A Plague Tale: Requiem

A Plague Tale
A Plague Tale: Innocence	2019
A Plague Tale: Requiem	2022

A Plague Tale: Requiem is a singleplayer third-person game in the A Plague Tale series.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
Epic Games Store
GamersGate

Green Man Gaming
GOG.com
Humble Store
Microsoft Store		Included with Xbox Game Pass for PC.
Steam

Monetization

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

Microtransactions

Type	Notes
Boost	The Protector Pack includes early crafting materials.
Cosmetic	The Protector Pack includes a crossbow skin and wearable flowers.

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Protector Pack

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Replace intro videos with empty variants^[1]
Download this archive. Extract to `<path-to-game>`, replacing the original videos.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
GOG.com	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\A Plague Tale Requiem\ENGINESETTINGS
Microsoft Store	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\A Plague Tale Requiem\ENGINESETTINGS
Steam	%APPDATA%\A Plague Tale Requiem\ENGINESETTINGS
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1182900/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location

System	Location
GOG.com	%LOCALAPPDATA%\GOG.com\Galaxy\Applications\55243620139303375\Storage\Shared\Files
Microsoft Store	%LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\FocusHomeInteractiveSA.APlagueTaleRequiem-Windows_4hny5m903y3g0\SystemAppData\wgs\<user-id>
Steam	<Steam-folder>\userdata\1182900\<user-id>\remote
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1182900/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Epic Games Launcher
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud
Xbox Cloud

Video

Graphics settings

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor		Hor+ gameplay and cutscenes at 32:9. For aspect ratios higher than 32:9, download Rose's fix.
Ultra-widescreen		Hor+ gameplay and cutscenes.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		See Field of view (FOV).
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		Labeled Fullscreen
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		x8 maximum. x16 can be forced via the configuration file.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		TAA forced on. See Anti-aliasing (AA) for a workaround. DLAA.
High-fidelity upscaling		DLSS 2.4, TAAU TAAU is called 'Resolution Optimizer'. DLSS Frame Generation is supported.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		Up to 240 FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)		Slider calibration with no nit values. Uses Windows 11 HDR Calibration App nit values.
Ray tracing (RT)		Ray-traced shadows and ambient occlusion were added through a patch on January 18, 2023.^[2]

Field of view (FOV)

Use Flawless Widescreen
Install Flawless Widescreen. Open the program at least once, and exit. Download the FWS plugin made by K4sh. Unzip the archive in FWS install directory. Launch FWS and adjust FOV slider as desired. Run the game.

Film Grain

Disable Film Grain
Go to the configuration file(s) location. Open the `ENGINESETTINGS` file with Notepad or other text editor. Look for `PostProcess`, and under it find the `FilmGrain` variable. Change the value of `FilmGrain` from `1` to `0`. Save the file.

Vignette

Disable Vignette
Go to the configuration file(s) location. Open the `ENGINESETTINGS` file with a notepad or other text editor. Look for `PostProcess`, and under it find the `Vignette` variable. Change the value of `Vignette` from `1` to `0`. Save the file.

Dirt

Disable Dirt on camera
Go to the configuration file(s) location. Open the `ENGINESETTINGS` file with a notepad or other text editor. Look for `PostProcess`, and under it find the `Dirt` variable. Change the value of `Dirt` from `1` to `0`. Save the file.

Anti-aliasing (AA)

Disable TAA
Go to the configuration file(s) location. Open the `ENGINESETTINGS` file with a notepad or other text editor. Look for `Video`, and under it find the `AntiAliasing` variable. Change the value of `AntiAliasing` to `OFF`. Save the file.

Gameplay settings

Input

Control scheme

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

DualShock 4 controllers		DualSense is also natively supported, including adaptive triggers and haptic feedback. If DualSense vibration does not work, make sure the controller's audio device is enabled
DualShock button prompts
Light bar support
Connection modes	Wired, DualSense

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback		Only with DualSense when connected wired
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Audio settings

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Master, dialogue, music, SFX, ambient, menu
Surround sound		Atmos, 7.1. Utilized rear surrounds directionally.
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Czech
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian				1) Fan voice-over by «ВЭКА», download 2) Fan voice-over by «GamesVoice», download
Spanish
Latin American Spanish
Ukrainian

Language menu

Other information

VR support

3D modes	State	Notes
vorpX		User Profile, see vorpx forum for introduction

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	12
Shader Model support	6

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	Wwise

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5 GHz AMD FX-8300 3.3 GHz	Intel Core i7-8700K 3.7 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz
System memory (RAM)	16 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	55 GB (HDD)	55 GB (SSD)
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 AMD Radeon RX 590 4 GB of VRAM DirectX 12 compatible	Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT 8 GB of VRAM

The minimum requirements target 30 FPS for Low settings at 1920x1080, while the recommended requirements target 60 FPS for Ultra settings at 1920x1080.^[3]

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>/1182900/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (1182900) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

↑ Verified by User:Aemony on 2022-10-20
↑ Update (18/01/23) - Steam - last accessed on 2023-01-18
↑ A Plague Tale on Twitter - last accessed on 2022-10-07

[Proton_path_note-2] 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>/1182900/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (1182900) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

[1] Verified by User:Aemony on 2022-10-20

[3] Update (18/01/23) - Steam - last accessed on 2023-01-18

[4] A Plague Tale on Twitter - last accessed on 2022-10-07

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Developers

	Asobo Studio
Publishers
	Focus Entertainment
Engines
	Zouna
Release dates
Windows	October 18, 2022
Reception
Metacritic	82
OpenCritic	84
IGDB	85
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase, Subscription gaming service
Microtransactions	Boost, Cosmetic
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Third-person
Controls	Direct control
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	Europe, Supernatural
Series	A Plague Tale