The game really pushes its player to explore the environment, however bland it might be, in a way that I haven’t seen in games in some time. These little quirks often added a bit of comic relief to the experience, though, so there is that.Įternity: The Last Unicorn does bring back a promising idea from the past that tickled my nostalgia bone a little bit.
The grunts your character makes when she swings her sword sound like takes were used from multiple different actors. Music cuts in and out when you cross imaginary lines into new areas. The animation and sound design are also awkward throughout. To be fair, there is a dodge mechanic that is crucial to your survival, but it doesn’t make combat or the controls any more fun. I used an Xbox One controller for my time with the game, and it’s possible that my X button is broken. It’s enough to take you out of the experience and adds another level of frustration.įor the most part, developers today have found workarounds to games that are inherently button-mashy, but in Eternity’s case, there doesn’t seem to be a lot of care put into this area. Occasionally you’ll enter a new angle in the middle of a fight, and you’ll be thrown off for a split-second.
When you enter a new camera angle, sometimes the directional controls will change with it, and that can be a little jarring and hard to get used to. It was interesting at first, but it’s just not intuitive enough. The industry has innovated and left the poorly-executed fixed camera in its dust. There’s a reason why we don’t see games like this anymore. The whole thing feels like a Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time/Resident Evil 2 hybrid. In fact, they achieved exactly what they set out to do, which was to make a game that played like an old-school Nintendo 64 or original Playstation title. Overall, I understand what Void Studios was trying to achieve. Among other issues, there just seems to be this lingering meaninglessness to Eternity, and the whole thing felt like a slog because of it. Often times I found myself questioning what it was even about and what my actions were accomplishing. The story is quite hard to follow, and that occasionally adds to the frustration. However, nearly every aspect of the game is clunky and frustrating, taking away from what could have been a fun throwback to a now distant era of gaming.Įternity: The Last Unicorn is a third-person, fixed camera action-RPG based around Norse mythology. If Void Studios executed its premise with even a moderate level of polish and character, Eternity: The Last Unicorn could have had the potential to be something special.
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