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Well done!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: February 16, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I played a demo of this game and it is alot of fun. You really do feel like your in a hong kong movie. Really fast paced fighting and the fact that you can interact with almost everything is cool. It's impressive how they blend alot of moves on the fly, and there is alot of moves. Good visuals, good audio, good gameplay, good story, good game.

Great!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: February 19, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Sony did a great job! I love this game! Two thumbs-up!!

Game is amazing

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: February 20, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Jet Li is by far the best martial artist alive. And he is one of my favoirite action stars. Now just to be Jet Li in a game, thats awsome. This game is really good, even tho the graphics on the character models arent perfect, the backround graphics are well done. It is a simple fight system and very fun. Jet Li is the coolest person, and to be the best martial artist in the world, in a video game, just makes it alot better. The game itself uses right analog fighting hand to hand, and right thumstick and r2 for guns. This is like a classic action movie, there are plenty of cutscenes that bring out the story. This game is a great action fighting title and you should buy a copy today.

Fun, but short...

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 4 / 6
Date: February 21, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Rise to Honor seemed like a good idea. And for the most part it is. It flawlessly captures Jet Li's fast and flurrious fighting style, but a little more effort could have been put into the game's storyline which only serves as a backdrop to string together a series of fighting levels. The game plays like a movie from the opening titles and credits and smoothly integrates the action from cut scenes using the in-game graphics engine. Jet Li's likeness is dead on and the other character models are also impressively rendered. The environments are a mixed bag since they don't really offer much in terms of variety. The buildings all look the same and the detail is so-so. But the core of the game is the fighting. Rather than assigning a punch or kick move to a button, the game has you utilize the right analog stick to unleash a series of combos. By continously tapping the stick towards a bad guy, Jet Li will subdue him through a flurry of kicks and punches. Some of these sequences are cool to watch because the action will slow down to allow you a close up of the finishing blow. You can also utilize the environment by flinging chairs or throwing garbage cans at your opponent(s). Yet, the action can be frustrating when surrounded by mutliple baddies since they tend to crowd around you. This makes it harder to pull off the combos without getting nailed, because a reasonable amount of space is needed between you and the bad guys in order to finish them off. The gun fighting levels don't really work. By pressing the R2 button and tapping the analog stick, you can release a barrage of gunfire at a bad guy. But the setup is awkward and in most instances you'll miss badly unless your analog stick is pointed directly at a bad guy. This is also true in the hand to hand combat levels. The analog stick needs to be precisely pointed at a bad guy in order to nail him. Otherwise, you'll be kicking at air. This is more difficult than it seems, especially when surrounded where it is harder to judge where everybody is. A welcomed addition is the lack of save points which could have disrupted the flow of the game. Instead, the game automatically saves during the action as signified by a blinking red dragon at the bottom left hand corner of the screen. The game also doesn't offer much in terms of challenge. There are unlimited continues as well as weak bosses. Overall, it should take an average gamer about 6-8 hours to complete. In the end, Rise to Honor is a fun game that is full of action, but short on storyline, just like a Jet Li movie.

It's real fun

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: February 22, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I rented this game and its fun, the moves are great and your grab moves are evn better. If you have seen the ad's for it you can tell it looks fun, how you can throw people on the barside and slide them down it's just all so cool............

Fun, good for older gamers and Jet Li fans

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: February 22, 2004
Author: Amazon User

At first, I was skeptical, especially after learning that it wouldn't be sold at the usual price new games go for. Usually, such a sign is similar to when a movie comes out without being made available to critics for review. And after playing the first portion of the game (the Hong Kong levels), I had a creeping sense of disappointment -- it seemed all too repetitive -- simply run in to a room, get surrounded by a bunch of enemies, and take them out. The use of the right analog stick for all the fighting moves was a definite plus as you could intuitively snap a punch or kick at someone standing behind you, and then just as quickly punch at someone in front or to the right of you. But as soon as the game changed its setting to San Francisco, California, it started to pick up and became more entertaining (I realized the Hong Kong stages were to start off the story and to get you used to the controls). Younger gamers, or those who aren't Jet Li fans, aren't likely to be wowed by "Rise to Honor," but any gamer in his late 20s or older may find a game that's somewhat of a throwback, especially in the shooting sequences. When the enemies hide behind walls and such, and then pop out to shoot, it may not be dazzling, but such presentation has an old-school game feel -- that's a good thing. And at times, the fighting sequences involving bats, chairs and other handheld weapons or objects, remind me of an modernized Double Dragon fighting style. That Jet Li's character Kit Yun doesn't run all too fast only adds to the game's realism. (in most games, your character can run forever at a fast rate without so much as a breath). You can't just walk into a room and pummel everyone to death. You need to do some running, quick stops, sneak in a quick punch or kick, and then move on -- or you'll need to use some strategy, creating space between you and the thugs, and try to get one isolated, and then get in some good licks and continue that pattern. It's good that you can't easily get combos off on an enemy -- not without another coming behind you and knocking you to the ground with a bat. And in the shooting levels, it's good that you can't just jog down a street alley and shoot them all down with ease. So, just as with Jet Li in most of his movies, his videogame alter-ego is realistic in that he's NOT Mr. Invincible and can be beaten or sent reeling if he gives a foe the opportunity. While most might not be amazed when playing this, any one who's an older game or a Jet Li fan will find "Rise to Honor" to be a solid, fun game with just the right amount of difficulty.

if you love fighting games and shooting games buy it

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: February 22, 2004
Author: Amazon User

first of all all the fhiting games are m this not i love the moves and you can get a pistol and uzies but thats all i got yet and can throw stuff now thats cool...

Kickass, but short

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: February 23, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This game is fun as hell. About 2/3 of it is hand to hand and 1/3 is with guns. It's pretty challenging towards the end, and all the bosses are really fun to fight. However, it is very short, and a good gamer can probably beat it in a day or two. Nevertheless, its worth buying as there it is fun enough to play over

Its Okay

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 17 / 21
Date: February 24, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I am currently playing Rise to Honor, it is definately a different kind of adventure/fighting game. I know of no other PS2 game that doesn't use the triangle, Square, Circle, and X button.

This game uses only the Right and Left Analog, R1, L1 and R2, L2 buttons. For fighting you simply push the right analog towards your enemy.

The plot moves along briskly and there is alot of fighting.
I sincerly hope that you aren't looking for a great story with the game. This story is merely the excuse for fighting and shooting) Get ready for some tired fingers particularly during gun fights when you have to push the R1 button and push right analog forward everytime you want to fire. Diffculty wise I found it not too bad I've played a total of maybe 5 hours and am 80% finished.

Graphics are okay Jet Li looks a little fat and if you are looking for realism, remember this is like a remake of a Hong Kong action movie. (Where reality takes a back seat). But on the bright side your dual handguns, ala Chow Yun Fat, will never run out of ammo. However your stamina, and blocking ability will drain if over taxed. I hope I gave you some of the answers you are looking for.

Great game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 4
Date: February 24, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Good game and I think this is the first game he ever star in but I could be wrong and this is good but there are some bad stuff like when you shoot someone, no blood comes. I guess it T so not much violence. Another thing way too short of storyline. I beat it in 2 days. Controls are not that bad after you get use to it. There better games then this like True Crimes...hopefully Jet Li will make another game and more movies.

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