Should you’re among the many tens of millions of gamers presently having fun with Monster Hunter Wilds, or the various others holding out hope that Murderer’s Creed Shadows gained’t be a disappointment, there’s one different main March launch that probably fell off your radar.
That, in fact, being the PC launch of Rise of the Ronin, the once-PS5 unique recreation from Nioh and Ninja Gaiden maker Workforce Ninja. The sport arrived Tuesday on Steam with what may solely be described as a thud.
Rise of the Ronin is lastly on PC, some one yr after its preliminary launch on PS5. As Workforce Ninja’s subsequent massive recreation, and the follow-up to the distinctive Nioh sequence, there was rather a lot using on it kicking off a brand new franchise for writer Koei Tecmo.
Sadly, the sport disillusioned a lot of those that come to Workforce Ninja’s recreation for a really particular expertise, and did not seize the extra informal viewers due to simply how predictable and samey the expertise it presents is, in comparison with its contemporaries. Should you had been hoping the PC launch would revive curiosity within the recreation, and maybe enable it to make a greater impression, you’re sadly going to be disillusioned.
Rise of the Ronin has peaked at a meagre 12,105 gamers on Steam following its launch (by way of SteamDB), a far cry from the figures latest main releases from Workforce Ninja, comparable to Nioh 2, and Wo Lengthy: Fallen Dynasty managed to drag. That is notably unusual approaching the heels of Dynasty Warriors: Origins, which was an enormous hit for KT, peaking at a really respectable 69,483 concurrent gamers when it launched in January.
The participant reception to Rise of the Ronin isn’t a lot better, both, with slightly below 1,000 person evaluations on Steam, and an general score of Combined. Alongside the same old cavalcade of complaints about efficiency, many gamers don’t like how, properly, Murderer’s Creed-y it feels.
Granted, there’s nonetheless room for issues to enhance all through the week and possibly even get a lift over the weekend. We’ve definitely seen video games begin gradual and garner extra gamers as phrase of mouth spreads, however these video games normally begin off with a lot larger numbers.
It’s exhausting to have excessive hopes, nevertheless, on condition that Ronin’s launch is sandwiched between titans like Monster Hunter, and the upcoming Murderer’s Creed Shadows – one other recreation additionally protecting an analogous period in Japan, and providing related gameplay.
