TPA (steam version) Mac vs Windows?

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Surf1der

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I just bought the season 1 pack on sale today on Steam. I have a bootcamp partition which has Windows 7 on it. I don't want to install it on both Windows and OS X. I would rather install on OS X so I don't have to boot into windows. But if the windows version is significantly better I would rather play the better version. Any suggestions from those who have played on both platforms?

 

night

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I believe the graphics are better on the PC version, Steam OSX = iOS version.

 

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Megahurtz

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Windows version by far. The OSX port is horribly neglected.

 

wizard33

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on Mac, there is this awful nudging method using the mouse.
That being said, I can't see any "major" trouble
If only the 2 nudge buttons could be configured on the keyboard.. let's hope that is implemented in v4 for Mac

 

EldarOfSuburbia

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You need some serious grunt in your Mac to get it playable, plus you're unlikely to have a monitor that can run it in portrait mode. I would say forget about running it on a MacBook because they just don't have the juice to make it run smoothly.

 

superballs

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The steam version for iOS is not the same as the standalone iTunes app version. Steam version is the steam version and the same on both platforms

 

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Megahurtz

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That is not true at all. The OSX port is dramatically different compared to the Windows one.

The Mac App Store version seemed identical to the Steam OSX version last time I bothered to look. The OSX version is a cheap port of the iOS app. If you have any choice, go with the Windows one.

 

superballs

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Are you talking about the steam version?

 

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Megahurtz

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Yes. Steam has different versions of TPA for Windows and OSX. The OSX version you download from Steam is the same version as you get from the Mac App Store, both of which are very different from the Windows version.

 

superballs

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Man where are the I'm a mac I'm a pc commercials now

 

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Well thanks for the info. I decided to just download the windows version and stick with that (per everyone's recommendations). It looks pretty good. It has some jaggies but otherwise plays smoothly.

 

wizard33

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To get a Mac OSX version similar to Windows, and not a silly iOS port, I made a little movie which is a pledge to get nudging buttons for Mac OSX

http://www.macreparations.com/TPA/my_tpa_devices_1m42s.mov