Metal Wolf Chaos XD

Key points

Remastered version of Metal Wolf Chaos, which was previously exclusive to the Xbox console and unavailable outside of Japan.

Frame rate is capped at 30 FPS.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS

GOG.com
Humble Store
Steam

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Soundtrack	The game's original soundtrack. Contains 59 tracks in MP3 and FLAC formats.
Original Suit	A unique skin for Metal Wolf based on the platform the game was purchased from. Exclusive to pre-orders of the game.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\save\^{[Note 1]}
Steam	<path-to-game>\save\<user-id>\
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/820630/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\save\^{[Note 1]}
Steam	<path-to-game>\save\<user-id>\
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/820630/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

Display settings.

Graphics settings.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor		Hor+ scaling. Minor graphical issues are present, such as inconsistent menu pillarboxing and incomplete cutscene letterboxing borders.^[2]
Ultra-widescreen		Menus have borders and HUD elements are locked within a 16:9 ratio, but gameplay and in-game cutscenes support 21:9 resolutions.^[3]^[4]
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		Fullscreen is also borderless windowed mode.^[5]
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		Physics and animations are tied to 30 FPS.^[6]^[7]
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

FOV at 16:9 resolutions
FOV at 21:9 resolutions
FOV at 32:9 resolutions
FOV at 48:9 resolutions

Input

Controls settings.

Keybindings.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		^[8]
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity		^[8]
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion		Labeled Invert View.
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping		Only 8 presets are available, divided between 2 control layouts with 4 options between X and/or Y axis inversion.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion		Use a controller preset that features an inverted Y-axis. X-axis can also be inverted.

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts		Xbox One variant.
Impulse Trigger vibration

PlayStation controllers		No vibration support
PlayStation button prompts
Light bar support
Adaptive trigger support
DualSense haptic feedback support
Connection modes	, Wired, Wireless (Bluetooth)

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Controller presets

Type 1 (no inversion)
Type 2 (Y axis inverted)
Type 3 (X axis inverted)
Type 4 (X and Y axis inverted)
Type 5 (no inversion)
Type 6 (Y axis inverted)
Type 7 (X axis inverted)
Type 8 (X and Y axis inverted)

Audio

Sound settings.

Gameplay settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Music, SFX, voice.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
French
German
Japanese
Korean
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	11

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	FMOD

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	7, 8.1, 10
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i3-2100 3.1 GHz AMD Athlon II X4 3.1 GHz	Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4 GHz AMD FX-6350 3.9 GHz
System memory (RAM)	4 GB	6 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	10 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 550 Ti ATI Radeon HD 6850 1 GB of VRAM DirectX 11 compatible	Nvidia GeForce GTX 750 ATI Radeon R7 260X 2 GB of VRAM
Sound (audio device)	DirectX-compatible sound card or onboard audio chip
Other	Controller recommended

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/820630/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (820630) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

↑ How General Arcade updated From Software classic Metal Wolf Chaos for Devolver Digital - last accessed on 2019-11-26
"For example, the development team used a 14-year-old version of 3ds Max and they built a special plugin for it so we had to figure out how to build the plugin first, how to connect it to the old version of resources and the new version of 3D Max because we use a different rendering engine - we use PhyreEngine from Sony - we need to convert all the assets to the new format for the rendering engine to use it more efficiently."
↑ Verified by User:Cptmold on 2019-08-06
Tested with GOG release, launch day build.
↑ I see 16:9 support is listed... - Steam Community Discussions - last accessed on 2019-07-06
↑ General Arcade on Twitter: "HUD located same place as on 16:9, so it stays in peripheral vision. In-game cut scenes full render in ultra wide. Menues centered." - last accessed on 2019-07-31
↑ General Arcade on Twitter: "Yes, borderless fullscreen supported" - last accessed on 2019-08-01
↑ From Software Gives An Update On Metal Wolf Chaos XD - last accessed on 2019-07-02
"Takeuchi also revealed the game would maintain the 30fps framerate of the original."
↑ General Arcade on Twitter: "Unfortunately gameplay and animations tied to FPS, so 30 FPS on all platforms" - last accessed on 2019-07-31
↑ ^8.0 ^8.1 Keyboard remapping and subtitle options? - last accessed on 2019-07-07

[gamedir-2] 1.0 ^1.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

[Proton_path_note-3] 2.0 ^2.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/820630/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (820630) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

[1] How General Arcade updated From Software classic Metal Wolf Chaos for Devolver Digital - last accessed on 2019-11-26
"For example, the development team used a 14-year-old version of 3ds Max and they built a special plugin for it so we had to figure out how to build the plugin first, how to connect it to the old version of resources and the new version of 3D Max because we use a different rendering engine - we use PhyreEngine from Sony - we need to convert all the assets to the new format for the rendering engine to use it more efficiently."

[4] Verified by User:Cptmold on 2019-08-06
Tested with GOG release, launch day build.

[5] I see 16:9 support is listed... - Steam Community Discussions - last accessed on 2019-07-06

[6] General Arcade on Twitter: "HUD located same place as on 16:9, so it stays in peripheral vision. In-game cut scenes full render in ultra wide. Menues centered." - last accessed on 2019-07-31

[7] General Arcade on Twitter: "Yes, borderless fullscreen supported" - last accessed on 2019-08-01

[8] From Software Gives An Update On Metal Wolf Chaos XD - last accessed on 2019-07-02
"Takeuchi also revealed the game would maintain the 30fps framerate of the original."

[9] General Arcade on Twitter: "Unfortunately gameplay and animations tied to FPS, so 30 FPS on all platforms" - last accessed on 2019-07-31

[Keyboard_and_Mouse_support-10] 8.0 ^8.1 Keyboard remapping and subtitle options? - last accessed on 2019-07-07

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Developers

Original game	FromSoftware
Remastered	General Arcade
Publishers
	Devolver Digital
Engines
	PhyreEngine^[1]
Release dates
Windows	August 6, 2019
Reception
Metacritic	65
OpenCritic	67
IGDB	65
Taxonomy
Monetization	DLC
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Third-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Action, Shooter
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	North America, Sci-fi