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Revision as of 10:28, 5 February 2021
Developers | |
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Cyanide Studio | |
Publishers | |
Nacon | |
Engines | |
Unreal Engine 4 | |
Release dates | |
Windows | February 4, 2021 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 56 |
OpenCritic | 55 |
IGDB | 55 |
Taxonomy | |
Modes | Singleplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | Third-person |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | Action, RPG, Stealth, Brawler |
Art styles | Realistic |
Themes | Supernatural, North America |
Series | World of Darkness |
Werewolf: The Apocalypse - Earthblood is a single-player third-person action role-playing game developed by Cyanide Studio and published by Nacon. It is the first 3D game set in the World of Darkness universe since Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines of 2004.
The development of Earthblood began on the day of its announcement in January 2017, with the game originally expected to release in 2020, followed by the reveal of its final release date of February 4, 2021.[1][2] It was launched for Windows as a one year exclusive to Epic Games Store, set to become available on other digital distribution platforms at a later date.[3]
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | [4] | |||
Official website | Champion of Gaia Edition is also available. | |||
Epic Games Store | Champion of Gaia Edition is also available. | |||
GamersGate | Champion of Gaia Edition is also available. | |||
Champion of Gaia Edition is also available. | ||||
Green Man Gaming | Champion of Gaia Edition is also available. | |||
Humble Store | Champion of Gaia Edition is also available. |
Version differences
- Pre-orders included the Exiled One DLC.[5]
- Champion of Gaia Edition includes the Champion of Gaia Pack DLC.
Monetization
DLC and expansion packs
Name | Notes | |
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Champion of Gaia Pack | A wisp battle companion, four furs for the wolf and werewolf forms, three outfits for Cahal, and a unique finishing move. | |
Exiled One | A dark fur for the wolf and werewolf forms, the Ahroun symbol for Cahal's jacket, and The Exiled One outfit. |
Essential improvements
Skip intro videos
Remove the intro video files[6] |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | %LOCALAPPDATA%\WW\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor\ |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | %LOCALAPPDATA%\WW\Saved\SaveGames\ |
- Three separate save slots are available in the game.
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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Epic Games Launcher |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | |||
Multi-monitor | Field of view discrepancies compared to 16:9. Spanned HUD and pillarboxed FMVs. | ||
Ultra-widescreen | Field of view discrepancies compared to 16:9. Spanned HUD and pillarboxed FMVs. | ||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | Use the related PCGW community tool for FOV correction and modification. | ||
Windowed | Limited to a specific set of selectable resolutions.[Note 1] | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | |||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | Scales with the Textures quality setting.[7] | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | TAA with multiple quality options.[8] | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | [9] | ||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | [10] |
- The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unreal Engine 4 page for more details.
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | No acceleration option. | |
Mouse sensitivity | Labeled Camera sensitivity. | |
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | Y and X axes inversion options. | |
Controller | ||
Controller support | ||
Full controller support | [11] | |
Controller remapping | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
Controller sensitivity | Shared with mouse sensitivity. | |
Controller Y-axis inversion | Y and X axes inversion options. |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers | ||
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Xbox button prompts | Manually selectable Xbox One controller icons type option. | |
Impulse Trigger vibration |
PlayStation controllers |
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Generic/other controllers |
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Additional information | ||
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Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Master, sound effects, music, voices, interface. | |
Surround sound | [12] | |
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
Traditional Chinese | ||||
Simplified Chinese | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Italian | ||||
Japanese | ||||
Korean | ||||
Polish | ||||
Brazilian Portuguese | ||||
Russian | ||||
Spanish | ||||
Latin American Spanish |
Issues fixed
The game may default to the Z and Q keys to Move forward and Move left, causing the latter to confict with the Enrage to Crinos action and disallowing to exit the menu without reassigning the key.
Set the "Move forward" and "Move left" keys to W and A or any other unused keys.[6] |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 11 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
Middleware
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 10 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Core i5-3470 AMD FX-8370 |
Intel Core i7-8700 AMD Ryzen 5 3600X |
System memory (RAM) | 4 GB | 8 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | ||
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce GTX 650 AMD Radeon HD 7790 1 GB of VRAM | Nvidia GeForce GTX 780 AMD Radeon R9 290 3 GB (Nvidia), 4 GB (AMD) of VRAM |
- A 64-bit operating system is required.
Notes
References
- ↑ Is it OK to punch a Nazi werewolf? - last accessed on 2020-12-13
- ↑ Werewolf: The Apocalypse - Earthblood is delayed until next year - last accessed on 2020-12-13
- ↑ [1] - last accessed on 2021-01-22
- ↑ Werewolf: The Apocalypse - Earthblood - PC - last accessed on 2021-01-21
- ↑ [2] - last accessed on 2020-12-16
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Verified by User:Rose on 2021-02-01
- ↑ Verified by User:Rose on 2021-02-01
- r.MaxAnisotropy gets set from 0 to 8, as seen in the console.
- ↑ Verified by User:Rose on 2021-02-01
- r.DefaultFeature.AntiAliasing is always set to 2, while r.PostProcessAAQuality goes from 1 to 4 depending on the Anti-aliasing setting, as seen in the console.
- ↑ Verified by User:Rose on 2021-02-01
- The game reached over 200 FPS at the gameplay and over 500 at the cutscenes without being set to the lowest graphics options.
- ↑ Verified by User:Rose on 2021-02-02
- Enabling HDR in Windows and running the game in fullscreen on an HDR TV set as the only display did not result in visual changes or any relevant options appearing in the game compared to SDR.
- ↑ Verified by User:Rose on 2021-02-01
- Navigated through every menu, toggled every option, briefly played the game with an Xbox 360 controller.
- ↑ Verified by User:Rose on 2021-02-01
- Tested on a 5.1 sound system. The game made use of the rear speakers for positional audio. Confirmed with Orban Loudness Meter.