The Ring of Truth

The Ring of Truth is a fantastic game that takes you on a journey to uncover a hidden truth. The game is a short walking simulator where you explore an abandoned factory to find clues about the life of your father. The game offers a fully immersive experience that makes you feel alone and lost in a world that is full of secrets.

[h1] The Ring of Truth [/h1] False advertisement! No ring to be found! D: Jokes aside' nice walking simulator with a story attached.

[h1] Not that bad... But not that good either... [/h1] Everything is rusted, almost same color, finding the collectables is kinda tricky. You need to find all the tapes, which tell a little of a story and you need to find out the order of it, because it's scattered all over the place. Did kinda like the searching for the items and tapes, some very well hidden, but finding the order of the story was a drag. Not fun at all, but I got the picture of it. That was enough for me. Recommendation? Honestly, it's more of a MEH then a YES or a NO. Make the game F2P and it's a YES from me, but I think a NO is best suited in this case. Good thing the developer didn't put weeping angels in the game as well... LOL

Nice and Short walking simulator. Achievements, 100% / 40min.

я не знаю кому и зачем нужна эта обкуренная дичь

A simple walking sim. But it requires you to actually search for the pieces of the story(in the form of cassette players hidden around in a factory). If you're getting it, get it on sale. Honestly, I had to use a guide to find the final cassette player. After searching around for an hour, I decided I didn't want to spend more time on it. As with many of the other interactable objects, the cassette players blends a bit too well in with the surroundings. They're just gray blocks on gray backgrounds. I do feel that this could be changed to make the game more fun to play. Story is okay. Could be better written. Some of the problems with the writing might be due to translation issues, perhaps. Also, I feel like there ought to be at least some foreshadowing for the twist, at least so it makes sense in hindsight. Without it, the twist just comes straight out of left field. Otherwise, decent graphics, interesting enough place to explore, good music. I do feel more could've been done with the exploration of the area though, as it's kind of underutilized as it is. 100% in almost 90 minutes. (Had to use a guide for getting the second half of the collectibles and the final cassette player.)

Sorry but this is a pretty [b]mediocre[/b] experience and definitely not worth $11,79 CAD (though it does go on sale for 90% off which to be honest is about as much as I'd somewhat comfortably pay for an experience like this) [b][u]The Good:[/u][/b] - Other reviewers have made complaints about the visuals but honestly, for an indie game, I was quite pleased with it and they did a pretty good job setting up the atmosphere of an abandoned remote train factory. - The soundtrack I have to say is pretty nice and calming, good work by Alexander Hoff and Dylan Owen (though I found it kind of funny that they sort of copied the melody of the Daredevil show's intro music for one of the tracks) - They are at least open about the game's mechanics in the game's description [b][u]The Bad:[/u][/b] - While I'll admit that I'm not the most observant in these types of note-based story exploration games, it was still quite difficult finding all the recordings and objects to the point where I kinda got bored of continuously circling around the entire place. - The "recordings" (which are just written notes) contain a good deal of grammatical mistakes and weird phrasing. - While the story unfolds "decently" well as you find the recordings and piece it together, the story to me was a little bare-bones and the "plot-twist" at the end introduced a pretty big plot-hole that kinda nullifies your entire reason for being there. - The ambient audio that plays as you walk around makes zero sense. it's literally just the hum of old fashioned warehouse and factory lights (or maybe some other electronics) but this is an abandoned factory with no power whatsoever. I get that you had to fill in the silence but you could have at least added some light nature sounds (since we're surrounded by woods and there are a good chunk of openings in the building to let that kind of sound in) and maybe you could've added some lighter instrumentation in between each track. I don't know, this for me completely broke immersion. Sorry but overall, not impressed, it just barely passes for a thumbs up (only reason I'm not giving it a thumbs down is because of how often it goes on sale). [b]6/10[/b] sidenote: my play-time was closer to 1.8-1.9 hours but I left it open while taking a tea break.

A decent, short walking simulator that tackles the concept of a broken home. A father sends his son (you) a letter that is delivered on his eighteenth birthday. He requests the son to come to the now abandoned factory. When you get there, it is unclear if your father will be there, so you end up exploring the facility finding various things left behind by previous workers, as well as tapes with journal entries from said parental figure scattered about. Once you find the ten tapes, you have to put them in chronological order. When you do, you get to read about the man you knew as your father, why he was here, and why he left. That is until the end which is essentially a big middle finger to the concept of closure. Honestly, coming from a broken home, the story actually rings true of my own shildhood with the exception of my father having been a workaholic. Basically, the twist is [spoiler]that another kid received a letter from your father. Thing is he is not your father, but that kid's father. It's implied two letters went out from the same man, but you never met him before so why did you get one? Why are we here at this plant? If I'm wrong (which I could very well be, I'm not infallable), by all means comment below and help it make sense.[/spoiler] I bought this on sale for forty-nine cents. Despite than the ending, I not only suggest grabbing it at that price point, but would have even been happy had I paid a buck fifty or two dollars US for it. However, given the short length and how the climax essentually mutilates an otherwise well told tale of understanding a miswsing father and the remorse he had for his choices leading to that absence for a pointless twist, this is far from something I can justify buying at the five dollar price point. What we learn paints a picture quite different from what you expect with a twist at the end that basically thropws a giant middle finger into the mix for no real reason.