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Eternal Strands, from Dragon Age co-creator, launches today. First reviews are here

Eternal Strands will hit PC, PS5 and XSX/S players today, and industry media have already published the first reviews.

Jacob Blazewicz

Source: Yellow Brick Games.

Today marks the release of Eternal Strands by Mike Laidlaw, the developer of the first three installments of the Dragon Age series. At 08:00 a.m. PT, the first project of Yellow Brick Games studio will become available on personal computers (on Steam and in the Epic Games Store) as well as on Xbox Series X/S and PlayStation 5.

The game will cost $39.99 on all platforms.

Eternal Strands - selected reviews

  1. XboxEra - 8.2/10
  2. Eurogamer - 4/5
  3. God is a Geek - 8/10
  4. Slant Magazine - 4/5
  5. PSX Brasil - 7.5/10
  6. IGN - 7/10
  7. ShackNews - 7/10
  8. GamesRadar - 3/5
  9. OpenCritic - 76/100 (40 reviews)
  10. Metacritic - 71/100 (PS5; 14 reviews) | 75/100 (PC; 9 reviews) | 75/100 (XSX/S; 6 reviews)

Eternal Strands probably won't compete for the Game of the Year title, but Yellow Brick Games studio managed to deliver a fine game. Reviewers appreciated above all the battles with huge bosses, which many critics compared to the iconic giants from Shadow of the Colossus, but which give more room for creative players to show off. The audiovisual presentation also received a lot of praise, including the soundtrack composed by Austin Wintory.

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On the downside, journalists mention the game's story - whether it's the pace of the narration or the fact that it has more to do with the background story than the actual plot. Some reviewers are also not thrilled with the combat system and, in their opinion, the uninteresting progression of equipment.

Eternal Strands - minimum PC system requirements (60 fps / upscaling 50% from 1080p / low settings)

  1. Operating system: Windows 10 / 11 (64-bit)
  2. Processor: Intel Core i5-9400 / AMD Ryzen 5 3350
  3. Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Super / AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT / Intel Arc A580 (6 GB VRAM)
  4. RAM: 8 GB
  5. Storage: 24 GB (SSD)

Eternal Strands - recommended PC system requirements (60 fps / upscaling 50% from 1440p / epic settings)

  1. Operating system: Windows 10 (64-bit)
  2. Processor: Intel Core i5-11600 / AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
  3. Graphics: Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 (8 GB VRAM) / AMD Radeon RX 6800 (16 GB VRAM) / Intel Arc A770
  4. RAM: 16 GB
  5. Storage: 24 GB (SSD)

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Eternal Strands

January 28, 2025

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Jacob Blazewicz

Author: Jacob Blazewicz

Graduated with a master's degree in Polish Studies from the University of Warsaw with a thesis dedicated to this very subject. Started his adventure with gamepressure.com in 2015, writing in the Newsroom and later also in the film and technology sections (also contributed to the Encyclopedia). Interested in video games (and not only video games) for years. He began with platform games and, to this day, remains a big fan of them (including Metroidvania). Also shows interest in card games (including paper), fighting games, soulslikes, and basically everything about games as such. Marvels at pixelated characters from games dating back to the time of the Game Boy (if not older).

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