Probably the worst follow-up to any game in history.
Ok, first of all, Frontline was good. But you already knew that. So I "expected" EA to make Rising Sun better off the success of Frontline. But I know that I should never expect anthing from EA. They blew Rising Sun. What could have been a very good game turned into one of the most disatorous games I've ever played.
Rising Sun has a few major problems. One, they didn't fix the problems that were in Frontline. Bad A.I. Invisible walls. Poor gameplay. Now, I tell you all these problems about Frontline and you think, "How could I have liked it if it had all these problems?" Well now, let me tell you. I enjoyed the game. That is the number one thing that all game designers want to achieve. For the person playing the game to enjoy it. It doesn't matter if the game had really good graphics, if its not fun than the game is a failure. Because the game was fun, I didn't really care about the bad A.I. or bad gameplay. Thats why Rising Sun sucked. It wasn't fun. It was basically the same things expect they're screwing each other.
EA did some things they thought would make it better. Cut scenes. Two-player campaign. But they screwed them up big time. The cut-scenes aren't anything special, the main character is cheering and giving high-fives to another soldier as Pearl Harbor is being destroyed. I mean, it doesn't matter how many planes you shoot down, your not going to be celebrating as thousands of soldiers are dying all around you!! What the hell was EA thinking there? Also, when doing the two-player campaign the other player is smiling as well. It just looks freaky! Watching someone walk as their crouched down is one of the most sickening things I've ever seen. And the two-player campaign takes out all the other friendly A.I. so its basically your friend and you against a whole Japaneese army. And when a cutscene pops up and talks about a bunch of stuff that I didn't do I think to myself, what are they talking about? I didn't try the multiplayer but I wouldn't bother, the Frontline multiplayer wasn't that good. Stick to Halo. The weapons were basically the same but they wern't any better. There are a few new types of weapons but there nothing special.
My advice to EA; get your heads together and try to revive this series. You ruined Medal of Honor by releasing this game. If you had put some time and effort into this game to make sure everything is right, you could have made a much better game and kept a lot of fans. I wanted to like this game but I just can't. It sucks. Don't play it.