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Amazon Maximum Age: 20 years Amazon Minimum Age: 144 months Binding: Video Game Brand: Sony EAN: 0711719727927 ESRB Age Rating: Teen Label: Sony Computer Entertainment Manufacturer: Sony Computer Entertainment Model: P2SNY 711719727927 Number Of Items: 1 Platform: PlayStation2 Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment Release Date: February 17, 2004 Sales Rank: 7810 Studio: Sony Computer Entertainment
Features:
Pledge to deliver an envelope to young Michelle, the mobster's daughter - and unravel hidden agendas which will tear up Kit's sense of duty
Travel from Hong Kong to San Francisco, fighting through 11 intense levels
Take out enemies using a 360-degree martial arts fight system - combos, attack blocking, counter moves, and adrenaline attacks
3rd-person gunplay action as you shoot it out with the world's deadliest killers
Dramatic camera angles and cinematic storytelling bring you a story that could have come from a classic Hong Kong film!
Product Description: Jet Li: Rise To Honor - Dive into an action-packed storyline inspired by the excitement and cinematic styling of Hong Kong action movies! Jet Li stars as Kit, loyal bodyguard to Boss Chiang. To fulfill Boss Chiang's last wish, he'll enter a web of deadly alliances, defined by family, deceit and honor.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: - Lacks Excitement
"Jet Li: Rise to Honor" is a third person brawling and shooting game. In the game, the player takes the role of Jet Li - or rather, a character virtually portrayed by him.
The story is a fairly simple, revolving around Chinese gangs and criminal elements. Jet Li - or the player - is Kit Yun, a bodyguard responsible for protecting Boss Chiang, who is attempting to leave his life of crime behind. Most of the story involves beating up other gang members who are trying to kill Chiang or, later, his daughter, and the story serves mostly as an excuse for this violence.
The gameplay is simple compared to many other brawler games: aside from guarding and area-specific actions, fighting occurs by pushing ("slapping", in the game's words) the right control stick in the direction that you want to attack. This allows for multidirectional attacking in the game's many multi-opponent fights. This simplifies combat almost to the point where it's not fun anymore; the only other action is "adrenaline attacks", which is basically slow motion or bullet time. Gun battles work roughly the same way, except the control stick is used to target and the R2 button is used to shoot. Apart from some neat interactive features, like kicking people into equipment or onto hot stoves, there isn't a lot of gameplay variety.
The graphics are decent, but not good. Faces are reasonably good, but also tend to be blocky. The textures range from mediocre to poor, with too much blur and not enough detail. The action, despite some neat slow-motion moments, is generally lackluster as well. The sound is for the most part forgettable and consists mainly of yelling in Chinese.
"Mediocre" describes this game fairly well. At most parts, it simply drags as you are forced to fight yet another wave of hooded thugs, and it lacks excitement and panache.
4/10.
Rating: - One of, If not the Best Martial art game I've ever played
Jet Li Rise to Honor awesome to say the least. As for the fun factor, I've had this game for 2 or 3 years and I STILL play it.
Pros:
This game is almost too fun because of the motion capture technology. It captures the very essence of what his fighting style really is and just how fast and agile he can really move. The Graphics aren't all that great but hey, for 2004 it could be worse. One of the greatest things about it is that is uses the analog sticks instead of the square or circle or triangle button. Also, because the analog can go in any direction, Jet Li can attack in all four directions. Another thing that's very innovative is the use of the R1 and L1 buttons, R1 being block, holding R1 and L1 to counter attack, and hold down L1 for Adrenaline. The cool thing is when you block you just dodge any incoming attacks that an enemy/ies throws at you. Then you just hold down L1 and flick the analog to Counterattack. The catch is that you can only dodge and do counters for so long, which is indicated by two bars right under your health. Also, Counterattacks deplete your Adrenaline bar, so use them wisely. Oh yeah, Adrenaline. Your Adrenaline bar fills up with the more attacks you get on an enemy/ies. (Usually they start you off with full Adrenaline) Getting to use weapons was a very nice touch. Although the Gun Controls are a little tricky at first, once you get the hang of it it's not long before you start gunnin' down enemies with ease. You also get to use swords, pipes, bats, bats with spikes, and even a chicken in one level. Another awesome feature, is that the levels are all split into Chapters. I know, you're probably thinking as in a lot of big levels. But it's not. The chapters are all little things like some of the small stuff that you do. Kinda like if you were in one spot for a while you can go there. Finally, the best thing is that when you beat the game, you can play it on hard mode, and you get two outfits (one is from "Once Upon a Time in China" and the other is from "Fist of Legend" or something closely related). Ok now for the Bad.
Cons:
This game was a little iffy on some of the levels. Most were very easy. Even the Final Boss is easy (but very fun). Some of the missions were so hard I can't believe that my brother and I got to the final boss. The Controls may be very well done, but the only thing is that there's no leveling up or anything that you can add to Jet. He just has the same 5 hits in each direction (which isn't bad, but it gets really annoying). The Weapons weren't really all that varied. The weapon was always the same type. In other words: it's always related to a sword (i.e. a crowbar, bat, a chicken...)so it was always the same length. It would have been nice if they could have added a Bo Staff or something... Another thing, was that the new outfits aren't all that great. Because they each have their own little perk which is either speed or more adrenaline (actually that's it) their health goes down easier which is not all that great.
All in all, this game may have had room for improvement, But it's still one of THE best martial art games out there. BUY IT NOW!!!! STOP WASTING TIME ALREADY!!!
Rating: - easy at first, hard later
This game is fun the first time you play. At first, it's very easy. Then, the next thing you know, it's tricky. Some moves are hard to do and it doesn't have a tutorial or a practice mode to learn how to do moves or anything. I found that a little disappointing. One part was really hard and I could just not beat it and I got frustrated (A LOT). This game is for older kids and I am not going to play it for a LONG TIME seeing I can't get my money back or atleast enough to get something else.
Rating: - Rise to bogus
This game sucks. Graphics, gameplay, sound, etc. The only good thing is that your thumb gets excersice.
ONLY YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. -Smokey
Peace out.
Rating: - Very good game
I've read all the reviews of people saying this game is horrible. I'd say I have to disagree. The controls are kind of weird, and the camera views aren't always the most helpful. But without that right analog stick control it would be very difficult for those multiple opponent fights. I did find the unlimited ammo kind of odd, but the dive moves are pretty cool. I wish it was longer.
To make the game more interesting, try to figure out all the possible moves you can do. You're not going to do it in one sitting. Try using different characters once you unlock them; they have some different moves and abilities.
Overall, it's a very good game and worth buying.
- Lacks Excitement
- One of, If not the Best Martial art game I've ever played
- Rise to bogus
