The Hand of Merlin
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| Developers | |
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| Room-C Games | |
| Croteam | |
| Publishers | |
| Versus Evil | |
| Engines | |
| Serious Engine[1] | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | June 14, 2022 |
| macOS (OS X) | June 14, 2022 |
| Linux | June 14, 2022 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Monetization | One-time game purchase |
| Microtransactions | None |
| Modes | Singleplayer |
| Pacing | Turn-based |
| Perspectives | Bird's-eye view |
| Controls | Point and select |
| Genres | TBS |
| Art styles | Realistic |
| Themes | Europe, Fantasy, Lovecraftian, Medieval, Middle East |
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General information
- Official Discord server
- GOG.com Community Discussions
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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| Epic Games Store | |
Deluxe Edition also available. | |
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| GamersGate | |
Deluxe Edition also available. | |
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| GOG.com | |
Deluxe Edition also available. | |
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| Green Man Gaming | |
Deluxe Edition also available. | |
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| Humble Store | |
Deluxe Edition also available. | |
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| Steam | |
Deluxe Edition also available. | |
Essential improvements
Skip (and prevent loading of) intro videos
Console command men_bShowIntroCutscene
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
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| Windows | <path-to-game>\UserData\Merlin.ini[Note 1] |
| macOS (OS X) | |
| Linux |
- It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.
Save game data location
| System | Location |
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| Windows | |
| macOS (OS X) | |
| Linux |
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
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| Epic Games Launcher | ||
| GOG Galaxy | ||
| Steam Cloud |
Video
| Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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| Widescreen resolution | |||
| Multi-monitor | |||
| Ultra-widescreen | Hor+ scaling.[2] | ||
| 4K Ultra HD | |||
| Field of view (FOV) | |||
| Windowed | |||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | |||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | 2x-8x; tied to performance presets.[3] | ||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | 2x-8x MSAA | ||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
| 60 FPS and 120+ FPS | |||
| High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. | ||
| Color blind mode | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Gameplay settings
Graphics settings
Performance settings
Input
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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| Remapping | ||
| Mouse sensitivity | ||
| Mouse acceleration | ||
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Keyboard and mouse prompts | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support | ||
| Full controller support | ||
| Controller remapping | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
| Controller sensitivity | ||
| Controller Y-axis inversion |
| Controller types |
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| XInput-compatible controllers | ||
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| Xbox button prompts | ||
| Impulse Trigger support |
| DirectInput-compatible controllers |
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| PlayStation controllers |
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| 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 |
Audio
Sound settings
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
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| Separate volume controls | Music, Sound effects | |
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | Cutscenes only, the rest of the game is presented through text. | |
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost | ||
| Royalty free audio |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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| English |
Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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| Direct3D | 11, 12 | Selectable in-game. |
| Vulkan |
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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| Windows | |||
| macOS (OS X) | |||
| Linux |
Middleware
| Middleware | Notes | |
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| Audio | OpenAL |
System requirements
| Windows | ||||
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| Minimum | Recommended | |||
| Operating system (OS) | 7 SP1 with Platform Update | 10 (version 1703) | ||
| Processor (CPU) | 3.0 GHz Dual Core | 3.0 GHz Quad Core | ||
| System memory (RAM) | 4 GB | 8 GB | ||
| Storage drive (HDD/SSD) | 5 GB | |||
| Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce GT 1030 AMD Radeon RX 550 2 GB of VRAM DirectX 11 compatible | Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 DirectX 12 compatible |
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| Sound (audio device) | DirectX compatible | |||
- A 64-bit operating system is required.
| macOS (OS X) | ||||
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| Minimum | ||||
| Operating system (OS) | 10.13 | |||
| Processor (CPU) | ||||
| System memory (RAM) | ||||
| Storage drive (HDD/SSD) | ||||
- A 64-bit operating system is required.
| Linux | ||||
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| Minimum | ||||
| Operating system (OS) | SteamOS 3.0, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS | |||
| Processor (CPU) | ||||
| System memory (RAM) | ||||
| Storage drive (HDD/SSD) | ||||
- A 64-bit operating system is required.
Notes
- ↑ 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%\VirtualStoreon Windows Vista and later (more details).
References
- ↑ Croteam - The Hand of Merlin is Alive and Kicking - last accessed on 2021-05-11
- "Spoiler alert – The Hand of Merlin is now being built in the Serious Engine!"
- ↑ Verified by User:Rose on 2021-05-15
- Screenshots taken at 1920x1080, 2560x1080 and 3840x1080, then compared.
- ↑ Verified by User:Expack3 on 2021-05-24
- Referenced GPU presets found in
<path-to-game>\Content\Merlin\Config
- Referenced GPU presets found in