Batman: Arkham Knight

[Excidium II]

As long as she's mostly fat in the places that matter I'd dive in

 

[Astral Rag]

 

[Deleted member 7219]

I'm disappointed but I just can't get angry at the game.

I can play The Witcher 3 instead. I've completed almost all the quests in that game and it still gives me nice stuff to do without all the shitty horribleness of Arkham Knight. Even if Arkham Knight ran like a dream, it would still be shit because of the Batmobile.

 

[Nomad_Blizz]

 

[sexbad?]

rain effects are too advanced

 

[DeepOcean]

Guys

Which PC release was worse: Batman: Arkam Knight, Assassins Creed 4, Mortal Kombat X OR Aliens: Colonial Marines?

OR: A third option?

We seriously need a poll for the worst PC release in recent times.

Ass Creed Unity was shit on all platforms and Alien: Colonial Marines... well, it was more of a case of a total shit game than total shit port so... there are only two contenders for shit PC port o 2015 (well before Ubisoft release another Ass Creed): Arkham Knight and MK X

 

[Metro]

AK wins just by pulling the game for sale. That's a huge slap to your own face and pretty embarrassing. What's the last major PC title that was pulled from sale after release?

 

[DeepOcean]

I think you mean AC Unity. AC4 was fine. And you forget Dark Souls. And Devil May Cry 3 Special Edition. And... And.. And...

Did you guys just start playing PC games 5 years ago or something?

So? AC Unity and Dark Souls are okay to mock but not mah waifu gaem?

 

[DeepOcean]

AK wins just by pulling the game for sale. That's a huge slap to your own face and pretty embarrassing. What's the last major PC title that was pulled from sale after release?

It's a Gaben miracle, most sales would end on refunds anyway, WB just wanted to save some face with this move and stop the refund butt bleeding. I think fixing the game won't be so simple or they wouldn't remove the sale if it was just a question of quick patches. Maybe Denuvo is involved? It caused issues on all games it was placed on. If it is Denuvo, I think at least DRM managed to change copies sold lost to piracy to copies sold lost to refunds.

 

[Jick Magger]

Here's a good question; do any of you guys think this large-scale effort to actually fix the game, as well as stop consumers from buying what is essentially at the moment a broken port, and not just buying them off with free DLC and season passes would've been made had Valve had not implemented a more accessible refund system within Steam? Or would we've just had another Assassin's Creed Unity situation where they just flick their nose, give an insincere "We're sorrrrry" press release, and cut their losses?

 

[Cowboy Moment]

I think you mean AC Unity. AC4 was fine. And you forget Dark Souls. And Devil May Cry 3 Special Edition. And... And.. And...

Did you guys just start playing PC games 5 years ago or something?

So? AC Unity and Dark Souls are okay to mock but not mah waifu gaem?

Come on, he even brings up DMC3, a port released in 2006. How desperate can you get?

And honestly, the DS1 port was shit, but mostly because it was locked to 720p and 30 fps, which was remedied by a simple mod basically at release day. It also cost $20. So it more a case of Namco being super cheap rather than releasing a clearly unfinished game as WB did with Arkham Knight.

 

[Metro]

Here's a good question; do any of you guys think this large-scale effort to actually fix the game, as well as stop consumers from buying what is essentially at the moment a broken port, and not just buying them off with free DLC and season passes would've been made had Valve had not implemented a more accessible refund system within Steam? Or would we've just had another Assassin's Creed Unity situation where they just flick their nose, give an insincere "We're sorrrrry" press release, and cut their losses?

Valve's policy played a large role, I'm sure. Given the sheer volume of refund requests on Steam they probably contacted Warner Brothers and told them they probably should just suspend sales for the time being.

 

[Drakron]

Its not Valve's policy, its a EU policy they for years refused to apply until now because they were going to be slapped with fines.

 

[Metro]

Fukkin euro libs.

 

[Mangoose]

the DS1 port was shit, but mostly because it was locked to 720p and 30 fps, which was remedied by a simple mod basically at release day.

That sounds quite familiar. I wonder what other game could unlock the 30 fps cap with a simple config tweak.

I don't know, I think I have Alzheimer's.

 

[Mangoose]

So it more a case of Namco being super cheap rather than releasing a clearly unfinished game as WB did with Arkham Knight.

Uh.. It's the exact situation. Arkham Knight's port was outsourced, whereas Arkham Asylum and Arkham City were ported in-house.

It's a bad port but I have no idea what you mean by unfinished.


Edit: As for Dark Souls: Textures. Controls. You spin like Fox News.

Edit 2:

Come on, he even brings up DMC3, a port released in 2006. How desperate can you get?

Are you really saying that people have been investing their effort into innovating the technology and skills of porting?

Porting has been the same for years if not decades. There are good ports. There are bad ports. Nobody's running around putting in $$$$$$ into porting technology and optimization. There's going to be good and bad ports for the next decades, too. Pull your head out of your ass and actually look at the situation.

 

[sexbad?]

the DS1 port was shit, but mostly because it was locked to 720p and 30 fps, which was remedied by a simple mod basically at release day.

That sounds quite familiar. I wonder what other game could unlock the 30 fps cap with a simple config tweak.

I don't know, I think I have Alzheimer's.

what good is removing the framerate cap if even the best hardware can lose its shit without warning? the framerate cap in derp souls was a main issue. here, it doesn't begin to represent the retarded shit that's going on in this game.

 

[Mangoose]

I think you mean AC Unity. AC4 was fine. And you forget Dark Souls. And Devil May Cry 3 Special Edition. And... And.. And...

Did you guys just start playing PC games 5 years ago or something?

So? AC Unity and Dark Souls are okay to mock but not mah waifu gaem?

No? I'm just saying that shit ports are not a rarity.

And I don't even like Arkham Knight. Little bitch wipes itself every time I download it lul. For me it's just schadenfreude over "PC" gamers who think going into config files is a sin because their console-priced video cards should be able to handle it .

Reminds me of those Morrowind/Oblivion days of graphics-whores who didn't give a shit about gameplay.

Well, unless you mean AC4. That indeed is one of mah waifu gaems.

the DS1 port was shit, but mostly because it was locked to 720p and 30 fps, which was remedied by a simple mod basically at release day.

That sounds quite familiar. I wonder what other game could unlock the 30 fps cap with a simple config tweak.

I don't know, I think I have Alzheimer's.

what good is removing the framerate cap if even the best hardware can lose its shit without warning? the framerate cap in derp souls was a main issue. here, it doesn't begin to signify the retarded shit that's going on in this game.

Uh, I dunno, I was just replying that specific statement about a 30 fps cap?

I'm not sure what's retarded about the gameplay in AK except for mandatory Batmobile sequences, btw.

 

[sexbad?]

and he mentioned the framerate cap in derp souls because it was a main issue that was easily remedied, whereas here, it doesn't begin to signify the retarded shit that's going on in this game.

 

[Mangoose]

and he mentioned the framerate cap in derp souls because it was a main issue that was easily remedied, whereas here, it doesn't begin to signify the retarded shit that's going on in this game.

What retarded shit is there besides really bad technical issues and dumb mandatory batmobile sequences?

Like. Gamplay. What kind of retarded shit is going on with the gameplay? Or does the Codex not care about gameplay anymore?

 

[sexbad?]

and he mentioned the framerate cap in derp souls because it was a main issue that was easily remedied, whereas here, it doesn't begin to signify the retarded shit that's going on in this game.

What retarded shit is there besides really bad technical issues and dumb mandatory batmobile sequences?

Like. Gamplay. What kind of retarded shit is going on with the gameplay? Or does the Codex not care about gameplay anymore?

The Codex cares about gameplay assuming that the gameplay is accessible, I would say.

 

[Drakron]

Its the same as the previous games, with perhaps less QTE sequences since I cannot recall any even in boss battles.

The "major" innovation seems battles with a partner were you can switch from Batman to Catwomen but those are not very common in the game, thats about the only thing new besides the car but then again, the car is used a lot ... even in Riddler were for some fucking reason they decided to make a racing course of some of them, if you are asking what is there beyond the car, the same that was in the previous 3 games but there is a lot of car gameplay, a LOT.

And I dont owned or played this, I just watched the movie.

 

[Cowboy Moment]

So it more a case of Namco being super cheap rather than releasing a clearly unfinished game as WB did with Arkham Knight.

Uh.. It's the exact situation. Arkham Knight's port was outsourced, whereas Arkham Asylum and Arkham City were ported in-house.

It's a bad port but I have no idea what you mean by unfinished.


Edit: As for Dark Souls: Textures. Controls. You spin like Fox News.

Edit 2:

Come on, he even brings up DMC3, a port released in 2006. How desperate can you get?

Are you really saying that people have been investing their effort into innovating the technology and skills of porting?

Porting has been the same for years if not decades. There are good ports. There are bad ports. Nobody's running around putting in $$$$$$ into porting technology and optimization. There's going to be good and bad ports for the next decades, too. Pull your head out of your ass and actually look at the situation.

Bro, fucking WB, one of the industry's scummiest publishers, in a completely unprecedented move, decided to pull the game from Steam and retail because of how badly it was damaging their reputation. This is the level of fuck up we are talking about here. And yet here you are, still defending it with "other ports had problems too!". That you accuse me of spinning like Fox News is beyond hilarious, and makes me think this is all a huge troll. I dearly hope it's a troll really, the alternative is simply too horrid...

And what was wrong with textures in Dark Souls anyway? KBM controls were bad in a typical Japanese fashion, but could easily be fixed as well. Game was still a better deal at $20 than AK is at $60. And it is widely regarded as one of the worst PC ports of recent years, so arguing that it's almost as bad as AK really does you no favors, you know.

 

[Cyberarmy]

https://twitter.com/Seftonhill/status/614174783819915264

Totally supported decision to suspend PC version. We have our best engineers at Rocksteady working like crazy to help fix the issues ASAP.

 

[Daedalos]

Sumbody gon' get fired or possibly sued over this :D

Rocksteady is mad.