Rise of Ronin Review and |OT| "Discipline first, discipline forever" |UP| Demo now available.

What do you think will be the metacrituc average?

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voke

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On the 3rd map. About 50 hours into the game. Clearing out the checklist for each region before I get back to the story. Should have Ronin wrapped up by Monday. Then next Friday is Stellar Blade!!! Woohoo!!!
We're on the same trajectory lol. I just made it to Kyoto today. I'll beat it over the weekend for sure, very fun game. Question though, is their any way of increasing bond level other than gifts? Most of my remaining side quests are locked out. I was able to get some through gifts but the process is slow.
 

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We're on the same trajectory lol. I just made it to Kyoto today. I'll beat it over the weekend for sure, very fun game. Question though, is their any way of increasing bond level other than gifts? Most of my remaining side quests are locked out. I was able to get some through gifts but the process is slow.

I haven't given anyone a single gift. lol

I do all the side quests that I can do and eventually they open up because there's other main missions that you do with characters that can increase the bond level. Also, picking the correct answers during dialogue choices with them can also increases it.
 

Gediminas

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We're on the same trajectory lol. I just made it to Kyoto today. I'll beat it over the weekend for sure, very fun game. Question though, is their any way of increasing bond level other than gifts? Most of my remaining side quests are locked out. I was able to get some through gifts but the process is slow.
Go to Dojo and fight them, that increases bond level, speak with them, some conversations increases bond level and doing missions with them increases bond level, so through longhouse you can replay story missions.
 
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Anti-shogunate is what I’m reading is more historically accurate? Like I mentioned, the choices were unexpected. I also read none of these choices matter till the very end of the game and that you can pretty much play all missions anyway?

For gift giving… there’s a paper folded heart icon for the gifts best associate with whomever you’re chatting with.

@peter42O played this on easy… 😑. Enjoy granblue tho dude. It’s taken the crown for action jrpg from “tales of.” Great little game. I still didn’t get to online co-op endgame and that seems to be a thing at like 40 hour mark but that’s the for the hardcore players I think — you get a good time out of the game until then anyway. And you consistently get new music remixes thru endgame … a nice treat and fantastic soundtrack.
 
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I can’t figure out why I suck so bad at this game. Still stuck on the drunk guy that you fight after taking a photo in the room. And I’m on easy 😞
 

Vertigo

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26 hours in an starting to feel a bit stale due to it being an open world Ubisoft clone. I guess I’m still on the first map but cleared most of it.

I’m gonna keep going at it because the combat is consistently fun to engage with but the rest of the game is kinda mid.

Sticking with it until Final Shape comes out. It’s a good game just not crazy about it… I kinda want to pull away and start something else but … I paid for it… gonna see it through
 
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New and expanded content
  • 5 new Ally Missions added.
  • When replaying a world in Midnight, you can choose to have Public Order deteriorate again.
  • Level sync selection feature added to missions from Testament of the Soul.
  • Two new Set Bonuses added to Midnight difficulty.
  • Addition of dojo training partners.
  • Add Martial Skill type bonus and raise limit of target score.

Gameplay Improvements​

  • When equipped with the same weapon type on weapons 1 and 2, the number of styles can be expanded to a maximum of 6.
  • Changed the specifications so that special equipment will be given even if the player does not confess.
  • Changed the specifications so that greetings with characters after a breakup will return to normal over time.
  • Adjusted to make it easier for asynchronous characters to be selected.
Rise of the Ronin is available now, exclusively on PlayStation 5.
 

Kokoloko

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Crazy that Hellblade got better reviews than this. LMAO

Its the PS exclusive review tax. And the MS review exclusive bonus. Works both ways lol

Did HellBlade bring anything new to cinematic action games? Because a whole load of reviews hated on ROR beause it didnt do anything “new” for open world games
 
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Its the PS exclusive review tax. And the MS review exclusive bonus. Works both ways lol

Did HellBlade bring anything new to cinematic action games? Because a whole load of reviews hated on ROR beause it didnt do anything “new” for open world games
Definitely.
 
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Gediminas

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In the hype for DD2 people shit on this game and did such a big disservice to it, now the legs on ronin are better than DD2.
double standard. they always do it with some games but not other which they want to promote.
 

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In the hype for DD2 people shit on this game and did such a big disservice to it, now the legs on ronin are better than DD2.
DD2 disappeared from all the conversation. Journalists failed to make it the Elden Ring of 2024 and they failed the public by shitting on Ronin so people would get DD2 instead.

The WOM for Ronin is way better. Hopefully they get some good legs after lower sales at release. Sony still have some blame for choosing that date. They created that rivalry.
 
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voke

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DD2 is better than this game imo.... this game is still one of my favorites of 2024. Im very glad ROTN seems to have great word of mouth though.

Both games can be excellent guys.