I bought the official Cider port of Prince of Persia for a few reasons:
- It was cheap – www.mupromo.com had the game for $25 (sans DRM)
- Ubisoft makes quite a few games that I like - including Assassin’s Creed and Prince of Persia
- Every once in a while you have to support a big Mac publisher out of principle
- Indie games are great, but sometimes you just need a big budget extravaganza
Initially I was quite bummed, as the performance on my MacBook Pro was pretty bad under 10.5.8. Changing between the 9400m and 9600m GT netted no frame rate improvement. My LCD’s native resolution was out of the question – 1440*900 was no good. But neither were lower resolutions down to 720p. Yikes!
After my 10.6.1 upgrade, Prince of Persia plays much better. Using the 9600m GT I have the game running smoothly at 1440*900 (low) and the game looks great. The art style is terrific and makes up for low visual settings required for a decent frame-rate. Action platforming games such as Prince of Persia really benefit from a steady frame-rate because timing is everything.
Not a scientific test at all. But it should give hope to my fellow Mac gaming sufferers.
