Release date: | 15 August 2017 |
Genre: | Adventure Visual Novel Logic / Puzzle |
Platform: | PC (Windows) PlayStation 4 iOS (iPhone and iPad) Xbox One Nintendo Switch Mac Linux |
Style: | Drama Historical Indie Point and Click |
Player mode: | Single-Player |
Camera view: | Side-Scrolling |
Developer: | Daedalic Entertainment |
Content type: | Game |
Website: | https://www.daedalic.com/pillars-of-the-earth |
12th century, England: In a time of great poverty and war, a small town begins the construction of a cathedral to claim wealth and security for its people. Philip the monk becomes prior of the small abbey of Kingsbridge. At the same time, a boy called Jack is raised in the woods by his outlawed mother. His apprenticeship as a stonemason paves his way to become a gifted master builder. Together with the disgraced noblewoman Aliena, Jack and Philip begin the construction of one of the greatest cathedrals England will ever see.
- One of the most successful novels of all time, now adapted as a three-part videogame series
- Change events from the novel and influence the fates of its characters
- Follow an epic of war, conspiracies and romance spanning over 30 years
- Three different playable characters: Jack the outsider, Aliena the noblewoman and Philip the monk
- Brings the 12th century to life with over 200 handpainted backgrounds
- Fully animated in a unique 2D style
- Optimized for use with controller and mouse
- Orchestral Soundtrack by the FILMharmonic Orchestra, Prague
- Full voice over in English and German, featuring Glen McCready as Philip, Naomi Sheldon as Aliena and Cody Molko and Alex Jordan as the young and adult Jack
- With a special appearance by Ken Follett as the voice of the Cantor
- OS *: Win 7, 8, 10, 32/64-bit
- Processor: 2.8 Ghz Dual Core CPU
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 6670, GeForce GTX 200 series with at least 1GB
- DirectX: Version 9.0
- Storage: 13500 MB available space
- Sound Card: DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card with latest drivers
- OS *: Win 7, 8, 10, 32/64-bit
- Processor: Quad Core CPU
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: AMD R7 200 series, GeForce GTX 500 series
- DirectX: Version 9.0
- Storage: 13500 MB available space
- Sound Card: DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card with latest drivers