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You’d be forgiven for not remembering that the storied Team Ninja put out its most ambitious game just a few weeks ago. Rise of the Ronin<\/a>, the studio’s open-world epic, landed with a bit of a thud.<\/p>\n

The action RPG was generally favourably reviewed by critics, and received well enough by players, but it clearly didn’t satisfy longtime followers of the studio, or really anyone who thought it would be an evolution of the Nioh games.<\/p>\n

As it turns out, Koei Tecmo and Team Ninja may have made the right decisions with that one.<\/p>\n

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You’d be forgiven for not remembering that the storied Team Ninja put out its most ambitious game just a few weeks ago. Rise of the Ronin, the studio’s open-world epic, landed with a bit of a thud. The action RPG was generally favourably reviewed by critics, and received well enough by players, but it clearly didn’t satisfy longtime followers of the studio, or really anyone who thought it would be an evolution of the Nioh games. As it turns out, Koei Tecmo and Team Ninja may have made the right decisions with that one. 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