Rocksteady has not responded to the platform problems

Jun 23, 2015 08:50 GMT  ·  By

Batman: Arkham Knight is one of the biggest launches of the year, and while the first hours of availability seem to have gone smoothly on the PlayStation 4 and the Xbox One, those who want to experience the title on the PC are reporting all sorts of issues.

The best place to get a good look at the problems is the official Reddit for it. We should also mention that the issues have resulted in a lot of negative reviews on the Steam digital distribution platform.

Batman: Arkham Knight does not even have to run to cause issues, as gamers are reporting that the pre-loading process is flawed.

Crashes and freezes are reported by those who downloaded the title before it launched, probably linked to the decryption process, and the only way to fix them is to verify the cache for the game, which leads to Steam re-downloading a range of files.

Once Batman: Arkham Knight is actually running, many AMD users are reporting that they are unable to get a decent frame rate, which might be linked to the fact that system requirements for the title were changed right before release date.

The biggest resource hogs seem to be driving the Batmobile or gliding around Gotham.

Players with Nvidia products are also affected, even when using the most powerful card produced by the company, the Titan X.

There are also reports about frame rates locked at 30 at certain times.

A temporary workaround involves going into the BMSystemSettings.ini file to change the value for maxfps to 0.

Warner Bros. and Rocksteady have not responded to issues with Batman: Arkham Knight

The two companies have pledged during the game development process that they will deliver the same kind of game experience on the PC as they offer on the Xbox One and the PlayStation 4.

PC gamers will be disappointed to see that this is not the case, but there's still time to listen to the feedback offered by the gamers and to then deliver the patches required to make the game run smoothly.

A day-one update for Batman: Arkham Knight, which was 3.5 GB big, has already been launched via Steam.

Warner Bros. will probably officially react to the reports from the community later during the day, and it might announce a clear plan to deal with the problems and maybe deliver some form of compensation to those affected.