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Taishogun The Rise of Emperor (sic) is a hack and slash game released for the PlayStation 4 on March 12, 2021, developed by Gilson B. Pontes and published by LGS Productions. It is Pontes' fifth game to date, after 2020's Shadow the Ronin: The Revenge to the Samurai.

Why It Sucks

 * 1) The game's graphical quality is as abysmal as ever, with cel-shaded graphics, low-resolution grass textures, and a murky filter which blurs around most of the environments. There is also an obnoxious sunset filter, which shines so brightly it can obscure the game's camera.
 * 2) * The player's "sword brandishing" animation leaves a very noticeable red afterimage behind.
 * 3) As with Shadow the Ronin, The Rise of Emperor has a desolate overworld, with only a couple of buildings, trees, and stereotypical Asian decorations breaking the illusion of an entirely flat plain. However, the flat overworld model is actually a downgrade from the typically rugged terrain of the previous Gilson games.
 * 4) When not fighting enemies, the game features running around the barren overworld with nothing in between. It's even more tedious than in Shadow the Ronin, as this game has no swimming feature.
 * 5) As can be expected of a Gilson B. Pontes game, the enemies can one-shot the player with a single swing of their swords. The unfair combat is compounded by the fact that the only means of avoiding enemy attacks is a dodge roll, which prevents the player from attacking while granting intangibility to most attacks.
 * 6) The Rise of Emperor ' s hub world consists of several long, narrow pathways, which each lead to a portal taking the player to one of the game's levels. There is nothing to do here other than run to your destination.
 * 7) The Rise of Emperor ' s PlayStation Store page describes a faux-epic story of two military clans, which seemingly has no bearing on the actual game itself.
 * 8) The trailer features obvious screen tearing and premade-sounding music loops.
 * 9) To compensate for the lack of swimming, the player can now ride a horse, which doesn't travel much faster than when running on foot.

Redeeming Qualities

 * 1) Jim Sterling praised The Rise of Emperor for using the PlayStation's controller speaker function, in their otherwise scathing review.
 * 2) At $9.99, the game is relatively cheap in comparison to Gilson's previous PlayStation games, which cost about $20-30.

Gilson B. Pontes's harassment of Jim Sterling
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