Another motion RPG (like that’s a nasty factor)

Depending on the way you slice it, the spotlight of at present’s State of Play was both Like a Dragon: Ishin from Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio or Rise of the Ronin from Team Ninja. (Why not each?) The developer shared its first have a look at this PS5 open-world motion RPG, which is seven years within the making. It’s one other historical-inspired story with over-the-top aptitude, as you’ll shortly see within the trailer — a mixture of “gameplay and in-game cinematics.”

“Set in the late 19th century, Japan is facing the darkest of times as it struggles with its oppressive rulers and deadly diseases while western influence permeates as civil war continues to rage between the Tokugawa Shogunate and the Anti-Shogunate factions,” famous director Fumihiko Yasuda. “Here in this time of mayhem, you embody a Ronin character, a warrior bound to no master and free to make choices of its own.”

Going a step additional, Yasuda calls Rise of the Ronin the “most ambitious and challenging project for Team Ninja Studio to date,” promising a “multilayered story” and “unrestricted open gameplay.” The action-game fundamentals can all the time get this staff’s foot within the door for me — so whereas I’m already “in,” so to talk, I’m curious to listen to concrete data.

For now, there’s that cool glider and rifle-stabbing animation. I really like a superb finisher. From every little thing we will glean, this seems to be like one other skillful motion romp. Keep ’em coming.

Rise of the Ronin will launch in 2024 and it’s mentioned to be a “PlayStation 5 console exclusive,” which opens the door for a (well-advised) PC model.

Considering Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty (the Three Kingdoms-inspired Nioh successor) is arising first in 2023, that far-off timing is sensible. We’re feasting as motion fiends.

Jordan Devore

Jordan is a founding member of Destructoid and poster of seemingly random footage. They are something however random.