How to play Tropico 5: Epic Meltdown on Mac
Game summary
Epic Meltdown, the third DLC pack for Tropico 5, presents a slew of new exciting scenarios, buildings and avatar items. Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition, but El Presidente even goes so far as to invite them to save Tropico's tormented soul. In Supercomputer, El Presidente seeks the world's knowledge and the answer to the mother of all questions. Yet to finally convince the world of Tropical's cultural superiority once and for all, T-Day tasks you to make the world's best movie to put all others ever made to shame.
Epic Meltdown also comes with new atmospheric pieces of music and maps for all game modes
. - 3 new single player scenarios with a new story and new assignments
. - 3 new buildings for all game modes: the Inquisition, Supercomputer and the Fortress
. - 3 new avatar items: Inquisitor's Hat, Headphones and World War Helmet
. - 3 new maps: Cobao, Isla del Rey and Becouya.
. - 3 new pieces of music and new dialogues with additional voice acting.
Play Tropico 5: Epic Meltdown on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)
The easiest way to play Tropico 5: Epic Meltdown 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).
Tropico 5: Epic Meltdown 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 Tropico 5: Epic Meltdown like you would on any PC.
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