Dragon Age: Inquisition for Mac OS X

Battlefield is on Frostbite, and Fifa 15 on a relative of it.  When Apple supports games better, themselves, perhaps things will be different.  Right now, neither Aplle nor Intel will do so, making developers choose consoles over laptops of almost any kind, for instance.

They really have been pushing the console versions, anyway. Just look at the horrible mouse and keyboard controls (granted, BioWare said on Reddit that they'd fix this in a patch). I buy a Mac to stay away from Windows, personally, so I just ended up playing this on PS4 instead. I prefer playing in the living room, anyway.

This also reminds me of the EA Origin Black Fridays sale. I would have picked up the first two games (I didn't give them a real shot, back in the day) if they had BOTH been on offer for Mac, rather than just the PC versions. Not only do we get fewer releases on Mac, but we also end up having to pay more for the games too.

The best thing we can do as consumers who are dissatisfied with an organization that provides a service is just not to patron the service. Just don't buy them. If they are going to be condescending to mac users simply because we prefer and OS that isn't Windows, simply don't their their games. If the Mac community grows then they will have no choice but to find a work around. All we can do is not provide them with our money and hope that there is a paradigm shift.

Hi there. A google search on when the Mac version of DA will be released brought me to this page. I felt like some of the responses to your question were completely unhelpful so wanted to chime in about my experences with Apple's Boot Camp. What was that crack-pot line about Macs being underpowered? May iMac is easlly double the recommended specs for running DA.. I do take the point that one needs newish hardware to run DA but that's to be expected because it's with a group of new games that are considered "next gen" for graphics resolution and experience factor. Anyway, I have years of experience with running Boot Camp on my iMac and I've  become a big fan of the Dual Boot Machine. 

Started with Windows XP and upgraded to SP3. Now I'm running Windows 8.1. At first it seemed too perverse to see the weak looking, unintuitive, Windows OS running on my beautiful iMac. Then I encountered Steam, Origin, and UPlay and realized the bonanza of games now at my finger tips. Once the game launches I'm not really aware of the OS anymore. Just like any piece of ported software it runs best on it's native operating system. So for that alone, most games run better on Windows than the port runs on Mac OS X. (If a game is available for Mac I buy it to support Mac Developers and most run well.) 

So I plunged in and loved playing all of the blockbuster titles that never came to Mac. I noticed that they are cheaper, tend to go on sale more often, and comes with all of the expansions. Drives me nuts when a game is ported to Mac but not the expansion packs. Later today I'm going to start Call fo Duty: Advanced Warfare. I know it's been out for a while, but just went on sale on Steam for 33% off, which almost never happens with Mac game version.

The way I see it a dual-boot Mac is the ultimate PC. 

I can boot into Max OS X and run any app or game I want natively.

or

I can boot into Windows and run any app or game I want natively. 

I have access to the complete software catelog for TWO operating systems. No ports, No emulators. Everything runs natively. 

Apply makes using Boot Camp Assistant so easy. It will create a Windows partition of your hard drive and automatically reboot to begin the Windows installation process. Because it's Windows you'll still need to do some tinkering--things are as intutively placed a we're use to. You will need an optical drive, and the Boot Camp Assistant will help you create a Windows drivers install that needs to be done on a thumb drive. The hardest part was shelling out a couple hundred dollars for a copy of Windows when Mac OS X was only $29 and now is free. At least it's something bought and used for many years. I used my Windows XP for many years. Only recently bought a new iMac and Windows 8 to get ready for the list of "next gen" games coming out. 

Anyway, as long as Apple is using Intel processors in their computers they will be able to dual-boot to run any Intel-supported OSes natively--not just Windows or Mac OS X. Then you can natively run ALL software for ALL of those operating system. A single-OS bootable computer is really limiting.

A Dual-Boot Mac is the ultimate computer. And choosing which OS to boot into is as easy as holding down the option key at startup, and then selecting an OS.

I boot into Windows to play games. Then boot into Mac OS X to do anything important that needs extra security like online shopping or online banking or bills payments. 

So don't by a PC single OS machine. That's so limiting and expensive. Just buy a copy of Windows and use Apple's free boot camp software and in about an hour you'll be browsing through Steam selecting a title to play.

Hope this helps and have fun!

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@Tilrythran wrote:

While I'm aware of Boot Camp, I prefer running VMWare Fusioin when I have to run Windows, but I only use that for Work (and it's an old XP version) or when someone gives me a VM that they need to have me run.  Either way, however, I see no reason to invest in that platform - and expose my system to the risks of running it - just to run a game, nor to invest in a game that requires that platform.  I found DA Origins on the Mac to be fabulous, and DA 2 on the Mac was also quite acceptable, but if there isn't going to be an OS X or IOS version for DA:I, then I simply won't be continuing with DA.  It will be interesting to see if the numbers indicate whether or not the right choice was made.

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Since Macs only make up about 5% of home computing and the fact Macs can run BootCamp/Windows, you will find less and less ports of games to the Mac.  The exceptions are those developers/publishers that also want a Linux version.  They can bang up 2 birds with 1 stone that way.  There is no reason not get Windows and run BootCamp.  The whole Macs are safer than Windows is a fallacy anyway.

Ok. The point I feel some pople are missing, is that, its not that we don't comprehend how to install windows on our machines. Many Mac users are very familiar with multibooting. Me personally, I'm runing a triple-boot set up. First starters for you "windows" users, "UEFI" puts "BIOS" to shame. Secondly, Its not a matter of acquiring windows (easily done on-line) and installing it to a live partition and then running that live partition inside of VM Ware while still in OS X or booting from the "emulated bios" that bootcamp creates and runing windows directly for max preformance.

(Something i've done on win 7,8,&10 on Mac and Non-Mac-hardware)

(For mac's look at rEFInd bootloader -> Themed. For Hackintosh look at chameleon or Clover bootloaders)

THOUGH.

Its about understanding a fast growing part of the new generation, doesn't want windows on our machines! Mac or Hackintosh! Razor or Alien!

We want a unix-like operating system based on Linux (Ubuntu, Android, Steam OS) or BSD (Mac,iOS,PS4).

Its about "native" mac gaming! NO! That does not mean wrap the game in wine or cider technology!!!!!!!! 

Its about codeing in "Open GL" and not or as well as "Direct X"! 

Its about NOT having all of your private information on the "cesspool" that is windows and its "pathetic" NT backbone!

Tyler Allen

What is this bizarre army of apple fanboy accounts that just appeared out of no where? 10 new accounts with just one post to complain about windows.

The engine has a massive codebase for windows and consoles, it's literally not as simple as tossing OpenGL in there and it suddenly automagically works for Mac.

It would take a tremendous amount of effort for this game to get running on Mac and it's a financially bad idea hence why most games never come to Mac anyway.

You just need to accept that you made a quality of life loss when you bought your Macs, at least be thankful that VALVE actually managed to port some games over for you guys. Bootcamp and be happy.

Haha @greyze. You think i'm some blind apple fan boy who likes apple because its pretty! Like I said I run a triple boot set-up and while yes OS X is what I'm currently on, it is by no means the only system I use. Nor would I care if they only realeased the game for Steam OS under the Steam Store.

...Quality of life loss.... I don't, feel that buying a mac so i could go to school for graphic design and computer science a life loss. While I'm on a mac, I would in no way be opposed to buying something like a Razer Edge. Even if I did, I'd still install a bootloader and triple-boot that! Still using Mac / Linux more tha Win!

 "bizarre army of apple fanboy accounts" ... well maybe more people are using macs and like them than you thought! Honestly, as someone who just reciently attended a hack-a-thon in los angeles. 7/8 of all sponsors who hit the stage were using macs! Many things that were demoed had full mac compatability! I personally was testing the Oculas Rift Dk2 on a friends mac. while working with things like the leap motion and myo on mine.

So i'll say this point blank to the 35-45 year old developers / decision makers within the company keeping this full mac port from happening regardless of its "tremendous amount of effort" as well as, of course, people like @greyze...

Windows has completely lost the younger generation! While yes, those more unfortunate might still be on windows computers, but they ask their parents for a Mac evey Christmas. They don't want windows phones or surface tablets. They want android/apple phones/tablets. They don't want Xboxes they want a PS4s! You go to the computer labs of any of our leading colleges and look at the mac %s! Go to the study spots close-by look at the mac %s. The only thing keeping anyone on windows is games. The only thing keeping games on windows is the older out of touch developers who don't see or are ignoring whats coming out of tactlessness! So fare warning. Its coming and there is nothing you can do about it. Start now so you can be competitive 5/10 years from now. Be careful,  you'll find yourself developing for irrelevant software!

I'l repeat what I said: Frostbite 3 hasn't been ported to OsX yet. They did have a job opening for Mac engineers a while back, so it will likely happen in the future.

It's unfortunate that fanboys chose to pollute this thread. I'm afraid I will have to close it, but I don't think anything more has to be said.