The correct term would be "to run it on Windows". Boot Camp is just a fancy way of describing a "boot menu with a Windows drivers bundle".
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The correct term would be "to run it on Windows". Boot Camp is just a fancy way of describing a "boot menu with a Windows drivers bundle".
It will. I just bought the same model (could not wait for the new ones that long). It's around 25 fps on Bootcamp and benchmarking on Mac show about 5 less. It won't run pretty, but I expect it to be fully playable. The bigger issue is the two core processor - turn processing takes some time. Today evening going to play some more, on Mac, so I can post how it works.
For me, yes. It's because I will probably be playing it for a month max during the weekends. I will buy the game anyway. And no, I don't drink coffee
Whats the percentage of current macs that can't play this game? How expensive does your mac needs to be to play this game and future proof it?
I hope they learn from that.... NOT
Sigh
I hope they learn from that.... NOT
Sigh
I have a 10-year-old nephew who's getting into Civ, and I'd like to be able to set up a local multiplayer game between us on different machines when he comes to visit during the holidays. Anyone know if this can be done on Civ 6 via Steam? I seem to recall hearing that in Civ 5 it could be done on the Mac App Store version.
Funny thing is you cheap ass, with 4.5k of Apple crap, none of your stuff can play it.
Lol I'm working in a decent career and can't even afford half the stuff in your signature, but the game is what breaks the bank for you!!
P.S: word of advice, pirated games are always too problematic and have many bugs from experience, wait for the specials to come out or when price drops instead.
Optimization for DirectX over OpenGL makes this almost always the case. It's my favorite argument in favor of bootcamp.
It works on lower hardware with Windows because Windows has DirectX, and game maker optimize to DirectX much better than OpenGL (macOS). So unless they built the thing in Metal (highly unlikely) then the minimum reqs are probably right and hardware that will run it in bootcamp may really struggle in macOS. But let us know how it goes.
Please don't steal a freaking video game, especially from a well-respected developer. If you have time to play it, you have time to make a little extra money fist to afford it. If you already have money, just buy it. Otherwise, put it on your Christmas wishlist. People like you are ruining the gaming industry and forcing developers to adopt pay-to-play or pay-to-win schemes.
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Is it Jony Ive narrating in that trailer?
It sounded like Sean Bean to me!
EDIT: Confirmation-- it is in fact Sean Bean.
...He also made the list of macs that could play it.... Thinner...Is it Jony Ive narrating in that trailer?
Personally, I love Civ; it's loads of fun, and games can take 6 or 10 hours before you even realise how long you've been playing. I'm not typically in to turn-based strategy games, but I like that there are lots of ways to play (not just militarily, also to build culture and expand borders non-violently, etc).
I can't say if it'll be your cup of tea, though...
Plus I believe this has
They put a lot of work to get the game in near launch which rarely happens with most mac ports.
If anything just buy it on sale. It is steam game so no matter who has the game on sale it will give you both PC and Mac copy in steam. Bet you will easily find it on sale by Christmas time.
Plus you won't have to worry about if the pirate version was injected with malware into its version.
Aspyr are awesome. And their customer service is great with them visiting multiple forums and even answering questions there for people. They come to macrumors all the time to help people with their question on their games. Something many companies would never do.
They put a lot of work to get the game in near launch which rarely happens with most mac ports.
If anything just buy it on sale. It is steam game so no matter who has the game on sale it will give you both PC and Mac copy in steam. Bet you will easily find it on sale by Christmas time.
Plus you won't have to worry about if the pirate version was injected with malware into its version.
Well, Starcraft II is older, and Blizzard are the kings when it comes to optimizing pretty games for low-end hardware.
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I believe he narrates the whole game, in fact.
I have the same issue - it sucks because I was really hoping to get back into this after missing out on the last couple of versions (fave was Civ 2; played it way too much but still sucked at it...)
EDIT:
Starcraft II is still out there?
I don't have a Steam account yet (most of my gaming is on the PS4) but if Starcraft is there, I need to go sign up.
Can't wait to play it, but I'll wait a year for all the expansions to be bundled into a Steam summer deal for $40. Never buy the App store version because the multiplayer is usually gimped compared to the Steam version.