![]() The visuals looks the same as with the iPad Pro. ![]() Update: In case you are wondering how Beyond a Steel Sky plays on the iPhone 11 Pro. MacBook Pro + AMD RX 5700 XT 11″ iPad Pro (2018) While the game is still very playable on the iPad Pro, the visuals is simply day and night. MacBook Pro + AMD RX 5700 XT 11″ iPad Pro (2018)Īt darker scenes like the screenshots below, the difference in colour and lighting is stark. This is hard to capture on a screenshot, However, I can definitely see it when playing the game. But at the highest visual settings, you also get a depth of field and motion blur effects. On the MacBook Pro with a RX 5700 XT powering the game, much better lighting and colours is a given. ![]() Here’s a few of screenshots I took in game of the same scene to get a better comparison. On the iPad Pro, the colours are flatter. So while the visuals may not be as great, I do get a longer battery life when playing the game.Īs you can see from the screenshot above, the lighting effect is clearly better on my Mac. Therefore I suspect that the settings are tuned down and is standard across all iPads at the moment. I also observed that my 11″ iPad Pro (2018 model) doesn’t heat up even after long hours of play. The game is equally playable on the iPad with a game controller. The lighting is a lot more natural when the settings are set at its highest levels. The visuals on the MacBook Pro with a GPU like the AMD RX 5700 XT is very impressive. I’ve also set all the visual effects to the Epic setting. I set the game to run at the highest detail level. The AMD RX 5700 XT is quite a power horse. Checking out the neons displays all across Union City Beyond a Steel Sky on the MacBook Pro powered by an AMD RX 5700 XTįirstly, let’s take a quick look at the visuals of Beyond a Steel Sky on my Mac. But of course, with a Sapphire Puls e AMD RX 5700 XT sitting in a Raxer Core X eGPU enclosure. Here, I will share the visuals of the game running on my iPad Pro and MacBook Pro. A game like this should be played on a Mac to fully appreciate the visuals. But occasional, a game title like Beyond a Steel Sky drops. For me, that’s mostly between my iPhone and iPad. With Apple Arcade, you can seamlessly play the game between all your Apple devices. ![]() But wait, this isn’t a review of the game. It reminds me of the good ol’ adventure games that I used to play during my teen years. Beyond the Steel Sky is the highly anticipated sequel to the 1994 released Beneath a Steel Sky. He's been gaming since the Atari 2600 days and still struggles to comprehend the fact he can play console quality titles on his pocket computer.I’ve been playing Beyond a Steel Sky that has just been released on Apple Arcade. Oliver also covers mobile gaming for iMore, with Apple Arcade a particular focus. Current expertise includes iOS, macOS, streaming services, and pretty much anything that has a battery or plugs into a wall. Since then he's seen the growth of the smartphone world, backed by iPhone, and new product categories come and go. Having grown up using PCs and spending far too much money on graphics card and flashy RAM, Oliver switched to the Mac with a G5 iMac and hasn't looked back. At iMore, Oliver is involved in daily news coverage and, not being short of opinions, has been known to 'explain' those thoughts in more detail, too. He has also been published in print for Macworld, including cover stories. Oliver Haslam has written about Apple and the wider technology business for more than a decade with bylines on How-To Geek, PC Mag, iDownloadBlog, and many more.
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