Batman Arkham City PC Review

Coming from Rocksteady Studios and of course Warner Bro’s Interactive, Batman Arkham City is built upon the well established framework of Unreal Engine 3, a game engine that has proved its self time and time again across multiple platforms, but one that shines especially bright on the PC, if you have the processing power to take full advantage of all its delights.

Minimum Requirements

• Windows XP, Vista or 7
• Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 Ghz or AMD X2 4800+
• 2GB Ram
• 17 GB Storage
• Nvidia GeForce 8800GT 512MB or AMD HD 3850 512MB

Recommended Requirements

• Windows 7
• Intel or AMD Dual-Core 2.5Ghz
• 4GB Ram
• Nvidia GeForce GTX 570 or AMD HD 6970

Test System Requirements

• Windows 7 64 Bit
• Intel Core i5 3570K @ Stock
• 8GB DDR3 1800 MHz
• 2 x Nvidia GTX 660 Ti (SLI) 2GB

Now this is the fun part, as when it comes to PC gaming Batman Arkham City has a cheeky reputation for being hard to max out on even the most respectable gaming rigs and while I’m sure you could get it working in one context or another on the minimum requirements, I can’t imagine it would be a very remarkable experience.

I was able to max the game out on my review system, taking full advantage of all the latest graphics technologies that are available in the game and while 60FPS was there for the most part, there were a few times when the game dipped down to 30FPS, still acceptable but a good indication of the mighty system it would take to really make this game flow perfectly. Even more so should you wish to take advantage of its superb 3D features, if you have a compatible display of course.

One thing is for certain though, this is one of the best looking games on the market today, even with a year already on its clock it still out shines most entries in terms of graphics performance, with its extremely extensive use of PhysX, global lighting, destruction, very long draw distances, detailed textures and massive amounts of particles, objects, lighting and characters on screen to keep everything looking awesome from start to finish.