Two months ago, we reported that Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII would be released in December on PC via Steam.
The actual date is December 10, as we now know, and the official Steam page also detailed some PC specific features. Unfortunately, among them there's the confirmation that Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII will be locked at 1080P@60FPS.
Key functionality features of LR:FFXIII
Supports graphics options intended for high-end PCs:
- Rendering resolution
- Scaling of the display area
- Shadow processing
- Texture filters
- Colour correction
- Depth of field
- Lighting
- Glare
Supports full screen and windowed display modes
Supports a maximum frame rate of 60fps
Supports Full HD display with a maximum resolution of 1920x1080
There are also some additional notes on this version of Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII.
Notes:
- This version of the game has had no changes or additions made to the story of the original LIGHTNING RETURNS FINAL FANTASY XIII.
- Supports Dolby® Digital output compatible sound cards.
- This version of the game includes some of the downloadable content released for the original.
- The bonus items originally awarded for having save data from previous games in the series will be awarded in this version regardless of whether there is suitable save data present or not.
- Includes no functionality linked to Square Enix Members or social networking sites.
- It is not possible to change the names assigned to chocobos , map markers or schemata.
Finally, the minimum and recommend system requirements.
System Requirements
MINIMUM:
- OS: Windows® XP SP2 or later
- Processor: 2GHz Dual Core CPU
- Memory: 1500 MB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA® Geforce® 8800GT / ATI Radeon™ HD 4770 VRAM 512MB or later
- DirectX: Version 9.0c
- Storage: 22 GB available space
- Sound Card: Sound card compatible with DirectX® 9.0c
- Additional Notes:
- *Steam Cloud needs to be active in order to start this game.
RECOMMENDED:
- OS: Windows® Vista/ 7/ 8
- Processor: Intel® Core™ 2 Quad (2.66 GHz)/ AMD Phenom™ II X4 (2.8 GHz) processor
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA® Geforce® GTX™ 460/ ATI Radeon™ HD 5770
- DirectX: Version 9.0c
- Storage: 22 GB available space
- Sound Card: Sound card compatible with DirectX® 9.0c
- Additional Notes:
- *Maximum supported frame rate: 60fps
- *Graphic Options
- *A game controller using Xinput is recomended for this game. (If using a DirectInput based controller, please use the driver side key configuration to adjust settings as required )
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