News - Batman: Arkham City PC gamers furious with technical issues

[Fraz]

this is why I don't buy new games...
buy them a year later, they are fixed and cost half the price. win win

Yeah, so you'd think. I've only just bought Arkham Asylum, and that's still annoyingly unstable. The only way I can get it to start is if I've freshly rebooted my computer, otherwise it crashes straight away on startup. And then I suffer in-game crashes that mean I have to restart my entire machine before I can then restart the game again. Sooooo annoying.

I can't actually believe how bad Games for Windows Live is... basically if I click on the GfWL overlay before a certain point in the intro/loading sequence, the game crashes. GfWL offers literally no benefit that I can perceive, other than making the game unstable. And I won't even get into how ridiculous it is to have two overlay systems (GfWL and the Steam overlay - which is at least useful).

[watercooled]

Yup - but they have a habit of dipping their fingers in where it's not wanted or warranted. They have been known to demand changes from game studios unfortunately (I believe they make various requests like dumbing down Spore, as an example...)

And its also partly down to the publisher - no doubt they were slapping the studio round the room to get the game out...

Yeah and they're probably the ones who think GFWL is a good idea.

...the Steam overlay - which is at least useful).

And works, which is a nice touch...

[aidanjt]

What's that you say? Loyal paying PC gamers getting the short end of the stick? Stop the presses!

[Nelviticus]

Loyal paying PC gamers getting the short end of the stick?

Forgive me for being pedantic - it's an illness - but I think you'll find that with most sticks in conventional Newtonian space both ends are the same length.

[watercooled]

Thanks, cheered me up that. xD

And I agree, maybe we should start pedants anonymous?

And to meet expectations: I think it refers to using a stick as a method of carrying something on your shoulder - you want the longer part relative to the pivot for better leverage. I could be wrong...

[Hicks12]

ah it appears i overlooked the post, just saw batman AC in the jiffy bag . However im busy so im glad my will power has finally worked hard enough to let me continue doing coursework instead of installing it

[krazy_olie]

I had issues with arkham assylum, weirdly fresh driver installs seem to fix it. probably completely unrelated though

[TooNice]

this is why I don't buy new games...
buy them a year later, they are fixed and cost half the price. win win

On top of that, a regularly upgraded mid-range PC can often deal with it better. So another win.
That said, I did complain about the presence of GFWL. It's of no use for a SP game since I don't care about in-game accomplishments.

[watercooled]

Received my copy but it's just sitting there waiting to be installed, I'd much rather wait for a patch than install it now, discover loads of bugs and not bother finishing it.

[Fraz]

Patch now available but only fixes issues on Win7 64-bit:

http://www.videogamer.com/pc/batman_..._11_fixes.html

[Fraz]

For those interested, I bought the game now it's been patched. The DX11 stuff does now work. Well, sort of. After about 10 mins of play I get random intermittent hangs each lasting a few seconds, and occurring very regularly (several times in a minute). Basically results in the game being unplayable.

I've since switched to DX9 only, and had no problems. Kinda disappointed, but even in DX9 only it's still a great looking game.