One lucky PlayStation 5 owner has recently come across a 45% discount on Rise of the Ronin at Walmart. The hefty price cut was spotted less than a week after Rise of the Ronin officially hit the store shelves.
15.03.2024 - 14:17 / gameranx.com / Team Ninja
Rise of the Ronin is set to release soon, but it’s already facing some bad press.
You may have already heard early impressions that the game doesn’t seem to have good graphics. It’s not that the game is ugly – rather, the game’s promotion, alongside the caliber of its developer and publisher, has suggested that it would be a bigger title than it looks like to previewers.
We will focus on SkillUp’s impressions of the game. When it comes to graphics, he compares Rise of the Ronin unfavorably to games that were even published on the PlayStation 4. SkillUp says:
“Visually, Rise of the Ronin is a good-looking game, in its own way. It’s really tough because Ghost of Tsushima exists. And say what you will about that game, no one can argue that Tsushima is a looker, an absolutely stunning rendition of not only that world, but also that period, always embracing bold color palettes and sweeping horizons. Even though it’s a console generation old, Ghost of Tsushima is still a phenomenal looking video game even today
When it comes to art design, Rise of the Ronin also faces stiff competition. Fromsoft’s horrific rendition of samurai and yo-kai exhibits their unmistakable macabre genius, while Like a Dragon Ishin had these incredible faces that look so distinctive and this beautiful and bustling town of Kyoto to explore by either night or day
In contrast to all of this, why is the Ronin looks quite workmanlike. It’s by no means an ugly game but it lacks the arresting beauty of Ghost of Tsushima the stark art design of Sekiro or the impressive character designs of Ishin. It kind of just gets the job done, and I don’t want to sell it short because I don’t think it looks bad, but it’s certainly got less technical sheen and visual distinctiveness than its contemporaries.”
And then, SkillUp has even worse things to say about its performance.
“Performance was also a little shaky. Like I said I played it on performance mode and with a game looking like this I’d really hope for a locked 60 FPS but I did not get that. I don’t know that this is actually running at 60 FPS by the way. It kind of looks more like 45 FPS to me, with regular dips.
These dips were frequent enough that I found them disrupting at certain moments. Furthermore ,it seems like cutscenes are locked to 30 FPS. Or, if they’re not, there’s some weird jittering effect going on that makes it feel less smooth than it should be.
I’m certainly looking forward to the Digital Foundry write up on this one, because I’d really like to see the specific numbers behind some of the stuff I can only report on anecdotally.”
It’s certainly surprising to be learning this about a PlayStation second party game, from a studio with Team Ninja’s reputation. They literally
One lucky PlayStation 5 owner has recently come across a 45% discount on Rise of the Ronin at Walmart. The hefty price cut was spotted less than a week after Rise of the Ronin officially hit the store shelves.
Rise of the Ronin diverges from the kind of games Team Ninja has becoming synonymous with in a number of ways, chief among them being its open world setting. How well it executes on its open world is up for debate, but the developer wants to keep building on the foundations it has laid down with the recently released action RPG as it looks ahead to its future games.
and are two epic samurai RPGs, taking place in different parts of Japan, and set hundreds of years apart. As one of PlayStation's biggest exclusives of the year thus far, the anticipation for was immense, and the game has mostly lived up to high expectations. From the developer Team Ninja, the game brings familiar elements with parallels to other samurai games from the last several years.
A Rise of the Ronin player stumbled upon a character creator preset that bears an uncanny resemblance to Hollywood actor Samuel L. Jackson. The player shared their discovery with the Rise of the Ronin community only to find out they were not alone in noticing the likeness.
is an adventure of substantial size, but whether it's possible to keep playing after the credits roll is one question that's likely to come to mind over the course of the game. As an open-world experience, has plenty of side content that could be passed over while racing toward the story's climax. The game's developer Team Ninja included a variety of optional missions in prior games like , so it's no surprise that this element carries over to the more expansive historical setting of Edo in Japan.
Team Ninja’s Rise of the Ronin has received above-average reviews from several critics before its release. Nevertheless, those who delve into its Bakumatsu-era open-world action RPG will have enough challenging combat to keep them occupied, especially in the post-game.
Rise of the Ronin is a victim of a genre in decline.
For Team Ninja veterans and newcomers alike, Rise of the Ronin offers a deep and satisfying combat system, set to the backdrop of the Bakumatsu era of Japan. With the game now less than a day away, I spoke to Rise of the Ronin’s Producer, Yosuke Hayashi, and Game Producer and Director, Fumihiko Yasuda, who offered their tips for players joining the Veiled Edge tomorrow.
Rise of the Ronin has gotten a high score from Famitsu. The upcoming action-RPG from Team Ninja nearly reached the maximum score in Famitsu, backing Rise of the Ronin as one of the year's most anticipated releases.
Publisher Sony Interactive Entertainment and developer Team NINJA have released the fourth developer diary for open-world action adventure game Rise of the Ronin, titled “Rise as One.”
Team Ninja has released a new behind-the-scenes video for Rise of the Ronin, potentially the last before the game’s release this week. It sees Team Ninja president and director Fumihiko Yasuda discussing how many of the details envisioned seven years ago have made it into the final product.
The first Rise of the Ronin review has been published in Japanese magazine Famitsu.