The Hand of Merlin
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Developers | |
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Room-C Games | |
Croteam | |
Publishers | |
Versus Evil | |
Engines | |
Serious Engine[1] | |
Release dates | |
Windows | June 14, 2022 |
macOS (OS X) | June 14, 2022 |
Linux | June 14, 2022 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Microtransactions | None |
Modes | Singleplayer |
Pacing | Turn-based |
Perspectives | Bird's-eye view |
Controls | Point and select |
Genres | TBS |
Art styles | Realistic |
Themes | Europe, Fantasy, Lovecraftian, Medieval, Middle East |
General information
- Official Discord server
- GOG.com Community Discussions
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Epic Games Store | Deluxe Edition also available. | |||
GamersGate | Deluxe Edition also available. | |||
GOG.com | Deluxe Edition also available. | |||
Green Man Gaming | Deluxe Edition also available. | |||
Humble Store | Deluxe Edition also available. | |||
Steam | Deluxe Edition also available. |
Essential improvements
Skip (and prevent loading of) intro videos
Console command men_bShowIntroCutscene
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\UserData\Merlin.ini[Note 1] |
macOS (OS X) | |
Linux |
- It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | |
macOS (OS X) | |
Linux |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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Epic Games Launcher | ||
GOG Galaxy | ||
Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | |||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | Hor+ scaling.[2] | ||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | |||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | |||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | 2x-8x; tied to performance presets.[3] | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | 2x-8x MSAA | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
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 | ||
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | ||
Full controller support | ||
Controller remapping | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
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 | ||
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Music, Sound effects | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | Cutscenes only, the rest of the game is presented through text. | |
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English |
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 11, 12 | Selectable in-game. |
Vulkan |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | |||
macOS (OS X) | |||
Linux |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Audio | OpenAL |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 7 SP1 with Platform Update | 10 (version 1703) |
Processor (CPU) | 3.0 GHz Dual Core | 3.0 GHz Quad Core |
System memory (RAM) | 4 GB | 8 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 5 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce GT 1030 AMD Radeon RX 550 2 GB of VRAM DirectX 11 compatible | Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 DirectX 12 compatible |
Sound (audio device) | DirectX compatible |
- A 64-bit operating system is required.
macOS (OS X) | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | 10.13 | |
Processor (CPU) | ||
System memory (RAM) | ||
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
- A 64-bit operating system is required.
Linux | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | SteamOS 3.0, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS | |
Processor (CPU) | ||
System memory (RAM) | ||
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
- A 64-bit operating system is required.
Notes
- ↑ 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).
References
- ↑ Croteam - The Hand of Merlin is Alive and Kicking - last accessed on 2021-05-11
- "Spoiler alert – The Hand of Merlin is now being built in the Serious Engine!"
- ↑ Verified by User:Rose on 2021-05-15
- Screenshots taken at 1920x1080, 2560x1080 and 3840x1080, then compared.
- ↑ Verified by User:Expack3 on 2021-05-24
- Referenced GPU presets found in
<path-to-game>\Content\Merlin\Config
- Referenced GPU presets found in