Civ BE for Mac Postponed

[jpinoniemi]

I don't normally check the other forums, but I found this in the Civ BE forum. I thought I would share it here since it is Mac related.

http://www.tuaw.com/2014/08/27/civilization-beyond-earth-for-mac-has-been-postponed-indefinite/

 

[forty2j]

Yep. I can take a guess at what happened here. Aspyr's process started with a home-grown toolkit that converted DX9 to OpenGL. Civ BE requires DX11 - no DX9 version - so Aspyr needs to update the toolkit. They probably planned to do that anyway, but now they have to, on a deadline. And they ran into something - a bug, a performance issue, whatever - and need time to fix it. And 2K being 2K, they really don't care if other platforms are ready to go live; if the PC code is done, they send it out to the masses, and don't really give a hoot about Mac (or Linux, now).

The most puzzling part of 2K's policies is that they nominally support cross-platform multiplayer, but routinely break cross-platform compatibility by releasing a patch for one platform while the other platform is still developing.

I really don't get why 2K bothers to license for the other platforms at all.

Anyway, my bootcamp partition is ready

 

[jpinoniemi]

I was a little disappointed when I heard the news, but now, not so much. I didn't like Alpha Centauri and this looks like a redux.

If and when it is released for Mac, I'll purchase it. I don't do bootcamp just for gaming.

 

[forty2j]

I never played Alpha Centauri, so I don't really know, but I've heard the developers talk quite a bit about how this isn't really the same thing, and outside of being vaguely "Civ in space" they don't have much in common. There's plenty of gameplay footage posted on Steam; you'll have to take a look at your leisure and come to your own conclusions.

I don't enjoy bootcamp - but it's necessary, sometimes. I have Windows friends I game with, and the Mac version of the game is either frequently out of sync (Civ) or not released until years later (Total War Shogun 2) or nonexistent at all. So when the OS X version exists and is the correct version, I play it, and otherwise, into the fiery depths of Windows I go. Just requires about $100 up front investment and about an hour a month in upkeep.

 

[Sid]

Or, you might believe this.

 

[forty2j]

Or, you might believe this.

It's interesting, but at this point I don't think we want to trust the Mac / Linux release date unless it comes from Aspyr.

 

[forty2j]

And here's Aspyr's word. Not Oct 24.

http://blog.gameagent.com/faqs-sid-meiers-civilization-beyond-earth-maclinux/

 

[jpinoniemi]

Thanks for that info forty2j, that's better news that before!

 

[CGPanama]

And here's Aspyr's word. Not Oct 24.

http://blog.gameagent.com/faqs-sid-meiers-civilization-beyond-earth-maclinux/

All I can think is: how vague can you be? Holiday season? Veteran's day is a holiday and that is only a couple of weeks away. Thanksgiving? Hanukkah? Christmas? Kwanzaa? New Year's Eve? Boxing day?

NATIONAL CHOCOLATE COVERED ANYTHING DAY!??!!



Fortunately, I am willing to wait on this going on sale. Just doesn't hold the same appeal for me as Civ Historical.

 

[forty2j]

Did you read the system requirements? Yosemite is required. And it, uh, just came out. They've probably been developing against the Beta, but haven't been able to go into QA until the operating system was released. So I venture that now they're officially testing it, and they'll release it when all the major bugs fall out.

 

[jpinoniemi]

Aspyr is pushing the pre-orders from Game Agent's website through Steam when I launch the game.

Pre-Order link goes here:

https://www.gameagent.com/games/sid...&utm_medium=Steam&utm_campaign=CivBE-PreOrder

Released Dec 31, 2099

No pre-order available yet on Steam

 

[forty2j]

Released Dec 31, 2099

So, after the great mistake, but early in the ensuing dark age?

 

[misterchief]

If I buy the game for Windows through Steam, when the Mac version gets released, I'll get that version for free, right?

 

[forty2j]

If I buy the game for Windows through Steam, when the Mac version gets released, I'll get that version for free, right?

Yep. Confirmed in Aspyr's FAQ.

 

[beetle]

I would be curious to know: Where Mac owners who pre-ordered expecting an universal launch date were offered a refund? Or was the Linux/OS X delay announced ahead of them actually taking money?

For my own part, I decided quite a while ago that I would be waiting for the first balance patch, and not buying before the holidays anyway. I was an early adopter for III and then IV, but I learned my lesson and waited quite a while before buying V, and I only relatively recently started with BNW. That was a good call!

 

[forty2j]

As far as I know you have never been able to prepurchase BE in a place that advertised Mac availability on a certain date.


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