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Rise of the Ronin is Assassin's Creed with Killer Combat

The Besties

Mar 22, 2024 07:00 53m 50.2 MB
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Team Ninja has been busy!

In the past five years, the studio released Dead or Alive 6, Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3, Nioh 2, Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin, and Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty. Their latest game, Rise of the Ronin, compiles everything they learned into their most ambitious project: a sprawling open-world samurai adventure set in a recreation of mid-19th century Japan.

Rise of the Ronin takes the “something for everyone” approach, blending the exploration and loot systems of recent Assassin’s Creed games with the quick-reflex sword fighting of the studio’s Nioh series. This video game smoothie is quite delicious — if you can stomach the occasional funky chunk of game mechanics.

In the back half, we talk about our favorite under-appreciated open-world games.

Get the full list of games (and other stuff) discussed at www.besties.fan. Want more episodes? Join us at patreon.com/thebesties for three bonus episodes each month!

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Show: The Besties

Host: Griffin McElroy, Justin McElroy, Chris Plante, Russ Frushtick

Series: The Besties

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Published: Mar 22, 2024 07:00

Duration: 53m

File Size: 50.2 MB

Episode ID: the_besties_rise_of_the_ronin_is_assassins_creed_with_killer_combat

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