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Difference between revisions of "Batman: Arkham Knight"

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{{ii}} Digital sales pulled and retail sales suspended temporarily due to performance issues.<ref name="newrel"/>
 
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{{--}} Poorly optimized with erratic FPS, excessive RAM and VRAM usage, poor mechanical hard drive performance,<ref>Due to inefficient texture streaming. [http://steamcommunity.com/games/208650/announcements/detail/145587678164818505 The publisher recommends using an SSD].</ref> constant stuttering on some machines, and audio dropouts.<ref name="newrel"/><ref name="forbespull"/><ref name="redditoutline">[https://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/3bcfok/rocksteady_outline_goals_for_arkham_knight_pc/ Reddit - Rocksteady outline goals for Arkham Knight PC performance improvements, including interim patches to fix disabled rain effects, ambient occlusion and Steam re-downloads.]</ref>
 
 
{{--}} Compared to the console versions some textures are lower resolution and the rain effects are sub-par.<ref name="redditoutline"/><ref>With the June 27th patch Bokeh DOF effects are fixed (despite not being mentioned), ambient occlusion is fixed, and rain effects are improved - but not fixed. There may still be some TXAA missing as well.</ref><ref>[http://steamcommunity.com/app/208650/discussions/0/523890528706752498/ Steam Forums :: Still rain effect on PC is bad!]</ref><ref>[http://www.dsogaming.com/news/batman-arkham-knight-pc-version-lacks-modern-graphical-effects-ao-bokeh-dof-rain-textures/ DSO Gaming - Batman: Arkham Knight – PC Version Lacks Modern Graphical Effects]</ref><ref>[http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-2015-batman-arkham-knight-pc-lacks-console-visual-features Eurogamer - It gets worse - Batman: Arkham Knight on PC lacks console visual features]</ref>
 
{{--}} Compared to the console versions some textures are lower resolution and the rain effects are sub-par.<ref name="redditoutline"/><ref>With the June 27th patch Bokeh DOF effects are fixed (despite not being mentioned), ambient occlusion is fixed, and rain effects are improved - but not fixed. There may still be some TXAA missing as well.</ref><ref>[http://steamcommunity.com/app/208650/discussions/0/523890528706752498/ Steam Forums :: Still rain effect on PC is bad!]</ref><ref>[http://www.dsogaming.com/news/batman-arkham-knight-pc-version-lacks-modern-graphical-effects-ao-bokeh-dof-rain-textures/ DSO Gaming - Batman: Arkham Knight – PC Version Lacks Modern Graphical Effects]</ref><ref>[http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-2015-batman-arkham-knight-pc-lacks-console-visual-features Eurogamer - It gets worse - Batman: Arkham Knight on PC lacks console visual features]</ref>
  
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Revision as of 14:48, 5 September 2015

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Batman: Arkham Knight
Batman: Arkham Knight cover
Developers
Rocksteady Studios
Publishers
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
OS X, Linux Feral Interactive
Engines
Unreal Engine 3
Release dates
Windows June 23, 2015[1][2]
macOS (OS X) 2015
Linux 2015
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Batman: Arkham Knight on Wikipedia
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Batman: Arkham
Subseries of Batman
Batman: Arkham Asylum 2009
Batman: Arkham City 2011
Batman: Arkham Origins 2013
Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate Deluxe Edition 2014
Batman: Arkham Knight 2015
Batman: Arkham VR 2017
Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League 2024

Key points

Digital sales pulled and retail sales suspended temporarily due to performance issues.[1]
Compared to the console versions some textures are lower resolution and the rain effects are sub-par.[3][4][5][6][7]

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
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 Retail sales temporarily suspended on June 25th.[8]
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Amazon.com
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 Pulled from sale on June 24th.[1]
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Amazon.co.uk
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 Pulled from sale on June 24th.[1]
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Incorrect store name. See here for available options.
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 Pulled from sale on June 25th.
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GamersGate
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 Pulled from sale on June 25th.
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Green Man Gaming
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 Pulled from sale on June 25th.[9]
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Humble Store
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 Pulled from sale on June 24th.[1]
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Steam
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 Pulled from sale on June 24th.[1]
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Ubisoft Store
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 Pulled from sale on June 25th.
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All versions require Steam.
Uses Denuvo Anti-Tamper DRM.[10]

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Instructions

Tweak Guide

Steam user Kaldaien has compiled a comprehensive configuration guide for Arkham Knight. Users have reported improved performance, texture streaming and graphics quality.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

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System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/208650/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

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System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/208650/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud
Ubisoft Connect

Video settings

In-game graphics settings.
In-game graphics settings.

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High frame rate

Instructions

Input settings

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Audio settings

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Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Korean
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish

Issues fixed

Slow start up

Instructions

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 11
Shader Model support 5
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Physics PhysX
Interface Scaleform
Multiplayer false Game contains singleplayer "Dual Play" which allows player to switch between Batman and one of his allies. Also features a brand-new "Dual Team Takedown" move. (can someone put a reference here, I'm not really experienced with the Wikitext syntax...)

System requirements

A 64-bit system is required.
For ultra setting the publisher lists an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 and 4 GB of VRAM as the minimum requirement.[11]
The recommended requirements are only for 30FPS, not 60+ as most would expect. The upcoming updates may allow for a GTX 760 to run at 60 with low/med settings, but it is not complete or confirmed yet. Also note most GTX 760s only have 2GB of VRAM, not the recommended 3GB. 2GB should suffice for low/med quality, but 3GB+ is likely desired for high settings.
Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 7 SP1 8.1
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i5-750 2.67 GHz
AMD Phenom II X4 965 3.4 GHz		 Intel Core i7-3770 3.4 GHz
AMD FX-8350, 4.0 GHz
System memory (RAM) 6 GB 8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 45 GB 55 GB
Video card (GPU) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 (2GB Minimum)
AMD Radeon HD 7870 (2GB Minimum)[11]
DirectX 11 compatible 		NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760
3 GB of VRAM
DirectX 11 compatible
Other Broadband Internet Connection Required to Activate and for some online features The publisher recommends using an SSD due to mechanical hard drive performance issues.[12]

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:

References