Batman: Arkham City's lauded PC version is not quite advertised optimal experience right now, with DirectX11 support remaining quite broken. I noticed the issue myself when the game lagged, stuttered and performed terribly until I switched to DX9. I am far from alone.
Warner Bros. is aware of the issue and has stated that a patch is coming in the "near future", but wouldn't give a timeframe. Until then, DX9 is the only way to get the game running smoothly, which I can confirm it does.
Considering the game was delayed a month, this is pretty miserable news. The PC version was heavily advertised as providing the ultimate visual experience, full of fancy visual upgrades. That DX11 doesn't work is perhaps expected by cynical PC gamers, but no less disappointing for it.
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7:00 AM on 11.25.2011 | 
Build name: QA_APPROVED_BUILD_JANUARY_2011
Compiled on: September 27th, 2011 at 18:18.21
If its true wtf has Rocksteady been doing these past months O_o
I bought the game Day 1 because I had good experiences with Arkham Asylum. If Rocksteady doesn't do something to improve this shit I def wont be buying day 1 and will hesitant to buy anything else from them at less than a major markdown.
Played this game on console from start to finish... zero technical issues. Not one bug. What are you talking about?
Yes, Rocksteady dropped the ball on DX11. Not excusable.
But let's get real here. This game looks and runs 10 times better than the console version even on DX9.
I played the console version for a bit, and the jaggies, the low rez textures, the pop-in, the screen tearing, the frame rate issues, the overall blurry look thanks to upscaling low rendering resolution, and the short view distance made it the poor man's Batman.
Seriously this game is not a "mess". It's fully playable, it looks unbelievable, it performs incredibly well. It's missing DX11 for now, which again, I'm not making excuses for, but I'm playing the game right now and I'm 99% happy (that 1% is my sweet, sweet tessellation missing).
EPIC FAIL
( http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2249948 < source for the 27th-of-September-cue)
Save file issues, texture hiccups, and now THIS.
:l
I did get it for free though and it runs fine without DX11... but isn't that where the major differences come from aside from the PhysX?
Tessellaiton is only applied to some surfaces.
The major differences come from no pop-in, higher resolution textures, running at 1080p or higher, 60 FPS, no screen tearing, much larger view distance, proper anti-aliasing and anisotropic filtering, and the Physx effects which add to the atmosphere of the game.
The DX11 is just the icing on the cake, which we have to wait for.
The major differences come purely from it running on a PC, not from DX 11 (at least not for this particular game).
As for the delay, that's just another instance of the norm being to release the console versions first to minimize piracy. It happens with 95% of all games nowadays.
Kinthalis - ...Have you paid attention through out the years? Portal Battlefield 3, Skyrim, CoD are rare exceptions; the vast majority come out weeks to months later. Red Faction, Batman, Saints Row, everything by Rockstar, everything by Ubisoft, everything by Capcom, etc...
not to make this yet another piracy debate, but didn't portal 2 sell better on PC?
honestly if the delay was to reduce piracy then it's failed big time for me. it might be a great game but i've lost my enthusiasm to play it, and now with these problems (made SO much worse after taking an extra month) and so many other quality games now on offer/half finished i'll most likely pick this up in a sale next year if at all.
so yeah well done rocksteady, you've really fucked this up. i'm getting tired of developers/publishers thinking they can continue to mistreat PC players and still have them come back - next time i for one won't. no matter how many end up doing this there are inevitably 10 others ready and willing to step in and supply a quality product.
Serious Sam 3 actually worked perfectly out of the box (if you can call it that, since it was download-only :P). There were no problems with it (as far as I know) until the first patch was released.
I didn't notice any issues with Saints Row: The Third or Hard Reset on release day, either.
On an Nvidia card, perhaps it's just ATI?
Just be glad this isn't like the "usual" console/PC experience, SURE it was prolly purposely delayed but for a good reason (imho THAT REASON IS console gamers are Dumbed down versions of PC gamers & they'll take the broomn stick DRY, DLC & ALL !!!.
I would like to Mention that all this TALK bout piracy is a JOKE, Consoles have as much to blame in piracy as PC, what they gonna do?>>BAN PC's & force you to Ipad in cloud ??? (i BET you they are already thinking this !!! Y? cause "I AM" & KNOW.
OFC u Need a PC to get the ball roll'N but Consoles have tonnes of hack'd content On the rdy for Download & excuses like PC is to blame is like saying cause you shit, your shit reflects sunlight sooo MUCH that there's global freezing on the way. (ROFLMFAO)
I Personally would rather they go back & release "quality expansion" packs rather then this segmented DLC insult as extra content to extend a games replayability/ enjoyment.
I will take the hook once in a while when DLC is priced FAR lower then it's original asking price.
Best to just wait for a GOTY edition or something a long those lines.
I know games are made for profit (rightfully so) but when it cheaps the game down with advantage perks or content that could easily be made by mods/user comunity it smacks of ¨q¡É¨r to the gamer & says "U the gamer can go ¨q¡É¨r cause we RULE u & u'll take it DRY"