I was going to do the same, but then I realized I'd get really upset if I got spoiled. I mean, I've seen things so far that I would have been crushed if they got spoiled, and I'm not even that far in yet!
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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 going to do the same, but then I realized I'd get really upset if I got spoiled. I mean, I've seen things so far that I would have been crushed if they got spoiled, and I'm not even that far in yet!
Generally speaking the refund policy would not apply:
Steam has made exceptions for certain games that have caused major issues in the past. So you can submit a claim to Valve's CS team and see if they grant a one time exemption.
https://youtu.be/dsDZJZYguqw
Here's the performance I'm getting now. Folks who either haven't played yet or aren't that far in might want to mute the sound as there's a bit of a spoiler said over the radio.
BigWeather
Member
Thanks, I'll go that route in a few days if we don't see significant fixes to the game.
Considering the game is unplayable, you definitely have a case. Contact them.
I don't think you should wait for long. There isn't any timeframe on the release, and not asking for refund, when the topic is hot, might not be the best for you.
BigWeather
Member
Great point. Yeah, I'll move on this now.
The sad part is that she feels terrible since she was going to go PS4 but then decided PC (she's going to college next year and won't have access to the PS4) for the first time in the series. I'm assuring her that going PC for her gaming is the right thing, but man, rough lesson to learn out the gate. I know better for my own purchases -- always, always wait for reviews and don't succumb to pre-order hype / exclusive pre-order DLC. But when it comes to the children it gets harder to be that strong. =)
GavinUK86
Member
Yup, that's pretty much what it is at this point.
I'll finish it then replay it when they've finally sorted it out.
Gemüsepizza
Member
Steamdb says something about a patch?
https://steamdb.info/app/208650/history/
But no idea what that means lol.
https://steamdb.info/app/208650/history/
But no idea what that means lol.
Dance Inferno
Unconfirmed Member
I was browsing the Steam reviews for Her Story and came across this review:
Gemüsepizza;169743764 said:Steamdb says something about a patch?
https://steamdb.info/app/208650/history/
But no idea what that means lol.
wtf, iron galaxy made that patch in 12 minutes?!
Gemüsepizza;169743764 said:Steamdb says something about a patch?
https://steamdb.info/app/208650/history/
But no idea what that means lol.
Interesting hmm
No, changes done 12 minutes ago.
This is a very silly post.
Gemüsepizza
Member
ChasingComets
Member
Is that actually how refund works? I thought it was 2 hours after you started playing.
Maybe I'm mistaken, but I thought it was the opposite.
meanspartan
Member
I bet valve threatened to pull it if they didn't.
There are no high textures.
That's my point. Because of the vram leakage, the 3.5 gets filled up and not properly freed again and then "the game absolutely needs it" and dips into the slow 0.5.
Anyways, I'm just saying that anecdotally it seems like 970 owners are reporting more stuttering than others.
SSPssp
Member
Less than 2 hours of playtime.
Krappadizzle
Member
It doesn't matter. I just installed a 980 Ti yesterday which doesn't have vram issues and it still has issues like everyone else.
I'm specifically talking about stuttering.
Well, it doesn't really matter. It's so broken in other ways that even though I'm stutter free, I'm still waiting for a patch or two.
Krappadizzle
Member
Yeah, I mean I have stuttering issues as well.
ThoseDeafMutes
Member
Well according to the latest Steam Hardware Survey the 970 is the 2nd most common discrete GPU after the 760 and came bundle with a free copy of the game lately. So I would say that the most common card playing Arkham Knight is probably the 970, thus the most problems with it.
If 3.5 was a problem, then 3GB cards would be getting it even worse on average.
SirMossyBloke
Member
Gemüsepizza;169743764 said:Steamdb says something about a patch?
https://steamdb.info/app/208650/history/
But no idea what that means lol.
Just imagine if this patch came out in the next few minutes and literally everything was fixed and the missing stuff was replaced lol. Would probably put it down to a missing day one patch that the consoles got.
It would also be a miracle.
ThoseDeafMutes
Member
If there was going to be a significant patch in the next 24 hours, they wouldn't have pulled it from Steam.
"Imagine if you opened your mailbox and it was stuffed with millions of 100 dollar bills."
Not gonna happen, sorry
jediyoshi
Member
This is video games. We can't have nice things.
No, the changes were done to the SteamDB/branches 12 minutes ago. It doesn't mean anything about the work, just when it was added to Steam's Database.
SirMossyBloke
Member
Well thats where you're wrong!
Literally got an email yesterday saying i'm gonna receive $3.5 million, some prince or some shit. As simple as giving him my bank details.
Edit: Also, I literally said miracle in my post, so no need for people to say it's not gonna happen. I kinda know.
Dear god this is gonna take awhile isn't it?
Dude..
Holy shit.
I can't...
I just tried the game on PC, I think my setup is OK right? i7 4790k, 32gb RAM, GTX 970... Installed on my Samsung SSD 850 Pro and...
30-40 FPS?
I paid 60 bucks for 30-40 fps and poor performance? I mean WTF is wrong with this game!!!
I managed to play like two hours and I closed the game forever. FPS drops, textures load like hell, SIX crashes in two hours!! SIX!!!!!!!!!!!
Goddamn.
DAMN!
Holy shit.
I can't...
I just tried the game on PC, I think my setup is OK right? i7 4790k, 32gb RAM, GTX 970... Installed on my Samsung SSD 850 Pro and...
30-40 FPS?
I paid 60 bucks for 30-40 fps and poor performance? I mean WTF is wrong with this game!!!
I managed to play like two hours and I closed the game forever. FPS drops, textures load like hell, SIX crashes in two hours!! SIX!!!!!!!!!!!
Goddamn.
DAMN!
Dear god this is gonna take awhile isn't it?
Even money says Rocksteady themselves are dropping everything else they're doing to fix Iron Galaxy's fuck up. Judging by the issues I saw on my copy, it's gonna take them a long time.
kenjigreat
Banned
Refund
I know getting broken products sucks but I hope this doesn't negatively impact Rocksteady themselves as this game is extremely well made. This is likely to cause some issues for Iron Galaxy, I'd imagine, since it actually cuts into the WB bottom line. With High Volage products (which are shit) they at least haven't been recalled (though having another dev fix ZOE2 is surely up there).
The situation in PC is so bad that it does almost elevate the situation to ACU levels.
It's completely different. With ACU all versions were in bad shape. This time two of the versions are very polished while the PC version is completely broken. The different versions rest at different extremes.
The situation in PC is so bad that it does almost elevate the situation to ACU levels.
ShadowNate
Member
yeah, this definitely is what I remember from the previous Batman title, along with the horrible game breaking bugs on launch. How the hell did people forget that? How can anyone go and buy their next game at the release day price, without at least waiting a few days to read reviews about the performance?
Maybe, I'm... good at holding grudges when a developer/ studio pulls something like that, but that saved me from buying this new pile of vile.
Revengineer
Unconfirmed Member
LMAO. I meant Normal. Holy shit.
Holy. Shit. I haven't played a PC game in ... recollectable memory that didn't have low, med/normal, and high. If not "very high" and then "ultra." I really am hoping that this halt on sales signals that they are taking the situation seriously.
Pathfinder
Member
So I guess the big question is who is going to get thrown under the bus for this: Warner Bros or Iron Galaxy?
Depends whether he was rounding 2 hours up or down, eh?
Hero_of_the_Day
Member
Dear god this is gonna take awhile isn't it?
Yes. We'll get a patch in the next 48 hours I bet, but it's going to be the first of many over the coming weeks, possibly months.
ThoseDeafMutes
Member
Dear god this is gonna take awhile isn't it?
We might get some fixes soon, but if there was some cure-all amazing ultra patch that makes it go like greased lightning on every computer just around the corner, there would have been no reason to withdraw it from sales. They would have just come out and said that there was a patch coming soon, reassured Valve that it was coming soon yadda yadda.
I expect them to patch some low-hanging fruit within a couple of days, then get a more comprehensive solution on a scale of weeks or months.
Who's next game? WB? Iron Galaxy?
At this point, I think the bus is already a mile down the road and both of them are lying in agony.
For IG, this obviously means insane crunch time in the short-term, and possible lost contracts in the long-term.
I want to believe
EatChildren
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i got this far before a hard crash to desktop
ShadowNate
Member
For me, it was WB up until few days ago.
But Iron Galaxy has been added to the do not buy at launch if you see that name anywhere near the title "black list".
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