Rise of the Ronin was already having a tough begin on PC after its Steam launch final week, however the state of affairs simply received even worse as studies have begun rolling in from gamers about their save knowledge getting erased.
Koei Tecmo posted a response to the difficulty on Monday, stating, “We’re at present wanting into and investigating reported save knowledge points for Rise of the Ronin Steam version.” The weblog put up goes on to stipulate a couple of potential fixes, together with correcting conflicts with third-party file sharing providers like Dropbox, restoring from backup save knowledge, and guaranteeing you could have Steam Cloud turned on.
Koei Tecmo additionally shared a buyer help web page with much more steps that will resolve the difficulty, though for now it is nonetheless digging into the issue.
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Rise of the Ronin is one other crappy PC port, efficiency patch coming ‘quickly’
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Rise of the Ronin evaluation
Gamers report dropping hours of sport progress to this challenge, with many claiming they get an error code when closing the sport and discover their save information wiped. Some gamers have even stated native, handbook saves have been erased by this glitch, so it looks as if it is not solely a difficulty with cloud saves. It is nonetheless unclear whether or not the issue is a Steam Cloud glitch or an error on Koei Tecmo’s half, nevertheless it would not bode properly contemplating the PC port of Rise of the Ronin is already grappling with a slew of efficiency points.
Koei Tecmo has promised a patch to enhance PC efficiency, however in the intervening time recommends gamers decrease their FPS restrict to 60 to easy out graphics points. That is disappointing recommendation contemplating Koei Tecmo beforehand marketed 8K decision and 120 FPS for the PC version of the sport. It is no shock gamers are annoyed to see PS4-level visuals that battle to keep up a secure framerate even on high-end PCs, particularly contemplating most gamers appear to agree that the sport is in any other case a enjoyable expertise.
As PC Gamer’s Rise of the Ronin reviewer Joe Donnelly put it, “Don’t get me flawed, I like a rambling systems-heavy open-world motion RPG romp as a lot as the subsequent man. […] What I’m much less into is unpredictable efficiency points. I’m far much less enamoured by FPS counts that shuttle between single and triple digits quicker than a spherical of Household Feud.”
Inexplicably deleted save information are the very last thing Rise of the Ronin wants proper now, however hopefully there shall be a repair within the sorely-needed patch Koei Tecmo is engaged on. For now, nonetheless, Rise of the Ronin gamers could need to watch out that they save usually and double test that their save information are getting backed up in Steam Cloud correctly to attenuate the probability of dropping dozens of hours of progress to this save knowledge challenge.
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