Rise of the Ronin Review - IGN

A cool setting, Team Ninja’s mastery of tough-but-fair combat, and smart RPG design all shine, but map clutter and junk loot can get in the way.

[GoodGuy09]

Scores are mixed. Unfortunate. I'll wait for a sale.

[Obscure_Observer]

76 on Metacritic.

Can´t say I´m sad because it´s not available on Xbox.

[ravens52]

Why be sad, 76 isn't a terrible score lol. It's ok. It's a good game, just not great.

[mariopasta]

It's an open world Samurai/Ronin game set in Japan. I'm happy. There are not a lot of those games going around. When I wake up, I'm picking it up

[notachance]

If it’s an xbox exclusive you’d be screaming game of the year

[Elda]

If it was an XB exclusive you would be praising the game regardless & saying you're getting the game day one.

[TheKingKratos]

What a sad miserable excuse of human being you are

It's like your whole existence to be a slave to MicroSh1t

[Kornholic]

You were super happy about Starfield, though, which is a 6 or 7 game at best. Weird.

[S2Killinit]

Well, Im getting it day one. I dont care if IGN guy that played it liked or didnt like. I like what i’ve seen. And I love the setting.

[Michiel1989]

exactly, even if the game isn't a 9/10 you can have as much enjoyment out of it

[Ironmike]

Yeah i agree

[lelo2play]

Team Ninja's last game was crap... this one doesn't look any better.

[Elda]

Wo Long was not crap, it was a fun game with a score of 80.

[raWfodog]

Every time I buy a new game, it’s on sale. Because I never buy a game when it first releases. Always better for me to wait for updates and patches.

[TheEroica]

Ten downvotes because you won't shill for Sony on a mediocre game asking 70 bucks. It's OK bud. I up voted you.... I like gamers with standards.

[Barlos]

Obscure Observer doesn't have standards though. As for shilling, just wait until there's an Xbox story, he's all over it like a rash, ending every sentence with infinite exclamation marks. Honestly it's a bit cringe.

[DEEBO]

Day one!
Combat looks great!

[S2Killinit]

Same here. Day one for me.

[mariopasta]

Yep me too. Open world games set in historic Japan are exciting to me and they're pretty rare if you think baout it. Combat looks great, that's all I need

[S2Killinit]

This^

You should be watching Hulu’s Shogun series!

[TrueRican69]

It say how you let them company tell u it a 7 out of 10 then going out playing your self just cuz he did not enjoy it and shit don't mean you won't I will never believe anything ign say they just want push a review they not even enjoying the game.

[Eonjay]

One of the IGN's gave it a 9, another gave it an 8 and this one gave it a 7. Who do you believe?

[blackblades]

America IGN always have the lowest of all the IGN for some reason

[Aaroncls7]

never trust IGN standards

[S2Killinit]

It complains about junk loot, but the game allows automatic selling of any loot below whatever level you set.

[S2Killinit]

No, because generally xbox has no games worth defending for me. If they did, I would defend them if I had an xbox.

[lucian229]

so tired of junk loot with team ninja games. i dont understand why they think players like cycling through a crap ton of garbage gear. it wasnt fun in nioh or any of their other games; they need to go back to ninja gaiden route and stick to one actual good weapon of a variety and move on.

[raWfodog]

That’s why they give you the option to automatically sell gear under a certain level, so you don’t have to cycle through them if you don’t want to.

[mariopasta]

It has an option to mass-sell all loot below any level that you set it to.

[Eonjay]

IGN conveniently left out that this really isn't a issue.

[Chriswynnetbh]

I agree I wish they would go the souls route and make gear more unique to reduce the junk loot. Tho I do like how it gives the endgame legs to go deeper into ng+

[bartfart]

Oh man their loot system is so bad. Even with the option to sell all junk I still have to look through it all......

[deadfrag]

Game is a 76 on meta and people keep complaining.Plenty of 9/10 and everyone will have a diferent view.Just pick the game if you were to do and dont rely on the scores.

[Cacabunga]

This guy gets it.. glad to see people like you exist sir!

[Chevalier]

Yeah I don't get the over reliance on game scores. Got a couple games I absolutely adore like Culdcept that if I just read a review and didn't play it I would be completely missing out

[ApocalypseShadow]

Yeah. People are silly. I got Way of the Samurai when most people didn't and loved the weapons, the gameplay and the alternate endings. Bought Blood Will Tell that most didn't and loved that one and all the body parts recovering. Got Ghost of Tsushima and loved that one for open world and great combat. Great story.

Not everyone will like everything. But this one is obviously a solid 8 game worth picking up if you're into the genre.

[Chevalier]

"Xbox exclusive"

Except we wouldn't because Xbox has no exclusives. But yeah go ahead and list those must have exclusives? It's okay another 🐔 making a new spam account because if you actually believed the crap you were saying and stood behind it then you would be able to just post it from your main account right? Too embarrassed to so you got to make your millionth spam account. Lol. So guess your way of coping is making new accounts because you can't back what you say.

[Ironmike]

Stop talking rubbish fanboy its plastic box

[Chevalier]

"Stop talking rubbish fanboy its plastic box"

Fling shit then expect shit to be thrown back. You're free to not like my opinion and I'm free to say F off too.

[mariopasta]

I'm day 1 too. Open world game with great combat. I dont care if certain open world 'tropes' have been done to death. I still enjoy them. It's an open-world Samurai/Ronin game.

[rlow1]

Not every game is going to be a 9 or 10 no matter who the developers are. There are so many great experiences in the mid range. As long as it’s fun and enjoyable overall then its good.

[ModsDoBetter]

Expected, always looked slightly above average.
Will pick it up on sale.

[Sonic1881]

I won't have time to play this since I'll be on Dragons Dogma 2 and still finishing up Final fantasy 7 Rebirth

[Ironmike]

It's not just ign though there quite a few 6s and 7s and quite 8s and 9s so its a mixed bag iam getting it cos got was way to repeative after 10 hrs the combat alone makes it interesting to me

[Elda]

Picking up my pre-ordered copy tomorrow.

[Ironmike]

I own both consoles and if this was on xbox u all be slating it saying another garbage exclusive ,even though iam getting game myself iam just saying its joke how change ur mind on what's a good game now all sudden a game getting mixed reviews is okay reviews don't count absolute joke

[ModsDoBetter]

100%

[anast]

The game is an 8.

[Ironmike]

In ur opinion in others it's 6 or 7 or 9

[RhinoGamer88]

A 7 for RoR vs and 8 for DD2...not a massive gulf.

[CrimsonWing69]

I wonder if all the people saying, “I’ll get Rise of the Ronin,” in the Dragon’s Dogma 2 review comments after it got an 8/10 are changing up their tune.

[phoenixwing]

I'm not. if you watch the video of this guys review he says ROR has great combat world and characters but has ubisoft bloat and item problems. So basically it's great imo. I find it suspect that every ubisoft assassins creed game get 8 to 9 to 10 out of 10 but another game with ubisoft bloat gets scored downward. Not to mention the gear can be mass sold off and is a giant ass nitpick imo to make about inventory when the gameplay is supposedly great by his own admission. I'm buying ROR first before dragons dogma 2. mainly because dd2 runs like crap right now on pc might as well get the sony exclusive.

[CrimsonWing69]

I just think it’s funny how a game that got an 8 had a lot of comments of, “I’ll get it on sale and just buy Rise of the Ronin,” and now this scores lower. It’d be funny seeing people say, “Well, on second thought I’ll go Dragon’s Dogma 2 and buy Rise when it’s $20…”

[phoenixwing]

there probably are people who put that much stock in reviews. honestly i am a huge samurai fan and love japanese olden times. theres really not that many games that are japanese samurai games so this is a treat. i know ghost of tsushima came out but there's just a ton more fantasy games. and i like both anyway. so i'll buy both in the end. my money goes toward ROR for now.

[mrcatastropheAF]

Lol @ all of the cope in the comments.

Yall crap on starfield regularly on here but even Starfield sits at an 83 on metacritic.

Bring that same fire and scrutiny to one of Sony's most anticipated exclusives of the year.

FWIW IGN is cooked and yall should play games yourselves before forming opinions on them

[Dandizzle]

I think the game looks pretty fun, I'll be picking this up day 1.

[FernDiggidy]

PS3 Graphics

[Ninver]

A seven is a must try for me. Anything lower you can set it on fire.

[RhinoGamer88]

JoRaptor video review convinced me against buying it now - full price. Given the many issues he identified, this is a game not deserving of a full price purchase.

[Demetrius]

U know whats funny, most games with mix scores u have so much fun out of em plenty of hours, these are the games I been enjoying lately that had mix reviews, far cry 6, ac valhalla, ac syndicate, mafia 3, I remember saints row 2 getting mix reviews and look at that game fun asf a classic really, seems like if u get this game for around 30-40 bucks it would be so fun, just another chance to enjoy a fun Japan like experience, biomutant is another game I enjoy that has mix reviews but it's one of my most favorites now

[vTuro24]

Eh, the game still looks fun. The gaming equivalent of a b-tier popcorn movie. Not something I'd personally pay full price for (not that I ever do) but it can be fun. Now I'm hoping for a pc port down the road. I'm not going to buy a console for like two games that I'm interested in.

[Zenzuu]

7 is not a bad score. It's just an opinion of someone. An open world game set in Japan, playing as a Samurai. I'm happy. It's a day one for me.

[CrimsonWing69]

I’ll remember this when I see people sh*tting hard on a game that gets a 7 in these comment sections.

[andy85]

76, I was 4 out not bad. Looks like it's worth a play

[Stevonidas]

REEEEEEEEEE!! REEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!

XD

[phoenixwing]

ok i have a bone to pick with this review, first of all they say it's got ubisoft bloat but correct me if i'm wrong has any ubisoft assassins creed game been scored down due to that on ign? Because i'm pretty sure they applied a high score. second they talk about the vast amount of gear as a negative when you can sell it all at certain levels if its not up to snuff. finally at the very beginning of this guy's review he said the game has good combat and an interesting world. so basically if you take away his biases this game should have rated higher. what i took away from this is 1. good gameplay 2. great world.

i don't want to seem like i'm doing damage control but this is guys priorities are crazy. the gameplay is good the world is good, and so are the characters. what else do you damn well want? i mean really? did we give all the dragon age games terrible scores due to their inventory issue where theres like a million of things? nope but lets focus on the sony game and make it lower than it needs to be.

I would also like to point out the fault of people saying they hate ubisoft bloat but then go on to rate the game 9 out of 10 but when another game does something similar it's a huge issue? wth

[ROCKY28]

no one wants this give is a new DOA !!!

[DarXyde]

I'm not worried.

Games I've absolutely adored in similar genres scored similarly. Metal Gear Rising comes to mind.

[D0nkeyBoi]

Gameplay looks like generic ubisoft type game

[lellkay]

meh

[Stonilein]

nauur💀

[MeteorPanda]

Problem with samurai games is they stack up to others and its kind of unfair to be paired up with sekiro, Ghost, Nioh, etc all of Japans heart and soul goes into these so it's a high bar.

Probably fun as hell.

[TwoPicklesGood]

It is pretty much exactly what I thought it was going to be…a bland game. Some will enjoy it, some won’t.