Yellow Brick Games is a new studio filled with talented developers who have worked on both AA and AAA titles in the gaming industry. With such a talent pool, you’d think that for its first game, Yellow Brick Games would do something out of the ordinary. instead, what genre did it choose to tackle? An action RPG—a genre that’s already brimming with fierce competition, especially in recent years. Despite that, after playing Eternal Strands, I feel that the game manages to bring fresh air to the genre with several innovative ideas that should help the game stand out.
Game Name: Eternal Strands
Platform(s): PC (reviewed), PS5, Xbox Series X|S
Developer(s): Yellow Brick Games
Publisher(s): Yellow Brick Games
Release Date: January 28, 2025
Plays Similar To: Fable, Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
At its core, Eternal Strands follows Brynn the Weaver and her band of adventurers on a mission to uncover the mystery behind the world’s hatred of magic. The disappearance of the central city of magic users, the Enclave, serves as the narrative’s catalyst after a catastrophic event called the Surge, which left the city in despair and isolated from the...
