I hope it gets another bite at the apple. It hinted at a much grander sci-fi conspiracy that could not be contained in a dormitory, and I got the sense that Cosmonaut was kicking the can down the road, happy to delay the specifics of their worldbuilding for a distant chapter. That lack of satisfaction permeates the finale, which left off on a wild cliffhanger that, I suppose, will be cleared up in a potential sequel. Cosmonaut wants to tell a story first and foremost. If you are after a Obra-Dinn sized experience, where you must comb over every one of the stills with bloodshot eyes, drawing abstruse conclusions about the dusky shipmen, then Eternal Threads will not satisfy your craving. There is only one kind of decision, and that is the decision to watch and react to cutscenes. The door I referred to earlier? You find the key to it after one of the characters just… announces where it is.
The True Ending, which I achieved, came into focus pretty naturally by simply watching all the scenes, and editing the junction points that looked unsatisfying.
What the studio has now is a compelling set of character studies, but it held my hand too much.īut Eternal Threads doesn't offer much straight-up, gumshoe-style sleuthing. That said, the voice cast generally does a good job. The NPC models have a distinct Second Life tang to them, and that can be difficult to overcome when you're asked to buy their bone-deep suffering. These tricks are necessary to mitigate Eternal Threads' glum, prehistoric graphical quality. A room might look completely different after adjusting a resident's decision-making, and that's usually a sign you're on the right track. (It reminded me a bit of Gone Home.) Developer Cosmonaut Studios uses this mechanic as a canvas for some neat, brain-tickling time-travel tricks. When you explore the apartments, you'll be prompted to pick up notes, postcards, and smartphones-all of which contain important contextual information-which fill out the riddle. You will do a bit of detective work, though. Do not expect to uncover an arsonist in our midst. Eternal Threads bakes in a few points of intrigue along the way-seriously, what's up with that door in the basement?-but there are no macabre curveballs buried in the code.
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