great voice acting. the game is slow but the story and characters are engaging. the "revelation" at the end confused me and didn't seem to actually reveal anything. but I had a lot of fun and highly recommend this game, especially on sale.

Plays fun, looks beautiful, sounds great. Get to know characters you can became invested in while a creepy atmosphere catches you just as you start to let your guard back down. If you want a story-heavy puzzler that hinges on personal dynamics with the set dressing of a horror game, this'll be a perfect fit.

Eternal Threads stands out because its mechanics are intimately built around time, consequence, and player agency. The core loop isn’t combat — it’s observation, deduction, and temporal manipulation, and every tool supports that elegantly.

The time mechanic is the heart of the experience. Rewinding and replaying scenes isn’t just a gimmick — it’s the primary method of gathering information and testing hypotheses. Every action you take can ripple forward, and the game tracks causality in a way that makes your choices mechanically meaningful. Solving a mystery feels like conducting an experiment: adjust variables, observe outcomes, and iterate until you reveal the truth.

Interaction systems are deep and satisfying. Manipulating objects, interrogating characters, and revisiting locations all feed into the central time loop. The environment itself becomes a puzzle — what you do and when you do it alters the state of the world in measurable ways. Clues don’t just exist; they interlock, and seeing how one event triggers another creates a satisfying chain of mechanical discovery.

Narrative and mechanics are inseparable. Choices don’t just change dialogue — they change the state of the timeline. Each decision carries weight because the game tracks consequences across multiple loops. The feedback you get from rewinding, replaying, and testing different actions reinforces the idea that mechanics are the story engine here.

Exploration is intuitive and purposeful. There’s no pressure to “guess correctly” on the first try because the rewind system practically teaches you the puzzle through interaction. That design keeps tension high without frustration, letting you focus on solving the mystery with logic instead of luck.

10/10 — thoughtful, precise, and deeply rewarding mechanics built around time and consequence.