r/riseoftheronin

I played this game from PS+ and really loved it, so I bought the physical disc from a store.

It cost me 500 Baht (around $15). I played the game from the disc without any updates (Ver 1.00) to see the differences between this version and the latest patch.

I played until I got Violent Gale, and my god, Violent Gale feels really bad to use! It's so slow and you can’t cancel into martial arts, you have to wait for the animation to end before you can use them. Before you can pull that combo off, the enemy's panic state is already gone, and you get punished by the enemy’s hyper armor.

And almost every martial art costs more Ki. For example, the paired sword's Mumyo-ryu (R1 + Square) costs 1.5/4 of your maximum Ki, Kyoshin-ryu (R1 + Square) costs almost half of your Ki, and Niten-ryu (R1 + Triangle) costs double Ki compare to the latest patch. I could go on and on.

I can see why people use only normal attacks instead of martial arts—they simply use too much Ki.

The interesting part in this version is that you can bypass Violent Gale by pre-switching your stance and pressing R1 to perform a blade flash instead, or pre-switching your stance to perform martial arts. However, it is really hard to pull off because you need perfect frame timing for both.

And here’s another thing I noticed in this version

- accessory from blue demon only has one sub stat

- in this version they call “blade flash gauge“ Instead of “blood gauge”

- sub-missions icon are different

- some gear with Exquisite rarity doesn’t have sub stat, they only have set bonus

- Some sub stat have a different color (for example, ”attack+damage taken“ is always blue, but in this version, it is green)

- world map always have fog you have to go there to clear the fog first

- some dual sword thug has the same move-set like ninja they can use shuriken and run to you really fast

Sorry, English is not my first language, but I just want to share something I find interesting. I hope you understand. 🙏

If I notice anything different, I'm going to come back and update this post or maybe make another post.

Blue demon’s accessory only has one fixed sub stat

Different Icon sub-missions

Not have sub stat only have set bonus

Call blade flash gauge instead of blood gauge

Different colors sub stat

Hi i already posted before in this subreddit a similar question with another weapon (odachi) and you guys proved your point fair and trought after i tried it days in the dojo and in a new playtrough. Now i picked up a polearm mostly for the hayabusa ryu and the grappling move you get from sana chiba combat style if i am correct. Now I am in act 1 soo any tips or suggestions?

(i use paired swords as my secondary plus if my english is wrote bad is because it isnt my first language sorry )

Thank you all!

SO Im about to do the mission Before the Dawn and i have 100% on every thing else. All chests, cast, shrines ETC. every area is 100% bond etc.

I have done all missions, ronin missions and new peopl emissions Except Katsus 2nd mission "Building a nation".

I came available, then i did 1 story missions, just 1 which automatically took me onto 2 more main missions (ffs). Now the quest is locked -_-. States "You cannot proceed with this request now. "

My bond with him is maxed, i went back in testement of the soul to choose the PRO shogun path. Still locked.

Why?! and how do i get past this without doing the last mission. All i want is the outfit reward that looks badass. Theres no point doing the final mission (which might unlock his 2nd bond mission to do that then get his outfit when i have nothing else left to do.

HELP

First thing, I made a post saying the game was not fun. Its now been a week almost and now I am REALLY enjoying it! So much to do. I don't really mess with the battle styles at all, don't think it matter to much on Dawn difficulty. But I like all you can do in general.

Now, is this game common for crashing? It's crashed about 7 times since I installed it last week with the "DXGI_ERROR_DEVICE_REMOVED". I just restarted the game no issue, except for the one time it left my system sluggish.

I ran a OCCT vram, gpu, cpu....etc tests and had no issues. I even removed my GPU drivers and freshly installed some and restarted the PC. Not sure what it could be. I have a 5"RTX 5070 12G SHADOW 3X OC 12GB".

I will say, I was playing Ghost of Tsushima for a month and it crashed only once, same error. And looking at the logs, its only done it for these two games. When I got the card in Sept last year, I played Borderlands 4 mostly maxed out in 2K. Never crashed.

Again, not sure if its this game as I've never seen so many crashes before. I did see other have issues but no one seems to know what causes them.

So I recently played Ghost of Tshumia on PC. Blew my mind. Gave me hope for this generation of Samrurai/Ninja games. To note, note into Dark Soul type stuff. A few people told me if I liked GoT, I would enjoy RotR. And don't get me wrong, now that I am in the open world finally, it can be fun.

But the game feels more like an arcade kinda Dynasty Warriors with its combat. I was hoping for more realistic/deadly combat. Not "Hit the enemy 20 times before they die!". I hate bullet sponge type games. Admiteddly though at least I can assassinate people from behind, and the rifle for example, one shots people in the head, up close.

But the gameplay for the combat I don't really like. Any mods or way to change it? Even if it just lowered enemy health so they weren't sponges?

Another issue is the game seems complicated. There are so many buttons and things to remember. Even more so when attacking. It's kind of confusing and overwhelming. I'm sure in time I will learn it better of course. I'll also say I realize this is a Japanese-made game. And Team Ninja and Koei are known for their arcade like combat. I do enjoy Dynasty Warriors for example, but I was still hoping for more like GoT.

BTW I don't think the game is bad or anything, like I said, I am enjoying it. Just combat throws me off the most, maybe its because I am fresh from GoT. Someone also told me Assassins Creed Shadow is good, but I hated AC by the second game and it was the same boring formula. NOt sure if the games ever developed and made better changes overtime or not.