Arkham City: Which format?

mcwildcard · 10 Dec 2011 at 11:04

I'm not sure whether to get Arkham City for my PS3, or my PC.
If I had a great GPU then it'd be a no brainer, but my mITX system limits me to a HD6570 1GB GDDR3 (although it appears a suitable HD6670 may be on the horizon), so I'm not sure how it'd measure up.

Any thoughts?

DarkXavier · 10 Dec 2011 at 22:30

PS3 without a doubt.

Alex74 · 10 Dec 2011 at 22:33

mcwildcard said:
I'm not sure whether to get Arkham City for my PS3, or my PC.
If I had a great GPU then it'd be a no brainer, but my mITX system limits me to a HD6570 1GB GDDR3 (although it appears a suitable HD6670 may be on the horizon), so I'm not sure how it'd measure up.

Any thoughts?

I'd probably still have said PC were it not for the fact that it decided to delete my savegame today...

PS3, since it has functional savegames!

Gimpymoo · 10 Dec 2011 at 22:50

Alex74 said:
I'd probably still have said PC were it not for the fact that it decided to delete my savegame today...

PS3, since it has functional savegames!

Was that GFWL or Steam cloud?

Jericho.u.k · 10 Dec 2011 at 22:56

Pc for sure
It will be cheaper for a start.
My rig isnt excactly awesome but it handles arkham city easily and it will look better than it does on either console.

Ps: yes i do own a console too

ryryryan · 10 Dec 2011 at 23:01

PC on DX9 mode.

Alex74 · 10 Dec 2011 at 23:08

Gimpymoo said:
Was that GFWL or Steam cloud?

Steam, not cloud though as far as i can tell

barneystuta · 10 Dec 2011 at 23:18

This may help http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-pc-tech-comparison-batman-arkham-city

And if you are on 64bit windows, according to that article, the DX11 issues are fixed.

HaggisUK · 10 Dec 2011 at 23:27

barneystuta said:
This may help http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-pc-tech-comparison-batman-arkham-city

And if you are on 64bit windows, according to that article, the DX11 issues are fixed.

I was quite surprised at how little difference there was between the two. Close up textures were noticable but other than that the PS3 was quite impressive. They were both at 720p however and i don't imagine many people still play at that low res on PC's these days.

compboyo · 10 Dec 2011 at 23:54

HaggisUK said:
I was quite surprised at how little difference there was between the two. Close up textures were noticable but other than that the PS3 was quite impressive. They were both at 720p however and i don't imagine many people still play at that low res on PC's these days.

exactly 1080p is so much better looking than 720

Witcher1979 · 11 Dec 2011 at 00:12

DarkXavier said:
PS3 without a doubt.

PC version is the best looking version even using DX9. Now the dx11 probs we all have but CTD and Save games are only a few.

drunkenmaster · 11 Dec 2011 at 02:35

PC. cheaper, better looking, choice of controller or mouse and keyboard which like almost every game works more than fine.

For me, if you have a pc, and have consoles, there's little to no reason to buy a game on a console if you can get it on the PC instead unless its something you will play with friends in a living room split screen or whatever. For me its console exclusives as almost the only things I'll get on consoles now and 99% of anything else I get on the PC instead.

AWPC · 11 Dec 2011 at 03:15

PC all the way as DX9 looks way better than the console versions & loads faster. If Steam Cloud loses your save just use system restore to retrieve it is the way people on Steam have been getting them back but only the Steam version has Steam Cloud just buy from Origin for £24.99 (£10 cheaper than Steam) or the retail as neither have save file issues its only Steam Coud causing problems on saves.

Jericho.u.k · 11 Dec 2011 at 14:37

drunkenmaster said:
PC. cheaper, better looking, choice of controller or mouse and keyboard which like almost every game works more than fine.

For me, if you have a pc, and have consoles, there's little to no reason to buy a game on a console if you can get it on the PC instead unless its something you will play with friends in a living room split screen or whatever. For me its console exclusives as almost the only things I'll get on consoles now and 99% of anything else I get on the PC instead.

This is the most truthfull and sensible post i have seen in a while.
Excactly what i would have liked to have said but this is put so much better than i could have LOL