In 2012, UE4 wasn't really ready for something like this to my understanding.
We're only seeing UE4 retail games hit consoles now.
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Batman: Return to Arkham announced (AA AC Demaster), UE4, Virtuos (of FFX fame)
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We're only seeing UE4 retail games hit consoles now.
yeah that makes sense. anyway I love remasters, totally buying this
th4tguy
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AK was going to be cross platform so they had to go with UE3. Midway through development they decided they would have to compromise too much to get it working on both but had put too much work into it on UE3 to switch to UE4, so instead they pushed forward with it on UE3 (heavily modified if I remember correctly). This is probably part of the reason it was so tough getting the PC version running well as a different team was handling the port and having to wrap their head around all the modifications made.
JordanN
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Warner Bros was contracted to use UE3 until the license expired in 2014.
I don't get why this is on UE4 when it doesn't need it.
Arkham Knight definitely needs it, though. But I doubt they'd put the work in to do it, especially for a PC version.
slick7rick
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Awesome. Can't wait to get my Batman fix during a Black Friday sale for around $15 at Best Buy 
IcyRhythms
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So, are these "enhancements" not coming to PC?
Oh wow, the texture on the costume.
why would there be gameplay changes?
Brizzo24
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The game looks so damn good on the 360, which I still have hooked up to my TV, that there's really no need to buy this. That, and like many here I haven't played Origins, either. No go for me, but glad this is available to those with current-gen consoles that somehow missed out on these.
Triggerhappytel
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I would be a lot more interested in this if Arkham Origins was included. As it stands, maybe down the line when it hits £15.
tokyocrusher
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If they included origins they would have to pay royalties to 2 companies
Doctor Ironic
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Origins is exactly as bad as its reputation suggests and I'm glad it's not in this collection.
Miles Quaritch
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No Origins?
Meh, why do they hate the best game in the Arkham series so much? Rocksteady with the thin skin?
Meh, why do they hate the best game in the Arkham series so much? Rocksteady with the thin skin?
TheSinkingKnight
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Hmm? WB flat out owns these games and do not have to pay royalties for remastering these. At least I don't think they would have to. WB are already paying WB Montreal and Rocksteady employees a salary, I don't see how this would cause them to owe them more.
PIMPBYBLUD
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Origins is exactly as bad as its reputation suggests and I'm glad it's not in this collection.
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PIMPBYBLUD
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Origins is exactly as bad as its reputation suggests and I'm glad it's not in this collection.
Uhhhh no. Sorry Origins was great. The Detective mode alone was a great addition.
Doctor Ironic
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The detective mode was a glorified pixel hunt. You might as well have been praising Ofher M for its detective sequences.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=RqRLDaKexe0
https://youtube.com/watch?v=RqRLDaKexe0
UE3 was never actually officially ported to PS4/XB1, so if you have to port everything anyway...
CrichtonKicks
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Was it confirmed that AK was intended to be cross-gen. Game never felt like it had that in its DNA to me.
I'm going to need a source on that.
DannyDanger
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Did rocksteady do AK pc or did they outsource? Because AK Ps4 ran like a champ
nvm, two comments above
Origins is buried. It'll never be fixed and I heard it even had a decent Mr Freeze dlc.
Either that or if this sells well they'll plan an Origins remaster with that and Blackgate for current gen. They'd make bank on that considering all the salty souls like me who really really want that game to get some notice and to actually be fixed.
Either that or if this sells well they'll plan an Origins remaster with that and Blackgate for current gen. They'd make bank on that considering all the salty souls like me who really really want that game to get some notice and to actually be fixed.
Black Republican
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wow i always thought it was PS4/XB1 from the ground up
Enter The 36 Chambers
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Never played any batman games so I'll wait until this is on sale on Live around Xmas and pick It up then.
I'd imagine they left out Origins for the inevitable remaster of Origins + Knight in a few years time.
I'd imagine they left out Origins for the inevitable remaster of Origins + Knight in a few years time.
Tenacious-D
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So there's no PC version? Isn't this remaster going to look better visually? If this running on UE4...
Sorry Rocksteady, it's not PC players fault that you botched Arham Knight so badly, that no one bought it.
Sorry Rocksteady, it's not PC players fault that you botched Arham Knight so badly, that no one bought it.
Goldfishking
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No origins
As long as it's 60FPS I will buy it though.
As long as it's 60FPS I will buy it though.
RPGCrazied
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Also, this would have been the perfect time to fix Origins bugs when porting it over to UE4.
I really hope they release a statement why they left it out.
I really hope they release a statement why they left it out.
IcyRhythms
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So there's no PC version? Isn't this remaster going to look better visually? If this running on UE4...
Sorry Rocksteady, it's not PC players fault that you botched Arham Knight so badly, that no one bought it.
Is no PC version confirmed?
Doctor Ironic
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Nope, PC version was done by Iron Galaxy.
So you think Rocksteady is to blame for a PC version they didn't make and an HD collection they didn't commission? Lol GAF.
Will double dip if the collection comes to PC. I 100%ed both and want an excuse to play through them again.
First post is correct. The still total crap game that is Origins is, in fact, not in this collection.
First post is correct. The still total crap game that is Origins is, in fact, not in this collection.
TheMrPliskin
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I could be tempted to play Arkham Asylum again but I never want to play City. Real disappointed by the lack of Origins as well, it's got it's problems but I enjoyed it more than City and Knight.
SolVanderlyn
Thanos acquires the fully powered Infinity Gauntlet in The Avengers: Infinity War, but loses when all the superheroes team up together to stop him.
Yeah, the first page of this thread is like stepping into the Twilight Zone
I liked Origins, but last I checked GAF hated it. I can't keep up
I would've bought if it had Origins, but i've already played through Asylum and i'm not that interested in replaying it anytime soon and I have City via PS+ but haven't played it yet, could have waited until this collection to play it but without Origins there's barely any incentitive for me to buy it.
Pretty neat that they bought them over to Unreal Engine 4 though.
Pretty neat that they bought them over to Unreal Engine 4 though.
Tenacious-D
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According to Sefton Hill's twitter, after they took it down from Steam, they allocated developers from Rocksteady to try and fix it.
They still couldn't get it to work properly. So they gave up.
You don't expect me to believe that they didn't know about the issues. Of course they did. They chose to put it out anyway. Rocksteady is just as much to blame as WB or Iron Galaxy.
th4tguy
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Doctor Ironic
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There is a vast, vast difference between making a game yourselves and being hired to fix up someone else's. Try working with someone else's code some time and you'll see exactly what I mean.
Saying they "gave up" when their work is literally mandated by a publisher who tells them when to start and stop is pretty ridiculous.
Saying they "gave up" when their work is literally mandated by a publisher who tells them when to start and stop is pretty ridiculous.
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