OS X and video games

[miyabi95_]

i won't give the whole sob-story. but basically i made a switch from Windows to OS X back in 2010, and my life isn't much different from when i used Windows. however, the biggest thing that was taken away from me was PC gaming, something that i grew up with and inspired me to become creative in digital media.

i know. it's my fault. i did it. i. know. dammit.

but i have high hopes that OS X support will continue to grow for people who like to play games that aren't just simple time-wasters, like overwatch and dark souls.

meanwhile, FFS we need a Mac port of so many cool games. i'm financially healthy, but the only thing standing in my way is my operating system. and quite frankly i am unable to afford a new windows machine.

ALSO

THESE ARE MY SPECS



AND I CAN PLAY ALL THE STEAM GAMES I HAVE AND USE MOST EMULATORS VERY SMOOTHLY
SO I DON'T SEE WHY OS X ISN'T STRONG ENOUGH TO BE COMPATIBLE WITH ALL STEAM GAMES

[DioShiba]

Well, there's Steam.

Then there's steam with bootcamp.

[puggsoy]

One of the main reasons I have to stick with Windows. I'd love to use Linux as my main operating system but the incompatibility with games, as well as various programs I use, is just such a big kicker that I can't leave behind. I do have a fair amount of games that have Linux ports, but stuff like Hearthstone that don't are enough to keep me here. Sure there's stuff like Wine but that's not really reliable.

Like many things, the reason Windows is the most used operating system is because Windows is the most used operating system :\

[Raccoon Sam]

Your options are Dual Boot (Boot Camp et al), Virtualisation (Parallels, VMWare Fusion or VirtualBox) or a Compatibility layer (CrossOver or WINE).
None of them are particularly reliable choices, but hey man, once you go Mac, you never go back. To gaming.

I've been a Mac user my whole life – since the advent of Mac OS 8 – and funnily enough, that's precisely why I'm here. The lack of 'real' games made emulators my only joy, which in turn inspired me to get into sprite ripping and eventually ROM hacking. But alas, during all these years it's become painfully obvious that if you want gaming, you gotta (and should!) use Windows..

[Davy Jones]

Without a dedicated graphics card, you have to settle for the simple games and of course emulators.

Take one of the weakest & cheapest graphics cards like the Radeon RX 460 and compare it with your Intel HD 4000:
http://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Int...2169vs3641

Mac was never made for serious gaming and if you're financially healthy but without a huge budget, take a Pentium G4600 (latest Intel generation Kabylake) + GTX 1050 Ti (latest Nvidia generation Pascal). For Windows10: Just buy a cheap OEM license for 10 or 15 Dollars, it's the same as the expensive ones (Except that OEM licenses are tied to the hardware. For example, when you change the motherboard, you need a new key).

[miyabi95_]

i am using the current version of wine. most 2D games work decently and my game dev software (clickteam fusion) works just fine. but direct x is like the kryptonite, because a 3d game that runs on dx will immediately crash.

basically whenever i try to run a game that utilizes a non-builtin graphics library, it will not run properly.

[Kosheh]

i think you problem is WINE.
i'm pretty sure overwatch runs in parallels. like, the parallels team literally worked closely with blizzard to milk the best performance they could out of their virtualization.


you might want to consider that if like, bootcamp seems a bit too spooky for you. it's well worth the investment or lack thereof eheh



yeah like, i suppose the integrated graphics are gonna hold you back from like Quantum Break, but you could probably do a ton and a half with parallels or bootcamp alone (funny story: windows 10 actually runs better on a mac than it does on windows. you might want to consider that route if you're thinking bootcamp)