Batman: Arkham Knight's PC port appears to be a disaster - Polidicks

[QUOTE=meppers;48036127]I just had the ending spoiled for me and it's not great [sp]everyone finds out that batman is bruce wayne and bruce and alfred fake their deaths[/sp][/QUOTE] I'm pretty sure that's the ending to [I]House[/I].

[QUOTE=Robber;48034135]Deus Ex Human Revolution and Tomb Raider would like to have a word with you. They were both outsourced to Nixxes. I think the real lesson here is to only outsource PC ports to competent companies.[/QUOTE] Deus Ex outsourced the boss fights and that's why they are bullet sponge shit fests.

[QUOTE=Psycho9182;48036588]Deus Ex outsourced the boss fights and that's why they are bullet sponge shit fests.[/QUOTE] The boss fights were outsourced to G.R.I.P., not Nixxes. Nixxes ports games to PC and when they do they do a fucking amazing job. Take the Thief port for example, one of the best PC ports in a long long time.

[QUOTE=meppers;48036127]I just had the ending spoiled for me and it's not great [spoilers][/QUOTE] Fuck me, I instinctively clicked the spoiler and read it because I'm so used to spoiler bars being used for things other than spoilers :suicide:

So I got this with my 970, can I still refund it through steam. I want to refund a free game

[t]http://a.loveisover.me/qyudln.png[/t] Uh

[QUOTE=Helix Snake;48036753]Fuck me, I instinctively clicked the spoiler and read it because I'm so used to spoiler bars being used for things other than spoilers :suicide:[/QUOTE] I read it too, out of curiosity. Still looking forward to a major patch changing people's opinions, because I want to play a god damned Batman game. Never owned any of these "new" Batman games actually.

[QUOTE=Bat-shit;48037801]I read it too, out of curiosity. Still looking forward to a major patch changing people's opinions, because I want to play a god damned Batman game. Never owned any of these "new" Batman games actually.[/QUOTE] You should definitely start with Asylum, then play City to appreciate the improvements. You aren't missing much for not playing Origins.

People are claiming that it's not just Iron Galaxy making a bad port, the entire porting team was about eight-to-twelve people with the exact number varying.

God fucking damnit. I really wanted to play this game. Why'd they have to fuck up the port? [QUOTE=Mericet;48037854]You should definitely start with Asylum, then play City to appreciate the improvements. You aren't missing much for not playing Origins.[/QUOTE] I thought they were all good, including Origins. I honestly didn't understand the hate behind it.

[QUOTE=Ganerumo;48037063][t]http://a.loveisover.me/qyudln.png[/t] Uh[/QUOTE] What trickery is THIS? I'm hoping that's fake, otherwise there are some outlandish shenanigans occurring on top of the current shoddiness.

[QUOTE=Ganerumo;48037063][t]http://a.loveisover.me/qyudln.png[/t] Uh[/QUOTE] Even the DoF bokeh is more in the PS4 they used a faster lens wow

[QUOTE=Trogdon;48038047]Even the DoF bokeh is more in the PS4 they used a faster lens wow[/QUOTE] The PC version is missing ambient occlusion as well apparently. Can anyone confirm that?

[QUOTE=JeanLuc761;48038089]The PC version is missing ambient occlusion as well apparently. Can anyone confirm that?[/QUOTE] That comparison shows it. Batman is missing some shadowing under his nostrils in the PC shot that should exist if AO was enabled as it shows up in the PS4 shots. Assuming the picture is accurate anyway, taking things like that for face value on the Internet is asking to be wrong in most cases. Interesting collection of bugs that. The low resolution textures on some "dead" guy posted earlier seem to be the LoD system going nuts as everything but that guys clothes look totally fine to me.

I just beat the game (30 hours straight because I didn't want anyone to spoil it for me) and I didn't have any problems besides some texture LOD issues once every 20-30 minutes where something would look really, really muddy. I didn't have any issues with Arkham Origins either. I suppose I'm just really lucky.

[QUOTE=A Noobcake;48033411]That's kind of good though, if it takes a major hit in sales and lots of people refund it they're bound to lower the price sooner so that it's possible to grab it for cheap and wait for it to be patched up. In fact, I might just do that now! Haven't been able to buy or run a new game in a long time, maybe I'll let this be the one[/QUOTE] I've never heard of a dumber reason to justify buying a terrible game let alone anyone actually justify a game running like ass like this

[QUOTE=l337k1ll4;48036619]The boss fights were outsourced to G.R.I.P., not Nixxes. Nixxes ports games to PC and when they do they do a fucking amazing job. Take the Thief port for example, one of the best PC ports in a long long time.[/QUOTE] Was it ever explained why they outsourced the boss fights to a different team than the one working on the rest of the game? Because really, why do that?

[QUOTE=Electrocuter;48038550]Was it ever explained why they outsourced the boss fights to a different team than the one working on the rest of the game? Because really, why do that?[/QUOTE] Time constraints

I noticed the rain effects weren't good this time around. In AC you could watch snow flakes land and melt onto batman

Too bad about Steam being absurdly slow at adopting it until put under pressure from Origin and GOG.

[QUOTE='KING]THT[WRATH;48040685']Too bad about Steam being absurdly slow at adopting it until put under pressure from Origin and GOG.[/QUOTE] What are you talking about?

Is there any information on how much people have refunded this so far? Refunds aside, it's a real shame. The Batman games were always the best games based on comics and movies, period.

[QUOTE=Sgt.Romano_O;48040783]Is there any information on how much people have refunded this so far? Refunds aside, it's a real shame. The Batman games were always the best games based on comics and movies, period.[/QUOTE] Sadly steamspy has no information of this game yet, keep eye on it would be best way to find out.

[QUOTE=Sgt.Romano_O;48040783]Is there any information on how much people have refunded this so far? Refunds aside, it's a real shame. The Batman games were always the best games based on comics and movies, period.[/QUOTE] Arkham Knight is still great gameplay wise. Everything is there to make it one of the best Batman experiences ever. That being said, it performs like utter shit right now and they have every right to refund it if they can't play it.

[QUOTE=Grimhound;48032877]Well that explains why GMG has it for 40% off already. I feel bad for telling people about that "deal" now.[/QUOTE] Also explains why you can get codes on ebay for the game for only $25 or so I had an extra code laying around, expected to sell for at least $45-$50 since it was brand new Nope... tons of people flooding the market with not much buyers for not much more than $25 [editline]24th June 2015[/editline] [QUOTE=Coffee;48033181]yes did you think it was just some paranoid delusion that 4chan users had?[/QUOTE] Frankly most of the time it is lol

I wanted to buy a Russian key for 12$ but it seems like it's not worth even that.

[url]http://community.wbgames.com/t5/Support-for-PC/June-23-Update-on-PC-Performance-PLEASE-READ-FIRST/m-p/572903#U572903[/url] "Basically, go eat a dick, we wont do anything about it, and we think you need a PC that's 5-10 years ahead in tech to play like a console. Also consoles are cool. Play on a console. Console."

[QUOTE=Hyperbole;48041435][url]http://community.wbgames.com/t5/Support-for-PC/June-23-Update-on-PC-Performance-PLEASE-READ-FIRST/m-p/572903#U572903[/url] "Basically, go eat a dick, we wont do anything about it, and we think you need a PC that's 5-10 years ahead in tech to play like a console. Also consoles are cool. Play on a console. Console."[/QUOTE] Your name matches quite well with this post.

To anyone who took up that GreenManGaming Batman 40% off offer: GMG has stated they'll process refunds if, after one patch, the game is still shit.

This should be a strong reminder to never ever pre-order video games, especially now.