Summary
Yellow Bricks Games has just revealed the first trailer for the upcomingEternal Strands, and the game has strongZelda: Tears of the Kingdomvibes. Created by formerBioWareand Ubisoft employees, the game is an action adventure with influences from the latestZelda,Monster Hunter, andShadow of the Colossus.
Founded by formerDragon Agecreative director Mike Laidlaw, theYellow Bricks Games studio was formed in 2020. The studio reunited several veterans from prominent AAA companies, and it has finally unveiled a first glimpse of what the team has been working on so far.
Eternal Strandswill be a third-person action-adventure made using Unreal Engine 5. In it, players will take on the role of Brynn, “a fearless Weaver determined to recover her people’s cultural home.” In the reveal trailer, it’s easy to see the main influences ofEternal Strands. Not only is the game’scombat greatly inspired by theMonster Hunterseries, with huge enemies that Brynn can climb on, but it also has physics-manipulating magical powers not unlike those seen inZelda: Tears of the Kingdom.
Eternals Strands Official Reveal Trailer
According to Yellow Bricks Games, Brynn will have an arsenal of spells and magical weapons that can help in combat. The game is set to incentivize the use of the environment during fights, such as covering behind ice during a fight against a fire-breathing dragon, for example. Another aspect highlighted onEternal Strands’ official sitewas exploration, as gamers may use their abilities to create new paths and climb on every surface to discover secrets. At the moment,Eternal Strandsdoes not have an official release date.
It’s not surprising to seeEternal Strandstaking a lesson from the latestZelda.Tears of the Kingdomwas a huge hit, selling over 18 million copies so far, and was greatly praised for how adaptable and creative its gameplay was. By mixingZelda’s design philosophy withMonster Hunter-like combat, the upcoming action-adventure may likely attract a large audience with its emergent gameplay.
WhileEternal Strandslooks like a great mixture of quick-paced action with physics-based gameplay, old-school BioWare fans may notice that the word “RPG” is not used to describe the game. Laidlaw was mostly known for his work in theDragon Ageseries, one ofthe most popular RPG seriesever made, so it remains to be seen how the influence of this genre will be in the final version ofEternal Strands.
