• Koei Tecmo’s Rise of the Ronin runs poorly on the RTX 4090 with stuttering in a number of segments
• Body charges in-game might be excessive, however gameplay suggests in any other case with slow-motion NPCs
• It provides to the listing of poorly optimized video games on PC this era

Koei Tecmo’s Rise of the Ronin just lately launched on PC after being unique to Sony’s PS5 for nearly a 12 months – and but once more, it is one other story of a poorly optimized PC port reportedly struggling even on high-end configurations.

In keeping with TweakTown, Rise of the Ronin struggles to run on an RTX 4090 at 4K with fixed stutters and slow-motion bugs whereas utilizing DLSS. The in-game body charge counter supposedly signifies a variety of between 40 to 60fps (frames per second), however the gameplay suggests in any other case – and Steam evaluations corroborate these complaints as many customers are refusing to suggest shopping for the title till the problems are addressed.

It is price noting {that a} patch has already been launched that’s supposed to supply a repair for stuttering in sure ‘levels and circumstances’ within the sport – however once more, suggestions from gamers signifies this has achieved little to resolve the foremost efficiency considerations.

Contemplating the consensus concerning the sport’s graphical constancy – it’s been accused of being fairly poor for AAA requirements – it is a larger shock to see that the sport fails to run at acceptable ranges. Often, video games which have superior graphics like Cyberpunk 2077 are anticipated to be demanding (whereas nonetheless being properly optimized) even for high-end {hardware}, however Rise of the Ronin‘s graphics do not even come near that stage, and but it fails to carry out properly.

Do not hassle in search of a GPU improve, not till sport builders optimize video games higher

There’s nothing that infuriates me extra about PC gaming than poor sport optimization, and it is a disgrace this continues to be a pattern in 2025. Avid gamers paying for a GPU like Nvidia’s RTX 4090 and nonetheless dealing with main body charge drops in video games (even with upscaling), is downright unacceptable.

It is even worse while you notice that video games price a ridiculous $70 / £70 / AU$100 whereas failing to run with out game-breaking bugs and frequent stutters, leaving players having to attend for future patches. Sport builders additionally appear to be more and more counting on upscaling applied sciences like DLSS to resolve instances of poor optimization, which is regarding.

I can see why PC players are getting exasperated by poor PC sport variations, particularly in the event that they’ve paid some huge cash for a high-end GPU, and it seems like probably the greatest methods to point out your frustration is by voting together with your pockets and never purchase any sport that has extreme points on PC – and ensuring you get a refund if you’re sad together with your buy (most sport shops like Steam have a method to request your a reimbursement).

It is about time this pattern of poor PC ports involves an finish, so we are able to all lastly get pleasure from PC gaming with none restraints on efficiency.

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