Snowdrop Engine - GDC 2014

shankly1985 · 19 Mar 2014 at 16:21

My god how good does this engine look? This the first True Next Gen engine?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8z6rzPjcZL0

PhysicsMan94 · 19 Mar 2014 at 16:35

Very impressive, but I think CryEngine 3 still has the upper hand even on this - CE3 is going to take some beating in terms of graphical prowess in my opinion.

jh30uk · 19 Mar 2014 at 16:38

Lol, nice name that would make the guys who wrote the engine snowdroppers.

Rroff · 19 Mar 2014 at 16:40

The fire rendering is pretty impressive, overall though doesn't really look that much different to current gen engines + good art design.

humbug · 19 Mar 2014 at 16:45

shankly1985 said:
My god how good does this engine look? This the first True Next Gen engine?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8z6rzPjcZL0

Looks really good. best looking GFX i have seen so far.

Would love to see a new Far Cry game on this.

JeffyB · 19 Mar 2014 at 17:04

Looks impressive .

jh30uk said:
Lol, nice name that would make the guys who wrote the engine snowdroppers.

Or Galanthophiles, who are avid collecters of snowdrops

Avenged7Fold · 19 Mar 2014 at 17:09

Looks like a really dev friendly engine with lots of shiny bits!

I hope it becomes the next fashionable game engine to use and abuse.

Five.Stars · 19 Mar 2014 at 19:53

Some of that does look breathtakingly good. The flames coming out the building look a big step up in visual fidelity, for example.

AWPC · 19 Mar 2014 at 20:01

Metro Last Light has one of the best game engines right now it looks amazing

this is just Ubisofts Watch Dogs stealth promo :rolleyes:

triss · 19 Mar 2014 at 20:12

Looks good so far

systemerror · 19 Mar 2014 at 20:13

This looks very interesting and the fire is astonishing

Gregster · 19 Mar 2014 at 21:52

Well, this is one of the best engines I have seen and mouth watering visuals with the forests/fires. Ubisoft will find a way to break it though

PhysicsMan94 · 19 Mar 2014 at 22:13

Gregster said:
Ubisoft will find a way to break it though

True, Black Flag still seems to run like dog poo on my 780s - though I haven't been on it for a while, it might have improved I don't know.

shankly1985 · 19 Mar 2014 at 22:16

Gregster said:
Well, this is one of the best engines I have seen and mouth watering visuals with the forests/fires. Ubisoft will find a way to break it though

True ubisoft I hate them.

Nickolp1974 · 19 Mar 2014 at 22:41

Gregster said:
Well, this is one of the best engines I have seen and mouth watering visuals with the forests/fires. Ubisoft will find a way to break it though

Hopefully not :rolleyes:

looks stunning. :cool:

TheRealDeal · 19 Mar 2014 at 22:50

shankly1985 said:
True ubisoft I hate them.

I like them again as Black Flag was quit simply awesome on the ps4. Played it start to finish with not 1 crash or slow down. Made me appreciate the console experience after many years of mainly playing the Pc.

PhysicsMan94 · 19 Mar 2014 at 22:53

TheRealDeal said:
I like them again as Black Flag was quit simply awesome on the ps4. Played it start to finish with not 1 crash or slow down. Made me appreciate the console experience after many years of mainly playing the Pc.

Blasphemy! GabeN looks down on you this day...

alex_123_fra · 19 Mar 2014 at 22:58

Looks awesome. Cryengine3 sure doesn't make forrest art look that good in my experience.

Gregster · 19 Mar 2014 at 23:00

alex_123_fra said:
Looks awesome. Cryengine3 sure doesn't make forrest art look that good in my experience.

Yer, my fav map in BF4 is Caspian Border but it isn't a patch on that Snowdrop forest.

PhysicsMan94 · 19 Mar 2014 at 23:05

alex_123_fra said:
Looks awesome. Cryengine3 sure doesn't make forrest art look that good in my experience.

Really? The base map in-built into the free CryEngine 3 SDK is very pretty in my opinion and that's largely forest based.