If you have mac don't even try to play with the official port. it's slow and it crash every minutes. If you want you can install with playonmac. You can then change the version of wine with the last and play well. But you will sure get some grafics glitch. For me this is better then the 2, because I prefer the story in the witcher 1 and the old school combact system. The best chapter is the second, I really enjoy the investigation part.
This game is really awesome. The story (the most important part for me) it's great. But there are some bugs in mac version. For example VSync is bugged, I can play fluid 60fps without vsync while I can't with it (I get like 15 fps with vsync active). Also sometimes audio go mute (2 times during the epiloge). But the port is great anyway, and the game is awesome. I suggest to play the witcher 1 first.
I have only play this. And I really can't understand why people love this game so much. I can understand the orrible grafic (it's a very old game) but it's really difficult to play this game... not only because it's difficult it also have some "lag" on command. The story it's the only great part but not so great. It's not original. If you are not a nostalgic one I think that you can stay away from this game... but if you are curios buy it and try.
I can only say I love this game, and for play it on my mac without bootcamp or virtual machine I use playonmac and it works very well.
2 premises. 1. I tried to install it on Windows 8.1, do not start. 2. Having mac I decided to install it via playonmac, I wrote the procedure I used on the forum portingteam. The game itself is very slow to start. It is divided into 9 "layers" called memories. For the first 3 levels you feel like you always do the same things. It is very repetitive but it has a merit you learn really well all the commands that are used in the game (very complex, so much so that at first the game constantly reminds them to you). From 4th level you start to get serious, the game has a surge of difficulty and becomes much less repetitive. The graphics, although dated, is truly spectacular. Jerusalem seems to be true. The idea of the horses to get around is implemented very well. Both movements that the fights are very complex. This is due to the two modes that can be used. But to jump from the roofs is a really amazing feeling. The fights are very various. In general, the difficulty is not very high, the game presents problems of repeatability. But the ideas implemented are clearly focused on the future. The story is very original, even if the ending is very open. I've played with the keyboard, I can say that in the beginning there are too many commands, thanks to the 3 initial levels you can play without too much trouble. We see that somehow born as game consoles, and certainly is not for the old style players (the fights are too much action, little reflection), but personally I wanted to give it a chance because it is the only assassin's creed sold without DRM. I am happy to have made and I hope that Ubisoft understands that sell their games without DRM helps reduce piracy. Do not promise anyone that you will love this game. The game in itself is worth 4 stars, I gave it one star less for the labor to install it in my language (Italian) since on windows 8.1 vmware did not work, and on mac I had to work very hard.
This game is really good. One of my favourite. then why 4 start? because it have a little problem it's just a little short (you can finish it in few hours). The game it's perfect but it's like play a good demo because when you finish it you want more... But they made it in a day so I cannot really complain about it. it's a 4 start but you have to buy it and play it, because it worth your time (and since it is short there is not even the excuse of "I have no time")
