Lets focus on the positives of Elring first. Elrings gameplay has plenty of potential to become an addictive mobile app. The levels are challenging, very challenging. Personally I found level 6 to be the hardest of the first 15 levels. Another good aspect is that the music has the right tone for the game but that's about where the positives end for me personally.
Now for the negatives :\. The game's controls are very poor. You'll find yourself twisting your phone nearly 360 degrees because the controls don't seem to respond well to your movement and even then the ring doesn't like to stay straight. Not only that, you can find yourself pushing your phone forwards and backwards to get a better angle which results in not being able to see your screen. With Elring being such a precision game the controls must be the absolutely priority. This is the biggest down fall to Elring right now, and it will hold it back from potentially becoming a really neat fun little app. Other issues I had with the game was that the background setting doesn't change unless you unlock the magic background setting. This setting is so random, it's almost as if it's a, 'I feel sorry for you because you can't pass the level' unlock feature. The game would feel much more fresh if the levels background scene changed each 5 levels as it would feel as if you're making progress. The aesthetics of the start up menu are rather average too. The menu doesn't do the game justice. Last but not least, having an ad on your app that is unproven seems a bit cheeky and it takes up quite a bit of the screen as you'll see in our video review.
The things Elring needs to do to take things to the next step is to continue developing and working on the controls. Elrings controls need to be perfect, it's a precision game. It could also use an inverted control option.Create a neater startup menu because it doesn't do the game justice and feels super amateur. They should choose wisely on the timing when to put an ad in or not. Rome wasn't built in a day, you can't just apply ads if you don't have a fan base in the first place and it will more than likely just drive people away.
Is Elring playable though? Yes it is, I passed multiple levels. That being said I got frustrated quite quickly and upset with the controls of the game. If you can deal with turning your phone on ridiculous angles maybe you'll enjoy this game.
Elring has only just been released so there's plenty of time to develop the game further. I might play Elring the next time I go on a road trip or on a boring train ride.
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