@fallinggiraffe's review of Rise of the Ronin
★★★★
I had the most fun just running around the world completing objectives and clearing the map. Combat was a highlight for me. Parrying all the attacks in a long string felt really satisfying. I did have to change the voice acting to Japanese about 4 hours in though because the English voices were unbearable with the accents. My biggest gripe was with the story. The story has you taking both sides of a war but has you switching back and forth between sides every other mission. It’s very jarring accepting a quest from someone you just beat half to death 5 mins ago. Also the game is a choice based RPG but it has you following the actual historic events so there really is no player choice. I’d rather they just have you play as the actual historic characters if they didn’t want you to diverge from the history. You can also bond with your allies but the sheer number of them had me losing track of them except for the few main ones. Sometimes the game even has a “wait who are you” option. Overall I enjoyed playing the game but after the first chapter the story missions just became another box to check off.
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