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Blacksad: Under the Skin

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Blacksad: Under the Skin
Blacksad: Under the Skin cover
Developers
Péndulo Studios
YS Interactive
Publishers
Microïds
Engines
Unity 2018[Note 1]
Release dates
Windows November 14, 2019
macOS (OS X) November 14, 2019
Reception
Metacritic 65
OpenCritic 62
IGDB 66
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Microtransactions None
Modes Singleplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Cinematic camera
Controls Direct control
Genres Adventure, Quick time events
Art styles Stylized
Themes Contemporary, Detective/mystery, Fantasy, North America
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Blacksad: Under the Skin is a singleplayer cinematic camera adventure and quick time events game.

General information

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

Availability

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\PenduloStudios\Blacksad\
%USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\PenduloStudios\Blacksad\
Microsoft Store
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1003890/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\PenduloStudios\Blacksad\
Microsoft Store
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1003890/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud
Xbox Cloud

Video

Video Basic Settings
Video Basic Settings

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Supports 16:9 and 16:10 aspect ratios.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
Disabled as of update 1.02.[2] Use this mod for Hor+ gameplay.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Options to choose are Low, Normal, and High.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
MSAA only, options to choose are 2x, 4x, 8x, and None.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
Disabling Vsync is possible as of update 1.0.3.[3]
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
[4][5]
High dynamic range display (HDR)
Option "HDR" in Advanced Settings 2 page is only a graphics effect.
The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unity page for more details.

Input

Controls Advanced Settings 1
Controls Advanced Settings 1
Controls Advanced Settings 2
Controls Advanced Settings 2

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Game uses Keyboard or Controller only.
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Controller sensitivity
Left & Right sticks sensitivity can be changed in Controls Advanced Settings 1.
Controller Y-axis inversion
Controller types
XInput-compatible controllers
[6]
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration
PlayStation controllers
[7]
PlayStation button prompts
Light bar support
Adaptive trigger support
DualSense haptic feedback support
Connection modes

Generic/other controllers
Additional information
Controller hotplugging
[8]
Haptic feedback
The toggle can be found in Controls Advanced Settings 1.
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Audio Settings
Audio Settings
Language Basic Settings
Language Basic Settings

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Music, FX, Voice.
Surround sound
2.0 stereo.[9]
Subtitles
The toggle can be found in Language Basic Settings.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Dutch
French
German
Italian
Russian
Spanish

Other information

API

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

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Input InControl

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 7
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i5 3.0 GHz
System memory (RAM) 8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 30 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce GTX 750 Ti
AMD Radeon R7 260X
2 GB of VRAM
DirectX 11 compatible
A 64-bit operating system is required.
macOS (OS X)
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 10.8
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i5 3.0 GHz
System memory (RAM) 6 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 30 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce GTX 550 Ti
AMD Radeon R7 260X
2 GB of VRAM
A 64-bit operating system is required.


Notes

  1. Unity engine build: 2018.4.5f1[1]
  2. 2.0 2.1 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>/1003890/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (1003890) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

  1. Verified by User:Baronsmoki on 2019-11-16
  2. What happened to 24:9 resolutions? - last accessed on 2019-11-15
  3. Verified by User:Rose on 2019-12-27
    Verified through the GOG version.
  4. Blacksad: Under the Skin - PC Ultra Quality (3440x1440) - last accessed on 2019-12-19
  5. Verified by User:Rose on 2019-12-19
    Achieved over 160 FPS by disabling the game Vsync through Special K.
  6. Verified by User:AlRayes BRN on 2019-11-07
    Verified by testing the game with a Microsoft Xbox One Controller with a USB cable
  7. Verified by User:AlRayes BRN on 2019-11-07
    Verified by testing the game with a Sony PlayStation DualShock 4 V2 Controller with a USB cable
  8. Verified by User:AlRayes BRN on 2019-11-07
    Verified by hot-plugging 2 different controllers
  9. Verified by User:Mastan on 2020-09-07
    Tested using Orban Loudness Meter.