

The Witcher is another one of those games that i have been wanting to play for a good while. I have heard a ton of great feedback and the recent release of it’s sequel The Witcher 2 also received similar praise.

So when I logged into Steam the other day to be greeted by a message that it had been ported to Mac I was thrilled. I have both Windows and Mac OS on my desktop but I like to get everything on Mac because that is where I work and it saves me switching over. So having another great game to play while on Mac was a no brainer, I bought it immediately. But I was quickly disappointed.

Wine Deficiency – Fatal Error

So when the game crashed within the first few minutes of gameplay, and continued to do so every time I played on any settings, I was pretty disappointed. I was disappointed not just because I had wasted my money buying a Mac port that didn’t work but because a port developer had released a really shitty attempt at porting a game.

And in case you are thinking it’s just me, this is happening to the vast majority of Mac users on a wide range of systems. Just check out the Steam forums.

Here is a screenshot of the crash:

After pressing close the game locks up and must be force-quit. Pretty frustrating.

I have contacted both The Witcher support and CDProjeckt (the people who did the port) but so far no word. I am optimistic that this will be fixed but until a patch is actually released I would hold off on buying it yourself.

Such a huge error and such poor support are really disappointing, I wish Steam would be more thorough in checking the games they accept onto their platform but that is unlikely to happen.

[UPDATE]

I just got a response from one of the QA team over at CDProjeckt. No fixes but an assurance that they are working on it and a patch will be posted soon. Check out the response below. They are from Poland so expect the English to be a little bit broken.

If you are hoping this gets resolved like myself then check back here in a few days or a week, I’ll update it if a patch is released or if a fix is found. Until then, save your money.



