di Giuseppe Genga / Neural P 14 set 2022 14:43

On PlayStation you will not feel for long the lack of titles set in feudal Japan: after Ghost of Tsushima, the recently announced Like a Dragon: Ishin! and the future Assassin's Creed: Codename Red, today it was Sony's turn to announce a title in the same vein: Rise of the Ronin.

The game, developed by Team Ninja as a PS5 console exclusive, is an open-world action RPG focused on combat, set in an era of great change for Japan. We are at the end of the 300 years of the Edo period, a moment known as "Bakumatsu". It is the end of the nineteenth century, these are dark times for Japan that finds itself fighting against despotic governors and lethal diseases, while the influence of the West grows more and more and the civil war between the Tokugawa shogunate and the opposing factions rages.

Among these disorders, we will take on the role of a ronin, a warrior without masters free to make his own choices. Rise of the Ronin will immerse us in a historical period in which not only katanas and the like are fought, but also with modern firearms: the portrait of a truly unique era. In addition to the action elements, the game promises to give us a multi-layered story to show the world during the Bakumatsu period and the revolution that took place in that era. The characters we meet will have their own idea of justice and their own motivations, and it will be up to us to choose which side to be on, with every decision we make that will lead to consequences.

We leave you to the announcement trailer and a set of images.