Topic: RISE OF THE RONIN

I have just noticed i am 25 hours in and have completed 50% i am still enjoying the game.

@Jimmer-jammer That's more like it! Looking forward to playing it after finishing DeS and then RE2 Remake, RE4 Remake, Death Stranding and Jedi Survivor, then after RotR I'll be eyeing up that plat for LotF. Do you think you will plat RotR?

Once I resigned to the fact that this game is, in the most literal sense, a direct open world translation of Team Ninja’s usual dopamine drip of incredibly tight and versatile combat, loot gathering and menu ticking, and nothing more, I’ve been able to fully appreciate what has been achieved here.

This is the way i have played it from the beginning i love to restore order in bandit camps etc, pray at the shrines to get skill points and generally clear areas as i move through the map the story keeps it all moving along but i am not in
any rush to get to the end.

This sums it up perfectly - https://www.thegamer.com/rise-of-the-ronin-public-order-expla...

Spot on.

The bottom line as you say - dont buy this thinking its going to play like Ghost of Tsushima its nothing like it and in my opinion better because of it.

One of the things i have seen slated by some reviewers is the amount of weapons, clothes etc you pick up on your journey but that is for me another massive plus as breaking the guns down at the blacksmith quickly gets you your much needed weapon upgrades.

I know this game will not be everyone's cup of Cha but for those who have already completed GoT and who want something different give RoR a try you may find you are quickly hooked.

Currently at - 56% - 32 hours.

For me the volume of loot wasn't so much the problem as much as the loot is just straight up bad. Even after the credits rolled, I still dunno what like 90 percent of the rolls on gear even did. Or even when I did understand what it did, it was completely lost on me why I'd want it. I think I managed to max out a set bonus once in the entire time I played and noticed absolutely no difference at all.

Happened to me with the skill tree too, about 90 percent of it was either stuff I didn't know what it did or I just didn't see the point of it at all. And because of the weird limitations on the tree of needing x points in say dexterity before you could buy certain nodes with skill points I think I got to the end with like 70 unused skill points and any points I did spend in the tree I did not notice at all in moment to moment gameplay except stuff that specifically offered new gameplay, like the grappling hook assassinations or the unarmed parry. But anything that gave me x percentage to some ultra specific thing, you could convince me it was bugged because I did not notice it at all.

As i said in my last post " I know this game will not be everyone's cup of Cha" some loot may be pointless as you can have so many similar things with very little difference in their stats but if you ignore that and think of it as a means to get lots of money for the stuff you want or dismantle to make something else or upgrade your good stuff it shouldn't be a deal breaker.

I also ended up with a huge amount of money too with nothing to use it on now you mention it. Just a completely broken economy, as you are flooded with mostly useless loot and the gear at the vendors is all randomly rolled so you just sell your bad loot and gamble for more bad loot. Once I realised that I just dismantled everything and never bought anything again beyond the cosmetics you buy with those silver plate things.

Didn't you use it to keep your stores full so when you fast travel all your depleted stocks are replenished?

Its obvious you dont like the game and that is your right as a paying customer i just hope gamers reading your negative views are not put off and miss out on what i think is one of the best open world games i have played in years.

Oh does it take money when you clash the stones at the flags? I didn't even notice. Ooops.

And I dunno, I posted a review in the review thread and I think it reflects I am not negative on this game, just rather mixed. It is your perennial six or seven out of 10.

I do wonder what you feel about the game when you are done with it, versus how you feel now.

Oh does it take money when you clash the stones at the flags? I didn't even notice. Ooops.

No when you visit the flags and touch it (R1) all the bullets, arrows potions etc are replenished from your store so you need to keep the stores stocked up.

And I dunno, I posted a review in the review thread and I think it reflects I am not negative on this game, just rather mixed. It is your perennial six or seven out of 10.
I do wonder what you feel about the game when you are done with it, versus how you feel now.

I am 32 hours and 56% in and am still enjoying the game, i dont think that will change, i only play a couple of hours per night so am unlikely to get bored.

I guess for me, I was enjoying the characters and the story, but Act 3 is such a mess narratively it definitely changed how I felt overall. The gameplay loop remained fun throughout though, so if you don't care about the story / characters and are just enjoying the loop, I think Rise of the Ronin is one of the better games for keeping it fun right until the credits roll.

As an alternative to what I hear is already a stellar soundtrack, how about playing along to this? I certainly plan to once I get the game in a couple of weeks, if I decide I want a change of audio that I feel will still fit/suit my playthrough.

I am having a bit of a break from RoR at the moment and am giving Alan Wake 2 a try I love RoR but have spent so many hours on it i needed to play something else, i will finish it when i have finished AW2

@Jimmer-jammer Thanks buddy! Will make a note of that.

@Jimmer-jammer Apologies for not saying so in my previous post, but Massive Congrats on your hard-earned plat for RotR, you should feel exceptionally proud of yourself.

@Jimmer-jammer defeated the boss that you need to beat in order to get the camera he was a toughie, but it was great fun, I think I have got the parry down so it was quite exhilarating action. My ally, the one formerly introduced as the Eccentric Ronin, don't know how to spell his name off the top of my head and I died to his minions shortly after defeating him, but it didn't matter, the boss was already dead and we had access to the area we needed to get into, so it was easy enough to regain my karma and complete the mission.

@Jimmer-jammer congrats on the new shiny buddy and glad to hear you enjoyed RotR so much. As someone who has played a fair few souls-likes how would you compare it to the Nioh games et al? It obviously reviewed under general expectations but I always had that feeling I’d like it more than the journos out there.

@colonelkilgore about 12 hours in and I'm enjoying Ronin. It is quite different than nioh. Those were my favorite souls likes. This has a more "rock, paper, scissors" fighting system. You have to identify what stance would be the best vs each opponent. You can defeat enemies w/o switching but the penalty/less damage that you do is quite large. I'm getting used to the parry system now and enjoying it. I just learn the attack pattern of the enemy by holding block and dodging a bit, then parry off the pattern learned. The weapon variety is great and the loot is about the same amount as nioh games. The bond system is interesting. Open world is easy to traverse and auto pickups are great options. Adding effects to other weapons like in nioh is nice. Not the prettiest game, but the gameplay is fun. I'm sure the others will have more info to add I'm still early but so far it's a fun game.

@Elodin cheers for the reply buddy, very informative and has definitely given me a better understanding 👍

@Jimmer-jammer yeah that combination of open-world Assassins Creed but with Team Ninja combat definitely sounds like my cup of tea for sure. Looking forward to playing it… and Lies of P… … and Stellar Blade 😉