PC port vs console?

[Coffee]

I have no idea about ANY of the rocksteady games and I'm looking into buying the Arkham collection so I want to know, should I buy it on steam or ps5? I remember one Batman game getting a lot of hate because of a very bad PC port many many years ago and since I do have a ps5 buying it there is not an issue.

I would just like to know if the PC port/modding scene are good or if I should stick to console.

[gps]

The PC port has the technical issues sorted out long ago and - as far as I know - on a modern PC should outperform the console versions.
The modding scene has made huge progress over the last few months and it is prospering. It's crazy what people do there at the moment, some recent highlights are the 2022 Batmobile or the LEGO Batman. Have a look here:

https://www.nexusmods.com/batmanarkhamknight

Also the games at the moment are dirt cheap in the STEAM summer sale.

https://store.steampowered.com/sub/320795/

The only reason to go for PS version today would be the three exclusive Scarecrow Nightmare AR challenges, all other PS exclusives have already been moded into the PC version in quite decent quality.
If you think about the PC version you might also consider the GOG version - which has no copy protection or DRM. But there it is not on sale right now.

[Coffee]

Originally posted by gps:

The PC port has the technical issues sorted out long ago and - as far as I know - on a modern PC should outperform the console versions.
The modding scene has made huge progress over the last few months and it is prospering. It's crazy what people do there at the moment, some recent highlights are the 2022 Batmobile or the LEGO Batman. Have a look here:

https://www.nexusmods.com/batmanarkhamknight

Also the games at the moment are dirt cheap in the STEAM summer sale.

https://store.steampowered.com/sub/320795/

The only reason to go for PS version today would be the three exclusive Scarecrow Nightmare AR challenges, all other PS exclusives have already been moded into the PC version in quite decent quality.
If you think about the PC version you might also consider the GOG version - which has no copy protection or DRM. But there it is not on sale right now.

So there is some exclusive content? uhhh lets just skip the discourse, whats your recommendation? PC or PS5? waiting for sale on ps is perfectly fine because I am still going through backlog atm

[gps]

Originally posted by Coffee:

So there is some exclusive content? uhhh lets just skip the discourse, whats your recommendation? PC or PS5? waiting for sale on ps is perfectly fine because I am still going through backlog atm

My recommendation is PC, specifically the GOG version. But the reason for me to do so (backwards compatibility and no DRM/copy protection - I sometimes like to play really old games, and I also like my Arkham games to still work in twenty years or so, which probably won't be possible on PS) are not shared by everyone.

[Kavey]

My recommendation is also PC, for a few reasons. I had Arkham Knight on PS5 but I hated that Rocksteady didn't update it for 4k and 60fps so bought the Arkham Collection on sale for PC. The scarecrow stuff is also just a few race challenges, not worth much.

1. Even on PS5 the games are restricted to 30fps and maximum 1080p - on PC i can run in Ultrawide 1440p and 90fps+ which helps a LOT in combat and responsiveness.

2. On console (and PC) the game has a large deadzone default for controllers - this isn't too much of an issue except for batmobile sections where due to the deadzone it's hard to do small movements while trying to aim - you end up overshooting your target. On PC you can use a program like DS4Windows' anti-deadzone feature to 'fix' this which is not possible on console - this works with any controller including X360, DS4 and Dualsense

3. You can download a ton of extra skins etc for Batman and the Batmobile for PC which are not possible on console.

4. By having it on PC, you are future-proofed as it will run on future hardware, whereas there is no guarantee you would be able to play older console games on future hardware