February 2025 will be a month full of top -class releases. Next to,andThe new obsidian role-playing game also awaits usAnd a new one. Until the beginning of January also stoodFrom Ubisoft on the release list for the next month.
Then Ubisoft decided to push the Japan-A back back, among other things, for more fine-tuning in the parkour system. The current release date is on March 20-actually a safe date far from other large AAA publications.
But as the Japanese publisher Koei Tecmo now announced, Shadows now gets competition in the Samurai genre. Because withfinds on March 11th,Just nine days before ShadowsA former PlayStation exclusive title on the PC, in which you can also snap with the Katana through droving opponents and even climb to towers.
What is Rise of the Ronin about?
In Rise of the Ronin you experience Japan at the turning point for modernity. After 250 years of voluntary state final (seeSakoku) Forcing the United States in Japan's opening in 1853. The Shogunat has nothing to oppose the modern cannons of the foreign powers. The traditional order of the samurai breaks down.
In the midst of this chaos you have to go in search of your former partner Blade Twin as a stray samurai (Ronin). In doing so, she is tracking down a conspiracy that extends to the highest government districts of Japan.
Our tester Elena finds:If you like demanding fights, Rise of the Ronin is just the thing for you. With the historic Japan of the Bakumatsu era, the open-world soulslike also provides an unused setting. You only have to accept compromises with the story.
Hokkaido am horizon
But apart from Rise of the Ronin, there is still this yearPotent Samurai competition for the new Assassin's Creed. Because probably in the second half of the year should beThe successor to the PlayStation action hitappear.
Too much is not yet known for the Tsushima sequel, but Yotei should play in a similar time frame as AC Shadows. As Ronin Atsu, it will be on the North Japanese island of Hokkaido in 1603. Compared to the predecessor Tsushima, you should have significantly more decision -making options in the history of the story in Yotei.
At least Ubisoft boss Yves Guillemot is not too much afraid of Ghost of Yotei. In autumn 2024 he wrote in a financial report with regard to the new competitive situation:There is plenty of space for high quality games. Both can sell well
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Basically, Guillemot is certainly right. A quäntche caution is still required in the words of the CEO - after all, it was the one who was still of aAAAA-TITEL
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