Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams - Rise of the Owlverlord
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Developers | |
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Black Forest Games | |
Engines | |
Vision | |
Release dates | |
Windows | September 26, 2013 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 84 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
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 |
Key points
- From a technical standpoint, the game is almost identical to Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams, which means most of the fixes and features are identical.
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Amazon.com | ||||
GamersGate | ||||
Also sold together with the original game. | ||||
GOG.com | ||||
Green Man Gaming | Also sold together with the original game. | |||
Humble Store | Also sold together with the original game. | |||
Steam |
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 - Rise of the Owlverlord\ |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/246960/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Giana Sisters - Rise of the Owlverlord\ |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/246960/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy | ||
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) | |||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | See Run the game at screen refresh rate. Frame rate is capped at 124 FPS. | ||
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 | ||
Controller remapping | ||
Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers |
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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 | Effects, ambient, music and voice | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | Speech is gibberish. | |
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 |
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). | ||
vorpX | G3D User created game profile, read important notes in the vorpx forum profile introduction. |
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[1] |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 9.0c, 11 | |
Shader Model support | 3.0 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | XP | Vista, 7, 8 |
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) | 3 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 10 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>/246960/
. - Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (246960) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ Verified by User:Keith on 2017-09-19