Medal of Honor: Rising Sun

Overview

Medal of Honor: Rising Sun is a first-person shooter video game and the fifth installment of the Medal of Honor video game series, released by EA Games in November 2003 for PlayStation 2, GameCube and Xbox. It is set in World War II, during the Pacific War. It features single-player and multiplayer modes, with multiplayer terminated as of 2007. In the single-player mode, the player assumes the role of Joseph Griffin of the United States Marine Corps.

Medal of Honor: Rising Sun is a first-person shooter. It has two multiplayer modes, Deathmatch: a free-for-all match, and Team Deathmatch, in which the player can choose teams. The online multiplayer was one of the more successful elements of the game, coming at a time when online play titles for the PlayStation 2 were not widely available. The online mode attracted and retained a loyal playerbase until its closure in January 2007. The game also has a two-player campaign that follows the same plot (except the omission of Supercarrier Sabotage) and allows either player to respawn if the other is still alive.

On December 7, 1941, U.S. Marine Corporal Joseph D. 'Joe' Griffin awakens on the USS California to the attack on Pearl Harbor. He makes his way topside, putting out fires and aiding crewmen along the way, and meets up with Gunnery Sergeant Jack 'Gunny' Lauton, his commander. Joe works to shoot down planes and destroy torpedoes. He is blown off the ship, but is rescued by a PT boat carrying Gunny, Private First Class Frank Spinelli and Private First Class Silas Whitfield. Joe gets in the turret and shoots down planes to defend Battleship Row.

The PlayStation 2 version of Medal of Honor: Rising Sun received a "Double Platinum" sales award from the Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association (ELSPA), indicating sales of at least 600,000 copies in the United Kingdom; and a "Gold" certification from the Verband der Unterhaltungssoftware Deutschland (VUD), for sales of at least 100,000 units across Germany, Switzerland and Austria.

Official trailer

Trailer. Watch on YouTube

Screenshots

Game details

Genres

Shooter

Developer

EA Los Angeles

Publisher

Electronic Arts

Series

Medal of Honor

Platforms

Xbox, PlayStation 2

Age rating

ESRB T

Modes

Single player

Yes

Local multiplayer

No

Online multiplayer

Yes

Co op

Yes

Age ratings

PEGI

12

ESRB

T

Release dates

Playable today

Credits

Publisher

Electronic Arts

Developer

EA Los Angeles

Released

2003-11-11

Age rating

ESRB T

Region

US

Time to beat

about 7.5 hours