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Rise of the Ronin PS5 tech review: a good game marred by technical challenges


Tom Morgan investigates Rise of the Ronin for PS5 - is the game any good and how does its graphics and performance hold…

Despite these engine breakthroughs, Team Ninja has a huge challenge in following 2020's Ghost of Tsushima, Sucker Punch's open-world samurai action game which set a high bar for visual quality despite its cross-gen release. Also, the linear missions put some beautiful effects in view, whether that's snow physics allowing you to procedurally leave a trail on the ground or volumetric smoke filling the cabin of the Black Ship and coalescing in a haze around the lanterns of Yokohama's pleasure district. Image credit: Digital Foundry Emerging into the Yokohama region for the first time, you get close to the 60fps line of the performance mode, often in the high 50s - good enough for VRR - and huge segments of combat or exploration often run at 60fps, albeit with one-off dips on occasion.

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