Rise of the Ronin Rumors Hit The Internet

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We have new rumors that have suddenly come up about Team Ninja’s upcoming action game, Rise of the Ronin.

These rumors come from The Snitch, who has proven to be a reliable leaker before. In any case, these are somewhat general descriptions so there’s a good chance that they are accurate to the game, at least as it exists at this moment.

As reported by Insider Gaming, these are the rumored details from The Snitch:

Based on what’s described here, Rise of the Ronin might not really be a Soulslike or maso-core game as we have come to expect from Team Ninja nowadays.

It will certainly be difficult to resolve a possible Soulslike atmosphere during action sequences, when you are also romancing some potential partners in the side quests. While it’s easy to see some Soulslike fans would have wanted that options for some popular characters, it likely would not have coalesced to a logical game experience.

Difficulty options and skill and technique trees also punctuate the point that in spite of appearances and expectations, this is not intended to be a Soulslike at all.

It would seem that Sony is eager to make more video games themed in feudal Japan, which certainly struck as ironic since Ghost of Tsushima was made in Belleveu, Washington by Sucker Punch Studios.

This is not meant to say that Western studios can’t make good or ‘authentic’ games about feudal Japan. However, it should be fairly obvious that a Japanese company is signing off on these games nilly willy since they expect their being Japanese to make them seem authentic.

In any case, Team Ninja has proven themselves more than capable of expanding the idea of Soulslike games to what they describe as maso-core games. On that end, they have successfully escaped the