While upgrades are doled out at a steady pace in Eternal Strands, knowing which to prioritize first can make all the difference in a tough battle.

With Ember's Servant, players can spawn a companion to battle alongside them in Eternal Strands, but Ark of the Living Flame must be defeated first.

Eternal Strands is a light and breezy fantasy action RPG that's elevated by its innovative use of physics-based magic that makes even minor combat encounters feel novel. It's also thrilling to take on the larger foes, though this is more short-lived than the likes of Monster Hunter.

Few games have managed to capture the same sense of scale and spectacle as Shadow of the Colossus’s gargantuan boss fights, and none with the same kind of focus on improvisational combat as Eternal Strands.

There's a lot of walking to do in Eternal Strands, but the game's fast travel system should cut that down by a fair bit.