Well ya, but compared to the 10 fps I was getting on launch, to the 100 I got after that first patch, it was a major increase.
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Batman Arkham Knight PC re-release Oct. 28th
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Well ya, but compared to the 10 fps I was getting on launch, to the 100 I got after that first patch, it was a major increase.
I genuinely don't understand how this happens.
How on earth do you release a passable console version and completely, utterly and totally fuck up the PC port to the point where it's unplayable on hardware on par with the console versions?
Beyond that, what the actual fuck were the devs doing since the game was delisted? Diddling themselves into a PC case?
How on earth do you release a passable console version and completely, utterly and totally fuck up the PC port to the point where it's unplayable on hardware on par with the console versions?
Beyond that, what the actual fuck were the devs doing since the game was delisted? Diddling themselves into a PC case?
moltonasty
Member
Lmao oh man i was a fool to actually think it would work well when they rereleased the game. This is unreal!
OnionPowder
Member
That statement was completely facetious, I understand that the port is hot garbage.
Especially when my i7 5820K, 970 GTX, 16GB DDR @ 2400mhz gets to a lower framerate than the PS4 version ever does on the same graphical settings.
Krappadizzle
Member
It's called you have one of the strongest single gpu's on the market.
Brute force is never a good answer on a multiplatform title.
Doctor Ironic
Member
Hey guys! Just wanted to pop in and remind you all how SUPER weird it is to get mad at a developer for the quality of a game they didn't make. I mean, it'd almost be like if I stepped into the Uncharted thread and started screaming about Quantic Dream. Crazy, right?
Perhaps your anger should be directed at the people who make the decisions of who will develop what game, and how long they have to do it... hm... like, a "publisher" or something...
Perhaps your anger should be directed at the people who make the decisions of who will develop what game, and how long they have to do it... hm... like, a "publisher" or something...
Dictator93
Member
I am pretty sure most if not all are directing their displeasure at WB and not...
Krappadizzle
Member
Yeah, it's not like Rocksteady's name is plastered all on the box or anything.... The lengths people go to defend Rocksteady is hilarious. They were specifically asked about the PC version and they said it would be fine. They never said, "please speak to our publisher about the quality of the PC port." The publisher, Rocksteady, and Iron Galaxy are all at fault. All of them, not some of them because you don't want to shit on RS's good name.
https://community.wbgames.com/t5/Official-Announcements/PC-Update-June-27th/m-p/581703#U581703
At this point, I think Rocksteady can get a little blame considering it's running worse for some people.
But keep waving that flag, I admire that.
Leafhopper
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PaulExcellent
Member
Someone didn't read a damn fucking thing, did they?
I'm glad I got a refund. What a shit-show.
Ended up watching the cutscenes on Youtube. :/
ultracal31
You don't get to bring friends.
Can someone explain this?
The review was posted today, is WB considering the first release like Early Access?
Whoa, that would be pretty scummy from WB part
Felix Lighter
Member
What a damn mess.
Spring-Loaded
Member
Haven't tried it yet after the re-release, but even if it does work OK for me, I'm putting up a negative review so that it doesn't have "pre-release review" on it. Absolutely shameful.
Krappadizzle
Member
Can someone explain this?
The review was posted today, is WB considering the first release like Early Access?
"Pre-release" was stated a few times earlier. This is now release. By post-re-release it should be working...
So after 4 months there's still no SLI support, it still runs like shit (by the sounds of it, I haven't tried it myself yet) and I already own all but 1 of the free games they're giving away.
Wishing I had just gotten a refund now. Such a fucking mess, I'm not sure if I'll even want to play it when the time comes...
Wishing I had just gotten a refund now. Such a fucking mess, I'm not sure if I'll even want to play it when the time comes...
PHOENIXZERO
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balladofwindfishes
Member
Rocksteady is leading the development of the "fixed" PC Port. They can and absolutely should take some of the blame if the "fixed" version is actually worse.
CheesecakeRecipe
Stormy Grey
It's not particularly scummy, it's just an unintentional side-effect from removing the game from purchase. That changed the game to an "unreleased" state, which is why the reviews are now all flagged as such.
Something truly scummy would be making a new store page and hub for the game to wipe the slate clean.
That's stupid, try yourself before saying it's a mess. Even at launch the game ran on at 60fps on high/ultra, cant remember what the exact details were. So try yourself before jumping to conclusions.
Nah, everyone involved with this game/port (WB, Rocksteady, Iron Galaxy) is basically poison in my eyes now, meaning i'll be thinking more than twice whenever i see a game with one of their logos on the cover (for reasons explained above).
They've had months to fix this, and it still doesn't run, this is a joke.
If Quantic Dream spent 4 months trying to fix a Uncharted game and then release the game still broken, i'd say that yes, they should be yelling at them too.
At launch I could not reach 60fps nearly as consistently as I can today, although as posted on the other thread it's definitely not a perfect 60fps.
That said I understand the current state of the PC version raises some eyebrows, what have they been up to all this time ?
It's fair to expect better after so many months of supposed hard work.
Performance wise this does not deserve any awards.
Of course it's fair to expect, just saying the person I was quoting should play it themselves before saying the game hasn't improved any, as you said you have had improved performance although not perfect, and if it stays like that then people should still stay away from it if they got a refund prior.
Doctor Ironic
Member
The people who are mad at WB can rest easy knowing that I'm not talking about them.
That's really weird, I don't see anyone whining at Qloc because Mortal Kombat X on PC is still a mess.
ClaptoVaughn
Member
What settings and what framerates?
Mortal Kombat X is perfectly playable and far from a mess, though. Maybe thats why there isn't any whining.
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Oh wait, I remember you. You're the one who puts words in people's mouths then uses those words to call their opinions stupid. Carry on, never mind.
Lucky you, you must not be very sensitive to frametimes fluctuation.
I certainly notice them but it's not a deal breaker at all though.
Spring-Loaded
Member
Rocksteady is not blameless in this. If you acknowledge they are partially at fault for either not hitting the initial release date and for not fixing the game in the 4-month interim post-initial release, then you do not get to tell others exactly how pissed they should be at Rocksteady in particular.
Rocksteady deserves praise for making good video game adaptations of Batman, and for Arkham Knight itself, but they also deserve acknowledgement of the state of their game. We can't know for certain what problems with the PC release they were directly/indirectly responsible for, but it's their game.
Leafhopper
Banned
It's not that. Just the way your initial post was worded that people are only blaming Rocksteady when most of the blame is going to WB. Rocksteady deserves the heat they do get though.
lashman
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The game ran pretty good for me after the first major patch. The one that came WEEKS after release. I have a 980ti and a gsync monitor though so i'm sure i'm in the minority. It's still completely ridiculous the game was released in the state it was, how long it took to fix and the game is $50 with no real compensation. The old Arkham games of which I own all 3 is not compensation in my eyes.
I went through this with him yesterday, I'm afraid you're wasting your breath.
Extra Sauce
Member
Wow. No compensation and they are pushing the season pass in the same announcement.
A better performing game would have been a nice compensation, as it stands it's not good enough.
I really feel sorry for those who stuck with their copies of the game and can't ask for a refund now.
Yeah I'm glad I got my refund from GMG. It took Valve months to actually remove the game from my library so after the patch came out I finished the game in about a week and got my money back. I can't be too mad since I got to play the game for free. Definitely won't be repurchasing it until its $5 during a Steam sale.
Qloc actually fixed lots of things and MKX is perfectly playable .
Arkham Knight isn't.
I was referring to the entire situation when I said it was "such a fucking mess". Meaning its original release, being pulled from the store, re-releasing, seeing original reviews marked as "pre-release" and now seeing there's still no SLI support and still seeing complaints regarding performance etc. I wasn't meaning the game in its current state as being a mess. Sorry if that wasn't clear.
As for the comment I did make on the performance, I followed it with "by the sounds of it, I haven't tried it myself yet". I'm just going by some of the stuff I've read with that but I'm about to try it for myself now, never said I wasn't going to
Just to see how it runs though. I will be waiting for SLI support before I play it through proper and that's if I haven't totally lost interest by then.
EatinOlives
Member
It literally took them four months for their solution to be "ya just get 12 GB RAM LOL!!".
Not paying more than $7.50 for the GOTY.
Not paying more than $7.50 for the GOTY.
Green Yoshi
Member
Perhaps Rocksteady should say bye bye to Warner and find a publisher that is less incompetent.
My Specs:
Intel 3970k
Nvidia GTX 980
16 GB RAM
Win 10 64 bit
SSD
GSYNC
I turn everything up to max except for the Nvidia smoke which I leave off,
After all the patches have been applied I went from having freezing/hitching, textures not loading, and FPS all over the place to the game running at 60 FPS 99% of the time and never dipping below 50 (the FPS dip is not noticeable at all at and above 45 fps using gsync). What a huge great difference compared to the console versions now!
I had preordered the season pass, so now I will finally be giving this game another full play through and play the DLC as well (I completed the base game on PS4).
Intel 3970k
Nvidia GTX 980
16 GB RAM
Win 10 64 bit
SSD
GSYNC
I turn everything up to max except for the Nvidia smoke which I leave off,
After all the patches have been applied I went from having freezing/hitching, textures not loading, and FPS all over the place to the game running at 60 FPS 99% of the time and never dipping below 50 (the FPS dip is not noticeable at all at and above 45 fps using gsync). What a huge great difference compared to the console versions now!
I had preordered the season pass, so now I will finally be giving this game another full play through and play the DLC as well (I completed the base game on PS4).
I remember that. I think it was Nvidia who said they were working with them on the PC version of the game because at the time everyone was calling Nvidia out for the video they released of the game running at 60fps with all the Gameworks settings. I remember people were saying it was actually captured at 30fps and just sped up but I think that got debunked?
Green Yoshi
Member
Alethebeer
Member
Well, the infamous patch somehow worked for me. I had to set the textures on low though. I'll beat the game and perma-unistall.
paolo11
Member
Haha yeah. That's the one.
It's a shame. Arkham Knight is a beautiful game. I mean you can play the game but if the performance is not consistent, it's not satisfactory.