Eternal Threads Review: A Twisting, Turning, Engaging Journey
People often wonder what life would be like if they could go back in time, right before a big decision, and make a different choice. This sentiment is the driving force of Eternal Threads, as it offers players the chance to influence the choices of others in order to avoid catastrophe — but it becomes something even more complex than that. Eternal Threads shines a light on the things that lurk beneath the surface of every decision and how it takes a lot more than a butterfly flapping its wings to change time — it also takes a rabbit hole.
Eternal Threads is where visual novel meets interactive drama, as players have to autonomy to explore both the house and the time-stream but are primarily watching things play out until a changeable decision arises. It's not too far off from games like Until Dawnand The Quarry; however, Eternal Threads forgoes the stress and quick time events for something more somber and intriguing. This approach to gameplay and tone can be a risky one, but developer Cosmonaut Studios created a world in which any other approach would simply feel wrong.
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As a time operative for the Second Chance Project, players are tasked with preventing a 2015 house-fire by re-writing the events leading up to it. To prevent further issues in the timeline, no direct contact or intervention can be made. Instead, players are sent back to 2015 days after the fire, where they set up special equipment that taps into the timeline and allows the user's handheld device to project important moments and watch them unfold. Unlike most games with time travel mechanics, Eternal Threads allows players to jump across the timeline however they want and
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