Developer Team Ninja, Koei Tecmo
Publisher SIE
Format PS5
Release Out now
According to Koei Tecmo, the planning phase of Rise Of The Ronin’s development began before the release of Nioh, way back in 2017. Its lengthy development time speaks to the grand ambition of this new Team Ninja game, which is by far its biggest production to date, but on the flip side it also explains why it sometimes feel like a project from another time.
Team Ninja president Fumihiko Yasuda has spoken of taking notes from the series when was conceived, and too often the game feels in thrall to others rather than having the confidence to carve out its own identity. In that sense, it cannot help
