Valkyrie Elysium
Developers | |
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Soleil | |
Publishers | |
Square Enix | |
Engines | |
Unreal Engine 4 | |
Release dates | |
Windows | November 11, 2022 |
Reception | |
OpenCritic | 66 |
IGDB | 65 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase, DLC |
Microtransactions | None |
Modes | Singleplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | Third-person |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | ARPG, JRPG |
Art styles | Realistic |
Themes | Fantasy |
Valkyrie Elysium is an action JRPG developed by Soleil and published by Square Enix. The action oriented gameplay marks a big departure from previous mainline entries in the Valkyrie series.
The game was first released on September 29, 2022 for PlayStation 4 and 5 and later ported to PC and released via Steam on November 11, 2022. It is the first game from the series to be ported to PC.
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Green Man Gaming | Deluxe Edition also available. | |||
Humble Store | Deluxe Edition also available. | |||
Steam | Deluxe Edition also available. |
- All versions require Steam and Denuvo Anti-Tamper DRM.
Version differences
- The Deluxe Edition includes the game and the Svartaljr bonus weapon.
Monetization
Type | Notes |
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DLC | The only DLC available is an upgrade to the Deluxe Edition for owners of the base game. |
One-time game purchase | The game requires an upfront purchase to access. |
Microtransactions
Type | Notes |
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No microtransactions | The game does not contain microtransactions. |
DLC and expansion packs
Name | Notes | |
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Digital Deluxe Upgrade |
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | %LOCALAPPDATA%\VALKYRIE_ELYSIUM\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor\[Note 1] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1963210/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\VALKYRIE ELYSIUM\Steam\<user-id>\ |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1963210/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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OneDrive | Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers. | |
Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | |||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | Requires Game Window to be set to Full Screen. Full Screen sets the game to the screen's native resolution. | ||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | It's possible to adjust the camera distance from the player's character through the Camera Distance (Normal) and Camera Distance (Locked-On) settings, but no specific FOV values are shown while adjusting the sliders. | ||
Windowed | |||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | Full Screen setting is a borderless window. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | Scales with the Texture Quality option. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | FXAA, TXAA | ||
High-fidelity upscaling | FSR, DLSS 2.3, TSR FSR version is unknown as it is simply labeled as FSR in the graphics settings menù. |
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Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
60 FPS | FMVs are rendered at 30 FPS. | ||
120+ FPS | Capped at 60 FPS. | ||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | |||
Ray tracing (RT) |
- The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unreal Engine 4 page for more details.
Film grain
- Game has no native option to turn off the grain effect.
Use remove noise grain filter mod[1] |
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Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | There is no cursor and the only way to scroll through menùs is by using W+A+S+D, but it's possible to use Left Click as Confirm and Right Click as Cancel. | |
Mouse Y-axis inversion | X-axis can also be inverted. | |
Controller | ||
Controller support | ||
Full controller support | ||
Controller remapping | 3 presets also available. | |
Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion | X-axis can also be inverted. |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers | ||
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Xbox button prompts | ||
Impulse Trigger vibration |
PlayStation controllers | DualShock 4 and DualSense controllers are wrongly detected as generic controllers resulting in generic button prompts and some mapping problems. See DualShock 4 or DualSense. |
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PlayStation button prompts | Use this mod for DualShock 4 prompts. Use this mod for DualSense prompts. |
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Light bar support | ||
Adaptive trigger support | ||
DualSense haptic feedback support | ||
Connection modes |
Generic/other controllers | Generic controllers are supported. | |
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Button prompts |
Additional information | ||
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Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Steam Input | ||
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Steam Input API support | ||
Hook input (legacy mode) | ||
Official controller preset(s) | ||
Steam Controller button prompts | ||
Cursor detection |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Music, Sound Effects, Voice sliders. | |
Surround sound | Stereo only. | |
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
Simplified Chinese | ||||
Traditional Chinese | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Italian | ||||
Japanese | ||||
Korean | ||||
Brazilian Portuguese | ||||
Russian | ||||
Spanish | ||||
Latin American Spanish |
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 12 |
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, 11 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Core i5-3330 AMD Ryzen 3 1200 |
Intel Core i5-8400 AMD Ryzen 5 3500 |
System memory (RAM) | 8 GB | 16 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 25 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce GTX 960 AMD Radeon RX 560 4 GB of VRAM DirectX 12 compatible | Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT |
Notes
- ↑ Appears to contain no useful .ini files by default.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/1963210/
. - Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (1963210) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ Verified by User:Jigen123 on 2022-11-28