Rise of the Ronin launch trailer: PC port of the samurai action invites you on an epic journey

Sharp as a katana or a blunt PC port? Team Ninja and publisher KOEI TECMO have adapted the console game Rise of the Ronin for PC gamers. There's a trailer worth seeing for today's release.

Team Ninja, the Japanese development studio behind Nioh, Wo Long and Ninja Gaiden, has brought the PC port of Rise of the Ronin out of the forge almost a year after the release of the console version. An open-world action RPG that, with its setting in ancient Japan during the gruelling Bakumatsu era, will delight all those who have already played through Ghost of Tsushima (currently on offer with a 38% discount) and are eagerly awaiting Assassin's Creed Shadows or are looking for an alternative if a Japanese setting is desired.

Rise of the Ronin now closes the gap for PC gamers and scores with its sophisticated combat system, a speciality of Team Ninja, which puts more than just a katana in your hands. In Rise of the Ronin you also fight with spears, western-style firearms, double blades and sabres. You fend off and dodge your opponents' attacks and then endeavour to consume their ki power. This makes them vulnerable and partially incapacitates them. Rise of the Ronin clearly focuses on action and you have to master fighting styles accordingly. Hard and brutal, perhaps also a kind of Souls-like (or rather Sekirolike), but never unfair or frustratingly difficult. You can see gameplay here in the launch trailer.

As you wander through the open world of Rise of the Ronin, you will encounter historical figures and various factions and organisations, each with their own goals. The game doesn't just put you to the test in battles: your decisions when dealing with NPCs have a significant influence on the course of the story. This in turn increases the replay value thanks to multiple game outcomes. According to tests, however, it is primarily the battles that make the game so appealing rather than the story.

Purchase your Rise of Ronin Steam key on Gamesplanet before April 2nd (1am UTC) to receive the following bonuses:

• Four combat styles:
  • Hayabusa-ryu for Katana
  • Hayabusa-ryu for Naginata
  • Nioh-ryu for Katana
  • Aisu Kage-ryu for Katana
• Iga Ninja's Katana
• Iga Ninja Armor Set (a four-piece set)