Rise of the Ronin
Team NINJA
· Sony Interactive Entertainment
Adventure, Role-playing (RPG)
Release Date: March 22, 2024
Rise of the Rōnin is a combat focused open-world action RPG that takes place in Japan at a time of great change. It is the very end of a 300-year long Edo Period, commonly known as “Bakumatsu”. Set in the late 19th century, Japan is facing the darkest of times as it struggles with its oppressive rulers and deadly diseases while western influence permeates as civil war continues to rage between the Tokugawa Shogunate and the Anti-Shogunate factions.
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Critic Reviews
3 reviews
Video Games Chronicle
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Team Ninja delivers a jack of many trades, but it fails to double down on any of them…
Eurogamer
★★★★
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Our review of Rise of the Ronin, a more grounded open-world game from Team Ninja.
Game Informer
7/10
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For all the inspirations the game wears on its sleeve, it never rises above them, and thus feels like a title in search of an identity and desperate for a specific kind of player.