Games for Mac

[Azure_Angel]

In B4 Macfag

I've been wanting to get back into PC gaming for a while, but with the loss of my PC laptop, I've been relegated to finding games for my Mac. I was wondering if anyone had some good suggestions for some cross-platform multiplayer games.

[Surf314]

Diable 3 is supposed to have a mac client. Also Portal 2 I believe. I actually think Valve intends to have all their games on mac at some point.

Also I love mac laptops, so no insults from me.

[backfire]

Asides from the obvious Source games, I know Torchlight 2's going to be both mac-compatible and cross-platform. Give me a while can I can pull up my full list of mac games.

[HeK]

There is a nice collection of games available on Steam: http://store.steampowered.com/browse/mac

[Azure_Angel]

Diable 3 is supposed to have a mac client. Also Portal 2 I believe. I actually think Valve intends to have all their games on mac at some point.

Also I love mac laptops, so no insults from me.

I have Portal 2, and I'm on the fence about Diablo 3. Praise be the day when that happens.

There is a nice collection of games available on Steam: http://store.steampowered.com/browse/mac

I was looking through that, but I didn't want to buy an unknown game and end up hating it.

[backfire]

Alright, so there's the Sam & Max series I highly recommend if you're a fan of point & click adventure games. The Assassin's Creed games are available on OSX, though I can't say anything about how well they run. The Bit.Trip games are simple yet good fun. Bastion and Cave Story are two must plays. Dungeons of Dredmor is a fun rouge-like, and Binding of Issac is simpler yet more fun (in my own opinion anyways). Torchlight and Trine are two games that begin with T, both are good. Super Meat Boy has hours of rage inducing entertainment. Penumbra, Limbo and Amnesia are games you should play at night. Dear Esther was just released on OSX (think it's still on sale). Then there's Killing Floor, because zombies.

I mean there's many more games I own that have osx versions, but those are just some of the few I recommend.

[Surf314]

[quote author=Surf314 link=topic=6355.msg245445#msg245445 date=1337280708]
Diable 3 is supposed to have a mac client. Also Portal 2 I believe. I actually think Valve intends to have all their games on mac at some point.

Also I love mac laptops, so no insults from me.

I have Portal 2, and I'm on the fence about Diablo 3. Praise be the day when that happens.

There is a nice collection of games available on Steam: http://store.steampowered.com/browse/mac

I was looking through that, but I didn't want to buy an unknown game and end up hating it.
[/quote]

I'm finding Diablo 3 to be enjoyable. On the whole controversy my opinion is that I think they were trying to go the steam route where DRM isn't really DRM when it comes with enough benefits (insta-saving all your loot and stats, insta-saving your place at all check points, global chat and friend notifications, seamless change from single-player to multiplayer, having an item economy, not having hackers ruin multiplayer and the item economy, etc. You have no idea how many times I've enjoyed having a friend randomly pop into my game). However, their server issues screwed everything up. I think if they had the proper capacity and debugging at launch no one would be angry right now, but with the problems no one is confident enough right now to see the positives outweighing the negatives.

[Squishy3]

[quote author=Azure_Angel link=topic=6355.msg245451#msg245451 date=1337281941]
[quote author=Surf314 link=topic=6355.msg245445#msg245445 date=1337280708]
Diable 3 is supposed to have a mac client. Also Portal 2 I believe. I actually think Valve intends to have all their games on mac at some point.

Also I love mac laptops, so no insults from me.

I have Portal 2, and I'm on the fence about Diablo 3. Praise be the day when that happens.

There is a nice collection of games available on Steam: http://store.steampowered.com/browse/mac

I was looking through that, but I didn't want to buy an unknown game and end up hating it.
[/quote]

I'm finding Diablo 3 to be enjoyable. On the whole controversy my opinion is that I think they were trying to go the steam route where DRM isn't really DRM when it comes with enough benefits (insta-saving all your loot and stats, insta-saving your place at all check points, global chat and friend notifications, seamless change from single-player to multiplayer, having an item economy, not having hackers ruin multiplayer and the item economy, etc. You have no idea how many times I've enjoyed having a friend randomly pop into my game). However, their server issues screwed everything up. I think if they had the proper capacity and debugging at launch no one would be angry right now, but with the problems no one is confident enough right now to see the positives outweighing the negatives.
[/quote]Especially with the fact they've had multiple BIG launches, this shouldn't happen.

[Surf314]

[quote author=Surf314 link=topic=6355.msg245457#msg245457 date=1337284372]
[quote author=Azure_Angel link=topic=6355.msg245451#msg245451 date=1337281941]
[quote author=Surf314 link=topic=6355.msg245445#msg245445 date=1337280708]
Diable 3 is supposed to have a mac client. Also Portal 2 I believe. I actually think Valve intends to have all their games on mac at some point.

Also I love mac laptops, so no insults from me.

I have Portal 2, and I'm on the fence about Diablo 3. Praise be the day when that happens.

There is a nice collection of games available on Steam: http://store.steampowered.com/browse/mac

I was looking through that, but I didn't want to buy an unknown game and end up hating it.
[/quote]

I'm finding Diablo 3 to be enjoyable. On the whole controversy my opinion is that I think they were trying to go the steam route where DRM isn't really DRM when it comes with enough benefits (insta-saving all your loot and stats, insta-saving your place at all check points, global chat and friend notifications, seamless change from single-player to multiplayer, having an item economy, not having hackers ruin multiplayer and the item economy, etc. You have no idea how many times I've enjoyed having a friend randomly pop into my game). However, their server issues screwed everything up. I think if they had the proper capacity and debugging at launch no one would be angry right now, but with the problems no one is confident enough right now to see the positives outweighing the negatives.
[/quote]Especially with the fact they've had multiple BIG launches, this shouldn't happen.
[/quote]

I agree, though I haven't had any issues lately. Maybe they finally ironed them out.

[Squishy3]

[quote author=Squishy link=topic=6355.msg245494#msg245494 date=1337303663]
Especially with the fact they've had multiple BIG launches, this shouldn't happen.

I agree, though I haven't had any issues lately. Maybe they finally ironed them out.
[/quote]I think they did, but when I was playing Nightmare last night we all started getting massive ping spikes (I think Vandam had a 6 second ping at one point? Also there's no way its acceptable to be having 200-250 ms be standard ping acceptable to have a green bar. That's stupid. Especially on nightmare where certain mobs can one shot you without batting an eyelash.

[Azure_Angel]

Is Diablo 3 like 2 where you can only be out in the world with 12 people at a time? And the only way to see the MMO part is in cities? Or is it 1 big free-for-all?

[Surf314]

Is Diablo 3 like 2 where you can only be out in the world with 12 people at a time? And the only way to see the MMO part is in cities? Or is it 1 big free-for-all?

Currently you just pop into other people's games (up to 4). I'm not sure how the rest of multiplayer works, I know there is supposed to be PvP somewhere.

[backfire]

Ask for games for mac, turns into a 2nd Diablo 3 thread ಠ_ಠ

[Eschatos]

[quote author=Azure_Angel link=topic=6355.msg245544#msg245544 date=1337358409]
Is Diablo 3 like 2 where you can only be out in the world with 12 people at a time? And the only way to see the MMO part is in cities? Or is it 1 big free-for-all?

Currently you just pop into other people's games (up to 4). I'm not sure how the rest of multiplayer works, I know there is supposed to be PvP somewhere.
[/quote]

PVP is gonna get patched in at some point.

[Surf314]

You can also browse the app store. I was looking through and it looks like the Civ games are all on there as well as most of the GTA games. There is also a decent collection of indie games like Amnesia and And Yet it Moves.

[at0m]

I hear there's a pretty decent game for mac called TF2, you might want to check it out.

[Didzo]

I hear there's a pretty decent game for mac called TF2, you might want to check it out.

She has issues with it.

Can't hear voice among other things.

[HeK]

Which model Mac are you using? I know TF2 runs alright on my 2010 MPB, Snow Leopard.

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2

[Azure_Angel]

Which model Mac are you using? I know TF2 runs alright on my 2010 MPB, Snow Leopard.

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2

It's an '09 macbook pro with snow leopard. My mic is broken though and I'm trying to decide if it's worth sending in and getting fixed.

You can also browse the app store. I was looking through and it looks like the Civ games are all on there as well as most of the GTA games. There is also a decent collection of indie games like Amnesia and And Yet it Moves.

[color=blue]I'm really considering getting a civ game. I had one before and I miss it. As far as GTA goes the only one I want is 4, but it's not available on mac.