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These are single player games, they are expected to be played offline as is. Adding barriers to access is simply user hostile.
If say you are going on a long flight, planned to play RE4 with your iPhone or iPad during the 10 hours, 15 minutes after take off you launch the game to only be greeted by a server error message. And, not all flights have internet services, in fact a majority of them don't.
If say you are going on a long flight, planned to play RE4 with your iPhone or iPad during the 10 hours, 15 minutes after take off you launch the game to only be greeted by a server error message. And, not all flights have internet services, in fact a majority of them don't.
@Homy do the RE games on macOS also have the same DRM that the iOS versions just got updated with?
Capcom Updates ‘Resident Evil 4′, ‘Resident Evil Village’, and ‘Resident Evil 7’ on iOS With Online DRM – TouchArcade
Usually, updates for premium priced ports on mobile are good to have for optimization or compatibility reasons, but Capcom's newest update pushed out an hour ago for Resident Evil 7 biohazard [appprice url="https://apps.apple.toucharcade.com
Yes, the new update includes Mac too as Capcom says on its website. I don't know where they got the numbers on sold/pirated copies. I searched through Capcom's latest financial reports with some keywords but couldn't find anything. The numbers sound like the ones we've heard of before about the "bombed" sales from questionable sources. Yes, the games have worked like free demos from the start. You can play to a certain point and need to purchase the games after that.
RE 2 Remake was announced for Mac/iPad/iPhone already back in June?
I'm sure in some rare cases people won't have internet access but for the most part I don't think it will be a problem. With phones you'll have cellular access if Wi-Fi doesn't work and there is free Wi-Fi for Macs at airports or on planes. You can buy one hour internet on planes if it's not free and you can always share you phone’s internet with your Mac on a plane too. The internet connection is only needed to launch the game for control, not for gameplay so you could launch the game when you have internet access, like before boarding the plane and put your Mac to sleep and then start playing on the plane. I just updated RE 7 and it takes a second to check the purchase history so that’s how long you need an internet connection.
It feels like a "slippery slope". Or more like a cat and mouse game. PC players already complain about games that require an internet connection but are single player. macOS players were being spared that annoyance.
Thank you. I completely forgot. lol. Saw it on the site and got hype.
Maid of Sker is coming to Mac on Sep 10 on App Store.
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It has "Very Positive" reviews on Steam.
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Maid of Sker
Maid of Sker does not support: iPhone X/XR, iPad 9th Gen, iPad Mini 5th gen, iPad Air 3 or earlier. Maid of Sker is a first-person survival horror, set in a remote hotel with a gory and macabre history from British folklore. Armed with only a defensive sound device, you’ll utilise stealth...
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It has "Very Positive" reviews on Steam.
Maid of Sker on Steam
Maid of Sker is a first-person survival horror, set in a remote hotel with a gory and macabre history from Welsh folklore. Brave the nightmares of the Quiet Ones. Do not panic…don’t even breathe!
Fealty comes to Mac on Sep 12.
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Fealty on Steam
The king is dead and you must fight for the Throne! Use tactics and strategy to wage war. Destroy your enemies with steel and magic, or force them to yield, and you will be king of the island!
Unless its a Macbook Air or iPad, all Macs have fans. Even if temps reach a certain threshold, the fans do kick in.
My opinion, play your games as long as you want. I used to game on my Macbook Pro back in college 4-hours a day with the fans going full blast. 0 battery damage.
My opinion, play your games as long as you want. I used to game on my Macbook Pro back in college 4-hours a day with the fans going full blast. 0 battery damage.
Excessive heat is bad for batteries. However, there is an entire submarket of gaming laptops for a reason. Unless the system in question lacks adequate cooling capabilities (i.e. anything fanless), then the heat generated through gaming is less of a concern than the actual battery life itself. This is not specific to the Mac - rather this applies to any computer regardless of OS.
Yes. I would recommend TG Pro. It can be used to manually adjust and configure fan control. You can set your own custom fan settings/curve.
Ten Bells is released for Mac/Apple Silicon with positive reviews.
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Ten Bells on Steam
You're trapped in an old English pub. Unravel a chilling tale by identifying anomalies while trying to escape. Confront the horror as you survive the endless loop of Ten Bells.
Kvark is coming to Mac on Oct 3.
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Kvark on Steam
Kvark is an FPS game set in a fictional version of the 80s Czech Republic. The player finds themselves in an underground facility that is falling apart as they travel through it. They will have to navigate through dark tunnels and will encounter many obstacles and enemies that will test their skills
To me, it would depend on how graphically intensive the games were and whether or not you consider yourself to be a competitive gamer??
Mainly single player games such as the Apple silicon ports of Layers of Fear, Resident Evil games, etc. If the game doesn't have a native Apple silicon port, I won't be playing it on my Mac.
You should be good in that case, as you can imagine, native games will scale well with the processor of your Mac.
Have fun!!
One thing to consider is also the fan noise. Running almost any major game on a Macbook makes the fans spin loudly even with Apple Silicon. I have a MBP 14" with M1 Pro and was a bit surprised but the sound level is nowhere near a PC. If you use headphones it's no problem but worth to mention since some people can be very sensitive to fan noise. if you're using a fanless MBA that's of course of no concern.
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