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  1. Sep 9, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. disappointing
    Bad open world
    Terrible combat system
    Didn't play to their strengths at all
    Far inferior to his predecessors
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  2. Aug 24, 2023
    0
    This game manages to be more generic than the entire Zelda franchise. And to be more generic than Zeldas, it's enough to be a good SoulsLikes, that is, games made easy for players who only know how to press two buttons.

    The game has a universe 100% empty of content. The game simply boils down to killing monsters and repeating the same gameplay over and over again. Game difficulty is
    This game manages to be more generic than the entire Zelda franchise. And to be more generic than Zeldas, it's enough to be a good SoulsLikes, that is, games made easy for players who only know how to press two buttons.

    The game has a universe 100% empty of content. The game simply boils down to killing monsters and repeating the same gameplay over and over again.

    Game difficulty is absolutely 0 like any SoulsLike, learn the time to dodge rolling and the right time to hit the enemy. Okay, that's the generic SoulsLike game.

    The story is non-existent and the game only has a few minor RPG elements, but make no mistake, this is no RPG.

    Graphics are average. The game takes place in the middle of 2022 and the character cannot just go into the water.

    Unfortunately games have become too industrial and it seems that being industrial is overtaking GOTY for some journalists.
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  3. Aug 11, 2023
    0
    Utter piece of trash

    Clunky movement and slowpoke speed moving and attacking Bad controls on keyboard and mouse Can't rebind most keys No way to aim without auto aim Dodge with the lightest armor doesn't give you enough distance Coop is a piece of sht Enemies ignore terrain and obstacles and jump like rabbits Nothing is properly explained You're always starved for money Money
    Utter piece of trash

    Clunky movement and slowpoke speed moving and attacking
    Bad controls on keyboard and mouse
    Can't rebind most keys
    No way to aim without auto aim
    Dodge with the lightest armor doesn't give you enough distance
    Coop is a piece of sht
    Enemies ignore terrain and obstacles and jump like rabbits
    Nothing is properly explained
    You're always starved for money
    Money is used to upgrades everything even your skills
    Upgrades feel pointless
    Game forces you to die over and over to explore little by little
    Very hard to find items to upgrade gear which is what matters the most
    Graphics look underwelming
    Mana prices are two heavy
    Too hard and costly to respec
    Game forces you to memorize every enemy pattern after dying to them, instead of giving you tools to evade getting killed in the first place
    Death is cheap and common

    People will enter your game and murder you for fun and you have no control over this

    30 euros in the garbage
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  4. Jul 31, 2023
    4
    It suffers from stutter and low fps even using high-end configurations. It contains all the historical issues present in Fromsoftware's past titles.
  5. Jul 30, 2023
    4
    Anyone remember the end of Dark Souls 3? About letting the old cycles end and allowing a new era to begin? Miyazaki doesn't.
    Elden Ring sounds the creative death knell for Miyazaki. Copying, reskinning, and garbling graphical assets, combat systems, story beats, and more popularized by his own games and past games made by other studios (most of which are superior to this) for a
    Anyone remember the end of Dark Souls 3? About letting the old cycles end and allowing a new era to begin? Miyazaki doesn't.
    Elden Ring sounds the creative death knell for Miyazaki. Copying, reskinning, and garbling graphical assets, combat systems, story beats, and more popularized by his own games and past games made by other studios (most of which are superior to this) for a Bethesda-style cash grab is not what anyone expected, given their reputation. Deliberately obfuscating a poorly recycled storyline wasn't enough for them: they had to insert mangled vestiges of other games' combat systems via unoptimized code blocks to even claim any kind of innovation. Let's not forget the recycled, sparse undead (but really very dead) open 'world' with next to no sense of physical geography, no internal logic, no emergent gameplay, and no relevant physics. Bungling every unnecessary feature of open-worlds was their last 'innovation'. Map towers, random enemy camps, obvious area and level transitions, unnecessary, repetitive 'dungeons', an oddly ultra-modern, but repetitive and tedious interface, a compass and map that handily remove exploration, an idiotic leveling 'system', unnecessary crafting, endless unnecessary fast-travel, a deliberately removed hub area, and an unnecessary mount that trivializes the entire 'world' are all among those features. Even the closed areas that don't follow the above tropes are, at this stage, desperately lacking in unique mechanics and even visuals that distinguish them. Speaking of visuals, the three dozen or so decent vistas and varied skies across Middle Earth do not compensate for the hideous 2D trees and grass textures, blurry rocks, poor FX, or the layout of all these contrasting elements in the game world. The flaws of the combat system include but are not limited to: endless enemy recycling, enemies are routinely unassailable, lightning-quick, and damage sponges, camera tracking, invisible poise, useless armor, recycled animations, unadjusted hitboxes, 'stealth', 'classes', the balancing of every item, ash of war, and spirit ash, the distribution of upgrade materials, only 50-70 of the 238 boss encounters are unique, and more.
    Want a better version of this game in all aspects? Go for any Souls game, or Bloodborne, or Sekiro. Clearly, Miyazaki forgot how to.
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  6. Jul 20, 2023
    0
    I'm going to **** the people who made this game. How hard is it to add an easy mode? The game is very nice gameplay, graphics, but I can't have fun because of the difficulty
  7. Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Like all FromSoft games, the more rewardingly difficult gameplay out there.

    The story is interesting but confusing, and the way to fill in missing pieces is read descriptions of items, or go watch youtuber's and their lore videos.

    Graphics are solid, you can turn into the moon, 10/10
  8. Jun 27, 2023
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I dont know how this game could get 10/10 in most reviews when it came you. So firstly the basics - settings Why the **** do you open map with G?
    Why you jump with F?
    Why you use Q instead of E to accept
    Why you run and dodge with same key - Space

    Just because of this stupid keybinding this game should not ever have gotten 10/10
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    I know that they tried to be original but Wtf mate... jumping with F? am I playing fokin jump king or what?
    I know that you can rebind but they just shoud have kept normal settings and not try to be original...
    Also if you press E and left click you can hold your weapon two handed... How am I supposed to know that, when they dont tell you. -
    And thats a huge problem with most games like that. If i install game -> I want to PLAY IT. And
    Not learn... or google mechanics to actually be able to play it.

    Also constantly repeating killing the same enemies... like tree sentinel. I killed him like
    5 times wtf?
    If they are not able to keep that game original but have to repeat enemies constantly just make the map smaller but better and more original etc...
    Why is everyone trying to make huge maps that just repeats enemies like 20 times.

    Graphics is extremely good but thats it.
    And story? Warcraft 3 thats 20 years old has better story than this overrated ****

    Otherwise its just boring and it feels like simulator... Killing the same enemies over and over again. Zzzz
    Just another overhyped game. Maybe on controller its better when you just lay down and relax. But if you playing on pc there is dozens of better and more enjoyable games to play.
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  9. Jun 26, 2023
    0
    One of the best games in 2022. Visuals, Gameplay, even story man! what else do you need?
  10. Jun 17, 2023
    0
    This game might not be as good as Dark Souls 3, but I have to tell you, compared to all the releases we get nowadays, this is a masterpiece.

    The biggest issue as it was mentioned below, is the bad port for PC, they have not figured how to implement the controls on PC in a decent way yet.
  11. Jun 9, 2023
    2
    -The graphics are oldfashioned.
    -Dark Souls series were really good as each of linear games but this one struggled to be an open world game as all other games do but it failed very badly since the game repeats itself and the ruins the atmosphere.
    -The story is incredibly booring and foolish. -Mini bosses and dungeons repeat itself too much. -Very bad optimization the kiss of its death
    -The graphics are oldfashioned.
    -Dark Souls series were really good as each of linear games but this one struggled to be an open world game as all other games do but it failed very badly since the game repeats itself and the ruins the atmosphere.
    -The story is incredibly booring and foolish.
    -Mini bosses and dungeons repeat itself too much.
    -Very bad optimization the kiss of its death upon all these cons.
    -The end of the story doesn't look interesting and pretty ordinary.

    It's hard to understand how those who like this game. Looks like they have no clue about games or they're just teenagers playing these kind of games recently.
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  12. Jun 7, 2023
    4
    Fromsoft has been making the exact same games, except Seikiro, for a decade and the fanboys keep praising them for their horrendous design games. I have no idea what they been smoking while saying the game is fun, but the gameplay is utterly sh*t. The game is not hard because it is hard, it is hard because the gameplay is clunky and terribly designed. I've been playing it for 10+ hours andFromsoft has been making the exact same games, except Seikiro, for a decade and the fanboys keep praising them for their horrendous design games. I have no idea what they been smoking while saying the game is fun, but the gameplay is utterly sh*t. The game is not hard because it is hard, it is hard because the gameplay is clunky and terribly designed. I've been playing it for 10+ hours and find absolutely zero enjoyment out of it. The art direction is very nice, I'll give them that.
    In conclusion, this is the most overrated garbage I have ever played since Monster Hunter World. Game of the year my ass.
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  13. May 8, 2023
    4
    A game that should have never been made. The fact that this title is so successful has shown how sad the human race is. The game Is always punishing you because the whole uniqueness of the game is the difficulty. The open world feels extremely boring and I find myself frequently installing then uninstalling it. I don't want to devote my time to a game with crushing difficulty that mightA game that should have never been made. The fact that this title is so successful has shown how sad the human race is. The game Is always punishing you because the whole uniqueness of the game is the difficulty. The open world feels extremely boring and I find myself frequently installing then uninstalling it. I don't want to devote my time to a game with crushing difficulty that might pay of when you win but who's got time for that. HOW IS IT POSSIBLE I LOVE DARK SOULS 2 AND 3 AND BLOODBORNE but hate this. Maybe cause From soft saw how stupid people have become and were like "hey let's just make Dark Souls but open world" GOTY? This isn't even game of the month for me. The game makes you seem like your in control according to its lame story but your actually not. If you love repetition and fighting in the same area a hundred times then finally beating it and doing the same at the next area this game is for you. Otherwise please stay away from this lazy cash grab of a game. The gaming world's low standards for video games is why this game was such a hit. Expand
  14. May 5, 2023
    0
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  15. Mar 18, 2023
    0
    No ultrawide support, they even went the extra mile to add black bars... That is bad practice if anything.
  16. Mar 15, 2023
    1
    This trash dark souls like games, nerds talk only about difficulty, but they never played For Honor - lol.
  17. Mar 8, 2023
    2
    to gra w ktorej czujesz sie jak bys byl 90 letnim wojownikiem który ledwie jest w stanie unieść miecz i się nim posługiwać a walczy się z w pełni sil wyszkolonymi przeciwnikami
    nie mówiąc już o okropnym porcie beznadziejnych kontrolsach i jeszcze gorszym prowadzeniu kamery
    mobki bija prze ściany bossowie zamiast używać jakiś taktyk spamują rożnego rodzaju aoe zadawające wielkie
    to gra w ktorej czujesz sie jak bys byl 90 letnim wojownikiem który ledwie jest w stanie unieść miecz i się nim posługiwać a walczy się z w pełni sil wyszkolonymi przeciwnikami
    nie mówiąc już o okropnym porcie beznadziejnych kontrolsach i jeszcze gorszym prowadzeniu kamery
    mobki bija prze ściany
    bossowie zamiast używać jakiś taktyk spamują rożnego rodzaju aoe zadawające wielkie obrażenia
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  18. Mar 6, 2023
    0
    I bought this game the day it released not knowing what to expect and I've been playing it for a whole year.. The world is mesmerizing. The game doesnt hold your hand like other RPG's, you have to explore and meet wacky characters.. I agree that quests can be a bit complicated but nothing extra hard.. This game really deserves a GOTY and I do believe that 30% of the people that gave thisI bought this game the day it released not knowing what to expect and I've been playing it for a whole year.. The world is mesmerizing. The game doesnt hold your hand like other RPG's, you have to explore and meet wacky characters.. I agree that quests can be a bit complicated but nothing extra hard.. This game really deserves a GOTY and I do believe that 30% of the people that gave this game a bad score got FELLED BY MARGIT THE GREAT Expand
  19. Mar 4, 2023
    0
    This game has the worst combat of any game I have played. It's worse than the first Witcher game. All the attack animations are slower than molasses in January. Blocking animation takes forever. The game is designed to make grind to level your character, by going back to respawning enemies which has always been cheap and terrible game design. After finishing this trash in 120 mindThis game has the worst combat of any game I have played. It's worse than the first Witcher game. All the attack animations are slower than molasses in January. Blocking animation takes forever. The game is designed to make grind to level your character, by going back to respawning enemies which has always been cheap and terrible game design. After finishing this trash in 120 mind numbing hours in this slog, I have no idea what the story is even about. Expand
  20. Feb 26, 2023
    4
    It is not the best game in the world. It's just one of the representatives of a cancerous game genre that appeals to a specific players.

    It's a game with its own unique genre and it's unique in its gameplay and storytelling. It doesn't appeal to everyone. It's not a game that even every RPG player can play. That being the case, it's impossible to say that Elden Ring is the best in the
    It is not the best game in the world. It's just one of the representatives of a cancerous game genre that appeals to a specific players.

    It's a game with its own unique genre and it's unique in its gameplay and storytelling. It doesn't appeal to everyone. It's not a game that even every RPG player can play. That being the case, it's impossible to say that Elden Ring is the best in the world when it's a game with such sharp boundaries, and it's impossible to match the reality of the Soulslike genre.

    Those who make such comments have never played another game in their lives and are pathetic enough to think that beating a boss in such games is an achievement. They are also stupid enough to characterize anyone who thinks differently about such games other than themselves as incompetent.

    Stay away from such games and fan bases. Waste of time.
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  21. Feb 10, 2023
    0
    Absolutely unplayable garbage, and I don't mean the games technics. It runs fine. Rather the game itself is bizarrely overhyped garbage. Elden Ring is a game of pure power leveling. You absolutely cannot improvise or out smart your enemies, you are either at a certain power level and will win, or you are at a certain power level and will lose regardless of what you do. The enemies are allAbsolutely unplayable garbage, and I don't mean the games technics. It runs fine. Rather the game itself is bizarrely overhyped garbage. Elden Ring is a game of pure power leveling. You absolutely cannot improvise or out smart your enemies, you are either at a certain power level and will win, or you are at a certain power level and will lose regardless of what you do. The enemies are all stupid mindless trolls that just repeatedly run over you or are crushed by you, nothing else happens in combat. It is the dumbest combat I've ever experienced in a game, immensely stressful in its stolid, simplistic stupidity. As for the lore and supposed great story with GRRM, it's a big nothing burger. There is literally no there there. Everything in the narrative is an anomalous grab bag of emo fantasy cliches. The imbecile nature of the game's structure prevents anything remotely resembling fluidity in the narrative. It's a great empty hodgepodge. Never before have I so baffled by the praise of something, not even mere videogames. This is the most wrongly hyped trash in history. Expand
  22. Feb 7, 2023
    0
    Es un juego que sin lugar a dudas tiene mucho trabajo detrás y que tiene algún boss y algún escenario más o menos currado. No obstante el mundo abierto está repleto de relleno, misiones absurdas y jefes repetidos que arruinan completamente la experiencia.
    Es una verdadera lástima que viniendo de auténticos juegazos emocionantes como Sekiro y Dark Souls 3, Elden Ring se vuelva cada vez más
    Es un juego que sin lugar a dudas tiene mucho trabajo detrás y que tiene algún boss y algún escenario más o menos currado. No obstante el mundo abierto está repleto de relleno, misiones absurdas y jefes repetidos que arruinan completamente la experiencia.
    Es una verdadera lástima que viniendo de auténticos juegazos emocionantes como Sekiro y Dark Souls 3, Elden Ring se vuelva cada vez más aburrido según te vas acercando al final.
    Es imposible jugar sin una guía del juego para saber por que camino hay que ir constantemente, que objeto tienes que coger, donde buscarlo, con que personaje tienes que hablar, que puerta tienes que abrir. En ocasiones teniendo que moverte de un extremo a otro del mapa, lo cual se hace insufrible.

    Los bosses la mayoría no suponen un gran reto gracias a la capacidad de invocar o farmear.

    En definitiva es un juego que sería recomendable de no ser porque lo han alargado artificialmente para que dure más.
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  23. Jan 28, 2023
    0
    A fantastic player experience, couldn't have asked for more. Does a great job raising the stakes compared to the Souls series and Bloodborne. Great innovation opening the world to even more exploration.
  24. Jan 27, 2023
    0
    My PC: RTX 2080super, R7 3700x, 32GB RAM, NVME SSD;
    Recommended System Reqs for this game: GTX 1070, R5 3600x, 16GB RAM;

    My PC simply cannot handle the game, the performance is awful, even worse than on PS5 while PS5 GPU is an equivalent of RTX 2070. So, there simply no optimization for PC players. Issued a refund after 1.5 hours of playing since the game is technically unplayable for me: 0/10
  25. Jan 24, 2023
    1
    I just don't get it, It is one of the worst game I have played for a while.

    Performances and Portability: Even with a RTX 4070 TI, there are FPS drops! (On a dedicated SSD) Not compatible with Wide screen. (My opinion) The visual aspect and animations are really poor 60 FPS cap (wtf??) No DLSS option Menus are PS1 like Gameplay: I love hard games and complex gameplay, but if
    I just don't get it, It is one of the worst game I have played for a while.

    Performances and Portability:
    Even with a RTX 4070 TI, there are FPS drops! (On a dedicated SSD)
    Not compatible with Wide screen.
    (My opinion) The visual aspect and animations are really poor
    60 FPS cap (wtf??)
    No DLSS option
    Menus are PS1 like

    Gameplay:
    I love hard games and complex gameplay, but if you like to be destroyed in chain the time to get some stuff and XP you will enjoy it. Otherwise no...
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  26. Jan 17, 2023
    1
    Elden Ring is essentially a Witcher 3 without plot, lore, choices, developed characters, mini-games and soul.
    It's just a simulator of sword wielding, roll and dodges on empty map with random NPC's on it, remembering me of games that me and my friend in 2007 were making on FPS creator - we were also taking a random map and also filling it with random enemies. The difference is that we
    Elden Ring is essentially a Witcher 3 without plot, lore, choices, developed characters, mini-games and soul.
    It's just a simulator of sword wielding, roll and dodges on empty map with random NPC's on it, remembering me of games that me and my friend in 2007 were making on FPS creator - we were also taking a random map and also filling it with random enemies. The difference is that we weren't selling it for 70 bucks and we knew that a game requires a plot, and the studio that developed Elden Ring doesnt

    Elden Ring should be a mod of Witcher 3 that removes all plot from the games and leaves only enemies.
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  27. Jan 17, 2023
    1
    There are almost no changes on the game, same thing over and over again.

    Empty open world, there are no physics, does feel like a 2008 game. Bad performance, old mechanics i don't even understand why anyone likes to play this game. Almost no story telling, you don't even have a proper purpouse. It feels empty and shallow and actually it is easy to play for the open world part you
    There are almost no changes on the game, same thing over and over again.

    Empty open world, there are no physics, does feel like a 2008 game.

    Bad performance, old mechanics i don't even understand why anyone likes to play this game.
    Almost no story telling, you don't even have a proper purpouse.
    It feels empty and shallow and actually it is easy to play for the open world part you can kill most of the enemies with just doing lapses with the horse. Enemies are not clever you could trick them easlly i played 5 hours and killed every boss that i encounter at the first time. The only thing about this game that hard is the comand system and it's hard because it is clungy and slow most of the time and once you get use to it it is easy to kill anything.

    No impruvements since the first soul game, like i said same thing over and over again.
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  28. Jan 15, 2023
    2
    Seriously i do not understand the hype of this game. This is just a mediocrity in all areas. It's trying to be "hardcore" makes it lack in every other areas. It's graphics are "just ok" for current generation, it's story is extremely shallow (a powerful item will make You a god, go kill some other gods to proove you are worthy...in a nutshell). There is no worldbuilding as there are noSeriously i do not understand the hype of this game. This is just a mediocrity in all areas. It's trying to be "hardcore" makes it lack in every other areas. It's graphics are "just ok" for current generation, it's story is extremely shallow (a powerful item will make You a god, go kill some other gods to proove you are worthy...in a nutshell). There is no worldbuilding as there are no sidequests, the world is completely empty, there are only monsters with occasional trader (wtf?!), the controls are out of this world. this is something that people should be fired for. Character progression and scaling is a joke, for 30 hours Youre a pigeon, and then suddenly you become a demigod, stupid as hell. There are myriad of weapons, which are not really unique, they fall into several categories and then they are the same, unless they have some special skill which completely changes how the game works, which is another stupid mechanic. I understand that some people might use this title to flex how good they are at difficult games, but this is just a modern Super Mario, yes, trust me, all bosses can (and must be) memorized, and then they are easy, exactly like arcade games from the 80ties. This game can feel really difficult at first (like all Souls games), but after hours of failing it suddenly becomes easy, where you one shot enemies and even bosses with some "super build". Stupid as hell. I finished it, but i suggest staying away from this game unless You want to become frustrated, it's not fun. Expand
  29. Jan 15, 2023
    1
    im a souls like fan & played games like nioh dark souls 1 2 3 & bloodborne sekiro &...
    but

    this Game is super unbalanced
    even if u explore map & farm in dungen
    still u cant beat bosses like godskin & higher boss
    unless u have a unbalaced weapon like that ice staff &...
    u cant beat game with ur sword
    game is super unbalanced
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94

Universal acclaim - based on 60 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 57 out of 60
  2. Negative: 0 out of 60
  1. Aug 29, 2022
    70
    Elden Ring is an experience that will not be forgotten in a hurry. It's a tremendous, hulking, massive achievement but because it is tremendous, hulking and massive, it is one that comes with many caveats. The shelves in CeX and conversations with people who stopped playing at Stormveil castle can certainly attest to some of those caveats. Much like any FromSoftware title, it's not going to be for everybody, but paradoxically it is one of their hardest and one of their most accessible to date. It offers huge value in one package, and perhaps is a little too much value, only becoming clearer when nearing the endgame. Don't be mistaken by the criticism, though. This is a phenomenal achievement with a moment-to-moment that is incredibly engaging and immersive. No doubt it will be deserving of the end-of-year accolades it will inevitably receive. One pushes through Elden Ring as one pushes through life, with all the highs and the lows that it brings.
  2. Apr 28, 2022
    82
    Elden Ring is massive, sometimes to its detriment. A thorough walkthrough might take up more than 100 hours to complete, and at some point it becomes clear that From Software did not have enough manpower to produce that much unique content. Still, it remains incredibly addictive even after those 100 hours pass…
  3. Apr 14, 2022
    90
    It’s hard to review Elden Ring without being comparative; that’s because Elden Ring is an evolutionary step, not a revolutionary one, and one can’t help but see how it’s built on what came before. Here is a massive undertaking of a game, not for the sake of chasing trends but as the natural progression of the style the company has been fostering for over a decade. It’s amazing how smoothly the transition to open world was and how much of the Souls identity is still present. In the short time since its release, it has already left a cultural mark, no doubt a result of the game’s increased approachability. Even after sifting past all the hype and grandiosity, there’s still an excellent game left and Elden Ring is a clear showcase of FromSoftware’s outstanding expertise in the field. Elden Ring really is just that good.