The Council
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Developers | |
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Big Bad Wolf | |
Publishers | |
Focus Home Interactive | |
Release dates | |
Windows | March 13, 2018 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 67 |
OpenCritic | 75 |
IGDB | 70 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Modes | Singleplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | Third-person |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | Adventure |
Art styles | Stylized |
Themes | Detective/mystery, Victorian |
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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GOG.com | ||||
Green Man Gaming | ||||
Humble Store | ||||
Steam |
- The first episode is available for free on Steam.
- Only the "Complete Season" is available, episodes can no longer be bought individually.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\The Council\*.conf |
Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/287630/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\The Council\<user-id>\ |
Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/287630/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 | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | On 16:10 resolutions, cut-scenes are letterboxed to 16:9. | ||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | Bug where horizontal mouse sensitivity is greatly reduced. Menus and cutscenes are 16:9 pillarboxed. Gameplay is 21:9.[1] | ||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | |||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | |||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | In-game VSync might cause FPS problems, see Low FPS even on high-end hardware. | ||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | |||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
Mouse acceleration | No acceleration. | |
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | X-axis can also be inverted. | |
Controller | ||
Controller support | ||
Full controller support | ||
Controller remapping | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
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 | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. |
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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, voices, SFX and music. | |
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 | ||||
Hungarian | Fan translation | |||
Italian | ||||
Russian | ||||
Spanish |
VR support
3D modes | State | Notes | |
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Nvidia 3D Vision | See Helix Mod: The Council (DX11). |
Issues unresolved
Low FPS even on high-end hardware
Deactivate VSync in the game and enable "Fast Sync" (Nvidia) or "Enhanced Sync" (AMD) in the GPU control panel.[2][3] |
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Use Special K (default settings).[2] |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 11 | |
Shader Model support | 5.0 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Audio | Wwise |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 7 | 8, 10 |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Core i3-2125 3.3 GHz AMD FX-4100 3.6 GHz |
Intel Core i7-3770 3.4 GHz AMD FX-8370 4.0 GHz |
System memory (RAM) | 4 GB | 8 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 15 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce GTX 750 AMD Radeon R7 360 1 GB of VRAM | Nvidia GeForce GTX 960 AMD Radeon R9 380 4 GB of VRAM |
- A 64-bit operating system is required.
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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>/287630/
in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (287630) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.
References
- ↑ The Council - THE CONCLAVE (21:9 Ultrawide 4K) - last accessed on 2019-10-20
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Whats going on with the fps in this game? :: The Council General Discussions - last accessed on 2021-07-31
- ↑ Fix for low FPS (NVIDIA GPUs only) on Talk:The Council - last accessed on 2021-07-31