Developed by Koei Tecmo's Team Ninja, Rise of the Ronin is an open-world samurai action RPG set in the final years of the Edo period.
Koei Tecmo has revealed that Rise of the Ronin has gotten off to a solid start, with sales of the Team NINJA-developed PS5 already eclipsing the Nioh franchise.
Speaking in its latest financial report, the publisher revealed that “sales are surpassing the Nioh series” and noted that it has “high valuation by players.” No sales figures were divulged during the report, but clearly Rise of the Ronin is performing well just over a month since launch.
But I thought Rise Of The Ronin was a failure because it was an exclusive?
Gee wizz this is strange. It's outperforming the "Nioh" series in sales. I thought it was all doom and gloom on the sales front. I mean the Nioh series were considered a 'sales success' in the past. So how can this be with Ronin? /s
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“Koei Tecmo To Launch New AAA Studio To Develop Console Titles”
So yeh did ok I suppose!
Promising an adventure through 19th century Japan, Rise of the Ronin aims to blend historical intrigue with the sharp edges of action gaming. But does it strike just right like a well-honed katana, or does it stumble in its own ambitious footprints?
Yasuke's Armor Set boasts powerful defense, especially if you're able to obtain it in the early game of Rise of the Ronin.
Unreal game couldn't get into it at first but wow its great
Solid game
I’m enjoying the game a lot, but in no way is it a 9. Incredibly mid open world, and performance is rooouggghhh. Looks like a mid gen ps4 game. Which is not to say you can’t have a lot of fun, the combat is great, story is interesting. But a 9? No. Unless your only metric as a reviewer is how much fun you’re having which is entirely subjective. But from a reviewer I expect them to take into account things like performance and design.
Mmm I'd give it about 7.5. I really enjoy it. The combat is what really saves it for me. The world is pretty boring for the most part but it is easy to run through quests and missions and jump from right to fight to stay engaged. Frame rate is ok but I'm playing with vrr so only occasional showdown. Comparing it to dragons dogma it's miles better. Playing dd2 at 30 fps with motion blur is really taxing on my eyes. Overall it took about 40-50 hours before I got bored with Rise of Ronin. I'm about 20 hours into dd2 and am really missing the combat from rotr and already getting bored from the lack of challenge and variety in enemy
Just got it in the mail and enjoyed the first hour and a half