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[Cougar]

This was inevitable as it is a Unity game and Wizards had said that they want the game on as many platforms as possible. But, MTG Arena has a formal Mac announcement now. https://magic.wizard...nter-2019-08-19

Been playing since the Alpha and it’s quite good. Super polished interface, full control. Mostly fair FTP mechanics though drafts could be cheaper.

Hope iOS is next...

[Camper-Hunter]

Sadly it's yet another EGS exlusive. Though you can still download directly from the developer's site, so that's not the worse.

[Janichsan]

The Mac news is a less surprising than it sounds: there was a statement by an official very early on, even before the public beta launched, that a Mac version was definitely planned, but wouldn't be coming before the game is out of Early Access. Which seems to be the case now. Mobile versions are also on their roadmap.

As for the EGS "exclusity": Meh. There's still the standalone version, so who cares?

[Camper-Hunter]

Janichsan, on 20 August 2019 - 01:31 PM, said:

There's still the standalone version, so who cares?

People who prefer their games on Steam, for whatever reason (community and friends, achievements, preferred launcher, more interesting sales overall, etc.).

[Janichsan]

Camper-Hunter, on 20 August 2019 - 03:25 PM, said:

People who prefer their games on Steam, for whatever reason (community and friends, achievements, preferred launcher, more interesting sales overall, etc.).

I meant in this specific case. MTG Arena uses it's own matchmaking. It has its own friends list. It's F2P and the only purchaseable thing connected to it is in-game currency (which never really go on sale on Steam for comparable games). And if you really want Steam to launch it and use the Steam community features in-game, you can easily add the stand-alone version to it.

[macdude22]

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[Macster]

This game feels dead for all other platforms except PC. No updates on Mobile platforms have been forthcoming from what I can tell. Anyone have any new info on either a Mac or iOS port for this game?

[Cougar]

Macster, on 26 January 2020 - 06:07 PM, said:

This game feels dead for all other platforms except PC. No updates on Mobile platforms have been forthcoming from what I can tell. Anyone have any new info on either a Mac or iOS port for this game?

They’ve always said the Mac version would come in winter, after the Epic version (which was just released.) The Mac version appears in their January development roadmap here: https://magic.wizard...uary-2020-01-10

[Thain Esh Kelch]

Uh, I have to try it then. I played a lot of MTG as a kid. They lost me around 6th age as things started getting somewhat crazy and less balanced.

[Cougar]

Thain Esh Kelch, on 27 January 2020 - 02:34 AM, said:

Uh, I have to try it then. I played a lot of MTG as a kid. They lost me around 6th age as things started getting somewhat crazy and less balanced.

Oh boy, you're just going to love Plansewalkers, then...

[Thain Esh Kelch]

Cougar, on 27 January 2020 - 03:27 AM, said:

Oh boy, you're just going to love Plansewalkers, then...

From a quick google search.... You are absolutely right! They look crazy fraked up. How often can they use, what I am assuming are activated abilities, listed on the sides of the cards?

[Cougar]

Thain Esh Kelch, on 27 January 2020 - 07:52 AM, said:

From a quick google search.... You are absolutely right! They look crazy fraked up. How often can they use, what I am assuming are activated abilities, listed on the sides of the cards?

Once when you can play a sorcery, and only one ability per turn. But they’re still pretty crazy.

[Macster]

Thanks for the article link. Now I am much happier. =)

I only recently got into Magic (just kitchen table with a buddy of mine on weekends). I dont follow most formats but I am familiar with a few of them. Next week we are going to try our first pauper matches, can't wait. It will also be great to get arena for the times we cant meet so we can get a match or two going online. I also hope as the game develops they give us a way to scan our physical cards into the game.

[Cougar]

Macster, on 30 January 2020 - 11:57 PM, said:

I also hope as the game develops they give us a way to scan our physical cards into the game.

They give you codes for buying some preconstructed decks. I don't think they'll ever do anything more than that. You can also get codes for a free Limited event by attending prerelease tourneys. See here for more on this, and some free codes.

[Macster]

Cougar, on 31 January 2020 - 12:11 PM, said:

They give you codes for buying some preconstructed decks. I don't think they'll ever do anything more than that. You can also get codes for a free Limited event by attending prerelease tourneys. See here for more on this, and some free codes.

Shame they wont do more. I live in Japan and have to get imported packs to get my Magic fix. I dont have time to attend magic events and even if I did I doulbt I would get the most out of them here and they are far away to boot. But thanks for the link!

[Cougar]

It comes out Thursday.

Unfortunately, it's Epic only, unlike the Windows version. There is no plans for a standalone release.

Also, the lack of attention to detail with the system requirements ("macOSX/10," "Core i5") doesn't instill me with confidence.

[Janichsan]

Cougar, on 22 June 2020 - 10:35 AM, said:

Unfortunately, it's Epic only, unlike the Windows version. There is no plans for a standalone release

Boo!

[Janichsan]

The Mac version's available now.

[Janichsan]

I eventually caved and installed the EGS launcher to give the Mac version of the game a try – and it's actually not really good: you can't play fullscreen on 16:10 screens (which works fine under Windows), the game has to validate the assets on every launch because there's an alleged problem, store pages are almost unreadably small on Retina screens, scrolling through lists is borked, the game crashes reproduceably when trying to start matches a certain way, and last but not least, starting the Mac version reset my progress partially. The cards I've earned under Windows are still all there, but I had to replay the introductory AI matches to unlock PVP.