d00d3n
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I was about to do this, but from what I can see the PC promotional material on Steam does not have AO or rain shader either. Smart of them to do this to avoid being accused of outright fraud, but devious as hell.
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Batman: Arkham Knight On PC Is Not Very Good [UP: WB suspends future sales until fix]
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I was about to do this, but from what I can see the PC promotional material on Steam does not have AO or rain shader either. Smart of them to do this to avoid being accused of outright fraud, but devious as hell.
Why?
Glitchesarecool
Member
I can't think of a better way to get your account flagged for abusing the refund system and accomplishing nothing in the process.
Good work.
Aztechnology
Member
Technically they could still claim that as a sale in their numbers, so you'd just be helping them for PR purposes.
That's precisely why I said what I said. Again it's complete nonsense or fanboyism to declare that selling your PC and getting a PS4 and Batman is a viable worthwhile solution to the problem of a bad port
Auto-Reply
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Of course, but if I had to guess, Rocksteady is already hard at work on the dlc and just can't do it.
kenjigreat
Banned
LOL , I think we need to read between the lines when it comes to PC games from now on.
It was Satire , but my hype for the game has gone down dramatically.
I had the PS4 Collector's Edition Preordered ages ago shipping from the US and I don't even feel like playing the game.
My tongue was firmly in my cheek.
But I don't see how I wouldn't get my refund. Buy game, play 30 minutes, get refund. Say the game wasn't up to scratch. Then it'll get added to the mounds of bad feedback
kenjigreat
Banned
If you really want to do it , don't use your main Steam account.
Also, if rocksteady where to take over the PC port, they would first need to read and understand the PC specific code iron galaxy already wrote. That takes time.
Glitchesarecool
Member
I imagine with this influx of requests it might take a while. Also it might go straight to your payment source depending on what you used instead of going to your wallet.
kenjigreat
Banned
7 days was in my email
Mortal Kombat X port was fucked up too, and it's another UE game. Go figure.
Unknown Soldier
Member
I can't get a refund, it came with my 980 Ti.
If Nvidia wants to make it right, they should offer people who bought their video cards the free copy of The Witcher 3 that came with 900 series cards before the 980 Ti was launched.
If WB wants to make it right, first they fix the game and second they give me the stupid Harley Quinn DLC that everyon else got but Nvidia card buyers were screwed out of.
d00d3n
Member
Additionally, a very large part of the PC store media seems to be promotional art. So, they are subtly admitting the major PC issues, but attempt to divert your attention with misleading promotional art. Of the two videos, one is mostly CGI and the other uses fast cuts which don't linger on the PC issues (but they are there if you pause the video and look closely).
This may be conspiracy theory crap, but it sure seems like the PR people who did the Steam store media were aware of the issues with missing effects and tried to hide this fact while staying clear of fraudulent advertising by the thinnest of margins.
kenjigreat
Banned
The fact that my 2000+$ setup makes a game look worse than a $400 Setup on Max settings , I'll believe any conspiracy theory at this point when it comes to this game.
Aztechnology
Member
It's 10 minutes of absolutely nothing. A small combat with the same gear repackaged and Harley Letting Ivy out of a cell. It's the most pointless DLC I've ever played.
kenjigreat
Banned
Still blown away by this situation. This really might be the worst PC port I've seen in years. They dropped the ball so hard.
I wonder if their unconventional use of UE3 is partially to blame. Arkham City had plenty of stuttering already and this is much worse. Trying to do an open world in UE3 with all these modern effects bolted on seems like trouble to me.
I wonder if their unconventional use of UE3 is partially to blame. Arkham City had plenty of stuttering already and this is much worse. Trying to do an open world in UE3 with all these modern effects bolted on seems like trouble to me.
Wasn't that High Voltage Studio, who made the port? Another notably incompetent studio, that keeps getting contracts for some reason.
They had it to run on PS4
Arkham Origins was supposedly fine, while using the same engine. It wasn't developed by Rocksteady though.
kenjigreat
Banned
Its just a shit port.
Facts : Game has a 30FPS default lock.
Game runs worse on Recommended specs than PS4.
Game Looks worse on any configuration compared to PS4.
Unknown Soldier
Member
Well...that's crap. Goddammit WB.
Its most likely because they are the cheapest bidder.
Why hire a elite more expensive company when you can just hire a cheap and inexperienced one.
KimonoNoNo
Member
I found this amusing in a gallows humour sort of way.
kenjigreat
Banned
This game might just be the biggest legit scam pulled off by Warner and Nvidia.
Incompetence is not the same thing as cheap. If HVS were incompetent, pubs wouldn't be using them in the first place, and especially not repeatedly.
As another poster has pointed out, they are likely getting taken on constantly nowadays because they're offering pubs the lowest price on porting the game for them, which means it's on Warner entirely for taking a cheap HVS over a (probably) more expensive porting team like Nixxes, who due to the higher budget will have more money to do a good port.
kenjigreat
Banned
I'm normally very very optimistic. The PC version of this game just killed my hype for this game.
kenjigreat
Banned
That Don Mattrick Kinetic Magic.
Meh. The people who keep the hype train going and preordering crap have only themselves to blame.
Though the deepest levels of consumer hell are deserved for the people who are arguing in favor of this situation.
d00d3n
Member
Special sauce.
kenjigreat
Banned
Forgot to add , CLOUD.
Its ok to be hyped , I've had great experiences being hyped for games , Red Alert 3 , Uncharted 2 .
Whats not OK is releasing shitty products. Only preorder when you are really really hyped. I feel bad for those people pre-ordering Fallout 4 , I'm sure that game will get fixed with Mods just like Skyrim , Unless Bethesda somehow changes their policy and releases a not so buggy game.
I am never buying a Warner PC game after this though.
This might be a bit subtle but here's a gif for this thread:
PS4
PC
Hahaha perfect.
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Revengineer
Unconfirmed Member
Eh, if their programming notes are as thorough as their INI notes, I wouldn't be too concerned. /s
kenjigreat
Banned
I hope Warner has a shit ton of refunds sent to them.
They deserve it for releasing this shit.
This might be a bit subtle but here's a gif for this thread:
PS4
PC
Amazing ahahaha
Yeah but if they indeed gave MKX to QLOC now to fix, they have to pay two teams, and in the process lost a ton of good will ( i didn't buy the game because of the shit port, for example, and will be much more weary of whatever WB puts out).
I'd say it wasn't worth it to go for the cheapest possible option.
thenight11
Member
Damn Gmg must have been hearing it from everyone
Now when is this magical patch coming ?!
SuicidalSteve
Member
So was this the reason for the delay from 2014 to 2015?
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Was Rocksteady actively working on the PC version at the time of the delay perhaps? Then Iron Galaxy Studios jumped in to help them out?
Kotaku Link
Was Rocksteady actively working on the PC version at the time of the delay perhaps? Then Iron Galaxy Studios jumped in to help them out?
d00d3n
Member
If the patch doesn't fix AO and rain shader I will make use of this offer.
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
I crashed 3 seconds into taking control of Batman with the error log with a ton of text. Someone else posted it. I can't even run the game on my rig.
5930k
16gb memory
SLI G1 970's
5930k
16gb memory
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