The good thing is that both Apple and Epic are working hard to improve metal-based games, and the few hours I've been able to play Season 6 on Mojave, but it's tentatively looking better than High Sierra did.
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The good thing is that both Apple and Epic are working hard to improve metal-based games, and the few hours I've been able to play Season 6 on Mojave, but it's tentatively looking better than High Sierra did.
Do you have Fortnite on your Mac?
Re: Fortnite.
I just got into the Nvidia GeForce beta (after a nine-month wait!) and it's been worth it. Game runs better than ever - I can put all settings on 'epic' and get 140fps, much more than I experienced running it natively. Recommended (does require a fast, wired internet, though).
I haven't updated to Mojave yet, but when I do I'll see if there's been any noticeable improvement when I run it natively.
I just got into the Nvidia GeForce beta (after a nine-month wait!) and it's been worth it. Game runs better than ever - I can put all settings on 'epic' and get 140fps, much more than I experienced running it natively. Recommended (does require a fast, wired internet, though).
I haven't updated to Mojave yet, but when I do I'll see if there's been any noticeable improvement when I run it natively.
I just discovered 8 Ball Pool by Miniclip. For an iOS game, it’s fun, relatively easy with little guidelines that shows you were your ball will go, and competitive as you play other players.
https://support.miniclip.com/hc/en-us/categories/115002380548-8-Ball-Pool-
https://support.miniclip.com/hc/en-us/categories/115002380548-8-Ball-Pool-
I’ve cooled on 8 Ball Pool, not because it’s not good, but because it’s not enough to sustain me.
Right now I’m playing World of Warships, X4 Foundations, and half heartedly dabbling with Atlas on my PC.
Is there any iOS game that you feel is just stellar? I’d like to hear about it.
I was playing a Japanese RPG, but the publisher stopped supporting it in N.America (can’t remember the name
) and besides very occasionally I’m cranking up Plants Vs Zombies, Zombie Gunship, Plague Inc, Othello, and Minecraft on my iPad.
I’ve been playing Arcane Quest Legends, but it is really just mediocre but fun enough. Haven’t started Tacticool but hear it is fun.
Just petered out early in Hordes of the Underdark playing NWN Diamond on Android ... really good port, can’t wait for it to hit iOS. I set it aside figuring it would arrive pretty soon.
I’m traveling for the next week with just my iPad. 4 years later since the last post in this thread. Are there any worthy iOS games out there?
Agree on Civ 6, and also NWN has arrived in full and is excellent. Railroads just arrived, was great on PC and I plan to buy as wellI’m traveling for the next week with just my iPad. 4 years later since the last post in this thread. Are there any worthy iOS games out there?
I’m traveling for the next week with just my iPad. 4 years later since the last post in this thread. Are there any worthy iOS games out there?
Damn the necromancy in this thread
Anyway:
- Roller Coaster Tycoon Classic
- Bloons TD 6
- Stardew Valley
- Spongebob Squarepants Battle for Bikini Bottom Rehydrated
- Plague Inc
- Grand Theft Auto San Andreas
- Terraria
- Papers Please
- The Papa's games like Papa's Pizzeria, Papa's Burgeria, Papa's Wingeria, and more. (He cannot be stopped.)
- Don't Starve
- Divinity Original Sin 2
- Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic
- There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension
- XCOM 2
- FTL: Faster Than Light
- The World Ends With You
- Darkest Dungeon: Tablet Edition (You know if you wanna get so tilted you throw your iPad across the room lmao)
- Bully: Anniversary Edition
- The various Final Fantasy games and Chrono Trigger
- Dragon Quest III
- Octodad: Dadliest Catch
- Civ 6
- Tropico
- Danganronpa
- The entire Ace Attorney series (aside from The Great Ace Attorney) is on iPadOS
- Street Fighter 4 CE
- Monster Hunter Stories
- Mega Man X
- Crazy Taxi Classic
- Streets of Rage 4
- The Sonic games
- Minecraft
Relax about necromancy, it’s a fact of forum life, in this case the topic is still reverent, and I have played a few games on your list, plus you gave me some new ideas to try out! Thanks!Damn the necromancy in this thread
Anyway:
That's what I got on the top of my head. It's amazing what games are available on iOS when you actually look for paid software and not freemium microtransaction riddled hell
- Roller Coaster Tycoon Classic
- Bloons TD 6
- Stardew Valley
- Spongebob Squarepants Battle for Bikini Bottom Rehydrated
- Plague Inc
- Grand Theft Auto San Andreas
- Terraria
- Papers Please
- The Papa's games like Papa's Pizzeria, Papa's Burgeria, Papa's Wingeria, and more. (He cannot be stopped.)
- Don't Starve
- Divinity Original Sin 2
- Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic
- There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension
- XCOM 2
- FTL: Faster Than Light
- The World Ends With You
- Darkest Dungeon: Tablet Edition (You know if you wanna get so tilted you throw your iPad across the room lmao)
- Bully: Anniversary Edition
- The various Final Fantasy games and Chrono Trigger
- Dragon Quest III
- Octodad: Dadliest Catch
- Civ 6
- Tropico
- Danganronpa
- The entire Ace Attorney series (aside from The Great Ace Attorney) is on iPadOS
- Street Fighter 4 CE
- Monster Hunter Stories
- Mega Man X
- Crazy Taxi Classic
- Streets of Rage 4
- The Sonic games
- Minecraft
This thread was started pre Steam Deck (or Asus Ally), have you thought about getting one of those to replace the PC?Relax about necromancy, it’s a fact of forum life, in this case the topic is still reverent, and I have played a few games on your list, plus you gave me some new ideas to try out! Thanks!
There's no rules in posting to an old thread, particularly if someone has a relevant question or point
What kind of games do you think you'll enjoy on the iPad?Are there any worthy iOS games out there?
I've posted on other threads, and absolutely adore my Steam Deck! (I also have a Switch)
I'm doing a lot of work travel for projects this year (to another company site), and carry my iPad Pro and Steam Deck mostly. I like lots of games on the iPad Pro (Civ VI & NWN as mentioned, also Divinity Original Sin 2 and Final Fantasy 6 as someone else mentioned) ... but the Steam Deck allows me to play SO many games and is nicely portable (currently replaying Risen 2 first time since 2012 release, after playing Gothic 1 & 2 and Risen 1).
Actually I am considering this (Steam Deck) but it would only be for situations where I don’t have my PC, which these days is just not that often. My biggest hesitation is playing on a screen smaller than my iPad.
I discovered Modern Warships which as someone who is actively playing World of Warships (PC) this is something that looks interesting (played 3 battles) but it would never replace WoWS.
IOS games that I have played with some longevity are:
- Plants vs Zombies- possibly one of the best iOS games.
- Plague Incorporated
- Faster Than Light
- Fallout Shelter
- Angery Birds
- Minecraft
- Pokemon Go- a bout with insanity…
- Dragon Ball Z
- 8 Ball Pool
- others, names momentarily elude me.
Speaking of RPGs, anyone play the Elder Scrolls Blades game on iOS? That looks interesting, have started a download.
I tried it briefly on Nintendo Switch when it was released and was not impressed. Has a lot of same problems mobile games have in general, loads of grind and microtransactions. Maybe if I didn't already have Skyrim on Switch I would have given it more of a go.
Yeah, it was one of those impressive for a few minutes things ... it isn't a RPG, you don't really control anything or explore. But it is pretty.
I have been playing Divinity Original Sin 2 on my iPad Pro 12.9" 5th gen, and it runs great. 👍
I have played several hours in the Reaper's Coast map. No issues at all.
I just bought the game for my Mac Pro 7.1 on GoG. With Monterey installed.
The game is so buggy, I doubt I will continue try to play it on the Mac Pro. 💩
In Troubled Waters, the dead magisters were alive when I went back down in the ship, to try to save as many as possible. I also had other glitches, after reloading a save when my character died.
After wiping save files and replaying it several times, I managed to get to Fort Joy.
I saved several times during my gameplay. Later when I wanted to continue, and loaded the game again. Some npcs were not giving me an option to talk to them. So I reloaded from some older saves.
Now the map is dark, except for the area around my party. Even if I had explored parts of the map before.
The game is unplayable in this state, and I have no idea what could fix the bugs.
My mac's specs are:
Xeon 16-core
192GB ECC RAM
Radeon Vega II
I have played several hours in the Reaper's Coast map. No issues at all.
I just bought the game for my Mac Pro 7.1 on GoG. With Monterey installed.
The game is so buggy, I doubt I will continue try to play it on the Mac Pro. 💩
In Troubled Waters, the dead magisters were alive when I went back down in the ship, to try to save as many as possible. I also had other glitches, after reloading a save when my character died.
After wiping save files and replaying it several times, I managed to get to Fort Joy.
I saved several times during my gameplay. Later when I wanted to continue, and loaded the game again. Some npcs were not giving me an option to talk to them. So I reloaded from some older saves.
Now the map is dark, except for the area around my party. Even if I had explored parts of the map before.
The game is unplayable in this state, and I have no idea what could fix the bugs.
My mac's specs are:
Xeon 16-core
192GB ECC RAM
Radeon Vega II
I honestly have no clue - but you ARE playing on old hardware and a 2+ years / versions old OS. I've played it on my M1 Macbook Air with absolutely no issues (same as M1 iPad Pro 11")
I’ve started and stopped Minecraft several time on iOS, setting it aside because of too small a screen. But this last time, it seems to be working for me, although I still begrudge that it has no ramps or complex vortex shapes.
It is older hardware, yes. But the game is also older.
I searched on forums, and saw similar issues in 2019. I guess it was never fully patched on Intel macs.
I notice your OS is Monterey and the game details you pasted in was Ventura (10.13+). Since so much of the Mac base has moved to Apple Silicon I get that DOS2 might not be getting Intel updates, but wondering if the OS version might also have an impact?
Oh, you are right. I had not noticed that. Could very well be why I am having so many bugs.
In any case, I do not wish to update to a newer MacOS.
I have Windows 10 running on a dedicated SSD, on the Mac Pro.
So I will just run the game in Windows instead.
But thank you for the notification 👍 And other mac owners will probably also appreciate that