Is this game pc only? If so, how crappy can the pc be?

#1 Posted by DanHammett (96 posts) - 1 year, 11 months ago

I have an extremely shitty dell xps 1330 laptop but an awesome macbook pro. Is this a pc exclusive? If so are there any plans to port it to Mac??

#2 Posted by Suicidal_SNiper (949 posts) - 1 year, 11 months ago

I checked the specs on your Dell and it should be able to play it no problem (especially considering it's a 2D game). I doubt they'd bring it to Mac seeing as it was made using XNA.

Here are the minimum requirements (Sorry about the color I copy and pasted it):

OS: Windows Xp, Vista, 7
Processor: 1.6 Ghz
Memory: 512MB
Hard Disk Space: 200MB
Video Card: 128mb Video Memory, capable of Shader Model 1.1
DirectX®: 9.0c or Greater

#3 Posted by JonDavis (605 posts) - 1 year, 11 months ago

@DanHammett: Dude. Partition that thing and it'll play Empire: Total War on Medium with Ultra unit sizes. I know from personal experience.

#4 Posted by AlexW00d (5429 posts) - 1 year, 11 months ago

If it has the 8400m in it then yes. Otherwise I am not sure.

#5 Posted by Droop (1689 posts) - 1 year, 11 months ago

Boot camp, yo.

#6 Posted by SamDrugbringer (988 posts) - 1 year, 11 months ago

My 8 year old PC almost doubles the requirements. I can't imagine ANYONE can't play this.

The only real issue is how long it takes the world to load and save.

#7 Posted by Moonshadow101 (459 posts) - 1 year, 11 months ago

Given that the game is built on XNA, a mac port is obscenely unlikely.

#8 Posted by DanHammett (96 posts) - 1 year, 11 months ago

@JonDavis Pardon my PC noobness, but what does partition mean?

#9 Posted by JonDavis (605 posts) - 1 year, 11 months ago

@DanHammett: ...

#10 Posted by No0b0rAmA (1486 posts) - 1 year, 11 months ago

@JonDavis said:

@DanHammett: ...

Give him a break, he's a mac user, can't blame him for not knowing how a computer works.

#11 Posted by Tim_the_Corsair (3065 posts) - 1 year, 11 months ago

@No0b0rAmA

@JonDavis said:
@DanHammett: ...
Give him a break, he's a mac user, can't blame him for not knowing how a computer works.

Hahaha I love the fact that this manages to be more offensive than the original "..."

#12 Posted by TheMustacheHero (6654 posts) - 1 year, 11 months ago

I wouldn't recommend this game. It's not that fun, and it's also "beatable" You can explore the whole world, kill all the bosses, and get all the items and best armor in about a week.

Kind of a letdown.

#13 Posted by The_Laughing_Man (12098 posts) - 1 year, 11 months ago

@TheMustacheHero said:

I wouldn't recommend this game. It's not that fun, and it's also "beatable" You can explore the whole world, kill all the bosses, and get all the items and best armor in about a week. Kind of a letdown.

They are releasing much more. The game was released a month early because of something with steam. And I find it quite fun.

#14 Posted by JonDavis (605 posts) - 1 year, 11 months ago

@No0b0rAmA: I'm a Mac user.

#15 Posted by Moonshadow101 (459 posts) - 1 year, 11 months ago

@DanHammett: Misplaced platform wars aside, "Partitioning" refers to formatting your hard drive so that your system recognizes as two different drives. The reason you would want to do this here is to have Windows on one of the partitions and OSX on the other. There are plenty of guides on how to do this on the web if you want to go this route, finding one of those will serve you better than having someone try to give you a walkthrough here.

#16 Posted by HitmanAgent47 (8577 posts) - 1 year, 11 months ago

Macs are incompatible with almost every pc game there is. Unless you get steam or bootcamp. No wonder everyone who owns a mac buys an windows 7 disc bringing windows market shares even higher, due to compatibility. Yet no one building a pc will use osx.

My point is there might be alot of compatiblity issues with macs and not every developer will make their games compatible. But some games has both windows and mac releases.

#17 Posted by Jams (2673 posts) - 1 year, 11 months ago

@JonDavis said:

@No0b0rAmA: I'm a Mac user.

I'm sorry to hear that. *puts hand on shoulder*

#18 Posted by JonDavis (605 posts) - 1 year, 11 months ago

@jams: Also a Windows PC user.

#19 Posted by Patman99 (1295 posts) - 1 year, 11 months ago

My cousin plays this game on his crappy $500 bestbuy laptop without a hitch. Your computer would have to be powered by hamster wheels for the game not to run on it...

#20 Posted by 2HeadedNinja (1071 posts) - 1 year, 11 months ago

@No0b0rAmA said:

@JonDavis said:
@DanHammett: ...
Give him a break, he's a mac user, can't blame him for not knowing how a computer works.

Tehehehehe ... no offence to the original poster ... but that was pretty funny :)

#21 Edited by No0b0rAmA (1486 posts) - 1 year, 11 months ago

@JonDavis said:

@jams: Also a Windows PC user.

Yes, but you're also a Mac user. I don't know what your trying to say here friend.

#22 Posted by LordXavierBritish (6236 posts) - 1 year, 11 months ago

Run Parallels, you can now play Terraria inside OSX.

You are welcome.

#23 Edited by Jams (2673 posts) - 1 year, 11 months ago

@JonDavis said:

@jams: Also a Windows PC user.

Funny thing is that I typed that on my Mac. I use both myself now. Just for the fact that I can see and use the differences every day and see for myself how different they really are.

#24 Posted by caityful (46 posts) - 1 year, 11 months ago

I'd be willing to bet a Windows 2000 could give it a decent shot. Maybe 98 is pushing it... Hahah.

#25 Posted by Metalman781 (65 posts) - 1 year, 11 months ago

Maybe if you still have Windows 3.1 it wont play it :)

#26 Posted by AhmadMetallic (18957 posts) - 1 year, 11 months ago

there's a demo isn't there?

if not, you go to a fileshare website, get the game, run it, if it does, BUY IT
see how easy that was ? this entire discussion wasn't really needed.

#27 Posted by Xeiphyer (5157 posts) - 1 year, 11 months ago

@DanHammett: You can use Bootcamp to run windows things on a Mac, the game *should* run fine through that. I'm sure a quick google of something like "Terraria mac bootcamp" will tell you yes or no.

#28 Posted by mrv321 (258 posts) - 1 year, 11 months ago

I run Linux, I have to partition without the use of a GUI.

Linux>PC>MAC

Also, you should be able to run this game just fine... heck the computer in Minecraft could probably run it.

#29 Posted by JammyJesus (751 posts) - 1 year, 11 months ago

@Droop said:

Boot camp, yo.

This.

Terraria

Terraria adds upon its inspiration with a wider variety of things to create, unique enchanted items, and an overall goal of descending into Hell and defeating the sinister bosses lurking there.

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