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Much props to the maintainers for making this available at all, but I gotta say that as a user (gamer), the experience is a pain. Some games work, sort of, after a lot of configuration (often with outdated instructions, https://github.com/Whisky-App/Whisky/wiki/Game-Support. Many games don't work at all, or only work on some platforms (e.g. Battle.net but not Steam for Diablo 4). Dozens of issues remain unaddressed: https://github.com/Whisky-App/Whisky/issues
I wish Apple would hire a team to properly maintain this, the way Valve has done with Proton and Steam Deck Verified.
In the meantime, I find that GeForce Now (https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce-now/) provides a much more seamless, one-click-and-play experience. It works every time and doesn't break on every update, etc. Its primary downside (aside from a very reasonable monthly subscription fee) is that it has a relatively small game library, with only a subset of Steam/Epic/Xbox title available to play. But of the games it supports, it provides an overwhelmingly better experience than Whisky, GPT, or even native Apple Silicon gaming. The 4080 is dramatically more powerful than even the highest end Mac, and running it in the cloud means no local noise or heat, and much much better battery life. For anyone interested in actually gaming on a Mac without headaches, with good graphics and a good framerate, I'd strongly recommend GFN and just ignoring the ports or emulation layers. It's just a much better experience.
