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Recreation Title: Everlasting Strands

Platforms:

• Xbox Collection X/S (Jan 28, 2025)
• PlayStation 5 (Jan 28, 2025)
• PC (Jan 28, 2025)

Trailer:

Developer: Yellow Brick Video games

Overview Aggregator:

OpenCritic – 75 common – 63% advisable – 27 critiques

Critic Opinions

Analog Stick Gaming – Jeff M Younger – 8.5 / 10

Everlasting Strands might initially look generic and never provide a lot to it that hasn’t been accomplished earlier than, however it vastly opens as much as have a flexibility with its powers and methods that I don’t see anybody doing. For a debut recreation from a studio with an immense quantity of credit to their names, this can be a stable journey that’s wealthy and rewarding in its system as a lot as it’s to its story and appeal. Whereas it actually is impressed from a wealth of video games, it greater than justifies its existence by really making these elements really feel enjoyable to have interaction with. Individuals typically say they need new video games with recent experiences, and Everlasting Strands could also be set within the acquainted, however it’s actually a type of video games to assist and have a good time.

Chicas Avid gamers – Alba Nausicáa – Spanish – 7.4 / 10

Being a mixture of a number of video games like BOTW, Assassins Creed or Shadow of the Colossus, it surprises us with a singular type and a narrative that appears attention-grabbing at first look, however is vastly hindered by the language.

Eurogamer – Christian Donlan – 4 / 5

An motion RPG with magical powers that really feel genuinely harmful, married to degree design that provides scale and prettiness.

GameGrin – Dylan Pamintuan – 9 / 10

Everlasting Strands is an incredible journey that excels in fight and exploration. Discovering distinctive sights, battling fearsome bosses, and crafting unimaginable gear makes it extraordinarily enjoyable to play. Extremely advisable.

GameLuster – Austin Guyer – 9 / 10

Everlasting Strands weaves collectively options from a number of genres to intensify the action-adventure expertise in a brand new and thrilling approach. The world feels alive and manages to offer a recent expertise with out overstaying its welcome.

GameOnly – Michał Marasek – Polish – 4 / 5

Everlasting Strands is an excellent recreation. There are quite a few bodily interactions between objects, which implies that even when tackling the identical job, you’ll be able to full it in many alternative methods. Though there are some indicators of finances constraints, the standard of execution surpasses many AAA video games that proudly wield that label. It's not excellent, because the backtracking actually obtained to me. Nonetheless, contemplating all the sentiments derived from the gameplay, I had a superb time. I can solely congratulate Yellow Brick Video games on their unbelievable debut. I hope we’ll see a sequel.

Gameliner – Bram Noteboom – Dutch – 3 / 5

Everlasting Strands showcases immense potential with its standout physics-driven magic system and thrilling monster battles, however a uninteresting narrative, clunky melee fight, and awkward animations detract from what might have been a very exceptional expertise.

Gamer Social Membership – Stephanie Richards – 9 / 10

It’s early in 2025, however this recreation is indubitably, my recreation of the month. Whereas it’s shaping as much as be an incredible yr in gaming, Everlasting Strands is kicking off the yr with a robust begin. The sport is a self proclaimed labor of affection and it exhibits in each approach. I wasn’t fully certain what to anticipate after I began and at first I used to be frightened this could simply be a little bit of Monster Hunter and a little bit of the newest Zelda video games with only a sprint of storytelling.

GamesRadar+ – Abbie Stone – 3 / 5

There's potential within the premise, and a few actual highs (particularly when launched into the air), however it's the sort of recreation that makes you yearn to see what a sequel might accomplish by iterating on what labored – maybe then we'll be in for one thing actually magic.

God is a Geek – Mick Fraser – 8 / 10

When you're within the temper for a captivating journey by means of a stunning fantasy world, Everlasting Strands is price testing.

IGN – Mitchell Saltzman – 7 / 10

Stuffed with ambition and full of nice boss battles, Everlasting Strands doesn't land each shot it takes, however it lands sufficient to make it a formidable motion RPG.

Impulsegamer – Nay Clark – 4 / 5

Everlasting Strands is an enormous recreation with some huge guts. It's superior that this small group could make a recreation that stands tall by itself in opposition to different huge names from the trade. Everlasting Strands is entertaining, intelligent, and spontaneous. The sport's totally different mechanics fold properly into one another and produce a grounded gameplay loop that’s tremendous addicting. Exploring the in depth and differing lands by no means will get tiring and the voice appearing that guides you might be magnificent. Climbing is clumsy, controlling your character is incongruous, and a number of artwork design decisions reads fallacious, however every part woven collectively fabricates a recreation that’s meticulous and endearing.

Handbook dos Video games – Juliana Barreira Barbosa – Portuguese – 6.3 / 10

Everlasting Strands is a recreation that has many concepts, however they’re hindered by poor execution. Maybe the largest flaw of the title is overindulgence, and trimming a few of these many concepts and references inside its personal finances might have helped ship a greater outcome.

MondoXbox – Giuseppe Genga – Italian – 7.8 / 10

Regardless of some design flaws, finances limitations, and inadequate localization, the nice world-building work and physics-focused gameplay make Everlasting Strands a recreation price making an attempt out, particularly given its Recreation Move inclusion; we want for it to be a hit, so to create the idea for extra funding for a sequel that can be capable to fulfill the nice ambitions of the Yellow Brick Video games group.

Area of interest Gamer – Fingal Belmont – 8 / 10

Everlasting Strands manages to be greater than a guidelines of influences that market analysis would recognize. That is an outrageous motion journey recreation that leans onerous on unbelievable physics to suck the participant into its setting. It may be somewhat onerous however each drawback may be solved with unconventional pondering.

PPE.pl – Wojciech Gruszczyk – Polish – 7 / 10

Everlasting Strands is an attention-grabbing title that exhibits how some acquainted concepts can be utilized in a inventive approach. A great mixture of acquainted ideas…. though at some factors the builders ought to have gone wild.

PSX Brasil – Marco Aurélio Couto – Portuguese – 75 / 100

Everlasting Strands is a stable debut title from Yellow Brick Video games. Regardless of some limitations, its fight system and dynamic interplay with the atmosphere provide quite a lot of tactical prospects to face epic enemies and increase the magic arsenal to maintain confronting the Enclave's threats.

RPG Fan – Tom Naylor – 64%

Everlasting Strands does some actually cool issues however is held again by some baffling design selections, lackluster writing, and melee fight that doesn't ever click on.

Seasoned Gaming – Alex Segovia – 8 / 10

Whereas I really feel the sport’s story might have been stronger and the primary melee fight might have been much less clunky, when Everlasting Strands' magic begins flying round and its gameplay inspirations coalesce, I see a completely stable basis to maintain constructing upon.

Shacknews – Timo Reinecke – 7 / 10

If you wish to know if this recreation is for you or not, I extremely recommend you give the demo a go. When you like what the sport is placing down after finishing that, I believe you’ll take pleasure in it. When you don’t, I doubt the remainder of the sport will make you fall in love with it both. Whereas I’m strolling away from Everlasting Strands with my starvation sated, I might’ve preferred extra adventurous appetizers and a dessert alongside the filling important course.

Slant Journal – Aaron Riccio – 4 / 5

Everlasting Strands does its finest to make every of your return journeys by means of its seven important maps as attention-grabbing as doable, slowly throwing in stronger enemies, altering up the epic monster encounters, and ranging the intense climate and time of day.

Smash Leap – Adrian Cozmuta – 7 / 10

Everlasting Strands doesn’t attain the identical heights as its inspirations Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Shadow of the Colossus, and Monster Hunter. It’s nonetheless an bold debut from developer Yellow Brick Video games that impresses with its worldbuilding and characters, enjoyable boss battles, intuitive and experimental magic and physics system, and colourful presentation.

The Outerhaven Productions – Keith Mitchell – 4 / 5

Everlasting Strands shines in its innovation and creativity, however it stumbles in execution at instances. For followers of motion RPGs who worth experimentation and distinctive gameplay methods, this can be a journey price taking—even when it’s not with out its tough patches. Everlasting Strands is a robust First Effort from Yellow Brick Video games.

TheReviewGeek – Greg Wheeler – 6.5 / 10

Everlasting Strands has just a few good concepts and tons of potential with its sturdy magic system. The enormous boss fights are a particular stand-out however all of that is hampered repeatedly by primary gameplay design that usurps the enjoyable. In an effort to try to add on this magical physics system, the trade-off could be very restricted stamina, huge magic cooldowns and an incapability to degree up base stats.

VDGMS – Darren Andrew – 7.5 / 10

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Shadow of The Colussus, Dragons Dogma and Monster Hunter are just some of the sources of inspiration for Everlasting Strands that Yellow Brick Video games have been very clear about. Because the saying goes “Jack of all trades, grasp of none”, which is normally correct. Nonetheless, Everlasting Strands defies typical knowledge with gameplay as proof that you may provide somewhat little bit of every part and nonetheless have an excellent expertise.

XboxEra – Jesse Norris – 8.2 / 10

Everlasting Strands is a unbelievable first title from Yellow Brick Video games. It’s an IP I hope to see extra of sooner or later, as its glorious gameplay felt like a breath of recent air for the style. It’s out Day One on Recreation Move and even on this bloated 2025 launch schedule I wholeheartedly suggest checking it out regardless of the place you play.

ZdobywcyGier.eu – Paweł Bortkiewicz – Polish – 7.5 / 10

Everlasting Strands might have been one of many largest surprises of the yr if the gameplay had been extra polished and had a much bigger finances. When it comes to story and characters, this can be a nice title that’s overshadowed in locations by an underdeveloped fight system, grindy components or some ill-conceived methods. If you’re a gamer who performs primarily for the story then it's positively price trudging by means of this recreation, but when gameplay comes first for you then you’ll be able to positively look forward to a sale.