I should probably play this more, but for a fitness game, I was very impressed with how much “game” there actually is. The main gameplay has you jogging down a path, opening doors, jumping and when you encounter enemies, it’s like a turn based battle system, except you need to work out (sit ups, press ups, yoga poses, jumps) to cause damage.
This is spread across multiple chapters, where you’ll play through a cheesy (but entertaining) story across many levels, with some bonus mini games thrown in for good measure. The device itself also feels extremely sturdy, like a real piece of gym equipment which is surprisingly difficult to push or pull, giving you a proper work out.
This is spread across multiple chapters, where you’ll play through a cheesy (but entertaining) story across many levels, with some bonus mini games thrown in for good measure. The device itself also feels extremely sturdy, like a real piece of gym equipment which is surprisingly difficult to push or pull, giving you a proper work out.
More diverse and whole-body focused than Fitness Boxing 2, but at the same time less predictable. It tries to do everything, and does most of it okay, but none of it GREAT. And the exercise sessions are too free-wheeling and freeform to really fit into a routine.
This puts the game ahead of the workout, whereas Fitness Boxing 2 is 90% workout, 5% game, 5% glorified YouTube Video. And yet, you know exactly what you're gonna get out of it every time you turn it on, which is why Ring Fit got retired and Fitness Boxing 2 remains part of my daily routine working from home.
This puts the game ahead of the workout, whereas Fitness Boxing 2 is 90% workout, 5% game, 5% glorified YouTube Video. And yet, you know exactly what you're gonna get out of it every time you turn it on, which is why Ring Fit got retired and Fitness Boxing 2 remains part of my daily routine working from home.
Genuinely one of the best things to come out of the switch and a genius bit of kit. Ring fit is a hell of a workout and makes me soak with sweat, but equally as important - its well designed and great fun.
Ring fit’s colourful art style, varied gameplay modes and rpg elements in adventure are all strongly executed to make this an enjoyable and immensely replayable fitness game that keeps me coming back. I particularly like how the game encourages you through its sections, my favourite parts are the jogging levels which fly by because of how it always switches up what you need to be doing - collecting rings, jumping, shooting wind blasts, getting past obstacles, riding ziplines, its great food for my attention lacking brain and actually turns the otherwise mind numbing practice of jogging on the spot into something I enjoy, congrats ring fit!
The ring itself is an amazingly sturdy and versatile piece of equipment that isn’t expensive but you wouldn’t be able to tell because of how good it feels to use. I often find the joy cons’ motion detection quite hit or miss but for whatever reason its almost flawless in this game. Sometimes the game has trouble detecting that you’re in the right starting position and you can’t start an exercise until it does, but there’s ways around it, that’s the only fault i’ve noticed.
Adventure mode does lose its appeal after a while and is honestly a bit too slow with giving you fit skills so you end up doing the same exercises way too much so I only do custom workouts now. The voice acting can be very grating especially when you are dying inside from planking or something so this game gets turned all the way down while I stick music on lol. Otherwise, excellent game that I recommend to basically everyone, its actually great ngl
Ring fit’s colourful art style, varied gameplay modes and rpg elements in adventure are all strongly executed to make this an enjoyable and immensely replayable fitness game that keeps me coming back. I particularly like how the game encourages you through its sections, my favourite parts are the jogging levels which fly by because of how it always switches up what you need to be doing - collecting rings, jumping, shooting wind blasts, getting past obstacles, riding ziplines, its great food for my attention lacking brain and actually turns the otherwise mind numbing practice of jogging on the spot into something I enjoy, congrats ring fit!
The ring itself is an amazingly sturdy and versatile piece of equipment that isn’t expensive but you wouldn’t be able to tell because of how good it feels to use. I often find the joy cons’ motion detection quite hit or miss but for whatever reason its almost flawless in this game. Sometimes the game has trouble detecting that you’re in the right starting position and you can’t start an exercise until it does, but there’s ways around it, that’s the only fault i’ve noticed.
Adventure mode does lose its appeal after a while and is honestly a bit too slow with giving you fit skills so you end up doing the same exercises way too much so I only do custom workouts now. The voice acting can be very grating especially when you are dying inside from planking or something so this game gets turned all the way down while I stick music on lol. Otherwise, excellent game that I recommend to basically everyone, its actually great ngl
This is an absolutely amazing concept that I've never really gotten sick of. It emphsizes the importance of stretches before and after long exercises, and has an abundance of workout moves that get more intense the more you play. It's very rewarding to see your improvement with every session! A great and innovative alternative to going to the gym. I can see myself going back to this even after I finish the main story.
As someone that enjoys playing games while working out as a sort of distraction from the sores, I found Ring Fit Adventure to be the perfect way of working out for me. And I can say from experience that it really works if you commit to it, which doesn't take a lot out of your day. The stages are designed with the intention of giving your workout variety so that you are encouraged to not be constantly repeating the same exercises. Workouts having cooldowns in combat also adds to this factor.
The story... exists, and I don't really like the ring character but they are sorta necessary to the how the game was designed. so I don't really mind it.
If you're able to work out from home and have a Switch, then I highly recommend it. The only real downside I can think of is that I've felt the joycons need to be calibrated very often. I've had several instances where I needed to go down until I was practically sitting before the game counted it as a squat.
Unfortunately I had to shelve it due to my current living arrangements not being ideal for playing this game (flats and their shitty flooring, amirite?)
The story... exists, and I don't really like the ring character but they are sorta necessary to the how the game was designed. so I don't really mind it.
If you're able to work out from home and have a Switch, then I highly recommend it. The only real downside I can think of is that I've felt the joycons need to be calibrated very often. I've had several instances where I needed to go down until I was practically sitting before the game counted it as a squat.
Unfortunately I had to shelve it due to my current living arrangements not being ideal for playing this game (flats and their shitty flooring, amirite?)