Not least when developer Yellow Brick Games' creative director is ex-BioWare Mike Laidlaw.
It’s her use of elemental magic powers, strands, that makes her stand out, however.
While there’s a strong emphasis on flame and frost, kinetic powers are probably my favorite.
It would feel epic if these were one-offs like inShadow of the Colossus.
That said, my gripe comes from having to return to the hub more often than I’d like.
A day and night cycle that also changes weather and enemy locations does at least things up here.
Nonetheless, these are minor complaints as the story avoids overstaying its welcome.
Should you play Eternal Strands?
Accessibility
Eternal Strands' options menu provides a suite of accessibility features.
Colorblind options can be set according to key in and severity.
In easy mode, vitality tonics are restored after defeat.
There are no specific graphics modes apart from an option to turn on and off depth of field in-game.
Throughout, I used anLG C2 OLED TVwith the default TV speakers and aDualSense Edgecontroller.
