This "review" is meant to be a blemish of Warner Brothers publisher for what they've released on PC on June 23, 2015. Negative words about the game mean technical state of PC version of Batman: Arkham Knight at the moment of the launch. All the information I refer to can be easily checked on the internet, I give almost no references here.

I'm sure I can not write what happen at the launch of Batman AK on PC. In a nutshell: crashes, stuttering and terrible performance issues overall (even on the best systems, on both AMD and Nvidia setups), 30 FPS cap, texture and visual effects issues and so on. Of course, it was reflected in tons of negative feedback from community and press. Steam Store had superior percentage of negative reviews. The game was pulled from sale on Steam which never ever happened before as far as I know. Users were offered to refund the game and Green Man Gaming (games online store) even started refunds for BAK though they don't do it on regular basis as it's stated in their Terms and Conditions and Refund Policy.

Much sh*t was poured on Rocksteady (BAK developers) and on "external PC development partner" Iron Galaxy Studios (studio that ported the game to PC). It's clear that the first were responsible for the game in general and console versions of it in particular and Rocksteady did its job quite good as far as I'm concerned. IGS is made guilty more often (they were doing PC version of the game, at least), but I refuse to do so. They're experienced[en.wikipedia.org] enough in developing, porting and assisting in porting games for various platforms. They ported Bioshock: Infinite to PC and The Handsome Collection (Borderlands 2 and Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel) to PS4 and XBox One after all. I wouldn't judge them unless I knew the conditions they were set and time they were given to do their job.

But I know who to blame for sure - Batman Arkham Knight publisher Warner Bros.

• WB made decision to have console versions of the game as primary ones (which is, sadly, a common practice nowadays) and to outsource porting to PC. It didn't happen to previous Batman games made by Rocksteady. Quite likely this decision was made just to save money on PC version because sales on PC are lower comparing to consoles.
  
• WB didn't give much sh*t about testing the game on PC. Anonymous sources say PC version of BAK was tested by 10% of sources (while PC is more complex than consoles) and in 720p. Standard resolution for PC gamers, right?
  
• WB took decision to protect their crap that can't hold even 30 FPS with Denuvo[en.wikipedia.org] anti-tamper technology. No comments.
  
• WB as a publisher is responsible for what they ship to customers. They decide when it's ready for release. They can delay the release (like it happened to GTA V PC or Witcher 3). And they knew the crap they had been releasing on PC. Undoubtedly. But they still did it. Shameless wankers.
  
• WB f*cked up MK X launch as well. And its PC Version was also outsourced. What a coincidence, right?

Warner Bros. made the ultimate slap to all PC gamers' faces and showed their attitude to us. I suggest you to pay them the same coin and blacklist them as a publisher. And you should definitely refund the game (if you haven't done it before). Have done it right after finished writing this.

As P.S. I will leave this TotalBiscuit's video about why you should never pre-order games:
http://youtu.be/mf5Uj4XIT1Y
Thanks for reading my "review". Cheers!

[h1]Disclaimer[/h1] This "review" is meant to be a blemish of Warner Brothers publisher for what they've released on PC on June 23, 2015. Negative words about the game mean [u]technical state[/u] of PC version of Batman: Arkham Knight at the moment of the launch. All the information I refer to can be easily checked on the internet, I give almost no references here. [h1]What Happened?[/h1] I'm sure I can not write what happen at the launch of Batman AK on PC. In a nutshell: crashes, stuttering and terrible performance issues overall (even on the best systems, on both AMD and Nvidia setups), 30 FPS cap, texture and visual effects issues and so on. Of course, it was reflected in tons of negative feedback from community and press. Steam Store had superior percentage of negative reviews. The game was pulled from sale on Steam which never ever happened before as far as I know. Users were offered to refund the game and Green Man Gaming (games online store) even started refunds for BAK though they don't do it on regular basis as it's stated in their Terms and Conditions and Refund Policy. [h1]Who to Blame?[/h1] Much sh*t was poured on Rocksteady (BAK developers) and on "external PC development partner" Iron Galaxy Studios (studio that ported the game to PC). It's clear that the first were responsible for the game in general and console versions of it in particular and Rocksteady did its job quite good as far as I'm concerned. IGS is made guilty more often (they were doing PC version of the game, at least), but I refuse to do so. They're [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Galaxy_Studios#Games_worked_on]experienced[/url] enough in developing, porting and assisting in porting games for various platforms. They ported Bioshock: Infinite to PC and The Handsome Collection (Borderlands 2 and Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel) to PS4 and XBox One after all. I wouldn't judge them unless I knew the conditions they were set and time they were given to do their job. But I know who to blame for sure - Batman Arkham Knight publisher Warner Bros. [h1]Quick Facts[/h1] [list] [*]WB made decision to have console versions of the game as primary ones (which is, sadly, a common practice nowadays) and to outsource porting to PC. It didn't happen to previous Batman games made by Rocksteady. Quite likely this decision was made just to save money on PC version because sales on PC are lower comparing to consoles. [*]WB didn't give much sh*t about testing the game on PC. Anonymous sources say PC version of BAK was tested by 10% of sources (while PC is more complex than consoles) and in 720p. Standard resolution for PC gamers, right? [*]WB took decision to protect their crap that can't hold even 30 FPS with [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denuvo]Denuvo[/url] anti-tamper technology. No comments. [*]WB as a publisher is responsible for what they ship to customers. They decide when it's ready for release. They can delay the release (like it happened to GTA V PC or Witcher 3). And they knew the crap they had been releasing on PC. Undoubtedly. But they still did it. Shameless wankers. [*]WB f*cked up MK X launch as well. And its PC Version was also outsourced. What a coincidence, right? [/list] [h1]Final Words[/h1] Warner Bros. made the ultimate slap to all PC gamers' faces and showed their attitude to us. I suggest you to pay them the same coin and blacklist them as a publisher. And you should definitely refund the game (if you haven't done it before). Have done it right after finished writing this. As P.S. I will leave this TotalBiscuit's video about why you should never pre-order games: http://youtu.be/mf5Uj4XIT1Y Thanks for reading my "review". Cheers!