Little Hope
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| Developers | |
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| Supermassive Games | |
| Publishers | |
| Bandai Namco Entertainment | |
| Engines | |
| Unreal Engine 4[Note 1] | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | October 29, 2020 |
| Reception | |
| Metacritic | 73 |
| OpenCritic | 73 |
| IGDB | 76 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Monetization | One-time game purchase, Cross-game bonus |
| Microtransactions | None |
| Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
| Pacing | Real-time |
| Perspectives | Third-person, Cinematic camera |
| Controls | Direct control |
| Genres | Survival horror, Quick time events |
| Art styles | Realistic |
| Themes | Contemporary, Horror, Supernatural |
| Series | The Dark Pictures Anthology |
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| The Dark Pictures Anthology | |
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| Man of Medan | 2019 |
| Little Hope | 2020 |
| House of Ashes | 2021 |
| The Devil in Me | 2022 |
| Directive 8020 | 2026 |
Little Hope is a survival horror game developed by Supermassive Games and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment.
It is a sequel to Man of Medan released in 2019 as part of the The Dark Pictures Anthology. Little Hope features smoother dialogue transitions, faster walking animations and walking speed, and increased camera control compared to Man of Medan.
Announced in April 2020, Little Hope was planned to be released in summer 2020 but was delayed to fall 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic.[2][3] It uses Unreal Engine 4 and was released on Steam on October 29, 2020.
General information
Availability
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| GamersGate | |
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| Green Man Gaming | |
Region locked in Latin America. | |
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| Steam | |
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Demo
- A demo is available on Steam.
Monetization
| Type | Notes |
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| Cross-game bonus | If a save file from Man of Medan is detected, the Curator will say an unique dialogue upon greeting the player at the beginning of the game. |
| One-time game purchase | The game requires an upfront purchase to access. |
DLC and expansion packs
| Name | Notes | |
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| Curator's Cut | Initially a pre-order bonus. Now available to everyone since March 1, 2021. | |
Essential improvements
Skip intro videos
| Delete or rename video file[4] |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
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| Windows | %LOCALAPPDATA%\LittleHope\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor\ |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1194630/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
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| Windows | %LOCALAPPDATA%\LittleHope\Saved\SaveGames\ |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1194630/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics settings
Display settings
| Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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| Widescreen resolution | Letterboxed to 21:9. See Widescreen resolution to remove the letterboxing. | ||
| Multi-monitor | Pillarboxed to 21:9.[5] See Widescreen resolution. | ||
| Ultra-widescreen | Supported.[5] See Widescreen resolution in case of black bars. | ||
| 4K Ultra HD | Letterboxed to 21:9.[5] See Widescreen resolution. | ||
| Field of view (FOV) | See Widescreen resolution. | ||
| Windowed | |||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | Fullscreen also available. | ||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | Scales with Texture Quality. Low (0x), Medium (2x), High (4x), Ultra (8x).[6] | ||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | Available in 4 presets: Off, Medium, High, Ultra. | ||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
| 60 FPS and 120+ FPS | Includes a toggle to limit to 30 FPS. | ||
| High dynamic range display (HDR) | HDR must be enabled in Windows. | ||
| Ray tracing (RT) | Reflections and ambient occlusion (Direct3D 12 only). | ||
| Color blind mode | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
- The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unreal Engine 4 page for more details.
Widescreen resolution
| Use FWS plugin to remove letterboxing or pillarboxing and change FOV[7] |
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| Use Supermassive Games Border Remover |
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Input
Controls settings
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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| Remapping | ||
| Mouse sensitivity | From 0 to 100. | |
| Mouse acceleration | ||
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Keyboard and mouse prompts | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | Separate options for camera, aiming, exploration and inspecting. Setting also affects controller input. |
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| Controller | ||
| Controller support | ||
| Full controller support | ||
| Controller remapping | Some buttons cannot be remapped, and quick time event buttons can only be swapped.[Note 3] | |
| Controller sensitivity | ||
| Controller Y-axis inversion | Separate options for camera, aiming, exploration and inspecting. Setting also affects mouse input. |
| Controller types |
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| XInput-compatible controllers | ||
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| Xbox button prompts | Includes an option to choose between Xbox and DualShock prompts. | |
| Impulse Trigger support |
| DirectInput-compatible controllers |
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| PlayStation controllers | ||
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| PlayStation button prompts | Includes an option to choose between DualShock and Xbox prompts. | |
| Motion sensors support | ||
| Light bar support | ||
| Adaptive trigger support | ||
| DualSense haptic feedback support | ||
| Connection modes | ||
| Nintendo controllers |
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| Other controller(s) |
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| Additional information | ||
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| Controller hotplugging | ||
| Input prompt override | ||
| Haptic feedback | ||
| Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
| Steam Input | ||
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| Steam Input API support | ||
| Steam Input prompt modes | ||
| Steam Deck button prompts | ||
| Steam Controller (1st gen) button prompts | ||
| Motion sensors support | ||
| Official controller preset(s) |
Keybind settings
Audio
Audio and Language settings
Accessibility settings
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
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| Separate volume controls | Separate sliders for Master, Music, Dialogue, SFX. | |
| Surround sound | [8] | |
| Subtitles | ||
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost | ||
| Royalty free audio |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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| English | ||||
| Arabic | ||||
| Simplified Chinese | ||||
| Traditional Chinese | ||||
| Czech | Fan translation - #1 | |||
| French | ||||
| German | ||||
| Italian | ||||
| Japanese | ||||
| Korean | ||||
| Polish | Fan translation, download. | |||
| Brazilian Portuguese | ||||
| Russian | ||||
| Spanish | ||||
| Latin American Spanish |
Network
Multiplayer types
| Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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| Local play | 5 | Co-op, Hot seat Playable through the "Movie Night" game mode with 2-5 players. |
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| LAN play | ||||
| Online play | 2 | Co-op |
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Connection types
| Type | Native | Notes |
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| Peer-to-peer |
VR support
| 3D modes | State | Notes | |
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| Native 3D | Dual-View Rendering (3D Ultra) or Single-View Depth Reprojection (3D+) Use TrueGame for Acer SpatialLabs, or NewAxis on other Eye-Tracked Lightfield displays. |
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Issues unresolved
Endless loading screen during co-op
Issues fixed
Game stuttering on QTE input
| Turn on V_Sync in the Graphics options menu.[11] |
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Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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| Direct3D | 11, 12 |
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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| Windows |
Middleware
| Middleware | Notes | |
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| Physics | PhysX | |
| Audio | OGG Vorbis | |
| Cutscenes | Bink Video 2 | 2020.06.2 |
System requirements
| Windows | ||||
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| Minimum | Recommended | |||
| Operating system (OS) | 10 | |||
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Core i5-3470 AMD FX-8350 | Intel Core i5-8400 AMD Ryzen 5 1600 |
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| System memory (RAM) | 8 GB | |||
| Storage drive (HDD/SSD) | 80 GB | |||
| Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce GTX 750 Ti AMD Radeon HD 8570 DirectX 12 compatible | Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 AMD Radeon RX 580 |
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| Other | Broadband Internet connection | |||
- A 64-bit operating system is required.
Notes
- ↑ Unreal Engine 4 engine build: 4.26.2[1]
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/1194630/. - Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (1194630) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
- ↑ Control sticks, LB (Xbox) and L1 (DualShock) cannot be rebound. QTE buttons can be swapped but not set to anything other than ABXY (Xbox).
References
- ↑ Verified by User:Baronsmoki on 2023-10-23
- ↑ The Dark Pictures: Little Hope has been delayed - last accessed on 2020-10-31
- ↑ Announcing Little Hope, the Next Game in The Dark Pictures Anthology - last accessed on 2020-10-31
- ↑ Verified by User:Fayaine on 2020-11-03
- Renamed both video files manually to test intro skipping.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Verified by User:Fayaine on 2020-10-30
- Tested using custom resolutions of 2560x1080, 5760x1080, and 3840x2160.
- ↑ Verified by User:Fayaine on 2020-10-30
- based off sg.TextureQuality=4 setting in GameUserSettings.ini and the official UE4 documentation.
- ↑ Verified by User:Keith on 2024-10-05
- ↑ Verified by User:Fayaine on 2020-10-30
- Tested in 7.1 using SpecialK in conjunction with Razer Surround.
- ↑ infinite loading - last accessed on 2020-11-03
- ↑ Mehrspieler Problem - last accessed on 2020-11-03
- ↑ This game is a mess - last accessed on 2020-09-11