Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams
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Developers | |
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Black Forest Games | |
Publishers | |
Black Forest Games | |
HandyGames | |
Engines | |
Vision | |
Release dates | |
Windows | October 23, 2012 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 77 |
IGDB | 79 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
Perspectives | Side view |
Genres | Platform |
Series | Giana Sisters |
Giana Sisters | |
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The Great Giana Sisters | 1987 |
Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams | 2012 |
Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams - Rise of the Owlverlord | 2013 |
Giana Sisters: Dream Runners | 2015 |
Giana Sisters 2D | 2015 |
Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams is a singleplayer and multiplayer side view platform game in the Giana Sisters series.
General information
- Publisher Discord server
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | Comes with a code to activate the game on Steam. | |||
Amazon.com | ||||
Epic Games Store | ||||
GamersGate | ||||
Also bundled together with Rise of the Owlverlord. | ||||
GOG.com | ||||
Green Man Gaming | Also bundled together with Rise of the Owlverlord. | |||
Humble Store | Also bundled together with Rise of the Owlverlord. | |||
Steam | Also bundled together with Rise of the Owlverlord. | |||
Amazon.com (unavailable) | ||||
Microsoft Store (unavailable) | ||||
Origin (unavailable) |
- A demo is available from Steam.
Version differences
- The Amazon Prime Gaming version does not include the game's launcher,[1] which contains some settings that are not available in-game. The launcher is available from PCGamingWiki.
Essential improvements
Skip intro videos
Use replacement BFG Logo 1080p.wmv |
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Apply the Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams intro skip. |
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Giana Sisters - Twisted Dreams\ |
Microsoft Store | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/223220/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Giana Sisters - Twisted Dreams\ |
Microsoft Store | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/223220/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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Epic Games Launcher | ||
GOG Galaxy | ||
Origin | ||
OneDrive | Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers. | |
Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | |||
Multi-monitor | Use Widescreen Fixer with this plugin. | ||
Ultra-widescreen | Use Widescreen Fixer with this plugin. | ||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | Can also toggle with Alt+↵ Enter. | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | |||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | On/off toggle. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | See Run the game at screen refresh rate. Frame rate is capped at 124 FPS. Some gameplay elements are bugged at frame rates above 60 FPS.[2] | ||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | ||
Full controller support | Settings in launcher requires, game can be launched with controller. | |
Controller remapping | ||
Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers | ||
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Xbox button prompts | ||
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 | When turning Force Feedback on, the controller doesn't vibrate, but it will vibrate when Giana dies. | |
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | ||
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Italian | ||||
Japanese | ||||
Russian | ||||
Spanish |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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Local play | 4 | Versus |
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LAN play | ||||
Online play |
VR support
3D modes | State | Notes | |
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Nvidia 3D Vision | See Helix Mod: Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams and Rise of the Owlverlord (DX9). |
Issues fixed
Run the game at screen refresh rate
- Fullscreen mode defaults to 60 Hz, even if the screen refresh rate is set higher than that.
Set screen refresh rate[3] |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 9.0c, 11 | |
Shader Model support | 3, 5 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Physics | Havok |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | XP | Vista, 7 |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Core 2 Duo 2.8 GHz AMD Athlon II X2 2.8 GHz |
Intel Core i5 2.66 GHz AMD Phenom II X4 3.0 GHz |
System memory (RAM) | 2 GB | 3 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 2.4 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce 6800 ATI Radeon X1800 XT DirectX 9.0c compatible Shader model 3.0 support |
Nvidia GeForce GTX 280 ATI Radeon HD 4800 DirectX 11 compatible |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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>/223220/
. - Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (223220) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ Verified by User:Baronsmoki on 2022-07-15
- ↑ Old Crasher's Castle - missing out on gems due to bumpers not working :: Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams General Discussions - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ Verified by User:Keith on 2017-09-19