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Good RTS Game for a MacBook Pro

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girgentiam

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I just purchased a 15 inch MacBook Pro. Here are the specs: 2.53GHz, Intel Core i5, 4GB Memory, 500 GB hard drive, Intel HD Graphics, NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M with 256 MB.

My question is... What are some good RTS Games that would run smooth on that system? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
 
starcraft 2 is coming out july, which i would recommend, it runs on mac natively

there's also the total war series, age of empies, command and conquer series, etc. most are PC only so you would have to install windows
 
girgentiam said:
I just purchased a 15 inch MacBook Pro. Here are the specs: 2.53GHz, Intel Core i5, 4GB Memory, 500 GB hard drive, Intel HD Graphics, NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M with 256 MB.

My question is... What are some good RTS Games that would run smooth on that system? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
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Do you use bootcamp? If so, Company of Heroes plays well on my 15" 2.5ghz C2D with an 8600 GT and only 2 gigs of ram. You can get the whole series for pretty cheap from Steam.

If not... I don't know. I boot into windows for my gaming.
 
wake6830 said:
Do you use bootcamp? If so, Company of Heroes plays well on my 15" 2.5ghz C2D with an 8600 GT and only 2 gigs of ram. You can get the whole series for pretty cheap from Steam.

If not... I don't know. I boot into windows for my gaming.
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Other than StarCraft, what are some games that run natively on Mac that are worth purchasing?
 
I would recommend the Command and Conquer series. They have decent- good graphics and really good game and campaign. Get those cheaper on eBay!
 
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Supreme Commander 2 for if you plan to install bootcamp! Hands down the grandest RTS out there... you'll see what i mean by grandest when you check out some reviews
 
showkati said:
Cant go wrong with these with the Age of Empire series, but i prefer
Age of Empires 2 over 3 :D
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is age of empires 2 still sold? and is there a mac version of it or do i have to run bootcamp or something like that?
 
Ash9414 said:
What's StarCraft 2 about and what do you do in it? Will it work on a base 13" MBP?
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Starcraft is the most popular RTS ever made...there are 3 races in the original. Human, Zerg, and Protoss and they each play completely different strategies but the way the game is balanced none of them is any more powerful than the other. The original was released back in....ummm...I wanna say 98, 99? So Starcraft 2 is a huge bump in graphics...it goes from 2d graphics in the original to full 3d in the new one....it's actually one of the best selling games of all time "worldwide" and is even used by the Air Force to teach tactics and crisis management.

But to answer your question simply...it's an update to a classic RTS with a scifi theme about a war involving 3 distinct races, and yes it will run on any current Mac.
 
matthewmyates said:
it's actually one of the best selling games of all time "worldwide" and is even used by the Air Force to teach tactics and crisis management.
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Could you back this up with a link? I'd like to know more as to how they use it
 
Team Fortress 2! >_>

What? It's definitely real-time.... and it requires a lot of strategy.... Seriously though, download steam and try out some indies games. They're mostly platformers but a lot of them are surprisingly brilliant.
 
wake6830 said:
Do you use bootcamp? If so, Company of Heroes plays well on my 15" 2.5ghz C2D with an 8600 GT and only 2 gigs of ram. You can get the whole series for pretty cheap from Steam.

If not... I don't know. I boot into windows for my gaming.
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Bootcamp and Company of Heroes = great gaming fun if you like WWII RTS. Just don't run DX10 with nvidia chipsets and Brits or Panzer elite players in use. There's a crash bug that's never been fixed.

Cheers
 
Meever said:
Team Fortress 2! >_>

What? It's definitely real-time.... and it requires a lot of strategy.... Seriously though, download steam and try out some indies games. They're mostly platformers but a lot of them are surprisingly brilliant.
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LOL TF2 is most definitely a real time strategy game... you better keep moving or a rocket will be coming after you!
 
wake6830 said:
Do you use bootcamp? If so, Company of Heroes plays well on my 15" 2.5ghz C2D with an 8600 GT and only 2 gigs of ram. You can get the whole series for pretty cheap from Steam.

If not... I don't know. I boot into windows for my gaming.
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+1000 for company of heroes...

Best rts ever !
 
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