Discussion for Unreal Engine 4

[Andreson]

Hello,
Recently we could see the potential of the new UT 4 engine.

The official site holds more information: http://www.unrealengine.com/unreal_engine_4/

I am not a game designer, nor am I associated with modding, but I would to see what do people think about it... Is it any better than UT4? If any future games rise from Tripwire, should they use UT4 or stick with Unreal Engine 3, because for example the team from Eidos Interactive confirmed that the old engine has all the things they need - thus they do not need to develop their game on a new engine.

So, feel free to share your thoughts on this subject...

 

[SQBsam]

Who would dislike a new engine with realtime global illumination, Physx (plus APEX) and foliage that isn't dependent on speedtree?

Lookin good.

 

[Rattler]

It looks great! I can't wait to see any war game made with it.

 

[Panzer Jager '43]

Looks good, but I think Tripwire will choose to make as much money as they can with UE3 before investing in a whole new engine. The move to UE3 and making of RO2 took them a long time and massive investment of resources, so I'm sure they'll want to keep on that for a while before they make such a huge investment again.

 

[Giuliano]

It'll be years before we get RO3, but if its on this engine it should be amazing.

 

[Panzer Jager '43]

I can wait hopefully Killing Floor 2 will be released in the tween time. I would love to see some features inspired by the upcoming Payday 2 in a new Killing Floor release. (Like a select-mission screen, multiple "day"-long scenarios, random events and map layouts, etc...)

 

[Mormegil]

Looks good and features sound great. I'm always wary of tech demos though.

Look at this Unreal Engine 3 demo from a few years ago. Do any current UE3 games look this good? I honestly, don't know as I don't play a wide variety of games.

Unreal Engine 3: Official Samaritan Demo - YouTube

 

[JosephBaier]

nope they dont. I'd go for the new engine if it supports more than 64 player and several cores/threads, more mod support and a better distance rendering, because the pop-ups are getting annoying.

 

[captain pain]

http://forums.tripwireinteractive.com/forumdisplay.php?f=18

 

[Andreson]

Looks good, but I think Tripwire will choose to make as much money as they can with UE3 before investing in a whole new engine. The move to UE3 and making of RO2 took them a long time and massive investment of resources, so I'm sure they'll want to keep on that for a while before they make such a huge investment again.

Yeah, and probably would mean they can release even less content. I mean new games are getting much, much more expensive these days to be "up to date with the graphics".

 

[Andreson]

http://forums.tripwireinteractive.com/forumdisplay.php?f=18

I think that this is related to Red Orchestra and Killing Floor quite a lot.
Espcially since it's made on Unreal Technology.

 

[captain pain]

I think that this is related to Red Orchestra and Killing Floor quite a lot.
Espcially since it's made on Unreal Technology.

What specifically does it have to do with RO2/RS?

 

[Andreson]

What specifically does it have to do with RO2/RS?

Being made on one engine! One technology that determines all of it's graphical abilities, all of it's abilities related to realism, map size, player count almost EVERYTHING!

 

[GRIZZLY]

I, of course, think that it is awesome and looks amazing.

However, I'm a older guy and think that gameplay and content are insurmountably more important than "the grass won't float a half inch above the texture and it'll wave in the wind" type guy.

So, IMO, I'd rather see an RO3 on UE3 that has a ton of content and big and varied maps and vehicles than some tightened bolts at the expense of material.

 

[[Mad_Murdock]]

Yeah, and probably would mean they can release even less content. I mean new games are getting much, much more expensive these days to be "up to date with the graphics".

Pretty much this.

 

[Flogger23m]

Looks like it is going to be on par with Cryengine 3 and Frostbite 2, which is a good thing. Cryengine is supposed to be very flexible, not sure how it compares to UE3/4 in that aspect though.

I hope they fix texture pop in though. That is one area UE3 has been behind compared from most games since 2007-08.