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Rise of the Ronin review - samurai action that's as grounded as it is approachable

Our review of Rise of the Ronin, a more grounded open-world game from Team Ninja.

Having spent the past few years as a worthy rival to FromSoftware, with its own take on the Soulslike, this marks a departure: it's more grounded than you might expect, all while evolving the Ki-based mechanics first employed in Nioh for a wider audience. Whichever methods you decide, it’s satisfying restoring order, which sees abandoned roads or villages once again teeming with citizens going about their day; a simple luxury at a time when the country is facing socio-political instability. Ronin suggests that this was far from the case, even if the game subverts history outlandishly, such as giving you the chance to assassinate Commodore Perry, the man responsible for opening up Japan after centuries of isolationism.

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