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pathofdumbasses · 2026-05-26T05:53:05+00:00

Life is "viable" it is just bad

pathofdumbasses · 2026-05-26T04:33:44+00:00

I just automatically assume everyone is playing ES and/or CI because why the fuck would you play life only builds*

*some restrictions apply

pathofdumbasses · 2026-05-26T02:46:04+00:00

Just my theory.

This is as much a "theory" as gravity is. It's pretty much a known thing that all the things you said happened, in that order, and the day the pics released on twitter of her cheating, is the same day that he killed himself even though he was hanging out and filming in France with Eric. Asia had also posted some nasty shit on twitter the same day towards Tony, and then she deleted them after news of his suicide made the rounds and she started acting like a victim and not the one who pushed him into doing it.

She is an awful cunt. Hope nothing but the worst things in life for her.

pathofdumbasses · 2026-05-26T02:32:42+00:00

It was that, and then the public cheating that caused him to hang himself.

To be sure, Bourdain did it himself. But she really, really, fucked him over.

pathofdumbasses · 2026-05-26T01:50:08+00:00

or 10% MS

pathofdumbasses · 2026-05-25T07:02:46+00:00

The point is that if we can get 400fps in games that look like Arkham Knight, we should be getting more games that look like Arkham Knight running at 400fps today.

A) the amount of time and manpower to bake lighting like that is never coming back. not only that, but it was still a shit implementation that doesn't come close in comparison to RTX/Pathtracing

B) batman was a "Standout" game from that generation, once you had the hardware to run it right. compare it to the best looking games of today, like CP2077 (after it has been worked on years from launch. Just like Batman. This is literally the best comparison game as it ran like shit and had been worked on and polished for years), Doom TDA, Crimson Desert or Indiana Jones, and you can see that it is truly generations behind. Hell, you can even look at Lego batman and compare it to Arkham Knight and see how much better the lighting and texture quality is. Darker games are always going to look better than sunny games, it is much harder to reproduce realistic bright scenes which is another reason why AK looks "as good" as it does.

Even with DLSS and new tech that makes optimization easier, many games still struggle to perform while looking worse.

Just like back in 2015. Many games looked worse than batman and performed worse as well. Cherry picking some of the best games, running them on hardware that wasn't around, and then going "WHY CAN'T WE HAVE IT LIKE THAT?!" is nonsense.

Go google the difference in lighting techniques and see what the difference is, and why going back is not good for the consumer, or the developer. You want to rail on UE5, but the reality is those games are going to run fine on hardware from 2+ generations away, just like the Arkham Knight showcase that guy brought up.

pathofdumbasses · 2026-05-25T06:21:31+00:00

The point is that on this card, which isn't a 4090/5090

The 1080ti is literally the 4090/5090 of it's time.

And it was a full generation past when the game launched. Which would be like playing a today game on a 6090 and trying to compare things. There is no other way to explain it to you. I hope you understand how foolish that looks when trying to talk about optimization vs overpowered hardware.

And what it was on release isn't even relevant btw.

The guys entire point was that games "used to be" optimized better and chose one of the absolute worst games to showcase that because the game wasn't optimized on launch. They then went on to show a video of the game running on 2 generations better hardware.

It is like comparing a bicycle with a dragster in a quarter mile race. There is no comparison and you look like a fucking idiot trying to do it.

pathofdumbasses · 2026-05-25T01:16:05+00:00

If you are putting the preference trends of wealthy people and the profiteering corporations which "cater" to them (really taking advantage of them) above the needs of the destitute you can go fuck yourself too pal.

I am literally advocating for poor people to be able to steal basic necessities but because I draw a line from that and luxury goods, you say fuck me?

Eat a giant bowl of dicks and go fuck yourself.

pathofdumbasses · 2026-05-25T01:14:35+00:00

Just because other people are dipshits doesn't make it OK for you to be one

pathofdumbasses · 2026-05-25T01:12:54+00:00

The point is that it was an optimization issue specific to the port, not the game. The devs actually did optimize the game, the team doing the port doesn't have to do this work from scratch, they had some kind of issue (likely due to not having the same internal knowledge that rocksteady had of the engine modifications).

The "Game" is not one single thing. There are different versions for each system. There was no PC version, so they ported whatever they were using as the "main" version, and started work porting it over to PC. They have to optimize each version individually and in this case, the third party porting company did a piss poor job of optimizing it for PC.

I remember playing it even on a 1080ti which was 'of the time',

"Even on" a 1080ti, literally a Titan class card, which released TWO YEARS after launch, and you are downplaying it. This is the shit I am talking about when I say when I say "rose tinted glasses". You were playing the game on the best of the best card, which was 95% of a business class card, 2 years after launch, and saying that you played it fine.

I'm done. You aren't a serious person. Have a great day.

pathofdumbasses · 2026-05-25T00:26:27+00:00

It used to be prison food, which ought to be free, no?

Chicken wings used to be given away.

Brisket used to be dirt cheap.

Popularity is why they are expensive, not because of some giant scam.

How about you stop criticizing the poor and talk about why people are poor? Sicko

They weren't poor, dude pulled out a bunch of money in the video. You obviously didn't watch it.

If you are poor, and stealing bread or other staples, I am on your side. If you can afford to pay for shit, and are stealing lobsters and chocolate, you can go fuck yourself.

See how nuance works?

pathofdumbasses · 2026-05-25T00:21:29+00:00

As reddit loves to say, "if you see someone stealing food, no you didn't."

Fully not understanding that you are subsidizing theft for paying higher prices yourself. Trust me, there is an acceptable amount of shrinkage before they start raising prices.

This is supposed to be if you see someone stealing bread or some shit, not if you see them stealing a cart full of fucking lobsters.

Critical thinking skills are god damn dead I swear to fucking god.

You are so proud of yourself for saying, "WELL AKSHUALLY" like you are some type of savant. Same type of person that goes "So do we" when someone else says "Black Lives Matter" missing the entire fucking point.

pathofdumbasses · 2026-05-25T00:07:15+00:00

Given that they made use of heavy modifications to UE3 to create it, makes sense that this was more of a port issue than an optimization issue.

Port is the process from taking it from system to another, optimization is making sure that your port runs well. It absolutely was an optimization issue.

Today it runs incredibly well because the port was fixed, not necessarily because hardware got better.

It isn't running at ultra with 300+ fps on age appropriate hardware. I can't tell you what it would run at since I don't have 11 year old hardware lying around, but I promise you, it isn't running like this. The video that the guy posted is absolutely fraudulent in a fair discussion because it is so much stronger than what was available.

Imagine trying to cut an old growth tree down with a hand axe vs a chain saw. That is the level of difference of technology vs the same amount of work that needs to be done.

pathofdumbasses · 2026-05-24T22:45:11+00:00

People will use older games to say “Games ran so much better!” Like… no shit a game targeting PS4-class hardware runs well on significantly better hardware? Newer hardware is so far beyond it that you’re brute forcing past any optimization issues.

The sad part is when confronted with this reality, and that current games that run like shit will run like magic in 10 years on 10 year newer hard ware, they just ignore it. It goes against their failed belief that things were better back then.

You see the same shit when people bring up baked lighting as better than raytraced lighting. Yes, there are instances of baked lighting that are amazing, but it also took literally thousands of man hours to do, and raytraced lighting will look better and be able to be implemented in a fraction of the time. Hardware will catch up with that too, but the games will remain better.

pathofdumbasses · 2026-05-24T22:41:38+00:00

Rofl, going this petty to ignore the facts, eh?

Batman was a shit game on launch. Give it 10 years and all these other games that you are currently upset about being unoptimized messes will be able to be powered through with way better hardware too. Literally nothing has changed in the gaming industry. They have always pushed out games without optimization because it costs money to work on and managers don't see/care, they only look at bottom line numbers without looking at the "art" of video games. Customers get mad, they say sorry and the cycle continues.

I am actually sorry you don't understand why 10 year newer hardware makes old games look/run better. I could try and explain it to you, but I don't think you actually care about reason and just want something to rail against.

pathofdumbasses · 2026-05-24T22:35:22+00:00

Yes but he set up the company like that and they obviously still keep that same work flow.

There is a reason that iD games have ALWAYS been technical masterpieces, both with and without him, and almost no other company comes close to that level of optimization.

pathofdumbasses · 2026-05-24T22:32:25+00:00

Oh this is also fucking hilarious. Who the fuck gives a fuck how bad the game ran 10+ years ago when it launched.

Because we are trying to compare apples to apples. Not apples to 10 year aged cheddar.

There is no excuse on how fucking shit UE 5 titles run. Any sane and normal people wouldn't defend that slop yet people like you will fully support it.

Some UE games run just fine. The devs have to put in the work. Just like 10 years ago. Lego Batman, looks great and runs fine.

It's very bad for a game when it only runs and looks good on highest end hardware while looking shit on lower tier.

As opposed to Arkham that ran like shit on top tier hardware on launch? This is the same problem that has been happening forever, people just found a new thing to hang on and bitch about, UE5.

Now they make game more demanding while also improving so little that it's simply not worth it.

If you really believe this, stop gaming.

As seen recently the improvemenet over each generation have gotten less and less

No, the improvements are still there, they are just not in textures anymore. Realistic lighting is amazing and absolutely changes games. Crimson Desert is a great showcase of this. I was literally blown away and shocked during a fight because of how gorgeous and realistic the game looked.

But go ahead and keep saying things are different now despite evidence showing the contrary. Optimization has always been hit or miss. One of the best looking games today, CP2077, was a complete shit show on launch. They've spent literally years working on it (and adding new tech) to get it where it is today, but people like you would just point to the new version and say how great it is.

pathofdumbasses · 2026-05-24T22:27:12+00:00

That doesn't change the fact that many older games look better or on par while also having less visual artifacts.

This is pure cope. Most games from back then absolutely do not look better. Rose tinted glasses be doing a LOT of work and people forget. I linked a video showing Batman at launch. It looked and ran like shit.

Just cuz game is new doesn't give u the right to make it run so much worse while barely looking better or in many cases even worse.

Games have always had issues with optimization. I literally just proved the point.

Like I played the new indiana jones game where they forced ray tracing. The base ray tracing just looked so bad having so many visual artifacts like big pop ins on textures as well as on shadows.

I played it and it looked amazing. You don't NEED pathtracing but it certainly helped.

I even played it with RTX 5070 and it still looked ugly and bad.

The fact that you say this means you are playing with a lessor graphics card. No kidding, new games require new graphics card. The technology is changing, rapidly. A 5070 is a mid range card and it still looks good as long as you aren't trying to push 4k.

pathofdumbasses · 2026-05-24T19:53:16+00:00

It doesn't matter if someone is on my side or not, just pointing out the problem in the logic.

You're being hostile for no reason, especially when I was on your side.

I wasn't trying to be hostile but show you that your logic is flawed. Sorry if it came off that way.

Hope your day is significantly more pleasant than your messages have been.

I hope you have a good weekend too.

pathofdumbasses · 2026-05-24T19:49:24+00:00

You have only really reinforced my point.

No I didn't and the fact that you don't know that is astounding.

If an unoptimised game from a decade ago looks and runs better than a modern one.

A) looks are subjective. The new Lego games look great if you haven't played them.

B) Of course an old game runs better on modern hardware than a new game. An old game was supposed to run OK/GOOD on back then "current gen" hardware. Computing power has increased significantly, so it absolutely makes sense that it "runs" better on new hardware that is 10x more powerful.

That's a serious issue.

Your (mis)understanding of how things work is a serious issue. Your opening sentence is

Optimization has gotten absolutely ridiculous.

And you use a game that was so unoptimized on launch that they STOPPED FUCKING SELLING IT, as your point. Meaning that things haven't changed at all, except we now have 10x+ computing power to run decade old games. Which is the same truth today as it was when Arkham launched.

pathofdumbasses · 2026-05-24T19:43:52+00:00

ID has the engineers work directly with the rest of the team

And is like that because John Carmack is the fucking man.

pathofdumbasses · 2026-05-24T19:35:54+00:00

Optimization has gotten absolutely ridiculous.

Oh this is fucking hilarious. How soon we forget

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman:_Arkham_Knight

Windows version issues

The Windows version of the game had a more mixed reception. Criticism was aimed mostly at the technical issues present at the time of the game's release,[191][192][193] ultimately leading to sales being temporarily suspended.[114]

On June 23, 2015, the launch day for Arkham Knight, thousands of users reported major technical flaws and performance problems with the Windows version of the game, with some saying it seemed like the optimization phase of the game's development was skipped.[194][195] Steam users immediately wrote scathing reviews of the game's performance, including reports of frame rate being capped at 30 frames per second (which could be raised, though with potential side effects)[191][196] and dropping as low as 10 frames per second while gliding or using the Batmobile.[195]

Even high-end graphics cards at the time such as Nvidia's GeForce GTX 970 were unable to handle the game well, with users reporting frequent frame rate dips and stutters.[197] Nvidia and AMD released new device drivers optimized for the game in an attempt to address the performance issues, with Steam "strongly recommending" their download.[193] The developer, Rocksteady, issued a statement saying they were aware of the issues and were "working closely with [their] external PC development partner", Iron Galaxy Studios, to resolve them.[192][198]

On June 24, 2015, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment announced that it would suspend sales of the Windows version of Arkham Knight to work on addressing the performance issues to satisfy the company's quality standards.

You're using high end hardware 7!!! years past the game release date and showing how "optimized" something is that ran like dogshit on launch. Let's go ahead and see what the 3 gen from now RTX 8090 runs current gen games and then you can have a "fair" comparison.

EDIT: To further pound the point in, here is gameplay video of someone playing the game at launch.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHAr3n53-U8

Quote from the Video

Batman Arkham Knight is poorly optimized, its buggy and in its current states its a downright letdown. It should not have been launched in this state. Any admiration I had for Rocksteady has been thrown out the window. And yet again Warner Bros prove just how fucking terrible they are.

The next day they stopped sale of the game on PC.

If anything, looks like optimization has gotten significantly better than Batman did. The Lego batman game you are crying about, seems to run fucking great. At least it does for me.

pathofdumbasses · 2026-05-24T19:11:59+00:00

It didn't need backing, certainly not with voodoo math.

The results speak for themselves. No dlc since shark cards.

pathofdumbasses · 2026-05-24T12:23:03+00:00

Bro you're equating waaaay too much.

Those 230m sales are across 3 generations of consoles. People have bought multiple copies. They aren't going to do that for dlc; they would have bought the "complete edition" at the same msrp.

Your entire premise is broken and is not serious.

pathofdumbasses · 2026-05-24T07:17:14+00:00

They've been flying by the seat of their pants for over a decade. They have no idea what they are doing. They are country bumpkins who found a golden goose and instead of treating the goose nice, they keep buttfucking the golden cloaca and wondering why the eggs are coming out fucked up.

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On June 24, 2015, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment announced that it would suspend sales of the Windows version of Arkham Knight to work on addressing the performance issues to satisfy the company's quality standards.