ISO verison of the game - is it worth it?

I was just wondering if there were any others who play on their macs. I normally play on PS4 but I can't at the moment due to my BF being out of town. (Yeah I can go to his place but no ones there and I get lonely easy. #extrovert)

I'm missing the game - but I have a mac and I've gotten mixed reviews on the ISO version. Anyone have any opinions?

From what i heard the game doesnt run well on Mac, but maybe a Mac user can tell you more. I use windows 7

DOn't have a Mac either. How about borrowing your BFs PS4 and taking it to your place until he returns if it is too lonely to play at his place?

The recommended setup for mac is for iMacs 2013 and later with discrete graphics at a resolution of 1600x900 (Link). It runs at a playable framerate but you won't get the same quality as PS4 or Windows. MacBook Pros are not recommended because of overheating problems that can happen. Even so, I play on my MBP (15" Mid 2015) when I'm on the road and had no heat issues so far.

Introverts yayy.

I would avoid Mac. U can either play alone or suffer the mac version that doesn't look at all appealing n stable. Not to mention one costs money

But when a mac is your source of income... then windows is just a toy.

They re-released the mac version recently and I have heard it to run better then the first release.

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Originally Posted by Bixillarla

DOn't have a Mac either. How about borrowing your BFs PS4 and taking it to your place until he returns if it is too lonely to play at his place?

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I wanted to do that, but I don't have a TV right now. This is the goal though - saving up for one now.

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Originally Posted by Reih

The recommended setup for mac is for iMacs 2013 and later with discrete graphics at a resolution of 1600x900 (Link). It runs at a playable framerate but you won't get the same quality as PS4 or Windows. MacBook Pros are not recommended because of overheating problems that can happen. Even so, I play on my MBP (15" Mid 2015) when I'm on the road and had no heat issues so far.

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Thank you for all of that information. I have the same MBP as you. Im concerned about the quality - because it does cost money - so I want it to be worth the price. T-T

Thanks everyone for their replies! :)

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But when a mac is your source of income... then windows is just a toy.

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There is nothing you can do on a mac that I cant do on a PC.

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Originally Posted by Asmodai

There is nothing you can do on a mac that I cant do on a PC.

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That's good if you can do that. On my side, we got mac specific dev stuff centered on medical informatics which can't be easly moved to windows due to the nature of our development. The market for our stuff is OSX and iOS. We have no interest in windows for work. At this point, windows just turns to a toy fo rme rather than a working tool. I don't dislike Windows, it's just a toy for me.

Since you use the ps4, you could always get a vita and use remote play. I was away from my ps4 for 10 months, so it was the main method of playing ffxiv. Please note that you need a solid connection and when a connection decreases, the screen will get messy. I had to be persistent with it and it paid off lol

how did you do stuff like titan ex, SCoB and similar stuff on the Vita? Wasn't there too much lag?

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how did you do stuff like titan ex, SCoB and similar stuff on the Vita? Wasn't there too much lag?

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I made the most of it, but it wasn't perfect. Sometimes it lagged inputs, sometimes I got disconnected to be left at the mercy of surrounding monsters or impatient players, and sometimes the connection got weak and turned into a grey, pixelated clusterfuck that blinded me. But it was worth the trouble thb. I was very persistent with it and had gotten more instances of solid gameplay than bad ones. It was either use remoteplay or not play AT ALL for 10 months. I used a mobile hotspot and the connections were very solid during the late nights (past 11pm). As long as the connection runs at 3mb upload speed, it'll be playable. I even managed to play it while I was all the way in England. But don't expect it to be 100% smooth the whole way though.

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Originally Posted by REPROBEAN_CHILD

Since you use the ps4, you could always get a vita and use remote play. I was away from my ps4 for 10 months, so it was the main method of playing ffxiv. Please note that you need a solid connection and when a connection decreases, the screen will get messy. I had to be persistent with it and it paid off lol

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You actually don't need a vita anymore as you can remote play through a PC/Mac now.

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Originally Posted by Asmodai

There is nothing you can do on a mac that I cant do on a PC.

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This is true.

Things like Macros, Equipment sets, hotbars, (and other things) don't make the transition between PC and PS4 so you'll have to set all of those up again.

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Originally Posted by Cnidarian

You actually don't need a vita anymore as you can remote play through a PC/Mac now.

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I find the Vita better to use, although that's just me. It's less demanding than the PC in terms of upload speed (3-5mps vs 12mps) and Windows 10 is mandatory. It's also somewhat buggy. I don't know if it's a design flaw, but having the controller connected via USB and then moving the controller around, even slightly, can cause this. And when the connection drops, it makes a cringworthy stuttering sound before being disconnected.