Always Sometimes Monsters
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| Developers | |
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| Vagabond Dog | |
| Publishers | |
| Devolver Digital | |
| Engines | |
| Windows | RPG Maker VX Ace[1] |
| OS X, Linux | RPG Maker MV |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | May 21, 2014 |
| macOS (OS X) | January 9, 2015 |
| Linux | January 9, 2015 |
| Reception | |
| Metacritic | 73 |
| OpenCritic | 73 |
| IGDB | 81 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Monetization | One-time game purchase |
| Series | Always Sometimes Monsters |
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| Always Sometimes Monsters | |
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| Always Sometimes Monsters | 2014 |
| Sometimes Always Monsters | 2020 |
Key points
- The game settings can be accessed by pressing F1 as usual with other RPG Maker games.
- Only resolution option is 544x416 (17:13).
- OS X and Linux lack Steam integration and have frequent crashes.
General information
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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| GOG.com | |
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| Humble Store | |
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| Steam | |
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| Mac App Store (unavailable) | |
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Game data
Configuration file location
| System | Location |
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| Windows | <path-to-game>\Game.ini[Note 1] |
| macOS (OS X) | $HOME/My Games/ASM/ |
| Linux |
- This game does not follow the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.
Save game data location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | <path-to-game>\Save01.rvdata2[Note 1] |
| macOS (OS X) | $HOME/My Games/ASM/ |
| Linux | <path-to-game>/ |
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| GOG Galaxy | ||
| Steam Cloud |
Video
Game properties accessed with F1.
Games main menu telling keys to change fullscreen and scaling.
| Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Widescreen resolution | |||
| Multi-monitor | |||
| Ultra-widescreen | |||
| 4K Ultra HD | |||
| Field of view (FOV) | |||
| Windowed | Use either Alt+↵ Enter or F5 to switch and F6 to scale. | ||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| 60 FPS | [2] | ||
| 120+ FPS | |||
| High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. | ||
Input
Controller key rebinding in game properties.
Keyboard key rebinding in game properties.
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Remapping | Only specific keys and they have to be bound to imaginary controller. | |
| Mouse acceleration | Mouse not used in game. | |
| Mouse sensitivity | ||
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support | ||
| Full controller support | Accessing options and switching to fullscreen requires keyboard. | |
| Controller remapping | Controller keys are bound to imaginary controller. | |
| 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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| Button prompts | ||
| Controller hotplugging | ||
| Haptic feedback | ||
| Digital movement supported | ||
| Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Separate volume controls | Music and effects, on or off only | |
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | All speech is text. | |
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost | ||
| Royalty free audio |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English |
Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Direct3D | 7 | |
| OpenGL | 2.0 | OS X and Linux only. |
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windows | |||
| macOS (OS X) | |||
| Linux | [citation needed] |
Middleware
| Middleware | Notes | |
|---|---|---|
| Audio | OpenAL | Linux only.[citation needed] |
System requirements
| Windows | ||
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| Minimum | ||
| Operating system (OS) | XP, Vista, 7, 8, 8.1 | |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 4 2.0 GHz | |
| System memory (RAM) | 512 MB | |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 500 MB | |
| macOS (OS X) | ||
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| Minimum | ||
| Operating system (OS) | 10.7 | |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Core 2 Duo | |
| System memory (RAM) | 2 GB | |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 500 MB | |
| Video card (GPU) | OpenGL 2.0 compatible | |
| Linux | ||
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| Minimum | ||
| Operating system (OS) | Ubuntu 12.04 | |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 4 2.0 GHz | |
| System memory (RAM) | 2 GB | |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 500 MB | |
| Video card (GPU) | OpenGL 2.0 compatible | |
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%\VirtualStoreon Windows Vista and later (more details).
References
- ↑ Verified by User:Vetle on 2017-05-25
- ↑ Verified by User:Marioysikax on June 28, 2016 With 120 FPS recording.