I agree. Ryzen is a good overall CPU with very good price/performance ratio. I do believe it will gain the heart of many gamers. Nowadays CPU's are less important for gaming. With Ryzen you can put the extra cash on a better GPU and have far better performance than with Intel platform.
Something I was extremely surprised about, is the excellent energy consumption of Ryzen CPU's. A 8 core consuming less than Intel's 7700K (4 core). This was a big problem for AMD in the past.
The biggest deception is the overclockability of Ryzen. They do on average 4-4.1 Ghz from what I have seen. I was expecting something in the 4.4-4.5 range. But I am glad Intel is finally facing some serious competition.