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It's interesting to hear about the dynamics between the porting company and the original developer. As a mac user I'll agree with the statement "mac users are

It's interesting to hear about the dynamics between the porting company and the original developer. As a mac user I'll agree with the statement "mac users are happy to pay for their port". I'm perfectly happy to pay for whatever is coming to mac, it just needs to work properly. When I do pay and the performance is crap I don't want to spend hours digging through forums while people point fingers at each other.

nottorp 8y ago
Dunno, as a mac user I only buy cross platform games lately. I.e. those that have at least win/mac (preferably linux too) available in GoG or Steam. I would never consider buying just a Mac or just a Linux version. However, most AAA games are made with consoles in mind, so if i do want to play one, i'll get it for my PS4. It happens pretty rarely lately, though. Huge backlog of Mac indies to play, sorry AAA companies. About the Witcher 2, the performance on Mac (and I guess on Linux too) was crap on launch. And that's what most people who bought the game saw, because they didn't expect the ports and bought when the Windows version launched and dual booted. Whatever they improved, it was too late, everyone had finished the game by now. As for Witcher 3, I bought it but I only got like 1/3 of the way through it. Why? Because it only runs on Windows (I haven't tried Wine lately, so this may have changed) and rebooting to play a game is disruptive to all the stuff I run on the Mac OS side of things. That doesn't bode well for my chances of rushing in and preordering Cyberpunk, sorry CD PROJEKT. Edit: please no one explain to me how Macs don't have the hardware to run games, I hackintosh, have a proper video card and stuff like the ports of the Metro games work just fine(tm).
- ekianjo 8y ago
  > Because it only runs on Windows I finished Witcher 3 on Linux using DXVK. Not sure if it works on Mac (probably not), and it's not 100% perfect yet, but it is pretty good performance wise already.
  - nottorp 8y ago
    DXVK seems to be Linux only. Might as well reboot to Windows then for less hassle. Problem is: out of sight, out of mind. I've kinda lost interest. Pretty sad, considering how enthusiastic I was on launch.
- sn0v 8y ago
  Do you have any Mac indie games to recommend? Ones that you've particularly enjoyed? Been outta the scene for a bit. TIA!
  - nottorp 8y ago
    Most of the indies covered positively by the gaming press are cross platform so there are a bazillion options. Don't look at "mac gaming" sites. Look on the mainstream sites that favor indies (i read rockpapershotgun regularly, for example) and check if they have mac versions on Steam and GoG. Do not bother with the Mac app store, it's worthless for gaming.

nottorp 8y ago

Dunno, as a mac user I only buy cross platform games lately. I.e. those that have at least win/mac (preferably linux too) available in GoG or Steam. I would never consider buying just a Mac or just a Linux version. However, most AAA games are made with consoles in mind, so if i do want to play one, i'll get it for my PS4. It happens pretty rarely lately, though. Huge backlog of Mac indies to play, sorry AAA companies. About the Witcher 2, the performance on Mac (and I guess on Linux too) was crap on launch. And that's what most people who bought the game saw, because they didn't expect the ports and bought when the Windows version launched and dual booted. Whatever they improved, it was too late, everyone had finished the game by now. As for Witcher 3, I bought it but I only got like 1/3 of the way through it. Why? Because it only runs on Windows (I haven't tried Wine lately, so this may have changed) and rebooting to play a game is disruptive to all the stuff I run on the Mac OS side of things. That doesn't bode well for my chances of rushing in and preordering Cyberpunk, sorry CD PROJEKT. Edit: please no one explain to me how Macs don't have the hardware to run games, I hackintosh, have a proper video card and stuff like the ports of the Metro games work just fine(tm).

ekianjo 8y ago
> Because it only runs on Windows I finished Witcher 3 on Linux using DXVK. Not sure if it works on Mac (probably not), and it's not 100% perfect yet, but it is pretty good performance wise already.
- nottorp 8y ago
  DXVK seems to be Linux only. Might as well reboot to Windows then for less hassle. Problem is: out of sight, out of mind. I've kinda lost interest. Pretty sad, considering how enthusiastic I was on launch.
sn0v 8y ago
Do you have any Mac indie games to recommend? Ones that you've particularly enjoyed? Been outta the scene for a bit. TIA!
- nottorp 8y ago
  Most of the indies covered positively by the gaming press are cross platform so there are a bazillion options. Don't look at "mac gaming" sites. Look on the mainstream sites that favor indies (i read rockpapershotgun regularly, for example) and check if they have mac versions on Steam and GoG. Do not bother with the Mac app store, it's worthless for gaming.