How to play Ir/rational Investigator on Mac
Game summary
From the writer & narrative designer of Penumbra, FTL and Driver: San Francisco comes Ir/rational Investigator - a noir adventure game with a unique, text-based argument system that lets players use deductive logic to solve cases and influence the story.
The game follows Rick Lombardo, a private dick in a town short on cops and overflowing with scum. It's a town where any Tom, Dick or Sally can get themselves a license to solve crime, or failing that: a gun, a reputation and a bad attitude.
The game is due for release episodically, for iPhone and PC, some time in 2013.
It's a commercial follow up to Ir/rational Redux, which garnered over half a million plays web-wide, and a coveted 4/5 user score on Newgrounds. In fact, if you want to know what Ir/rational is, you can play it right now!
Play Ir/rational Investigator on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)
The easiest way to play Ir/rational Investigator on a Mac is through Parallels, which allows you to virtualize a Windows machine on Macs. The setup is very easy and it works for Apple Silicon Macs as well as for older Intel-based Macs.
Parallels supports the latest version of DirectX and OpenGL, allowing you to play the latest PC games on any Mac. The latest version of DirectX is up to 20% faster.
Our favorite feature of Parallels Desktop is that when you turn off your virtual machine, all the unused disk space gets returned to your main OS, thus minimizing resource waste (which used to be a problem with virtualization).
Ir/rational Investigator installation steps for Mac
Step 1
Go to Parallels.com and download the latest version of the software.
Step 2
Follow the installation process and make sure you allow Parallels in your Mac’s security preferences (it will prompt you to do so).
Step 3
When prompted, download and install Windows 10. The download is around 5.7GB. Make sure you give it all the permissions that it asks for.
Step 4
Once Windows is done installing, you are ready to go. All that’s left to do is install Ir/rational Investigator like you would on any PC.
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