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Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition

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This page is for the Definitive Edition. For the original release, see Ori and the Blind Forest.

Ori and the Blind Forest:
Definitive Edition
Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition cover
Developers
Moon Studios
Publishers
Microsoft Studios
THQ Nordic
Engines
Unity 5[Note 1]
Release dates
Windows April 27, 2016
Reception
Metacritic 88
OpenCritic 88
IGDB 86
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase, Subscription gaming service
Microtransactions None
Modes Singleplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Side view, Scrolling
Controls Direct control
Genres Action, Metroidvania, Platform
Art styles Cartoon
Themes Fantasy
Series Ori and the Blind Forest
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Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition is a singleplayer side view and scrolling action, metroidvania and platform game in the Ori and the Blind Forest series.

Key points

Original release included for free on Steam.[2]
21:9 supported natively.

General information

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

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
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Standard Edition or Limited Edition.[3]
Windows
GamersGate
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Windows
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Windows
GOG.com
DRM-free
Windows
Green Man Gaming
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Windows
Microsoft Store
Microsoft Store
Included with Xbox Game Pass for PC.
Windows
Steam
DRM-free after installation through Steam client (notes may include more details)
Windows

Monetization

Type Notes
One-time game purchase The game requires an upfront purchase to access.
Subscription gaming service Available via Xbox Game Pass for PC.

Microtransactions

Type Notes
No microtransactions Game does not contain any microtransactions.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %LOCALAPPDATA%\Ori and the Blind Forest DE\
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft Studios\Ori And The Blind Forest: Definitive Edition\
Microsoft Store %LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\Microsoft.OriandtheBlindForestDefinitiveEdition_8wekyb3d8bbwe\Settings
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/387290/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %LOCALAPPDATA%\Ori and the Blind Forest DE\
Microsoft Store %LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\Microsoft.OriandtheBlindForestDefinitiveEdition_8wekyb3d8bbwe\SystemAppData\wgs\
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/387290/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud
Xbox Cloud
Synced with Xbox One version

Video

General settings.
General settings.

Graphics feature State WSGF Notes
Widescreen resolution
16:10 is letterboxed.
Multi-monitor
See the WSGF report or use the PCGW community tool.
Ultra-widescreen
See the WSGF report or use the PCGW community tool at 32:9.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
See Vertical sync (Vsync).
60 FPS
120+ FPS
Enabling the in-game Vsync removes the 60 FPS cap, but will result in a slight audio/video desynchronization throughout the game.
Animations and/or cutscenes will still be locked to 60-30 FPS.
High dynamic range display (HDR)
Only available on consoles.
The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unity page for more details.

HD Resolutions unselectable from in-game menu

Disable system scaling for high DPI resolutions[4]

Enable the following compatibility settings for the <OriDE.exe> file: Disable display scaling on high DPI settings.

Vertical sync (Vsync)

The game doesn't support exclusive fullscreen, only borderless windowed.
Driver forced Vsync has no effect on the game.
Ensure a smooth, stutter free experience[citation needed]
  1. Disable driver-forced Vsync.
  2. Enable Vsync in-game.
  3. Run the monitor at 60 Hz.

Notes

Only downside will be the usual Vsync added input lag.

Input

Keyboard settings.
Keyboard settings.
Controller buttons.
Controller buttons.

Remapping

Modify key/button binding file[5]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open KeyRebindings.txt if you want to modify keyboard bindings and ControllerButtonRemaps.txt for controller.
  3. Change Activate X rebinding: false from the top of the file into true.
  4. Make desired changes and save the file.

Notes

Neither controller axis nor D-pad can be rebound, resulting in a lesser experience with some controllers.
More details are included at the bottom of the file.
Premade controller configurations:
DualShock 4
Activate DirectInput Button Rebinding: True
--------
A: 2
B: 3
X: 1
Y: 4
LShoulder: 5
RShoulder: 6
Select: 9
Start: 10
LStick: 11
RStick: 12
LTrigger: 7
RTrigger: 8

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Sound effects and music
Surround sound
Up to 5.1 output.[6]
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
Arabic
Fan translation.
Czech
Fan translation.
English
French
German
Hungarian
Fan translation.
Italian
Japanese
Polish
Fan translation. Can be downloaded from here.
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish

VR support

3D modes State Notes
Nvidia 3D Vision
Use Helix Mod: Ori and the Blind Forest (DX11).
vorpX
G3D
Officially supported game, see official vorpx game list.
Devices
Tobii Eye Tracking
.[7] Supports: Extended View - Eye & Head Tracking, Interaction at Gaze, Light Effects.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 11
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Cutscenes Advanced Video Coding (MPEG-4 AVC), Player Framework by Microsoft

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 7
Processor (CPU) Intel Core 2 Duo E4500 2.2 GHz
AMD Athlon 64 X2 5600+ 2.8 GHz
System memory (RAM) 4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 11 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce GT 240
AMD Radeon HD 6570
1 GB of VRAM
DirectX 9.0c compatible
Microsoft Store version only works with Windows 10.


Notes

  1. Unity engine build: 5.3.2f1[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>/387290/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (387290) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References