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Cognition: An Erica Reed Thriller

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Cognition: An Erica Reed Thriller
Cognition: An Erica Reed Thriller cover
Developers
Phoenix Online Studios
Publishers
Phoenix Online Publishing
Engines
Unity 3[Note 1]
Release dates
Windows September 19, 2013
macOS (OS X) September 19, 2013
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Microtransactions None
Modes Singleplayer
Pacing Relaxed
Perspectives Cinematic camera
Controls Point and select
Genres Adventure
Art styles Stylized
Themes Contemporary, Detective/mystery, North America
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Warnings

The macOS (OS X) version of this game does not work on macOS Catalina (version 10.15) or later due to the removal of support for 32-bit-only apps.

General information

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

Availability

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

Each of the four episodes is a separate game with its own set of settings and saves.
System Location
Windows HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Phoenix Online Studios\Cognition - Episode 1
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Phoenix Online Studios\Cognition - Episode 2
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Phoenix Online Studios\Cognition - Episode 3
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Phoenix Online Studios\Cognition - Episode 4
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/242780/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\242780\remote\cognition _ episode 1\
<Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\242780\remote\cognition _ episode 2\
<Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\242780\remote\cognition _ episode 3\
<Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\242780\remote\cognition _ episode 4\
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/242780/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

Launcher video settings.
Launcher video settings.
In-game display settings.
In-game display settings.
In-game gameplay settings.
In-game gameplay settings.

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
16:9 static aspect.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Enable windowed mode and use the -popupwindow parameter (or see the glossary page).
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Off, 2x, 4x, 8x
Vertical sync (Vsync)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.
The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unity page for more details.

Input

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
Keys are hardcoded despite launcher having key remap tab. The only keys used are Esc for menu, Space for displaying active spots and F for displaying frame rate.
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
Music, SFX, Voices
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
German
Italian
Polish
Fan translation, Steam episode 1, Steam episode 2, GOG episode 1, GOG episode 2.
Spanish
Fan translation, download for episode 1, 2, 3, and 4.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
This 32-bit-only macOS game does not work on macOS Catalina (10.15) or later.

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP
Processor (CPU) 2.0 GHz
System memory (RAM) 2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 7 GB
Video card (GPU) ATI or Nvidia
512 MB of VRAM


Notes

  1. Unity engine build: 3.5.7f6[1]
  2. 2.0 2.1 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>/242780/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (242780) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

  1. Verified by User:Vetle on 2018-03-19