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Wild Hearts

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Wild Hearts
Wild Hearts cover
Developers
Omega Force
Publishers
Electronic Arts
Engines
Katana Engine[1]
Release dates
Windows February 17, 2023
Reception
Metacritic 75
OpenCritic 79
IGDB 82
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Microtransactions None
Modes Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing Real-time
Genres Action, Adventure, Building, Exploration, Hack and slash, Hunting
Art styles Realistic
Themes Fantasy
Wild Hearts on HowLongToBeat
Wild Hearts on IGDB
Wild Hearts on MobyGames

Wild Hearts is a singleplayer and multiplayer action adventure game developed by Omega Force and published by Electronic Arts.

It was released internationally on February 17, 2023

The game has received multiple patches focused on fixing bugs and improving the subpar CPU performance.[2][3]

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Epic Games Store
Origin
Karakuri Edition also available.
Windows
Microsoft Store
Microsoft Store
Origin
Included exclusively with Xbox Game Pass for PC as part of its version of EA Play.
Windows
Origin
Origin
Included with EA Play.
Karakuri Edition also available. Included with EA Play Pro.
Manual link for EA App purchase.
Windows
Steam
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Origin
Included with EA Play (Steam).
Karakuri Edition also available.
Windows
All versions require Origin and Denuvo Anti-Tamper DRM.

Monetization

Type Notes
One-time game purchase The game requires an upfront purchase to access.

Microtransactions

Type Notes
No microtransactions None


Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\KoeiTecmo\WILD HEARTS\
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1938010/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\KoeiTecmo\WILD HEARTS\
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1938010/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

Video

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
Cutscenes are pillarboxed.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Off, FXAA and TAA.
High-fidelity upscaling
FSR added on 6th April[4] and DLSS added on 16th May.[5]
Vertical sync (Vsync)
There is a Vsync option but it doesn't work.[6][7][8]
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
Cutscenes are locked to 30 FPS.
High dynamic range display (HDR)

Input

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
On/Off toggle.
Royalty free audio

Localizations

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

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play
LAN play
Online play
3 Off-host story progression possible


Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 12
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

No middleware information; you can edit this page to add it.

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 10
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i5-8400
AMD Ryzen 5 2600
System memory (RAM) 12 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 80 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060
AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT
NVIDIA - 6GB, AMD - 8 GB of VRAM
DirectX 12 compatible
Sound (audio device) 16bit 48kHz WAVE format stereo
Other Broadband internet connection
Minimum specs allow for the game to be played in 1080p/30fps with graphics setting at "Lowest"
Recommended specs allow for the game to be played in 1080p/60fps with graphics setting at "Standard"


Notes

  1. 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>/1938010/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (1938010) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

  1. Wild Hearts - PS5/Xbox Series X/S and PC DF Tech Review - A Next-Gen Monster Hunter? - DigitalFounder.net - last accessed on 2023-02-26
    "Built on its proprietary Katana Engine, the team focuses only on newer PS5, Series X and S consoles and PC here."
  2. March 27 2023 Patch - EA.com - last accessed on 2023-03-27
  3. WILD HEARTS runs 30-40% faster on AMD’s CPUs, still stutters like crazy - DSOGaming - last accessed on 2023-03-27
  4. Verified by User:DarkSonicPT on 2023-07-28
    https://steamdb.info/patchnotes/10918056/
  5. Verified by User:DarkSonicPT on 2023-07-28
    https://steamdb.info/patchnotes/11212012/
  6. Verified by User:DarkSonicPT on 2023-07-28
  7. Vsync option in this game is not working. - last accessed on 2023-07-28
  8. Framepacing/FPS Limit/Vsync guide (tldr: Special K) - last accessed on 2023-07-28