Developer Team Ninja has launched a brand new behind-the-scenes video for the upcoming PlayStation 5 unique, Rise of the Rōnin, and it options new gameplay displaying off the sport’s robust and quick motion fight. Unsurprisingly, the sport continues to look nice.
This new have a look at the sport’s motion options dialog from recreation producer and director Fumihiko Yasuda and animation lead Kosuke Wakamatsu discussing how Team Ninja approached the fight. They say it began with figuring out the completely different ideologies inside Rōnin historical past, why sure people fought the way in which they did, and the way that interprets to a recreation aiming to be genuine to the Bakumatsu historical past.
Check it the brand new Rise of the Rōnin gameplay for your self under:
Yasuda and Wakamatsu talk about the Bakamutsu interval of Japan’s historical past and the way the introduction of Western weapons, like firearms, dramatically modified the way in which Rōnin went about battle. Instead of simply katanas and up-close weaponry, firearms compelled warriors to adapt to new sorts of ranged fight. This led to using firearms like pistols alongside swords, bayonets, and extra.
If using weapons has you frightened Rise of the Rōnin will not ship the quick and troublesome up-close motion Team Ninja is thought for, concern not. “Action remains at the core of Rise of the Rōnin [and] it is the culmination of our previous work on action games at Team Ninja,” Yasuda says within the video.
Wakamatsu provides, “Team Ninja’s action is known for its high speed and difficulty, [and] we feel it’s part of the players’ expectations as well.”
Elsewhere within the video, the 2 builders talk about Rise of the Rōnin’s bond system, which permits NPC characters to hitch the protagonist’s journey. You may even swap to completely different characters for particular strikes. The video ends with one other have a look at the counter system within the recreation’s fight.
For extra in regards to the recreation, take a look at this Rise of the Rōnin gameplay trailer from final month, after which take a look at Game Informer’s preview ideas on Rise of the Rōnin after speaking with the crew in December.
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