Images shamelessly stolen from a comment on the Eurogamer thread:
So, you guys want to see something funny? The PC version isn't just missing effects like AO - certain textures and models are entirely absent:
PC:
PS4:
PC:
PS4:
Nope, it's there
Batman: Arkham Knight On PC Is Not Very Good [UP: WB suspends future sales until fix]
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Nope, it's there
lol, no, Sony did not pay WB to botch this port.
iceblade997
Member
Images shamelessly stolen from a comment on the Eurogamer thread:
So, you guys want to see something funny? The PC version isn't just missing effects like AO - certain textures and models are entirely absent:
PC:
PS4:
PC:
PS4:
LOL wow. Just wow. This is ridiculous.
Note to self - anything published by WB needs to be avoided.
Just wow.
viveks86
Member
GMG done good. Glad that option exists
Ros8105
Member
So, the other pc screenshots are on low settings or something?
Well I don't tend to make such large generalizations but when I do, I'd use words like 'some', 'seemingly', 'maybe', etc so that I can avoid being called out for when I'm wrong. I've seen mods call out people who make similar blanket statements like yours. They don't lead to bans but eh.
Gemüsepizza
Member
It's probably story related.
No idea, but the models definitely are there for me.
Gemüsepizza;169645751 said:
Maybe, I'm really early in the game.
viveks86
Member
May be both of those are situations where stuff randomly failed to load on PC
Why would they want to eliminate a treat? Unless it's salt water taffy! Are you saying PC gaming is salt water taffy?!?!
No, just certain story sequences haven't happened yet.
Xaero Gravity
NEXT LEVEL lame™
What!?
CecilRousso
Member
Wouldn't you have gotten both? I did.
Barack Lesnar
Banned
I see it as the consumer losing far more than the publisher in that situation. 10-15% of sales for the pub versus missing a ton of great games.
Gold_Loot
Member
Pattycakes
Banned
What the hell?
Hero_of_the_Day
Member
After months of trying, Ubisoft only managed to get Unity working a little better, and they did it by making the game look worse. This game needs to both look and run better. Those two things don't go together without a lot of work, I assume.
I think waiting is your best bet. Xbone is still 900p, last time I checked, and the frame rate isn't as solid as the PS4.
Unless you absolutely, HAVE to play the game today. Wait a few days and see what the first patch does, then decide.
Backfoggen
Banned
Yea Sony is shaking in their boots and are deathly afraid of the PC market.
Baron_Calamity
Member
Probably a dumb question but does Arkham Knight have DX9 rendering and if so does it clear up performance issues?
Nvidia deserves some of the blame. They were up selling this game to move video cards, showing off the game with effects and frame rates that just aren't possible with any consumer available hardware.
Jeff Gerstmann from Giant Bomb said it was running on a pc and there were huge performance issues.
Baron_Calamity
Member
Sure, get that and then maybe down the line, the Game of the Year edition on the pc if they ever manage to get it patched.
Nope. It's DX11. It's likely that a lot of what they could do in this game wouldn't run at all or acceptably using DX9.
That wasn't the case with the previous games since they were meant to run on consoles.
Schweinehund
Member
MKX still not being fixed, the PC version having issues since before E3 2014**** at the Gamestop conference.
Violence Jack
Member
Thank god. I think that pissed me off about as much as the game not working for me. Good for GMG to offer this.
If the stutter isn't fixed with Patch 1, I'll jump on that I guess.
Yeah I'm going to ask for a refund for the season pass as soon as I'm able.
Heart of Black
Member
To people who want the head of Rocksteady OR Iron Galaxy... WB is the publisher. They handle release dates, etc.
They force the developer's hands of when the game has to launch.
They force the developer's hands of when the game has to launch.
Teleporter
Junior Member
Lovely Salsa
Banned
Whats the performance like on a gtx680? Accordibg to some reviewers it averages 45fps on max at 1080p, is that true? Id rather get the pc version for 15 bucks than ps4 for 60. My budget is tight
Dick Justice
Banned
Missing a ton of games that run like dogshit on the platform? Meh.
Barack Lesnar
Banned
Missing AO and some textures with a little stuttering during Batmobile sequences does not = "running like dogshit" to me. *shrug*
(in the case of Arkham Knight)
No, I only had the TW3 offer available at the time. I've had the 970 for a few months. Unless you mean buying Arkham Knight, which I intended to. But the timing with the Steam Sale luckily took my attention from it.
I'd guess it's pretty hard to define what "their end of the bargain" is, plain and simple.
You'd be hard press to prove that you should expect to have AO in the PC version for example.
Game not running at all could be another problem though, but then I guess they can weasel their way out by putting the problem on your specific configuration/system.
I'll also admit I never read the whole of the user agreement, maybe there's a sentence there saying they don't take any responsibility if the game doesn't run as advertised (which as stated previously is already hard to define).
losing out on a bad experience, I think I can live with that
undercoverb0ss
Member
How can this game be so pushed by nvidia and turn out so shitty?
Fine Ham Abounds
Member
I skipped getting this on console just because I sort of wasn't terribly interested after the delays, but I guess I'll take this opportunity to pretend I'm taking some kind of stand by not supporting this game at all 
If it wasn't the stutter issues, it would be more than fine on a 680. If they fix that, the game will already be pretty good, even if still inferior to the PS4 version.
GMG made a post on their blog this morning. Initially they weren't going to allow refunds but I think the pressure from Steam allowing them is making GMG cave in.
http://blog.playfire.com/2015/06/batman-arkham-knight-pc-guidelines.html
Seems we have to wait until after the patch though to request a refund.
Dick Justice
Banned
Barack Lesnar
Banned
like i said a min ago
Ultimately I think the biggest issue that's causing such an uproar is that the console version looks better. People are understandably upset and bitter about that. They might not want to admit it but in the back of your mind that competitive thought process is there...why does my version look worse.
The game doesn't "run like dog shit".
This looks like a memory leak. I doubt that type of performance is common.
Yea it's important that people aren't shitting on Iron Galaxy for this. They did what they could with the resources provided. Warner Brothers are the ones who shipped it like this.
Dick Justice
Banned
You're making assumptions here. A shit-ton of people have been reporting performance issues. Face it, the PC port is bollocks, and players who aren't having a good experience with it should get refunds. It doesn't matter if the publisher likes that or not, giving them money for a shit job will just result in future games been handled with no care whatsoever.
lukeskymac
Member
You like posting pictures that misrepresent the market in order to start flamewars? Wow. You should probably get out.
Besthelboy
Banned
It is common, don't come into this thread when you're clearly ignorant and uninformed of the issues. You're on the verge of trolling when you imply that PC gamers would throw such an uproar because we're insecure about how the game looks better on consoles.