Rise of the Ronin - PS5 Tech Review - A Superb Action RPG... But Can It Sustain 60FPS?

Digital Foundry is sponsored by MSI’s new range of next-gen QD OLED gaming monitors. Learn more about these displays here: Click here for your chance to win a MSI 271QRX 360Hz QD OLED (UK only): Developer Team Ninja returns once more with its excellent combat design - this time taking its in-house engine to the open road. Rise of the Ronin presents a huge landscape to freely explore, all built to suit PS5 as a sole platform target. However even with the dedicated PS5 development, the game’s frame-rate has issues on all three of its modes - as Tom covers in detail. Subscribe for more Digital Foundry: Join the DF Patreon to support the team more directly and to get access to everything we do via pristine quality downloads: Want some DF-branded tee-shirts, mugs, hoodies and more? Check out our store: For commercial enquiries, please contact business@ 00:00 Sponsored by MSI QD OLED 00:36 Introduction 03:06 Visual Features 06:14 PS5 Performance vs Graphics vs Ray Tracing Mode Comparisons 10:13 Performance Mode FPS Test 11:43 Graphics Mode FPS Test 15:10 Ray Tracing Mode FPS Test 15:32 Analysis and Conclusion