If you were hoping to read a review of Batman: Arkham Knight on PC or Xbox One before release, they were out of luck.
Warner Bros. Interactive, the publisher of the last game of Rock steady Batman, only sent for review codes purification kits PS4. I asked around and was told that this was not so unusual, but it is on my personal experience, and probably had nothing to worry about.
(That's why here at Forbes did not receive review copies before launch, and why a number of prominent YouTube I spoke also left empty-handed.)
That may be true, but that meant that reviewers only got their hands on one platform, and readers and consumers were not warned of the many performance problems facing PC Batman: Arkham Knight before making a purchase.
I'm willing to give him the benefit of the doubt and not mourn grim. But the end result of just sending the PS4 version of the game has meant a Meta critic score possibly inflated (only GameSpot gave something like a negative review of the game), while PC and Xbox One players have been left out in the cold . Likewise, contributors and users of YouTube without purification kits were unable to add your thoughts to the consensus.
Warner Bros. has not explained the reasoning behind debugging code review-kit alone, at least not when I asked, but the same thing happened with The Witcher 3, which also came to have a number of performance issues, shining scores review, etc. To be fair, The Witcher 3 is a fantastic game (and perhaps so is Arkham Knight!) But would have been nice to see some comments out to PC before launching.
And not to be accused of being all in a tizzy, because I have not received a copy of the review, I really do not care as much. Review copies are welcome. They are a courtesy of the publisher reviewer. But I can live without it.
Unless a game is really bad, usually they benefit everyone from developers to critical consumers. I just think the players should have access to criticism and videos before the game's release. And I believe that animals should be released on all platforms the game is being launched. Perhaps this may not always happen, and maybe when that is the case should also serve as a warning to consumers.
Hopefully Batman: performance issues Arkham Knight PC is patched soon and everything is fine. Meanwhile, thank God for the new refund policy Steam Valve. You can always return a buggy game and buy it back later when the problems are solved, though perhaps not all the same whether per-ordained benefits.
For my part, I will play the game on PS4. I can not imagine any benefit in the PC version at this point, which in turn is locked at 30 fps.
I am still very excited to Arkham Knight-in-PS4 at least seems quite remarkable. I love all things Batman Arkham games and have been very good so far. Hopefully these problems are ironed PC, and everyone can enjoy the game. And I hope that in the future the editors do their best to get their games to reviewers and users of YouTube on as many platforms as possible before lifts embargo.
