Devotion was released on Steam in February 2019 and almost immediately pulled from the digital storefront after falling into controversy. It still hasn't been re-released. Red Candle Games has removed Devotion from Steam. The removal occurs after the game saw heavy review bombing- a result of an international controversy. According to PC Gamer, Devotion launched to. Devotion is a Taiwanese independent horror game developed by Red Candle Games, who also made Detention. It was initially released on Steam on February 13th, 2019, but was delisted a week and a half later following ' technical issues '.
Red Candle Games, the Taiwanese studio whose first-person horror game Devotion has been unavailable to buy following controversy over a reference to Chinese premier Xi Jinping, has put its games up for sale on its own online store. Devotion and the studio’s first game Detention are available to buy now without DRM.
According to PC Gamer, Devotion launched to positive fan reviews on Steam. However, the Taiwanese first-person horror game came under fire when a piece of in-game art that seemingly mocked Chinese. Devotion is a first-person atmospheric horror game depicting the life of a family shadowed by religious belief. Explore a 1980s Taiwan apartment complex lost in time gradually shift into a hellish nightmare. Delve into the vows each member of the family has made, and witness their devotion.
Devotion was pulled from Steam shortly after its launch in February 2019. The game was critically lauded for its atmosphere and originality, but drew controversy and negative user reviews after users noticed an in-game poster that read, roughly, “Xi Jinping Winnie-the-Pooh moron.” Xi is commonly compared to Winnie the Pooh in online memes, which often meet the ire of China’s online censors.
At the time, Red Candle Games said it was removing Devotion for technical and QA-related reasons, and would also “review our game material once again making sure no other unintended materials was inserted in.” The game never returned to Steam, and Red Candle Games later apologized for its “severe art material mistake.”
Devotion attracted new controversy in December 2020 when CD Projekt Red’s storefront GOG backed out from an agreement to sell the game hours after its announcement. “After receiving many messages from gamers, we have decided not to list the game in our store,” a statement from the store read. “This is a difficult predicament to overcome, but we won’t stop striving,” Red Candle Games said in response.
With the developer now selling Devotion for PC and Mac on its own terms, the game’s availability should be assured for the time being. “We hope to provide a direct and simple purchasing channel for players who’re interested in our games,” the studio says in a tweet. It’s not immediately clear whether the Xi reference has been removed.
| Developers | |
|---|---|
| Engines | |
| Unity 2017[Note 1] | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | February 19, 2019 |
| macOS (OS X) | March 15, 2021[1] |
| Reception | |
| Metacritic | 85 |
| OpenCritic | 83 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Monetization | DLC |
| Microtransactions | None |
| Modes | Singleplayer |
| Pacing | Real-time |
| Perspectives | First-person |
| Controls | Direct control |
| Genres | Adventure, Puzzle |
| Art styles | Realistic |
| Themes | Horror |
|
Devotion is a singleplayerfirst-personadventure and puzzle game.
It was released as Huan Yuan Devotion (Simplified Chinese: 还愿 Devotion, Traditional Chinese: 還願 Devotion, Japanese: 還願 Devotion) in Asia on February 19, 2019. Shortly after release, a placeholder asset with unintended political connotations left in the release version of the game led to heavy criticism from Chinese audiences before it was delisted from Steam China on February 23, 2019.[2] Red Candle Games issued an official apology for their 'awfully unprofessional mistake' and delisted the game internationally on February 25, 2019 citing technical issues.[3]
Red Candle Games offered a Taiwan-exclusive physical Limited Edition of Devotion in June 2020[4] and organized a worldwide digital release via GOG.com on December 18, 2020. Sensitech usb devices driver download for windows. This deal was announced and cancelled on December 16, 2020.[5][6] Rca network & wireless cards driver download.
Devotion is currently available internationally via Red Candle Games' official digital store for Windows and OS X.[1]
General information
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability[edit]
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Developer website | Re-released independently on March 15, 2021. Also available with OST or bundled with Detention. | |||
| Retail (unavailable) | The game was briefly available for retail pre-order on official site from June 8, 2020 to June 15, 2020 and was region-limited to only Taiwan.[4][7] | |||
| GOG.com (unavailable) | The game was scheduled to be republished on December 18 but was almost immediately redacted by GOG of taking down the store page.[5][6] | |||
| Steam (unavailable) | Removed on February 25, 2019.[3][8] |
- Later releases of the game are region-locked and cannot be played in China (including DRM-free releases).
Game data[edit]
Configuration file(s) location[edit]
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareRedCandleGamesDevotion |
| macOS (OS X) | |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1006510/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game data location[edit]
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | %USERPROFILE%AppDataLocalLowRedCandleGamesDevotionsave.json |
| macOS (OS X) | |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1006510/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing[edit]
Video[edit]
| Graphics feature | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Widescreen resolution | ||
| Multi-monitor | ||
| Ultra-widescreen | ||
| 4K Ultra HD | ||
| Field of view (FOV) | ||
| Windowed | ||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | Enable windowed mode and use the -popupwindowparameter (or see the glossary page). | |
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | ||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | ||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | ||
| 60 FPS | ||
| 120+ FPS | ||
| High dynamic range display (HDR) | ||
Input[edit]
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Remapping | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
| Mouse acceleration | ||
| Mouse sensitivity | ||
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| 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 |
| Additional information |
|---|
| Controller hotplugging |
| Haptic feedback |
| Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio[edit]
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Separate volume controls | ||
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | ||
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
Devotion Steam Removed
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | ||||
| Simplified Chinese | ||||
| Traditional Chinese | ||||
| Japanese | ||||
| Korean |
Devotion Steam Download
VR support[edit]
| 3D modes | Native | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Nvidia 3D Vision | See Helix Mod: Devotion (DX11). | |
Other information[edit]
API[edit]
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windows | |||
| macOS (OS X) |
Middleware[edit]
System requirements[edit]
| Windows | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | 7 | 8, 10 |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Core i3 3.4 GHz AMD A8-7600 3.1 GHz | Intel Core i5 |
| System memory (RAM) | 4 GB | 8 GB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 8 GB | |
| Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 AMD Radeon R9 270 DirectX 11 compatible | Nvidia GeForce GTX 960 |
- A 64-bit operating system is required.
| macOS (OS X) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | 11.0.1 | |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Core i5 | Intel Core i7 |
| System memory (RAM) | 4 GB | 8 GB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 8 GB | |
| Video card (GPU) | AMD Radeon Pro 460 | AMD Radeon Pro 5300M |
- A 64-bit operating system is required.
Notes
- ↑Unity engine build: 2017.1.0f3
- ↑ 2.02.1File/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>/1006510/in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (1006510) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.
References
- ↑ 1.01.1@redcandlegames on Twitter - last accessed on 2021-03-15
- 'Hello, Red Candle e-shop is now online. https://shop.redcandlegames.com/en-US/
#返校Detention, #還願Devotion and our future projects will all be on e-shop in DRM-free format.
We hope to provide a direct and simple purchasing channel for players who’re interested in our games.'
- 'Hello, Red Candle e-shop is now online. https://shop.redcandlegames.com/en-US/
- ↑Taiwan game 'Devotion' upsets China with Winnie the Pooh reference - last accessed on 2019-02-25
- 'Red Candle Games confirmed that Devotion had been removed from Steam China on 23 February, and issued an apology, saying the poster with the Winnie the Pooh reference had made it into the game by accident due to a technical issue.'
- ↑ 3.03.1About the Store Page
- ↑ 4.04.1《還願DEVOTION》6/8 - 6/15 期間限定預購 - last accessed on 2020-06-08
- ↑ 5.05.1@redcandlegames on Twitter - last accessed on 2020-12-16
- 'Hello friends, we want to share with you– Red Candle will publish #還願Devotion on Dec 18 on GOG.
https://gog.com/game/devotion
The content and the price of the re-release remains the same, for $16.99 / €13.99
Thank you for your trust and support. We wish you a happy end of the year'
- 'Hello friends, we want to share with you– Red Candle will publish #還願Devotion on Dec 18 on GOG.
- ↑ 6.06.1@GOGcom on Twitter - last accessed on 2020-12-16
- 'Earlier today, it was announced that the game Devotion is coming to GOG. After receiving many messages from gamers, we have decided not to list the game in our store.'
- ↑赤燭回應《還願實體版》是DRM-FREE 試算就知道：根本買到賺到 - last accessed on 2020-12-28
- ↑[1] - last accessed on 2021-03-15