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Nights of Azure

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Nights of Azure
Nights of Azure cover
Developers
Gust Co. Ltd.
Publishers
Koei Tecmo
Release dates
Windows February 7, 2017
Reception
Metacritic 64
OpenCritic 68
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Microtransactions None
Modes Singleplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Third-person
Controls Direct control
Genres Hack and slash
Art styles Anime
Themes Supernatural
Series Nights of Azure
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Nights of Azure on Wikipedia
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Nights of Azure is a singleplayer third-person hack and slash game in the Nights of Azure series.

It was first released for PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita in Japan[Note 1] on October 1, 2015. It was ported to PC inclusive with DLCs released for console on February 7, 2017 on Steam. First patch was released on February 11, 2017 to address high CPU usage and controller devices not recognized problem. On March 6, 2020, the game was updated to include Japanese language. Final patch of the game was released on September 6, 2021 to fix problem when running the game on PC with certain processors.

Although the game supports keyboard input, it doesn't allow user to change the keyboard mapping and forced to use the game's recognized default keyboard mappings to play the game.

General information

Official Japanese site
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Green Man Gaming
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Windows
Humble Store
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Windows
Steam
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Windows
All versions require Steam DRM.

Monetization

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

Microtransactions

Type Notes
No microtransactions No microtransactions available in this game.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\KoeiTecmo\Nights of Azure\Settings\*
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/527280/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\527280\remote\GAMEDATA*.*
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/527280/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

General settings
General settings
External general settings
External general settings

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Does not natively support higher resolutions than 1920x1080. See Widescreen resolution.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
Forcing ultrawide resolutions breaks aspect ratio.
4K Ultra HD
Can be successfully forced. See Widescreen resolution.
Field of view (FOV)
May be possible to set in registry.[1]
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Native MSAA option is broken and does not reduce aliasing.[citation needed]
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS
120+ FPS
Can't collect items when running above 60 FPS.[2][3]
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.
Ray tracing (RT)

Widescreen resolution

Set custom resolutions[1][4]
  1. Open the Windows registry.
  2. Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\KoeiTecmo\Nights of Azure\Settings.
  3. Set device to the desired resolution (example 2560,1440,60,87 for 1440p).

Notes

Setting a custom resolution will break the DOF effect. Disable it for best results.

Input

Input bindings
Input bindings
External input bindings
External input bindings

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping
External mapping allows all button configuration. In-game mapping is limited to 5 types of preset configuration.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion
Only for camera control. X-axis also available.
Controller types
XInput-compatible controllers
PlayStation controllers
Generic/other controllers
Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Japanese
Russian
Fan translation by «The Miracle»

Other information

API

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

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Cutscenes Windows Media Video

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 7, 8.1, 10
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i5 2.6 GHz
System memory (RAM) 4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 6 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce GTX 550 Ti
960 x 540 resolution capable
DirectX 11 compatible
Sound (audio device) On board sound card.
A 64-bit operating system is required.


Notes

  1. Known as Yoru no Nai Kuni (よるのないくに).
  2. 2.0 2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:

References