History VideoGame / MedalOfHonorRisingSun

->''"[[CurbstompBattle Survive the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor]]...[[JungleWarfare Battle through the Jungles of Guadalcanal]], [[StealthBasedMission to the streets of Singapore]]. [[WarIsHell Experience the powerful realities of war]]...[[CoolGuns with more than]] 20 authentic World War II weapons. [[BayonetYa Encounter intense Banzai Charges]]. Fight alongside Battle-hardened Allies. Featuring Co-op multiplayer modes. Defeat the [[UsefulNotes/ImperialJapan Japanese Empire!]]"''

* ObviousBeta: Has its share of obvious bugs all throughout the campaign and the story itself often lacks focus, introducing and then doing away with plot elements that simply don't amount to much in the long run, which probably contributed to the game's lukewarm reception.

->''"[[CurbstompBattle Survive the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor]]...[[JungleWarfare Battle through the Jungles of Guadalcanal]], [[StealthBasedMission to the streets of Singapore]]. [[WarIsHell Experience the powerful realities of war]]...[[CoolGuns with more than]] [[RareGuns 20 authentic World War II weapons]]. [[BayonetYa Encounter intense Banzai Charges]]. Fight alongside Battle-hardened Allies. Featuring Co-op multiplayer modes. Defeat the [[UsefulNotes/ImperialJapan Japanese Empire!]]"''

* RareGuns:
** The Japanese Type-11 Light Machine Gun is basically the automatic weapon of choice for Japanese troops, while there were only around twenty thousand or so guns made.
** The Welrod pistol in "Singapore Sling" mission, which is portrayed as a single-shot weapon despite the pistol being fed by a magazine. The same level also has the Type 26 Revolver that a couple of officers had rather than its successor, the Nambu Type 14.

-> "[[CurbstompBattle Survive the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor]]...[[JungleWarfare Battle through the Jungles of Guadalcanal]], [[StealthBasedMission to the streets of Singapore]]. [[WarIsHell Experience the powerful realities of war]]...[[CoolGuns with more than]] [[RareGuns 20 authentic World War II weapons]]. [[BayonetYa Encounter intense Banzai Charges]]. Fight alongside Battle-hardened Allies. Featuring Co-op multiplayer modes. Defeat the [[UsefulNotes/ImperialJapan Japanese Empire!]]"
-->-- '''Narration from one of the game's trailers'''

The game follows Corporal Joseph Griffin, who was a US Marine that witnessed the attack on Pearl Harbour and his adventures in the Pacific Theater following the assault. After serving in the Philippines and Guadalcanal, he was later recruited by the OSS to stop a Japanese plot involving Yamashita's gold. The game was slightly ahead of it's time as unlike previous games, it was more narrative-driven as the plot progresses in-game rather than between missions a la ''VideoGame/HalfLife'', though it did not fare as well compared to ''Frontline''. A sequel was planned, however the idea was cancelled.

** The Welrod pistol in "Singapore Sling" mission, which is portrayed as a single shot weapon despite the pistol being fed by a magazine. The same level also has the Type 26 Revolver that a couple officers had rather than it's successor, the Nambu Type 14.

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The game follows Corporal Joseph Griffin, who was a US Marine that witnessed the attack on Pearl Harbour and his adventures in the Pacific Theater following the assault. After serving in the Philippines and Guadalcanal, he was later recruited by the OSS to stop a Japanese plot involving Yamashita's gold. The game was slightly ahead of it's time as unlike previous games, it was more narrative driven as the plot progresses in-game rather than between missions a la ''VideoGame/HalfLife'', though it did not fare as well compared to ''Frontline''. A sequel was planned, however the idea was cancelled.

!!Tropes that apply for this game.

* BookEnds: The first and last levels both involve Griffin on a boat, though for different circumstances. "Day of Infamy" had Griffin try to protect the USS ''California'' from Japanese aircraft, while "Supercarrier Sabotage" had Griffin trying to destroy a Japanese aircraft carrier then escaping on a plane.

* ShotgunsAreJustBetter: Gunny's weapon of choice is a Winchester Model 1912 shotgun. Griffin also get to use it during his time in Burma.

* SinkingShipScenario: The fates of at least two American battleships in Pearl Harbor, the USS ''Arizona'' and ''Oklahoma'', which become total losses when the attack is over. The USS ''California'' is a subversion, as while she's heavily damaged by Japanese bombers, she's later refloated, repaired, modernized, and sent back into service within a year or two following the attack.

* WhamShot: The destruction of the USS ''Arizona'' counts, as it's depicted as a sudden, violent moment that Griffin and company witness, and ends just as fast as it happened.

* TokenEnemyMinority: Private Ichiro Tanaka is a Japanese nesei born in Hawaii. His Japanese lineage allows him to infiltrate the enemy's strongholds with ease.

The game follows Corperal Joseph Griffin, who was a US Marine that witnessed the Attack on Pearl Harbour and his adventures in the Pacific Theater following the assault. After serving in the Philipines and Guadalcanal, he was later recruited by the OSS to stop a Japanese plot involving Yamashita's gold. The game was slightly ahead of it's time as unlike previous games, it was more narrative driven as the plot progresses in-game rather than between missions a la ''VideoGame/HalfLife'', though it did not fare as well compared to ''Frontline''. A sequel was planned, however the idea was cancelled.

* SinkingShipScenario: The fates of at least two American battleships in Pearl Harbor, the USS ''Arizona'' and ''Oklahoma'', which become total losses when the attack is over.

* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler: Commander Shima]], who was the only antagonist in the Second World War to escape your grasp. Though the ending in ''Heroes'' imply that he will soon get his due.

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