has a very short lifespan. Whilst the sound is superb a game can't be worth buying on the fact that is sounds good. Yes the first level is excellent fun, but beyond that this is just plain torture. Buy Frontline for half the cost."

"Electronic Arts will probably have a hard time keeping the formula fresh, especially after so many iterations and in the face of Activision's Call of Duty, but I believe even in the face of those odds, Medal of Honor fans deserve better. Rising Sun begins in Pearl Harbor with a bang, but drags on to finish with a whimper."

"The weakness of Rising Sun's gameplay undermines what could have been a much more enjoyable experience."