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.
Fort Solis ? Never mind, it doesn't qualify as a "game" (more like a a clickable movie).
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.store.steampowered.com
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.
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.
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!
