Best current MAC Game Recommendations Please

[Mobsta]

So... I finally bought a MAC
For work.
Dont have much time for gaming, maybe a couple of games a year.

If I had to buy just one or two games which really showed off what this snazzy new machine can do as well as being thoroughly addictive (just generally popular well polished modern games really) - what would you lot recommend.

Ive games bought from every genre in the days when I played more often, so am genuinely open to anything, except perhaps sports games.

I know Macs aren't the gamers choice, as there isn't much choice, but as I only play a game or two a year, what is on the must have list of modern releases?
Suggestions welcome. I have no DVD drive (if that makes a difference).
Huge thanks in advance.

[mmm-five]

With no DVD drive, you'll have to either buy and external DVD drive, or use one of the game download services (iTunes, Steam, Origin),

As for games on the Mac, I've enjoyed Borderlands 2 & The Witcher 2 recently - but I'll warn you now that some of these games require a serious (for a Mac) CPU/GPU. I'm running these on an old dual quad core 2.8ghz MacPro with 16gb RAM and a HD6850 card.

[Mobsta]

mmm-five said:

With no DVD drive, you'll have to either buy and external DVD drive, or use one of the game download services (iTunes, Steam, Origin),

As for games on the Mac, I've enjoyed Borderlands 2 & The Witcher 2 recently - but I'll warn you now that some of these games require a serious (for a Mac) CPU/GPU. I'm running these on an old dual quad core 2.8ghz MacPro with 16gb RAM and a HD6850 card.

I'll youtube/google those games right after posting. Are all the major releases available from iTunes.

I bought a 27in iMac, so have the MX chip.
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX 2GB GDDR5
3.4GHz Quad-core with the Intel Core i7
... I upgraded all options possible, wherever I could, except the RAM (stuck with 8 gigs) and the HD space, which doesnt affect performance...
Would that rig run most games at a high-ish spec? Or would a 2560x resolution slow things down noticeably?

[Mobsta]

Noob question alert - do mac games have to be played full screen like the PS3, or can they be played in windows running on the mac desktop?

[mizx]

Mobsta said:

Would that rig run most games at a high-ish spec? Or would a 2560x resolution slow things down noticeably?

I've been a little out of the loop of late but as far as I know, yes with ease and negligibly if at all.

Mobsta said:

Noob question alert - do mac games have to be played full screen like the PS3, or can they be played in windows running on the mac desktop?

I wouldn't have thought so, I can't imagine games like those mentioned above are any different in having the option of playing in a window on the Mac. There's no real reason to unless you need some screen space for other windows, that monitor at 2560x1440 gives a reasonable space around a windowed game playing in full HD.

[Slink]

if younhave a windows CD and cd key you can run bootcamp out of the utilitys and make a duel boot into windows, so you can play all the windows games on a mac, on windows.

[mmm-five]

Spec should be fine for running the games at that resolution (assuming they support that resolution), but you may find med/high settings better/faster/smoother than trying for 'ultra' settings.

Only way to really see is to try one.

[Mobsta]

mmm-five said:

Spec should be fine for running the games at that resolution (assuming they support that resolution), but you may find med/high settings better/faster/smoother than trying for 'ultra' settings.

Only way to really see is to try one.

I read mizx's response - the reason for asking was, I might want all game settings on full whack, but not want all 27 inches of the display, displaying the game, hence the query about the window. Its been ages since Ive played a game on any computer... perhaps games load with black borders/menus outside the game. I wasnt wanting to multitask with other apps running, in that sense of the game playing in a window.