Rise Of The Ronin Map Size Compared To Ghost Of Tsushima's
and are two epic samurai RPGs, taking place in different parts of Japan, and set hundreds of years apart. As one of PlayStation's biggest exclusives of the year thus far, the anticipation for was immense, and the game has mostly lived up to high expectations. From the developer Team Ninja, the game brings familiar elements with parallels to other samurai games from the last several years.
From the moment was announced, the comparisons to were inevitable. While there are some glaring similarities, is out to deliver something different from – and for the most part, it finds success in this endeavor. Set roughly 600 years apart and on entirely different parts of the Japanese archipelago, there are plenty of resemblances and discrepancies of note between the maps of these two samurai games.
The most obvious metric when comparing open world RPG maps is how they scale up to one another. Size is one of the striking similarities between the two games' maps, with measuring at 10.4 square miles, and at 11 square miles. However, the two maps are laid out entirely differently – is more of a vertical venture, moving northward and steadily unlocking more as the story progresses. unlocks a more lateral portion of the map, Yokohama, immediately, with entirely new and unconnected standalone areas such as Edo and Kyoto being unlocked later.
Once progressing into Edo in, it is possible to return to Yokohama and explore or even replay old missions using The Testament of the Soul, which becomes available shortly after reaching Edo.
While there is a roughly equal area to traverse in and, the terrain could not be more different. 's landscapes are vastly diverse, full of mountains, beautiful open plains, and beaches, each accompanied by beautifully colorful biomes like lush green grass, snow, and other areas that have been burned to ash. 's environment offers much less variety; different corners and areas of the map feel almost identical, marked by thin, green forests and small villages,
