Dragon Age: Origins is an epic fantasy role-playing game featuring a rich story, personality-driven characters, and tactical, bloody combat. It is considered a spiritual successor to the Baldur's Gate series.
So apparently the Mac version of Dragon Age: Origins got released today. Also, includes Shale and the blood dragon armor FOR FREE! It's only available through download though, which is odd. I might pick this up through Direct2Drive.
Anyone else waiting to pick this up for their Mac? Or did you get your PC version already?
I can't seem to find it though...just a lot of news results that it exists. Maybe I'll check tomorrow, I'm new to the world of downloadable games and don't know when's a common time for them to actually drop
" I can't seem to find it though...just a lot of news results that it exists. Maybe I'll check tomorrow, I'm new to the world of downloadable games and don't know when's a common time for them to actually drop "
" Mwer...temptation...argh...I'm considering...I'll think it over, convince myself not to and then buy it anyways. Sounds good. "
Yeah I'll probably do that too. Christmas gift for myself? "
another Christmas gift for myself? ;) I want to pick this up but I think it is going to have to wait a bit... at least until i pay off the things I already bought that I don't have money for... damn you Amazon Deal Days!!! Damn you I say! :)
I got it today for mac on my mid 2009 minimum specs 13" mbp. It runs okay. i have to run it on all the lowest settings and even then it can lag when zoomed in or during cutscenes. I've found it works best when in the overhead view(and looks best since I can't see how bad the textures/models/etc look on my comp). Overall a good port. I've played about 4 hours
" I got it today for mac on my mid 2009 minimum specs 13" mbp. It runs okay. i have to run it on all the lowest settings and even then it can lag when zoomed in or during cutscenes. I've found it works best when in the overhead view(and looks best since I can't see how bad the textures/models/etc look on my comp). Overall a good port. I've played about 4 hours "
" So apparently the Mac version of Dragon Age: Origins got released today. Also, includes Shale and the blood dragon armor FOR FREE! It's only available through download though, which is odd. I might pick this up through Direct2Drive. Anyone else waiting to pick this up for their Mac? Or did you get your PC version already? "
So it includes the same DLC that was given for free in other versions? I am not surprised. I'm actually more surprised that there's an honest to god game that isn't a Diner Dash clone actually coming out on the Mac platform. :P
" I got it today for mac on my mid 2009 minimum specs 13" mbp. It runs okay. i have to run it on all the lowest settings and even then it can lag when zoomed in or during cutscenes. I've found it works best when in the overhead view(and looks best since I can't see how bad the textures/models/etc look on my comp). Overall a good port. I've played about 4 hours "
I don't think it was intended for Mac Books. "
Mac OS X 10.6.2 Leopard or higher
Intel Core 2 Duo Processor
2 GB RAM
ATI X1600 or NVIDIA 7300 or greater
At least 17 GB of hard drive space for installation
This game will not run on PowerPC (G3/G4/G5)-based Mac systems, or Intel GMA class of video cards.
these system requirements include almost all current macbook models. That being said, you're right
just played some more and it should be noted that with weather effects(outside the tower of ishal) the game is near unplayable on a 13". In simple environments without effects the game works fine, and luckily the use of pause makes the slower parts not too bad
At least 17 GB of hard drive space for installation
This game will not run on PowerPC (G3/G4/G5)-based Mac systems, or Intel GMA class of video cards.
these system requirements include almost all current macbook models. That being said, you're right"
Well, my Mac would run this, but I don't really if it is worth the effort. The game doesn't really appeal a whole lot. I think I might consider a cheap retail copy for the 360 later. I would likely play 10 minutes and then want to play Civilisation IV again (I really only like RTS on the PC/Mac). Still, it is good to see developers porting to the Mac, there should be more of it. I assume the problem with the Macbook (which I have) is the lack of a dedicated graphics card (what would I know, I am not a tech head).
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