Rise of the Ronin Review (JeremyBeezy)
This is genuinely one of my favorite games of all time. One of the only two games that made buying a ps5 worth while. Rise of the ronin is a low key masterpiece and one of the most slept on games ever made. It's HARD but still feels fair, and the combat (especially the parry mechanic) is incredibly satisfying. Idk why everyone hates on the graphics, yeah they aren't photo realistic but they look pretty great.
When it comes to performance, I think there is one thing a loooot of people are overlooking, especially pre-built owners that don't know the minute specs of your hardware...
LOOK AT YOUR SSD SPEEDS. PERFORMANCE IS NOT ALWAYS BASED ON YOUR CPU/GPU.
this game was optimized for the ps5 with direct storage. So the game is optimized to run with an ssd around the speed of a ps5. Anyone running on a sub 7000 r/w speed ssd is probably the same people encountering stutters. I have a desktop and a laptop, both with fast ssds and I have no stutter. I'm playing on my laptop rn at 1080p 100fps on a 3060 mobile with no stutter (using dlss to be fair). If you read the system requirements it says to expect lower performance on slower ssds, and the game wont even run properly on a hard drive. I have been telling people spend the extra money on high speeds ssds ever since direct storage was a thing, and that is the first thing system integrators and casual pc builders overlook.
Rise of the ronin is one of the best action games I have ever played, and the experience from beginning to end Is satisfying and fulfilling. Don't let the bad reviews fool you, it's all based on performance and I guarantee 90% of that is people with slower ssds and they don't even know it.