Macbook Pro (Retina) & Gaming?

Hello all.

So I'm new to the Mac side of the fence, very tired of Windows, and now am the (so far, proud) owner of a Macbook Pro 13" with retina display.

My question is, is this computer made to run commercial games?

Not like apps. I'm talking like, I put The Sims 4 on here last night. I started to run it and it didn't recognize my video card, but it set graphics to ultra anyway, and it LOOKED great, maybe ran a tad slower, but before I could even knock the graphics down a peg, my Mac started making this awful sound like a jet engine revving up to take flight..? O.o I knew that it'd have to work a little harder... but jeez! It sounded way worse than it should've to me. It started getting hot just like that so I cut the game off and let it cool down.

So, I ask this because I am new to the Mac world.. Are Macbook Pro's generally cut out for highly demanding software like that?