Eternal Strands Launches to Strong Praise for Its Inventive Action and Worldbuilding

The debut game from Yellow Brick Games delivers a vibrant fantasy adventure with dynamic gameplay and epic boss encounters.

Eternal Strands, released January 28, 2025, is a third-person action RPG developed by indie studio Yellow Brick Games, founded by ex-Dragon Age creative director Mike Laidlaw.
The game features a segmented open-world design with distinct biomes, blending exploration, elemental magic, and physics-based combat inspired by titles like Breath of the Wild and Monster Hunter.
Players control Brynn, a magical adept exploring a post-cataclysmic world to uncover the fate of her people, with a focus on crafting, survival, and strategic boss battles against massive foes.
Critics praised the game’s vibrant worldbuilding, creative use of elemental magic, and epic monster encounters, though some noted late-game pacing issues and occasional technical glitches.
Eternal Strands has been lauded as a standout indie debut, offering a fresh take on the fantasy RPG genre with a compelling narrative and dynamic gameplay mechanics.