Review: Eternity: The Last Unicorn (PlayStation 4)

Eternity: The Last Unicorn is a fully featured action RPG inspired by tales from Norse Mythology with classic game mechanics that bring a nostalgic feeling to players.

Pros:

• Decent graphics.
• 8.33GB download size.
• Platinum trophy.
• Eternity: The Last Unicorn is an action RPG gameplay.
• Fixed camera angles.
• Brief opening tutorials.
• 3 save slots.
• Combat has dodge, light and heavy attacks. Sometimes you can trigger an instakill that rewards health back. Special aoe move that builds up as you fight.
• Eternity: The Last Unicorn uses bonfires as a save point.
• Journal- updates with bios of encountered enemies and characters, shows what materials drop from enemies, tutorial recap and the map.
• Death- choose either respawn at a checkpoint or reload last save.
• In game engine cutscenes.
• Shards- currency.
• Eternity: The Last Unicorn gives off a Dark souls vibes from the fear of the combat to bonfires and the feeling of the unknown.
• Eternity: The Last Unicorn has beautiful artwork.
• Big boss battles.
• Play as two characters, each completely different. All new abilities and weapons.
• Some really great looking locations.
• Earn EXP, level up and stats increase.
• Can upgrade weapons.
• Collect medallions to increase health bar.
• 12-15 hours gameplay.
• Controller shortcut for items like health.
• Eternity: The Last Unicorn features a large crafting table.
• Can move whilst healing.
• Breaking parts in level.
• Puzzle elements throughout.
• Loot chests scattered throughout.
• Can go back to old locations and farm/kill enemies again.
• Feels old school but plays like a modern game.

Cons:

• No options outside of audio.
• Camera angle can hide items and enemies.
• Combat is rough at the start.
• Eternity: The Last Unicorn has slight screen tearing.
• Got stuck in an invisible menu a few times.
• Few clunky animations.
• Cannot craft on the go and you have to go to a particular place.
• No voiced lines.
• Abrupt music changes, noticeable when switching areas.
• Long initial load time.
• Fighting mobs is very tricky.
• Got stuck and unable to move.
• Eternity: The Last Unicorn does have a lot of backtracking.
• Bad wording on runes, doesn’t make clear certain runes are time-based, not permanent.