Players will assume the role of Marine Corporal Joseph Griffin, as he survives the attack on Pearl Harbor, leads the assault of Guadalcanal, and finally rescues his brother from a Japanese POW camp in the Philippines. Set for the first time in the Pacific Theatre of Operations from 1941-1944, Medal of Honor Rising Sun gives players a sense of the courage it took to fight the Japanese from Pearl Harbor to the shores of the Philippine Islands. Medal of Honor Rising Sun will be available for the PlayStation 2 computer entertainment system, the Nintendo GameCube and the Xbox video game system from Microsoft in the fall of 2003, with a PC version planned for some time in 2004. Developed by EALA, Medal of Honor Rising Sun will attempt to create an immersive and authentic WWII experience in either single-player or multi-player modes. Medal of Honor Rising Sun from Electronic Arts.

This time the game will let you step into the boots of a Marine Corporal, survive the devastating attack on Pearl Harbor, and drive the Japanese Army from the Pacific. What that game and all subsequent releases managed to, once again, demonstrate is that great games need great risks. Granted, Wolfenstein had set the stage but the sheer scale of MoH meant that there was a lot more to lose. 'Gamers look for futuristic weapons in an FPS' claimed critics of the project adding their doubts as to the interest a World War II would create. When the original version of Medal of Honor was announced many claimed that there was no way of implementing the novel and ambitious plans while producing a worthwhile game.

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