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Silent Hope

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Silent Hope
Silent Hope cover
Developers
Marvelous
Publishers
XSEED Games
Marvelous
Engines
Unreal Engine 4[Note 1]
Release dates
Windows October 3, 2023
Reception
OpenCritic 74
IGDB 74
Taxonomy
Monetization DLC, One-time game purchase
Microtransactions Boost, Time-limited
Modes Singleplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Bird's-eye view
Controls Direct control
Genres ARPG, JRPG
Art styles Anime
Themes Fantasy
Silent Hope on HowLongToBeat
Silent Hope on IGDB
Silent Hope on MobyGames

Silent Hope is a singleplayer real-time ARPG developed by Marvelous and published by XSEED Games and Marvelous.

The game was released worldwide on Steam on October 3, 2023.

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Steam
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Digital Deluxe Edition also available.
Windows

Version differences

The Digital Deluxe Edition includes the game, an artbook, and the game's original soundtrack.

Monetization

Type Notes
DLC Sets that include character-exclusive weapons, rare Magistones, and stat-boosting items are available for purchase.
One-time game purchase Silent Hope requires an upfront purchase to access.

Microtransactions

Type Notes
Boost Weapons, Magistones, and items that can assist players can be purchased with real money.
Time-limited The "Wanderer's Special Weapon & Voidstone Set" was available for free as a bonus with early purchases.

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
Wanderer's Special Weapon & Voidstone Set Contains a weapon exclusive to the Wanderer character and a rare Magistone.
Was included as an early-purchase bonus until October 10, 2023.
Windows
Warrior's Special Weapon & Voidstone Set Contains a weapon exclusive to the Warrior character and a rare Magistone.
Windows
Rogue's Special Weapon & Voidstone Set Contains a weapon exclusive to the Rogue character and a rare Magistone.
Windows
Archer's Special Weapon & Voidstone Set Contains a weapon exclusive to the Archer character and a rare Magistone.
Windows
Farmer's Special Weapon & Voidstone Set Contains a weapon exclusive to the Farmer character and a rare Magistone.
Windows
Fighter's Special Weapon & Voidstone Set Contains a weapon exclusive to the Fighter character and a rare Magistone.
Windows
Caster's Special Weapon & Voidstone Set Contains a weapon exclusive to the Caster character and a rare Magistone.
Windows
Head Start Item Set Contains items to help obtain more experience points and additional money.
Windows

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %LOCALAPPDATA%\NR\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1960110/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %LOCALAPPDATA%\NR\Saved\Config\SaveGames\<user-id>
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1960110/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

Display settings
Display settings

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Limited to eight predefined resolutions.[Note 3]
Multi-monitor
Aspect ratios wider than 16:9 are pillarboxed by default. The Universal Unreal Engine 4 Unlocker can be used to achieve true multimonitor support when "Screen Mode" is set to "Borderless Window". However, FMV cutscenes and some UI elements will be stretched to fill the screen, and Vert- will be applied in-game.[2]
Ultra-widescreen
Aspect ratios wider than 16:9 are pillarboxed by default. The Universal Unreal Engine 4 Unlocker can be used to achieve ultrawide support when "Screen Mode" is set to "Borderless Window". However, FMV cutscenes and some UI elements will be stretched to fill the screen, and Vert- will be applied in-game.[3]
4K Ultra HD
[4]
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Set to 8x, with no option to disable in-game.[5]
Anti-aliasing (AA)
TAA only. Three presets are available: "Low" (1x), "Mid" (2x), and "High" (4x).[6]
High-fidelity upscaling
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
Choice between Auto, 30Hz, 60Hz, or 120Hz.
Auto runs at the monitor's refresh rate.
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the engine page to force native HDR output, or the glossary page for other alternatives.
Ray tracing (RT)
The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unreal Engine 4 page for more details.

Input

Keyboard and mouse bindings (Mouse controls layout)
Keyboard and mouse bindings (Mouse controls layout)
Keyboard and mouse bindings (Keyboard controls layout)
Keyboard and mouse bindings (Keyboard controls layout)

Audio

Sound settings
Sound settings

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Sliders for Master, BGM, SFX, Voice, and Event.
Surround sound
Stereo only.[7]
Subtitles
Options to toggle "Display Subtitles" for main story dialogue, "Callout Subtitles" for incidental dialogue, and "Theme Song Subtitles" for the opening theme song are available.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Text and voice languages can only be changed from the options menu on the title screen. Changing the text language requires a restart back to the title screen.
Language settings
Language settings
Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
French
German
Japanese
Spanish


Other information

API

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

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Physics PhysX, APEX [8]
Audio LibOGG, Vorbis, XAudio [8]

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 10, 11
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i5-3470
AMD Ryzen 5 2400
System memory (RAM) 6 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 4 GB[9]
Video card (GPU) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950
AMD Radeon HD 7870
DirectX 11 compatible
A 64-bit operating system is required.


Notes

  1. Unreal Engine 4 engine build: 4.27.2.0[1]
  2. 2.0 2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
  3. Available resolutions:
    •1280x720
    •1366x768
    •1600x900
    •1680x1050
    •1920x1080
    •2560x1440
    •2560x1600
    •3840x2160

References

  1. Verified by User:MasterBlaster on 2023-10-02
    As indicated in the Details tab of the NR.exe file properties.
  2. Verified by User:MasterBlaster on 2023-10-02
    Tested by playing the game with a multi-monitor setup at a 3840x2160 resolution, and then using the Universal Unreal Engine 4 Unlocker.
  3. Verified by User:MasterBlaster on 2023-10-02
    Tested by playing the game with a 2560x1080 resolution, and then attempting to play the game with the Universal Unreal Engine 4 Unlocker. The Unlocker set the game to a true ultrawide resolution upon injection.
  4. Verified by User:MasterBlaster on 2023-10-01
    Tested by playing the game at 3840x2160 resolution.
  5. Verified by User:MasterBlaster on 2023-10-02
    Tested by playing the game and checking the sg.TextureQuality setting in the GameUserSettings.ini file. sg.TextureQuality was set to 3, which internally sets the r.MaxAnisotropy setting to 8.
  6. Verified by User:MasterBlaster on 2023-10-02
    Tested by playing the game and checking the sg.AntiAliasingQuality setting in the GameUserSettings.ini file.
  7. Verified by User:MasterBlaster on 2023-10-02
    Tested in 7.1 using Orban Loudness Meter in conjunction with Razer Surround.
  8. 8.0 8.1 Verified by User:MasterBlaster on 2023-10-02
    As seen in file directory, <path-to-game>\Engine\Binaries\ThirdParty
  9. Verified by User:MasterBlaster on 2023-10-02
    Actual install size is 2.32 GB.