Should Unreal Engine be 'put out to pasture'?

arc@css · 15 Jun 2011 at 12:53

I liked in particular the water streaming down the stone surfaces in the above video.

Indy500 · 15 Jun 2011 at 13:09

It's not so great when it comes to facial expressions on characters (the "smile" in Mass Effect 2 being one noticable example). Not very good with larger numbers of models on-screen either. Then again that might be poor implementation on the part of developers.

James J · 15 Jun 2011 at 13:22

Mr. May said:
i thought bulletstrom had very good graphics and the AA is probably the best i've seen in recent games tbh

Was about to say the same thing. Bulletstorm is a prime example of U3 engine done properly. It runs insanely well and looks really good.

Nymins · 15 Jun 2011 at 13:33

UE3 is annoying when developers use it badly, but games that use it to its potential look and play great.

Arkham Asylum, ME1+2, Bulletstorm, Gears are prime examples of the engine being used properly.

MouthBoy · 15 Jun 2011 at 13:34

The Unreal Engine is very very easy to use and work with. If you have a single programmer with knowledge of something like C++, UScript is easy to understand and Kismet simplifies things even more.

I completely agree that it seems that mostUnreal games have that same feel about them and are easy to spot, but this is not down to the engine choice. Its down to the developers. I bet most people here could tell if a game was made in Unity3D, CryEngine, UDK or Source.

pioneer2000 · 15 Jun 2011 at 13:40

Is UE3 the one that causes games to look ridiculous with textures not loading in properly / promptly?

Rroff · 15 Jun 2011 at 14:31

UE2/3 can use deferred texture loading BioShock was one where it was quite noticeable.

LeJosh · 15 Jun 2011 at 14:39

I would like to see more engines but it's getting extremely cost ineffective.

pioneer2000 · 15 Jun 2011 at 14:39

Mass effect 1 & 2, Duke Nukem, Singularity and Gears of War 1 & 2 are the main culprits i've come across.

nshire · 15 Jun 2011 at 15:16

Source games even pre source Valve games has the same feeling.
Unreal Engine games they do and can feel different eg sanctum v Mass Effect don't have the same feel. While global agenda does feel a bit like Mass Effect.

daninthemix · 15 Jun 2011 at 15:18

I suppose what gets me the most is Bioshock 2. PC game released in 2010, and the quality of the textures is just shocking, not to mention the jaggies if you don't force some sort of hardware AA.

Craig R · 15 Jun 2011 at 15:33

daninthemix said:
I'm disappointed with the visuals on UE games these days - Bishock 2, Mass Effect 2 etc. Most have problems with anti aliasing, the definition on textures leaves a lot to be desired etc.

What do you think?

I think there's nothing wrong with the visuals on ME2: :confused:

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