Rise of the Ronin (2024)

Developer: Team NINJA
Publisher: Sony Interactive Entertainment, Koei Tecmo Games Co.
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Rating: 3.7 of 5, 34 player ratings
Main story: about 55 hours
Completionist: about 79 hours
Where to get it: PlayStation Store

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How it feels

You feel like a wandering ronin carving your own path through a turbulent, open-ended Japan with fluid combat and a blend of solo and cooperative play.

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About

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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