hardcastlemccormick
Banned
Yeah, my pretty lame PC can pump out these games at high resolution and high settings. The original games were so optimized. I'm sure the remaster will be a touch better, but this is one remaster set I don't need.
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Batman Arkham Asylum/City Remaster (Rumor)
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Yeah, my pretty lame PC can pump out these games at high resolution and high settings. The original games were so optimized. I'm sure the remaster will be a touch better, but this is one remaster set I don't need.
Theyre saying This will be out for holiday. I cant imagine AK gets pushed to 2016.
Crackity Jones
Member
I LOVED Asylum, City a little les so, but I have absolute zero interest in playing a remaster at the moment.
Gimme the new game instead.
Gimme the new game instead.
InfiniteCombo
Banned
What performance-crippling options are these?
I'm close to 100%-ing my current playthrough of Asylum, and have played City on and off, both on PC. Are there issues I'm supposed to be looking for? I haven't encountered them yet, but then again I only tweaked the default options a bit since I'm happy with the looks and performance.
In any case, prior to getting my PC I would've been very happy about this rumored remaster. But since I have all three currently released Arkham games on PC, and they run and look great, I find myself not caring as much. Although console-only owners who haven't played these games should jump at this remaster quickly... by far two of the best games of last gen.
Omnistalgic
Member
Awesome man...I honestly don't mind playing some of the better games of last gen over on my ps4 now. Wish they would have gotten out last year but this year isn't so bad. Just played tomb raider reboot and its a great experience. Boohoo to the remastered hate crowd, not everyone has time to play all the good games on release anymore. Would love Souls remasters, MGS collection, ICO and Sotc, and Infamous.
I do think this is the last year to get these things out though. Next gen only games will start to outshine them.
I do think this is the last year to get these things out though. Next gen only games will start to outshine them.
Come now, 2nd best I'll give.
Castef
Banned
BodiesWithoutOrgans
Member
This is remastered stuff is getting out of hand
dancrane212
Member
Well, I still haven't completed the games yet. Maybe when the package goes down to $20 I'll grab it.
Got a couple hours into the PC version of Asylum before GFWL killed my save and I never went back. Always meant to go back to the games, everyone talks of Asylum being a pretty great Metroid style game.
Got a couple hours into the PC version of Asylum before GFWL killed my save and I never went back. Always meant to go back to the games, everyone talks of Asylum being a pretty great Metroid style game.
It will end when people stop buying them.
family_guy
Member
I'm done with third party remasters. I'll just start buying those games on PC and remaster them myself every 4 years or so with a new graphics card.
shinobi602
Member
Fuck these things I'm not forced to buy!
Agree with this. Especially if having to delay Arkham knight to the fall and launch this in the summer would make up for it, if it launches at around £30.
Simply Sami
Member
So no origins?
The game many missed out on due to next gen launching at the same time. Awkward decision.
The game many missed out on due to next gen launching at the same time. Awkward decision.
maquiladora
Member
Nobody is forcing you to buy remasters guys. Why all the hate?
IonicSnake
Banned
Two of the best games last gen. Will probably buy if the price is right.
You do know that you don't have to buy them right? Plus there are people that didn't get to play them back in the day. Live and let live.
Brainiac 8
Member
I might consider this if it came with Origins so I could have the entire series on PS4. Otherwise, I'm quite ok with them on the PS3.
Blackquill
Member
And as usual, there is a missing game, great.
Can anyone actually show evidence that the rise of remasters has coincided with a decrease in new releases? Seriously. Because if we can't show that, why the hell is everyone making such a huge fuss about it?
My only complaint here is that it would've been nice to have Origins in there.
My only complaint here is that it would've been nice to have Origins in there.
JimmyRustler
Gold Member
Yeah, there are kids out there you started gaming with the PS4/Xbone and the devs want to give them the opportunity to also experience the prequels. Bloody disgusting....
StanleyStutters
Member
I'm not sure what all the outrage is about. Don't developers typically outsource this kind of work to a third party? Meaning no time is being taken away from newer games and they're able to generate revenue to work on future titles.
GarciaHotspur
Member
This gen... this gen.... damn
Shpeshal Nick
aka Collingwood
So there'll be an Arkham Knight Special Edition with all 3 then?
I think its becoming increasingly difficult to imagine that all these development teams out there being paid to do remaster/port work isn't detracting from original games, even if they are just smaller ones.
so why do people hate remasters? you realise that a remasters aren't made instead off other games as they require fewer people, take a short amount of time to make and cost very little.
personally moving these games off of archaic console hardware is great the new systems are much more general purpose which increases the likelihood of BC being a thing next gen.
its also important to preserve the history of this industry instead of discarding old games when a new system comes out. keeping games alive through re-releases isnt a bad idea until all games work on all hardware. and this is much better than the current precedent of forgetting the majority of older games when new systems come out.
personally moving these games off of archaic console hardware is great the new systems are much more general purpose which increases the likelihood of BC being a thing next gen.
its also important to preserve the history of this industry instead of discarding old games when a new system comes out. keeping games alive through re-releases isnt a bad idea until all games work on all hardware. and this is much better than the current precedent of forgetting the majority of older games when new systems come out.
d00d3n
Member
Creative bankruptcy aside, it would be nice if they actually did something with this remaster. It is quite easy at this point to run the PC version of City with 1080p 4xSGSSAA in stable 60fps. It looks fantastic. Is it a pipe dream to expect anything close to this on PS4? Maybe with unlocked fps between 40-60fps?
Nintendojitsu
Banned
An express train to nowhere.
It has the best story of the three, but the combat's broken and Rocksteady didn't make it. Not much of a surprise that they're leaving it out.
SenatorBot
Member
Never.
I believe the main reason for all the remasters is due to the change to standardised x86 architecture. By doing the work now, it allows the games to be backwards compatible with PS5 and the next Xbox without much work done to them. Not to mention allow them to port to tablets and phones when the technology becomes advanced enough. By doing them now instead of later, they get sales from the starving games audience and for the audience that never played the games before. Not to mention with the multiple sales Sony and MS have on their store, this gives them steady profit that will last for years, allowing them to recoup their investments in no time.
I'd rather they do the work now so that in 5-10 years, I can just get the games for $5 and play them on my future console rather than having to dig out my old console and/or use my PC.