Way of the Samurai 4
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Developers | |
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Acquire | |
Windows | Laughing Jackal |
Publishers | |
Former | Ghostlight |
Current | Spike Chunsoft |
Release dates | |
Windows | July 23, 2015[1] |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 72 |
OpenCritic | 67 |
IGDB | 60 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | DLC |
Microtransactions | None |
Modes | Singleplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | Third-person |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | Hack and slash, Open world |
Themes | Japan |
Series | Way of the Samurai |
Way of the Samurai | |
---|---|
Way of the Samurai 4 | 2015 |
Way of the Samurai 3 | 2016 |
Katana Kami: A Way of the Samurai Story | 2020 |
Kamiwaza: Way of the Thief | 2022 |
Key points
- Fixes some bugs from the PlayStation 3 version.
- Frame rate is capped at 30 FPS.[2]
- Very limited graphics settings menu.
- The "player invasion" feature from the PlayStation 3 version has been removed.
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Steam | ||||
GOG.com (unavailable) | DLC Pack was also available. | |||
Humble Store (unavailable) |
DLC and expansion packs
Name | Notes | |
---|---|---|
Iron Set | ||
Rare Weapons Set A (The Amihama Elite) | ||
Rare Weapons Set B (The Kinugawa Crazies) | ||
Rare Weapons Set C (The Tournament Tyrants) | ||
Ryoma Sakamoto | ||
Scroll Set | ||
Shinsengumi Set | ||
Where Are They Now? Set |
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\S4-SETTINGS.ini[Note 1] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/312780/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
---|---|
Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Ghostlight Ltd\Way of the Samurai 4\ |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/312780/pfx/[Note 2] |
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 | 16:9 only.[3] | ||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | [4] | ||
Field of view (FOV) | Change FOV= in <path-to-game>\S4-SETTINGS.ini .[5] |
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Windowed | |||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | Fullscreen is always borderless windowed. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | On by default. Can be forced off through the graphics card control panel. | ||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | Frame rate is capped at 30 FPS.[2] | ||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | HDR in <path-to-game>\S4-SETTINGS.ini refers to HDR Rendering. |
Disable Depth of Field and HDR
- Significantly improves image quality and avoids several graphical issues caused by the Depth of Field
- Depth of Field is buggy and several game events can cause it to temporarily enable or disable itself. Changing areas seems to usually correct the issue.
- Disabling Depth of Field may cause a "ghosting" effect to occur during Spring Harvest, either showing a still image of the last point the game was Alt+Tabbed or simply fading to black at random intervals, rather than the extreme Depth of Field effect as intended
Disable Depth of Field[5] |
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Disable HDR[5] |
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Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | Mouse buttons can't be remapped. | |
Mouse acceleration | Mouse acceleration in-game. Can't be disabled. | |
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | ||
Full controller support | Needs a keyboard for any text input. | |
Controller remapping | ||
Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers | ||
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Xbox button prompts | Prompts only match default controls | |
Impulse Trigger vibration |
PlayStation controllers | ||
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PlayStation button prompts | Use PlayStation / DualShock button icons mod. Prompts only match default controls | |
Light bar support | ||
Adaptive trigger support | ||
DualSense haptic feedback support | ||
Connection modes |
Generic/other controllers |
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Additional information | ||
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Controller hotplugging | Requires full reboot to detect controller. | |
Haptic feedback | ||
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | ||
Surround sound | Surround 5.1 mix is messed up: front sound effects plays from back speaker. | |
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
English | ||||
Japanese | ||||
Russian | Fan translation by «ZoG Forum Team» |
VR support
3D modes | State | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|
Nvidia 3D Vision | Use Helix Mod: Way of the Samurai 4. |
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
---|---|---|
Direct3D | 9.0c | |
Shader Model support | 3.0 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Windows |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 7 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Core 2 Duo 2.13 GHz | Intel Core i3 3.0 GHz |
System memory (RAM) | 1 GB | 4 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 7 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | 64 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible Shader model 3 support |
128 MB of VRAM |
Sound (audio device) | DirectX 9.0c compatible |
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). - ↑ 2.0 2.1 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>/312780/
. - Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (312780) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ Way of the Samurai 4 gets release date! | Blog | Ghostlight Ltd.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 NeoGAF - View Single Post - Way of the Samurai 4 will be released on PC in less than 2 weeks
- ↑ 21:9 and other aspect ratio :: Way of the Samurai 4 General Discussions
- ↑ Does this game support resolutions higher than 1080p? :: Way of the Samurai 4 General Discussions - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 New ini file options - Depth of Vield, Field of View & Bloom/Glare :: Way of the Samurai 4 General Discussions