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Pumpkin Woods has a playtest for Mac.
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Collect magical ingredients and build your cozy witch home while exploring the wonderful sights and secrets of these mysterious lands. Beware though, danger might be lurking deep in these woods...
It's pretty annoying to see devs can't get these games in a decent state on the latest mac hardware.
It seems like none of the new UE5 features work well on macOS hardware. So yeah Lies of P running well checks out.
Spark in the Dark is planned for Mac.
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Spark in the Dark on Steam
The hardcore dark fantasy Dungeon Crawler where you will go to the endless depths of a mysterious grim Dungeon.
Fort Solis ? Never mind, it doesn't qualify as a "game" (more like a a clickable movie).
ExTime: Primal Menace is planned for Mac.
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ExTime: Primal Menace on Steam
ExTime: Primal Menace is an action-adventure horror game inspired by iconic franchises such as Dino Crisis and Resident Evil. Travel to the archipelago in the Bermuda Triangle and find out what brought the monsters of the Cretaceous period back to our world.
You gleaning that from SteamDB?ExTime: Primal Menace is planned for Mac.
ExTime: Primal Menace on Steam
ExTime: Primal Menace is an action-adventure horror game inspired by iconic franchises such as Dino Crisis and Resident Evil. Travel to the archipelago in the Bermuda Triangle and find out what brought the monsters of the Cretaceous period back to our world.
Dust & Diesel: Deadland Delivery is planned for Mac.
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Dust & Diesel: Deadland Delivery on Steam
Survive in a desolate post-apocalyptic world as a trucker, building your delivery empire. Customize and upgrade your trucks, fight off bandits, and navigate dangerous terrains. Complete challenging missions and uncover the wasteland secrets. Are you ready to conquer the Deadlands?
If I were a betting man, I'd say that it's more due to it being a UE5 game, which don't run great on any platform or hardware.
If they can get the game working on the PS5 Pro and look the way it does at 60fps, surely they should be able to do that on the M4 Max.
Claire Obsur: Expedition 33 would like to have a word with you....
I don't know if Mr MacRight is here on MacRumors. If he were I'd recommend making videos on custom settings for specific macOS hardware. He tends to stick to presets which is okay for overall stuff but can leave performance on the table. In the case of RoboCop he did show that turning off Nanite and Hardware lumen did improve performance, and the visuals were not impacted as much as one would think.
I also wonder how well TBDR really plays with temporal upscaling/AA. Especially since MSAA is "free" on TBDR hardware.
Except that, for me, I don’t like turn-based games, especially those with nice animations, because they’re trying too hard to hide the fact that it’s not real-time.
It isn't strictly turn based. I've downloaded it but haven't played it yet. It sounds like the battles play like Mario/Luigi Brothership (or Super Mario RPG). It is something Square came up with ages ago and seems like only Nintendo kept using. From what I can tell if you don't actually dodge/parry you will most likely die in enemy encounters.
Your explanation of not liking turn based RPG's is why FF16's (and to an extent FF7:R) battles are the way they are. SquareEnix wanted to reach a "broader audience".
Captain Blood is out now for Mac.
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Captain Blood is a pirate-themed action game where you play as a fearsome pirate seeking gold and glory. Expect adventures with cannon firing, pistol shooting, swashbuckling sword fights, and plenty of pirate shenanigans. This hack'n'slash features fierce combat, hordes of enemies and flashy combos.
You're right that UE5 can be rough to run, but on Macs, it’s mostly shader compilation dragging things down, especially on M1/M2 chips. Universal binaries exist since UE5.2, so it’s supported, but Nanite’s only experimental on M2+, and Lumen’s software ray tracing kills performance. Epic’s improving Mac support, so fingers crossed for smoother days!
Yeah I haven't even been able to access it as I bought the Steam version in anticipation of the Mac release. Still no sign of the Steam version, and having looked at videos of the game running 30 fps on M3 Max (my config), I gave up and started playing the game on PS5 because by any indication it looks and runs better unless you have an Ultra M4 Mac or something. Ridiculous.