Rise of the Ronin reviews round-up: What do the critics say?

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The new PS5 exclusive from Team Ninja is out now and if you’re on the fence about the open-world action RPG, you’ll want to know what the Rise of the Ronin reviews are saying about the game.

Reviews are out now for the ambitious title and it’s safe to say that critical reception has been broadly positive, if a little lukewarm.

Based on reviews, it seems there is plenty to like about the game including its combat, but there are also a few issues.

Let’s get into the Rise of the Ronin reviews round-up to find out what the critics thought of the game. Before we head into that, though, we’ve included the game’s Metacritic score so you can see the consensus of the title at a glance.

At the time of writing, the Rise of the Ronin Metacritic score is 76 out of 100 based on 104 critic reviews. As of 22nd March 2024, Rise of the Ronin has a “generally favorable” Metascore, with 63 per cent of reviews being positive, 36 per cent mixed and zero negative scores.

While a Metacritic score of 76 isn’t a bad score by any stretch, it doesn’t paint a tremendously glowing reception of Team Ninja’s latest. We’d argue that the game has received a warmly positive – if lightly mixed – critical response.

The highest review score given is a 95 from PlayStation Universe, while its lowest is a 50 from Variety. It’s worth pointing out that Metacritic takes scores of all varieties and applies them to its 100-point scale. Variety’s review, for example, awarded the game a score of 5 out of 10.

To put Rise of the Ronin’s 76 Metascore in some perspective, Team Ninja’s Nioh ended up with a score of 88, Nioh 2 got an 85, Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin scored 72 and Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty bagged an 80.

If you want to know why Rise of the Ronin received a Metascore of 76, you need to find out what the critics thought with a reviews round-up. Hang on, that’s where we’re headed next. Quite the coincidence.

The Rise of the Ronin reviews are in and the response is mostly in favour of the game,