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I just wish they could run Windows games. Many games could comfortably run on this hardware, they just don't for software nonsense reasons. For example Octopath Traveler 2 - a game which isn't graphics intensive at all. It runs on Windows and Linux via SteamOS, so why can't I have it on my MacBook.

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I agree. But regarding this specific game, it seems to work through Crossover (emulation) and Parallels (virtualization). You can also try Whisky and VMware Fusion as free alternatives.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iysOgfeWz1M

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZzzPtHcw6k

Windows and Linux are running OT2 in the application's native instruction set, for one.

But if you want to try, you can use Whiskey.

https://getwhisky.app/

If it runs on Linux, it should be fairly easy to run it on MacOS through the Game Porting Toolkit. Crossover (or Porting Kit if you don't want to pay for Crossover) should handle it.

Running modern games on Linux requires Vulkan, which has iffy support in MacOS at best (and MacOS isn’t officially supported by Valve’s compatibility tools).

It is iffy but serviceable. In this case, seems like Octopath Traveller 2 Windows version works well with GPTK. I haven't tried but Whisky, or Porting Kit should be able to handle it. Reddit has some people running it at good fps.

Geforce now is amazing these days if you like gaming and only have a mac.

Agree - playing Path of Exile 2 at the moment. I think they are co-located with the Geforce Now servers for my region (Frankfurt) as I have 1ms ping from Nvidia->PoE. 20ms from my house to Nvidia, so I’m not sure my experience is much different from what one would get with a gaming rig.

And if you do the math on what one would cost - by the time the subscription cost catches up, it’s time to upgrade the rig.

Try whisky and kegworks winery. I’m playing assassin’s creed unity on a m1 with decent frame rate

Yes, hardware is amazing. Shame about the OS. This could run most semi-modern games and emulators like PS2/DC maybe even PS3/Switch unlocking so many games if it ran Windows or Linux.

It can run those emulators on macOS.

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