The Descendant

The Descendant is a five part episodic adventure game series where the end of the world is only the start. Taking place across two timelines, in the past you'll play as Mia, a janitor tasked with keeping the precious descendants housed within Ark-01 alive while the facility continually fails around her, and in the present, you'll play as Donnie, one of the investigators trying to rescue any surviving descendants trapped within, all while discovering a far greater conspiracy buried within the underground Ark complex.

Support Summary

Widescreen
Ultra/Super‑Wide
Multi-Monitor
4K Ultra HD
Support
Method
HUD
Cutscenes
FMVs

Game Information

Game Status:Released
Release Date:
Tested Version:Steam (free episode)
Play Styles:Single-Player
Developer:Gaming Corps

Screenshots Comparison

4:3 Screenshot
16:10 Screenshot
16:9 Screenshot
21:9 Screenshot
32:9 Screenshot
Eyefinity / Surround Screenshot
Solutions & Issues
Widescreen Solution & Issues:

Native Hor+ support.

  • FMVs are squished below 16:9.

Tech: Unity, no config launcher. Framerate cap (30 fps) can be lifted from the registry: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Gaming Corps\The Descendant\"UnlockFPS_h1723363984"=dword:00000001

Ultra/Super-Wide Specific Solution & Issues:

Limited support: menu issues.

  • Save Files menu (replay) is unusable, see Multi-Monitor Support below for a workaround.
  • FMVs stretch.
Eyefinity / Surround Specific Solution & Issues:

Limited support: menu issues.

As soon as a multi-monitor resolution is applied, the options menu gets cut-off and all you can do is Alt+F4 out of the game.
To work around this you can use a complex combination of Borderless Gaming and Alt+Enter, or quit the game to edit the registry:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Gaming Corps\The Descendant\
"Screenmanager Is Fullscreen mode_h3981298716"=dword:00000001
"ResolutionHeight_h1843629172"= switch to DECIMAL and input display height (e.g 1080)
"ResolutionWidth_h1003235053"= switch to DECIMAL and input display width (e.g 1920 to use Save Files, then 5760 to resume playing)
"UnlockFPS_h1723363984"= 1 to remove the framerate cap

  • UI is huge.
  • FMVs stretch.
  • Captions and command prompts are cut-off. When in doubt, mash the E key !
  • Pause menu is unusable (completely off-screen).
  • Options & Save Files menus are unusable.
4K UHD Specific Solution & Issues:

Native support.

4:3 Screenshot
16:10 Screenshot
16:9 Screenshot
21:9 Screenshot
32:9 Screenshot
Eyefinity / Surround Screenshot
4:3 Cutscene
16:10 Cutscene
16:9 Cutscene
21:9 Cutscene
Eyefinity / Surround Cutscene
4:3 FMV Cutscene
16:10 FMV Cutscene
16:9 FMV Cutscene
21:9 FMV Cutscene
Eyefinity / Surround FMV Cutscene
4:3 Menu
16:10 Menu
16:9 Menu
21:9 Menu
Eyefinity / Surround Menu
4K Gameplay Screenshot
4K In-Game Cutscene
4K FMV Cutscene
4K Menu Screenshot
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Command Prompt, 4:3
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Command Prompt, 16:10
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Command Prompt, 16:9
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Command Prompt, 21:9
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Command Prompt, 48:9
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Dialog Interface, 4:3
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Dialog Interface, 16:10
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Dialog Interface, 16:9
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Dialog Interface, 21:9
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Dialog Interface, 48:9
15:9 Resolutions:1280x768
16:10 Resolutions:1920x1200
16:9 Resolutions:
Ultra/Super-Wide (21:9/32:9) Resolutions:3440x1440
Eyefinity / Surround Resolutions:7680x1440
4K UHD Resolutions:3840x2160
Multi-Monitor Types:Nvidia Surround
Multi-Monitor Layouts:3x1-L