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strategy games - macbook pro

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hotboy

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May 6, 2012
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i have a macbook pro. i am looking for strategy games that work on it because i travel a lot for work.

when i'm home, it's not a problem because i have windows PC.

looking for games like command and conquer, real war ect. something that i can just kinda play in my hotel room w/o obliterating my hard drive or killing my macbook.

thanks

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Shadow2k

macrumors member
Apr 10, 2009
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Hi.

StarCraft II - works even on my MacBook Air
WarCraft III - Needs to be installed and fully patched on a Mac running 10.4-10.6 and then copied over to Lion (alternatively via wine)
 
cluthz

cluthz

macrumors 68040
Jun 15, 2004
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Most of the Command and Conqueror games are available for mac.
Heroes of Might and Magic V, Kings Bounty and the Civilization games are also available.
 
oklaonion

oklaonion

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Mar 24, 2011
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StarCraft 2 and Civilization IV. Both infinitely playable and a great value.
 
T'hain Esh Kelch

T'hain Esh Kelch

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Aug 5, 2001
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Shadow2k said:
Hi.

StarCraft II - works even on my MacBook Air
WarCraft III - Needs to be installed and fully patched on a Mac running 10.4-10.6 and then copied over to Lion (alternatively via wine)
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Or just installed using the digital download on Blizzards website, which is much easier than messing with Wine.

I'll recommend Warcraft III, Starcraft I + 2 and Civilization IV.
 
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divamatt

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Mar 8, 2012
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I'm playing Sins of Solar Empire. Can't tell you how it is online, I'm too much of a wuss to try it. Enjoyable game though and certainly the AI gives you a good run for your money.

It's a 4X space game in the style of Galactic Civs or Master of Orion, but in realtime.
 
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Risasi

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Sep 16, 2011
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- Rome Total War (specifically w/ certain mods, like Europa Barbarorum)

- Civ IV

- Starcraft II

Those are my pics, probably in that order.

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P.S. You didn't specify what model MBP you have, can you do that?
 
cocohuang

cocohuang

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May 7, 2012
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hotboy said:
i have a macbook pro. i am looking for strategy games that work on it because i travel a lot for work.

when i'm home, it's not a problem because i have windows PC.

looking for games like command and conquer, real war ect. something that i can just kinda play in my hotel room w/o obliterating my hard drive or killing my macbook.

thanks

:eek:
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I have played Warflow,and I think it is one good strategy game
 
Smartie

Smartie

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Apr 25, 2012
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Stockholm, Sweden
Why do you all guys keep recommending Civ IV when Civ V is out since a year and runs on Macs. I think Civ V is a better game than Civ IV at least for the casual gamer but also for us who has been around since Civ I.
 
T'hain Esh Kelch

T'hain Esh Kelch

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Smartie said:
Why do you all guys keep recommending Civ IV when Civ V is out since a year and runs on Macs. I think Civ V is a better game than Civ IV at least for the casual gamer but also for us who has been around since Civ I.
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For the casual gamer prehaps, but for anyone who likes a more deep game, and better, Civ IV is definitely the way to go. Most old school Civ players prefers IV by a large margin.
 
Smartie

Smartie

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Apr 25, 2012
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Stockholm, Sweden
T'hain Esh Kelch said:
For the casual gamer prehaps, but for anyone who likes a more deep game, and better, Civ IV is definitely the way to go. Most old school Civ players prefers IV by a large margin.
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I would say it is a balance between the two camps, but that is just opinion and not facts. I for one prefer V because it took away some annoying features of IV, and the battles are better and more interesting in V. Anyhow, good for the OP and others to know that V exist, now (s)he can make a more educated choice. :)
 
T'hain Esh Kelch

T'hain Esh Kelch

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Smartie said:
I would say it is a balance between the two camps, but that is just opinion and not facts. I for one prefer V because it took away some annoying features of IV, and the battles are better and more interesting in V. Anyhow, good for the OP and others to know that V exist, now (s)he can make a more educated choice. :)
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If you go to a place like CivFanatics, the majority prefers Civ IV.
 
laetusviator

laetusviator

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May 31, 2012
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If you don't mind turn-based strategy, take a look at Unity of Command. Hex-based WW2 game kind of like the old panzer general games.
 
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