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Battle Chasers: Nightwar

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Battle Chasers: Nightwar
Battle Chasers: Nightwar cover
Developers
Airship Syndicate
Publishers
THQ Nordic
Engines
Unity 5[Note 1]
Release dates
Windows October 3, 2017
macOS (OS X) October 3, 2017
Linux May 28, 2018
Reception
Metacritic 78
OpenCritic 80
IGDB 78
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Modes Singleplayer
Perspectives Bird's-eye view
Genres RPG, JRPG
Art styles Anime
Themes Fantasy
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Battle Chasers: Nightwar is a singleplayer bird's-eye view RPG and JRPG game.

General information

Official Forum
GOG.com Community Discussions
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Epic Games Store
DRM-free after installation through Epic Games Launcher (notes may include more details)
DRM-free when launched directly from executable. [2]
Windows
GamersGate
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
GOG.com
DRM-free
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Green Man Gaming
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Humble Store
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Microsoft Store
Microsoft Store
Windows
Steam
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Mac App Store (unavailable)
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macOS (OS X)
Origin (unavailable)
Origin
Windows
All Linux versions require Steam DRM.

Game data

In-game game settings.
In-game game settings.

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\Airship Syndicate\BattleChasersNightwar\user\BCSettings.txt
Microsoft Store
Steam %USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\Airship Syndicate\BattleChasersNightwar\<user-id>\BCSettings.txt
macOS (OS X)
Linux $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/unity3d/Airship Syndicate/BattleChasersNightwar/
This game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\Airship Syndicate\BattleChasersNightwar\user\saves\
Microsoft Store
Steam %USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\Airship Syndicate\BattleChasersNightwar\<user-id>\saves\
macOS (OS X)
Linux $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/unity3d/Airship Syndicate/BattleChasersNightwar/<user-id>/saves/

Save game cloud syncing

Video

In-game video settings.
In-game video settings.
In-game graphics settings.
In-game graphics settings.

Graphics feature State WSGF Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Multi-monitor is supported natively, but combat and cutscenes are pillarboxed with the sides cut off, the main-menu is zoomed in such that it's completely obscured, and the dialog box zoomed in and partially cut off during in-game dialog.
Ultra-widescreen
World map and dungeon view scale correctly. Cut-scenes and combat screens are pillarboxed.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Default fullscreen is borderless. Use -window-mode exclusive parameter for exclusive mode.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Enabled as part of the "Post Effects Quality" setting.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.
The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unity page for more details.

Input

In-game controls settings.
In-game controls settings.

Audio

In-game audio settings.
In-game audio settings.
In-game language settings.
In-game language settings.

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Text and audio language can be set separately.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

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

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9.0c, 11
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 7
Processor (CPU) 2.0 GHz
System memory (RAM) 4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 10 GB
Video card (GPU) Intel HD Graphics 4000
1 GB of VRAM
DirectX 11 compatible
A 64-bit system is required.
macOS (OS X)
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 10.9
Processor (CPU) 2.0 GHz
System memory (RAM) 4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 10 GB
Video card (GPU) OpenGL 3.2 compatible
A 64-bit system is required.
Linux
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) Ubuntu 12.04
Processor (CPU) 2.0 GHz
System memory (RAM) 4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 10 GB
Video card (GPU) Intel HD Graphics 4000
1 GB of VRAM
A 64-bit system is required.


Notes

  1. Unity engine build: 5.5.3p1[1]

References

  1. Verified by User:Vetle on 2018-05-14
  2. Verified by User:XactactX on 2023-12-31
    Tested using the EGS version.
  3. Linux version is out now! :: Battle Chasers: Nightwar General Discussions - last accessed on 2018-11-01