Popular new roleplaying game Baldur's Gate 3 is available to play on the Mac starting today. The title can be downloaded through the Steam...

TL;DR: System requirements are ranging from M1 to M1 Pro or better Apple silicon chips. The game is priced at $60 on Steam.

    • danielbln@lemmy.world
      91·
      1 year ago

      It runs alright on my 2021 M1, but I play it via GeForce Now these days, where it really screams.

      • orgrinrt@lemmy.world
        8·
        1 year ago

        I want to signal boost that GeForce now option! It looks gorgeous at everything ultra, although it’s not really necessary for the game to make an impression. But it is nice to look at via GFN ✨

        But I realize that we probably shouldn’t lean too heavily on that option, lest we discourage devs from actually making native Mac ports…

        • cheery_coffee@lemmy.ca
          2·
          1 year ago

          For me the only reason I tried was because Larian silently removed the Mac release date when they missed it, and then they didn’t communicate anything until after the PS5 release. They removed the Mac info from their website entirely.

          I had been planning for months to play with friends and it was a huge disappointment when we finally went to play on release date and I couldn’t join. Then I spent a bunch of money and time on parallels, which only half worked.

          I really appreciate their work and previous ports, this experience sucked though.

    • dontwakethetrees (she/her)@lemmy.world
      2·
      1 year ago

      I’m surprised you’re only at medium settings, my M2 Pro is handling 1440p at mostly maxed settings (disabled DOF as it’s too aggressive and only double buffered vsync. I don’t have an FOS readout but it’s pretty good compared to before with Crossover and medium settings.

      Edit: followed the terminal command to show the Metal info and BG3 floats around 45-50fps ingame. Haven’t gone back to Act 3 yet so still not sure how it’d handle it. The FPS is stable enough that as a turn based RPG it’s quite playable.