Summary
- Rise of the Ronin developer Team Ninja has been diligently shipping patches to optimize the game's overall experience.
- Updates 1.02 and 1.03 fixed bugs like enemies becoming invincible and weapons disappearing, improving player experience.
- Rise of the Ronin's success mirrors the rising popularity of Samurai games, with positive reviews drawing player interest.
After a fairly positive launch for Rise of the Ronin, developer Team Ninja has been wasting no time in shipping patches and optimizing the game's overall experience, with the latest fixes coming bundled in two quickfire updates. The newest patch notes reveal changes across a spectrum of areas in Rise of the Ronin, from combat to navigation.
The samurai RPG Rise of the Ronin is a PS5 exclusive that follows the story of a Ronin, a samurai without a master, set in the Bakumatsu period of Japan. Since its release on March 22, the game has gone on to receive positive reviews, naturally drawing the interest of players. Thanks to the niche's rising popularity following releases like Nioh and Ghost of Tsushima, Rise of Ronin's take on Samurai and Japan has already struck a chord with a sizable audience.
Rise of the Ronin: Best Skills, Ranked
By unlocking these skills, Rise of the Ronin players can progress through the game quickly.
Rise of the Ronin developer Team Ninja recently released updates 1.02 and 1.03 within the space of a few days. In the 1.02 update, which launched on March 29, the developer brought a range of different fixes. The patch notes reveal that a bug where the enemies would become invincible or would have their character models or weapons disappear has been resolved. Moreover, the update also sorted out a bug in which an obtained skill or gadget stood a chance of getting lost for no reason. This particular bug fix will be retroactively implemented, meaning that those who lost unlocked items due to this bug will get those items back without starting a new campaign. Given how powerful some of Rise of the Ronin's weapons are, this fix could be seen as highly important.
Moving on, the 1.03 update, which arrived on April 4, revealed a few more changes that included a fix for a bug where the player would get locked out of a certain region of Rise of the Ronin's sprawling open world after exiting multiplayer. Another key change in this patch prevents the player's rifle from becoming unusable when doing certain weapon switching. These two fixes will also be reflected in the player's existing save files once the latest update has been applied.
Following Ghost of Tsushima's success in 2020, Rise of the Ronin has turned out to be yet another positively received entry in the Samurai game category. Other Team Ninja games, namely Nioh and Nioh 2, are also a part of this popular niche. With Sucker Punch Productions looking to build upon the success of its own Samurai game, the next big arrival for the fans of this genre could be the rumored Ghost of Tsushima 2.
Rise of the Ronin Update 1.02 Patch Notes
• Fixed an issue where obtained skills or developed technology could be lost
- Skills and technology lost due to this issue will be restored when applying this update.
• Fixed an issue where completion time for Cat Concierge, Pilgrim dog and Gardening in the Longhouse would be counted even when at PS5 home screen.
• Fixed issues where characters and horses were sinking into the ground.
• Fixed issues where enemies would become invincible during combat or their models or weapons could disappear.
• Fixed an issue where some equipment was not able to be selected at "Redesign".
Other fixes and improvements
Rise of the Ronin Update 1.03 Patch Notes
• Fixed an issue where players were sent back to Yokohama after online multiplayer and could not return to Edo.
- Saved data with this issue will be fixed after applying this update.
• Fixed an issue where treasure chests at Chiba Dojo and Military Academy in Edo would be open before discovered, causing collection rate not to increase.
• Fixed an issue where rifle could become unusable when changing arrow/earthenware ball/file pipe types while switching secondary weapon to rifle at the same time.
- Saved data with this issue will be fixed after applying this update.
Rise of the Ronin
- Released
- March 22, 2024
WHERE TO PLAY
FORGE YOUR FATE IN THIS EPIC NEW SAMURAI ACTION ADVENTURE Embark on an epic journey across war-torn 19th-century Japan in this combat-focused open-world action RPG from Team NINJA, the veteran studio behind Nioh and NINJA GAIDEN.
Japan, 1863. After three centuries of the Tokugawa Shogunate’s reign, the Black Ships of the West descend upon the nation’s borders and the country falls into a state of turmoil. Amidst the chaos of war, disease, and political unrest, a nameless warrior forges their own path, holding the very fate of Japan in their hands
- Developer(s)
- Team Ninja
- Publisher(s)
- Sony Interactive Entertainment
- Platform(s)
- PC, PlayStation 5
- Metascore
- 76
- Genre(s)
- Action RPG, Adventure, Open-World
