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I would make a review thread but it seems like reviewers just started playing, so there aren’t many yet.
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Hardly any mention of this from Apple or their associated media, despite the fact that an AAA game launching a Mac port on day 1 is virtually unheard-of in 2023.
outside of Apple arcade, I don’t think Apple cares one iota about gaming. As evidenced by your observation. It’s a huge market to miss, but they don’t really seem to care. All they keep doing is adding old mobile remakes of games everyone has played before to their Arcade subscription nobody would ever pay for if it wasn’t bundled into Apple one…
They made a big deal about the latest Resident Evil and Death Stranding both coming to Mac at WWDC last year and this year
Announce to what gaming audience?
What it runs on mac? What the fuck I’m never going to work again.
Yep - M1 optimized too, so it actually runs well on Mac.
I assume that means the M2 Air is going to be just fine with it?
According to their listed requirements, yes. In practice, haven’t tested myself but the M2 is a bit better performance-wise than their minimum card on Windows (a GTX 970, when the M2 is closer to a GTX 1060) so I imagine it’ll work but not exactly with maxed-out settings.
Except it’s not available on Mac on day one. Larian hasn’t even announced when it will be aside from “at a later date.”
Update: Apparently, the Steam Discussions page has a post that lists it as September 5.
Unless it’s shipped to the App Store and not just Steam, they wouldn’t market it anyway. I don’t believe they publicise third-party marketplaces / appstores (which Steam arguable is).
Only 10 more hours until it is downloaded 😍
Edit: welp, it’s already done lol. See you in a couple of weeks boiiiiss
One for me! I’m averaging 25-30Mbps. Took the day off of work for this lol
Try doing a half day next time. That way it’s downloading while you’re at work and you still get to play for hours
I slept in till 11 so it was worth lol. 35% left to go!
Took the day off of work for this lol
Bold strategy Cotton, let’s see if it pays off for 'em.
can’t believe it’s so slow to download :'(
2.5h left for me! CMON GO FASTER I NEED MORE INTERNETS
Hasn’t this been in early access for three years? There’s plenty of material out there if you’re just interested in the gameplay.
Sure the gameplay is well tested (it has a overwhelmingly positive on Steam already from Early Access), but it’s a huge game, and everything beyond Act 1 is brand new, plus many things in Act 1 have been changed (ex. one origin character was rescripted and recorded).
So while the gameplay and the implementation of the 5e ruleset is well known, the rest of the story and the journey is still mostly new, and that’s a huge part of what will make people enjoy the game or not.
Just my few cents on why it’s still important to see how it reviews. Mortismal Gaming is already reporting that there are some crashes, bugs in the release version, especially in the later acts (even if that is normal for a game of this scope, it’s good to know).
Who did they rescript? Is it the wizard?
Wyll, the warlock.
The early access was only a very small portion of the game
That’s good to know! I played a little during early access and couldn’t get the controls down on Steam Deck. Probably better with m&k.
Absolutely. I don’t know how people play complex CRPG’s with a controller. Just the inventory alone would drive me nuts!
I just love everything about this whole thing.
I love the game itself, what an incredible feat.
I love how almost naively passionate and nerdy the folks at Larian are.
I love how aside from a few AAA game developers trying to tell everyone that this masterpiece shouldn’t set the new standard for RPGs (LOL) Everyone else just seems so happy these maniacs have actually pulled it off.
I love the freedom this game offers. So many permutations, over 170 hrs of cinematics, most of which the average player will never see. All so that the world can feel almost as limitless as the tabletop D&D. There were no shortcuts to this goal. I’m sure the tech is great, but fundamentally, this wasn’t about clever technology, which can only do so much. It was about the herculean effort of 400+ people making content for over 6 years in some of the most indulgent over-engineering I’ve ever seen in a AAA title.
They could have rolled out the EA Act I a few years ago and it still would have been better than most RPGs out there. Instead, we get an Act I with 33% more content and 2 entirely new acts.
Got two kids under 4 and a demanding job so no idea when I’ll get to play even. But I’m just so happy something like this has happened in this shitty, cynical industry.
RPS has a vid up
Cries in PS5
The month-long wait for the PS5 release is going to be torture.
macOS getting a new game before PS5 does is downright cruel.
The Mac didn’t get the game yet. It’s still a six-month old pre-release version.
Could be worse.
Glances over at the Xbox
I went ahead and bought it for the Steam Deck. Might buy it again for the PS5 next month if I really like it.
How does it play on Steam Deck?
The early access well for me. Pretty stable graphically. I used the track pad mostly with a few keybound shortcuts
Have yet to try but I’ve read you need to turn on proton experimental for it to work. I’ve seen that people are getting roughly 30fps with medium settings and FRS. Also, the final release has gamepad support.
I’m probably going to give it a try later tonight and can update then if you’re still interested.
Definitely interested, if you don’t mind providing an update! I’m especially interested to hear how it plays on the gamepad. If it’s not great I might just wait for a time when I can play on PC, but I’d love to jump on it on Deck if it turns out to be a fairly good experience!
Anyone comment on the general writing style? I didn’t gel with the Divinity games. Loved the gameplay systems but found that the tone of the writing stopped me from getting sucked into the world unlike the original BG games.
I sadly have to wait for my partner to install her copy first as this is her only free day, and our Canadian internet is shit. I probably won’t get to play until tomorrow evening. Hope everyone enjoys launch day
Wow, looks amazing. Can’t wait to get my new desktop and play this!
Now just have to get through the workday first!
I’m still at work for a few more hours unfortunately…
Oh hell yeah, been excited for this for awhile now.
Unfortunately came out when I got broke as fuck so I gotta wait a few weeks :x
