Arkham Remastered on PC?

[Lionhunt]

After the news of Arkham VR coming on PC finally, I am now hoping Rockstar Games does eventually release the remastered Arkham asylum and city on PC just like they did with the consoles. Except for the Physx the remaster looks really good based on the comparison videos and it would be nice if they do release it for us. Hopefully Rockstar reads this or are already working on it.

[Jac]

From the comparisons I have seen the remasters look worse than the PC versions. Do you have a video fo a comparison showing the remaster looking better than the PC version we already have?

[Lionhunt]

just see the candyland video comparison and even the offical comparison video on the arkham vids. I have personally seen the games in real life on my friends PS4 and it looks a lot better than the PC in so many areas. the cutscenes are PC seem a little sharper because that's just how the PC always dominates. The lighting on the remaster is undoubtedly better especially during the free-roam sectoins. The reflections are also better on the remaster version even though they are not really dynamic. However, if they port it to PC and include the high res texture packs, the games would look really nice. However, I dont think the PHYSX would be included in the PC remaster if it ever comes.

[Jac]

https://youtu.be/nUKHIvlnTgM

Some improvements, some downgrades by the looks of things. I doubt there would be enough of a reason to release it for the PC unless they decided to overhaul more of the visuals. Add a enhanced ambient occlusion like VXAO and HD textures, tessellation etc.

I'd love to see it but it's pretty unlikely to happen IMO.

[Lionhunt]

Originally posted by Jac:

https://youtu.be/nUKHIvlnTgM

Some improvements, some downgrades by the looks of things. I doubt there would be enough of a reason to release it for the PC unless they decided to overhaul more of the visuals. Add a enhanced ambient occlusion like VXAO and HD textures, tessellation etc.

I'd love to see it but it's pretty unlikely to happen IMO.

yea. If they add those extra overhauls like you mentioned, the game would look stunning on PC. But one can hope. Especially if you are a big fan of this franchise.

[Stefan]

Rocksteady Studios has not made the Remasters and had no influence in the development of "Return to Arkham" the whole thing was between WB and Virtuos Studios (According a Post from CODA, a Rocksteady Employee in the WB Forum)

There also were many Questions about a PC Version of "Return to Arkham". Answer from WBMike, A Employee of WB

https://community.wbgames.com/t5/Return-to-Arkham/Return-to-Arkham-PC/td-p/1143610/highlight/true/page/2

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I personally doubt that they, after they gave out the whole Arkham Series for free to a large Amount of People, they will bring "Return to Arkham" which offers nothing new than just Upgraded Graphics on PC. I think if WB would see enough sales for it on PC, they had already announced or released it. (I personally would not pay again for that)

A Post on Twitter from Playstation Europe back from October 2016 says that Batman VR is just exclusive till March 31 2017. I assume they only released it as planned.

https://twitter.com/playstationeu/status/784735595692232705

[Shufflecat]

You can improve the lighting and shader rendering using ReShade and/or ENB. That'll get you 2/3 of the way there. It'll get you the improved lighting and shader rendering, basically.

Unfortunately I don't think the game is easily amenable to third-party texture upgrades. It's one of those games that requires Texmod (a shell app that swaps textures by hijacking the DX render pipeline), so it's technically possible, but a PITA for the mod maker, and kinda awkward for the user/player. I think I've seen a couple Batsuit texture tweaks (and the obligatory nude mods, of course), but not much else.