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Velvet Assassin sneaks onto Mac.

Started by Wumpus, Jan 18 2013 10:30 AM

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#1 Wumpus

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Posted 18 January 2013 - 10:30 AM

This is interesting..it actually came out December 21st, but I just noticed it now. Its also only $3 on the app store: https://itunes.apple...586878367?mt=12 which is hard to pass up. I mean.. $3??

I played this on the PC back in 2009. It wasn't bad, but I remember not finishing it. Still a Mac version is tempting. Also again..$3.

Thought I'd post it here since there's no news anywhere except the companies FB page.

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#2 Sargiel

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Posted 18 January 2013 - 11:57 AM

Nice find - and a bargain price

#3 Frost

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Posted 18 January 2013 - 02:15 PM

Looks like an interesting game, and I can afford to be wrong for $3. Think I'll pick it up.

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Posted 20 January 2013 - 04:12 AM

Worth the tiny price but sure wish you could manually save or that the checkpoints were closer as you spend a fair bit of time waiting for enemies to walk to the right spot to take them out.

#5 mindnoise

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Posted 20 January 2013 - 06:23 PM

Nice, game I played the original PC version already. It's hard as hell and the stealth killing pattern is quite rigid. Like one of the platformers where one wrong jumb means death. BUt I like ti more that you are not so overpowered like SplinterCell.
But the atmosphere is amazing, the bleak description of the 'THE WAR' keeps you tense.

There are some PC reviews if you are unsure.

And if this game is too hard the files weapons.cfg and difficulty.cfy inside contents > resources > data >aio works just as in the old version.
Just copy them outside, edit them and copy them back. Otherwise you have to be logged in as root.
There are a some infos on the web for more acceptable settings.

And Oh Yeah, this runs just as nice on a MBP 2011 aka i5, intel HD3000. It seems this Mac Version runs more fluid than the PC version with W7 Bootcamp.

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#6 Frost

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Posted 20 January 2013 - 09:00 PM

Unfortunately this does not run too well on my 8600M GT, but hey. $3 is an investment for when I've got a beefier machine. I like what I've seen thus far though. Lot of negative reviews, and Yahtzee's brutalizing it was hilarious as always, but it seems a very worthwhile game regardless.

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Posted 21 January 2013 - 09:50 AM

I have a MacPro 1,1 (8 Gig RAM, 3.0 GHz, ATI 4870 HD, 10.6.8). No matter what settings I have, it plays very slowly and the shadows are way overdone. This game should play fairly smoothly. I suspect this is related to 10.6.x vs. 10.7.5 requirements. Anyone else playing under 10.6.8 ?

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