Using the S. McCracken rating system.
Rise to Honor tries to simulate a Hong Kong Jet Li game where you are Jet Li. It kind of succeeds in that it feels like a Jet Li HK picture. Except, there is TOO MUCH ACTION!!! No movie could ever contain this much action. Your hands WILL hurt. But it is a great game to randomly pick up when you really want to kick some @$$!
Playability: Fairly easy to play without cheating. The last few levels are impossible. Cheating is better anyway, because it is a fact Jet is invincible. He beat a Tsumani for crying out loud! (
Replayability: There's a cheat on the main screen that gives you all the extras at once. With this beauty screw playing the game over and over again, it's all about playing as other body models in your favorite chapters (
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Graphics: I like the polygon graphics over these round ones. So the game suffers there. The background mattes look very good. The main sets look kind of empty. (5)
Controls: Pretty easy controls after awhile. The moves are random, so doing cool "Jet Li Moves" is kind of random. (
Story: Honor and corrupt cops. What plot needs there to be to have Jet Li kick some @$$!? Answer: none. (10)
Enemies: There's some cool bad guys in this game. Meaning "Cool Looking". Fighting them is kind of eh... but movie wise they would be screen villains. The twins are probably the best guys to fight. How would it feel to have your twin die right in front of you? Luckily, twins are meant to die together at the same time. (9)
Wild Card: It's Jet Li! Okay, forget Jet. It's the only game I play where I play in another language with English subtitles. It's just better that way. (10)
Rise to Honor gets my worth: $20 award. Awesome! Rock the casbah, little buddy!
