The Council
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| Developers | |
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| Big Bad Wolf | |
| Publishers | |
| Focus Home Interactive | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | March 13, 2018 |
| Reception | |
| Metacritic | 67 |
| OpenCritic | 75 |
| IGDB | 70 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Monetization | One-time game purchase |
| Modes | Singleplayer |
| Pacing | Real-time |
| Perspectives | Third-person |
| Controls | Direct control |
| Genres | Adventure |
| Art styles | Stylized |
| Themes | Detective/mystery, Victorian |
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General information
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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| GOG.com | |
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| Green Man Gaming | |
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| Humble Store | |
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| Steam | |
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- The first episode is available for free on Steam.
- Only the "Complete Season" is available, episodes can no longer be bought individually.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
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| Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\The Council\*.conf |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/287630/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
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| Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\The Council\<user-id>\ |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/287630/pfx/[Note 1] |
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
In-game video settings.
| Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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| Widescreen resolution | On 16:10 resolutions, cut-scenes are letterboxed to 16:9. | ||
| Multi-monitor | |||
| Ultra-widescreen | Bug where horizontal mouse sensitivity is greatly reduced. Menus and cutscenes are 16:9 pillarboxed. Gameplay is 21:9.[1] | ||
| 4K Ultra HD | |||
| Field of view (FOV) | |||
| Windowed | |||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | |||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | In-game VSync might cause FPS problems, see Low FPS even on high-end hardware. | ||
| 60 FPS and 120+ FPS | |||
| High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. | ||
Input
In-game control settings.
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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| Remapping | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
| Mouse acceleration | No acceleration. | |
| Mouse sensitivity | ||
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | X-axis can also be inverted. | |
| Controller | ||
| Controller support | ||
| Full controller support | ||
| Controller remapping | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
| Controller sensitivity | ||
| Controller Y-axis inversion | X-axis can also be inverted. |
| Controller types |
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| XInput-compatible controllers | ||
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| Xbox button prompts | ||
| Impulse Trigger vibration |
| PlayStation controllers | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. |
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| Generic/other controllers |
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| Additional information | ||
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| Controller hotplugging | ||
| Haptic feedback | ||
| Digital movement supported | ||
| Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
In-game audio settings.
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
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| Separate volume controls | Master, voices, SFX and music. | |
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | ||
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost | ||
| Royalty free audio |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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| English | ||||
| French | ||||
| German | ||||
| Hungarian | Fan translation | |||
| Italian | ||||
| Russian | ||||
| Spanish |
VR support
| 3D modes | State | Notes | |
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| Nvidia 3D Vision | See Helix Mod: The Council (DX11). | ||
Issues unresolved
Low FPS even on high-end hardware
| Deactivate VSync in the game and enable "Fast Sync" (Nvidia) or "Enhanced Sync" (AMD) in the GPU control panel.[2][3] |
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| Use Special K (default settings).[2] |
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Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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| Direct3D | 11 | |
| Shader Model support | 5.0 |
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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| Windows |
Middleware
| Middleware | Notes | |
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| Audio | Wwise |
System requirements
| Windows | ||
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| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | 7 | 8, 10 |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Core i3-2125 3.3 GHz AMD FX-4100 3.6 GHz |
Intel Core i7-3770 3.4 GHz AMD FX-8370 4.0 GHz |
| System memory (RAM) | 4 GB | 8 GB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 15 GB | |
| Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce GTX 750 AMD Radeon R7 360 1 GB of VRAM | Nvidia GeForce GTX 960 AMD Radeon R9 380 4 GB of VRAM |
- A 64-bit operating system is required.
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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>/287630/in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (287630) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.
References
- ↑ The Council - THE CONCLAVE (21:9 Ultrawide 4K) - last accessed on 2019-10-20
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Whats going on with the fps in this game? :: The Council General Discussions - last accessed on 2021-07-31
- ↑ Fix for low FPS (NVIDIA GPUs only) on Talk:The Council - last accessed on 2021-07-31