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Realms of Arkania: Blade of Destiny (2013)

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Realms of Arkania: Blade of Destiny
Realms of Arkania: Blade of Destiny cover
Developers
Crafty Studios
Publishers
United Independent Entertainment
Engines
Unity 4[Note 1]
Release dates
Windows July 30, 2013
macOS (OS X) July 30, 2013
Linux December 21, 2013
Reception
Metacritic 18
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase, DLC
Microtransactions None
Modes Singleplayer
Pacing Turn-based
Perspectives First-person, Bird's-eye view
Genres RPG
Themes Fantasy
Series Realms of Arkania
Realms of Arkania: Blade of Destiny (2013) on HowLongToBeat
Realms of Arkania: Blade of Destiny (2013) on IGDB
Realms of Arkania: Blade of Destiny (2013) on MobyGames
Realms of Arkania
Subseries of The Dark Eye
Realms of Arkania: Blade of Destiny 1992
Realms of Arkania: Star Trail 1994
Realms of Arkania III: Shadows over Riva 1996
Realms of Arkania: Blade of Destiny (2013) 2013
Realms of Arkania: Star Trail (2017) 2017

Realms of Arkania: Blade of Destiny (2013) is a singleplayer first-person and bird's-eye view RPG game in the Realms of Arkania series.

It is a remake of Realms of Arkania: Blade of Destiny.

General information

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

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
DRM details are not known
Includes Realms of Arkania: Blade of Destiny. Optional Steam unlock by contacting support.[2] Retail install is German only; Steam version is English and German.
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
GOG.com
DRM-free
Windows
Steam
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
GamersGate (unavailable)
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Monetization

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
For the Gods
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Ogredeath Free.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
With Blade and Brilliance Free.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Game data

In-game gameplay settings.
In-game gameplay settings.

Configuration file location

System Location
Windows HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Crafty Studios GmbH\Nordlandtrilogie HD Schicksalsklinge Gold\
macOS (OS X)
Linux $HOME/.config/unity3d/Crafty Studios GmbH/Nordlandtrilogie HD Schicksalsklinge Gold/
This game does not follow the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\schick_Data\saves\[Note 2]
%USERPROFILE%\Documents\BladeofDestiny\save\
macOS (OS X)
Linux $HOME/Documents/BladeofDestiny/

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
OneDrive
Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers.
Steam Cloud

Video

Launcher video settings.
Launcher video settings.

The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unity page for more details.

Input

In-game input settings.
In-game input settings.

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
Available in launcher.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Controller types

Audio

In-game audio settings.
In-game audio settings.

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Overall, Music, Effects, Voiceover, Footsteps
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

In-game language selection.
In-game language selection.
Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Steam only; retail owners can contact support for a free Steam key.[2]
German
Russian
Fan traslation by «ZoG Forum Team and users of Notabenoid»

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 11
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Mods

The modding community does not exist in English language due to the game's strong German origin. Therefore, the German modding community is large, a long list of essential mods can be found here. Some of these may have English translations when installed.

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP, Vista, 7, 8
Processor (CPU) Intel Core 2 Duo
AMD X2 CPU, min. 2.4 GHz
System memory (RAM) 2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 5 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce GT 240
AMD Radeon HD 3700
256 MB of VRAM
macOS (OS X)
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 10.6
Processor (CPU) Intel Core 2 Duo
AMD X2, min. 2.6 GHz
System memory (RAM) 2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 5 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT
AMD Radeon HD 2600
256 MB of VRAM


Notes

  1. Unity engine build: 4.6.7p2[1]
  2. When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

References