Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond is one of the most revolutionary first-person shooters developed to play in VR. The game brings its players back to the historically terrific and devastating events of World War II. Being one of the French resistance participants, you will be tasked to reach high-stake missions and help other nations liberate Europe from the Fascist regime. A deep single-player campaign saturated with volatile action will navigate you through historic events in various battle realms – achieve superiority on land, air, and sea while seizing Nazi bases and subverting their plans. Highly dynamic clashes accompanied by Virtual Reality will make you keep your hands always in tension to dodge flying grenades and enemy bullets. Above and Beyond also features a multiplayer where players are able to build their team and compete against other soldiers in achieving various military objectives. Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond is truly immersive leaving no room for boredom and desire to quit. It is worth mentioning that the game holds quite a high plank for system requirements – at least NVIDIA GTX 1080 and 180 GB of space will be required to install the game and play it using one of the 4 VR helmets. Although the game has official support for Windows only, it can be played on macOS as well. Explore our tutorial below to learn all the possible methods to do it.
System Requirements
| Minimal | Recommended |
|---|---|
| OS: Windows 10 (64-bit) | OS: Windows 10 (64-bit) |
| Processor: Intel i7 9700K equivalent or greater | Processor: Intel i7 9700K equivalent or greater |
| RAM: 16 GB | RAM: 16 GB |
| Video card: NVIDIA GTX 1080 equivalent or greater | Video card: NVIDIA RTX 2080 equivalent or greater |
| Storage: 180 GB | Storage: 180 GB |
| VR helmet required | |
Play Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond on Mac with Parallels
Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond requires lots of PC resources, but if you have a powerful Mac computer (iMac, iMac Pro, or Mac Pro) Parallels Desktop can be a solution. This is an application that allows for Windows virtualization on Mac with the full support of DirectX and GPUs. In simpler terms, what this means is that it allows you to install Windows 10 on Mac with just a couple of clicks and switch between MacOS and Windows instantly. So you will be able to run Windows, install Steam, and enjoy the Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond game on Mac just like on a regular PC.
Note: Recommended devices to run resource-demanding games: MacBook Pro (models with an Intel processor, discrete graphics cards, and 16 GB of RAM or more), iMac (models with Intel processor, discrete graphics cards, and 16 GB of RAM or more), iMac Pro (all models are suitable), Mac Pro (all models are suitable). Parallels on Mac computers with M1 (M1 Pro, M1 Max) chips may not support recent games. Games that require DirectX 12 and later are currently not supported by Parallels. AppsOnMac recommends using Parallels’ free trial feature to determine whether you can run the game or not if you’re uncertain.
Play Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond on Mac with cloud gaming services
If you have an old Mac or it cannot satisfy the Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond game system requirements, there is an easy solution. Cloud gaming services will be happy to provide you with sufficient computing power – though not for free, of course. All you need is a browser or a small client program and a good internet connection starting from 15 MBit/s. There are several great platforms that provide these services, among the best are Boosteroid, Xbox Cloud Gaming, and Nvidia GeForce Now.
Play Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond on Mac with BootCamp
Note: Mac computers with new Apple Silicon (M1, M2, M3 Pro, or M1, M2, M3 Max) currently do not support BootCamp. In this case, please, use the options above to run Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond on Mac
This method is simple but time-consuming. If your Mac meets all the system requirements above, you can play Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond on Mac by installing Windows. You need to set up a dual boot of Windows and Mac via BootCamp. This is an application that allows users to choose the system to work in on startup, however, you won’t be able to switch between systems like in Parallels. You will need to reboot your machine every time you want to switch from Mac to Windows and vice versa. Remember that Mac is just a computer, in the end. And while newer Macs have their own special Apple Silicon chips that cannot run Windows, older Macs are very much similar to computers that run Windows, they have Intel processors, compatible RAM, disks, and other components. So you can install Windows on an older Mac by allocating no less than 64 GB of disk space (to be able to run Windows and a couple of games) and following these steps:
For OS X El Capitan 10.11 and older
For MacOS versions prior to OS X El Capitan 10.11 you will need to create a bootable Windows USB.
- Download this Windows ISO file.
- Open Boot Camp Assistant (Go to Applications > Utilities).
- Define the Windows partition size and choose the Windows ISO file you’ve downloaded.
- Format the Windows partition and go through all Windows installation steps.
- When Windows boots for the first time, follow on-screen instructions to install Boot Camp and Windows support software (drivers)