Unreal Engine 4: ‘we don’t feel beaten by other engines’ – Epic

Unreal Engine 4 developer Epic Games has told VG247 why it doesn’t feel threatened by other engines such as CryEngine 3 and Luminous. In fact, the studio feels that other engine creators go too far out of their way to be unique, making it harder for them to compete with Unreal.

[DaThreats]

I want to see diversity and have next-gen use multiple engines.
Such as Unreal Engine 4, Crytek 3.5/4, Fox Engine, Frostbite 2/3, SquareEnix Luminous Studio Engine, and more.
Want games to look different and use each engine to their strength.

[TheFinalEpisode]

They will all be aiming for photo-realism and will probably be getting really close, so I think it'll come down to performance over graphics.

[TheKindRoost]

I for one am tired of photo-realism( with the exception of sim racers and sports game),devs should strive for more creative world design. You have a new engine with all new kinds of tricks, take advantage of it. Realism just limits what you can do with a game.

[taquito]

crysis 1 on pc in 2007 already achieved near realistic graphics,

http://www.incrysis.com/for...

...consoles might be able to come close next gen, though i doubt they will put enough power in them to even get crysis 1, dx10, 1080p with the AA and AF nessasary to look like those screens, i sure hope they do though!

[pixelsword]

@ taq:

I think that's the "Jump" Sony wants in the PS4, and why they won't release anything about it until they reach that.

Or at least come close to that.

[ThanatosDMC]

Also, Arma 3's engine.

[MrAnderson]

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL!!!!!

[DeadlyFire]

Funny thing is everyone used Epic's engine and now they create their own. Epic will have a limited presence among top devlopers/publishers, but with the new crowd of developers that could pop up they could have a presence.

Epic and Crytek are the only 2 licensing their engine's out. The others seem to just want to keep an in-house engine for their studios to work around and work with them to improve.

EA
Konami
Crytek
Square Enix

Are 4 publishers/developers with games under their umbrella that will not utilize UE 4.

[WeskerChildReborned]

Agreed, more games should take advantage of the great engines we have.

[chukamachine]

Uncharted,BF3 visual style over Gears all day long.

[Kurt Russell]

Ergh, no way. Gears is way more fantastical... those just look like Luton town center "the game".

[X_GAMER_X]

Feel and realize is two separate things.

[bubblebeam]

I think UE4 won't be the most powerful engine next gen. I do however think it will be the most used BY FAR.

The customization and the ease of use makes it second to none. Epic have invested a lot of time and money in UE4, they have been expanding rapidly this last year especially. If UE4 fails, than they are going to be in a heap of crap.

But I think they are very confident it will once again dominate in the multi platform field.

EDIT: Forgot to mention, hopefully they will optimise it separately for each console, or at least be very capable of on-par platform comparisons.

[Rhythmattic]

I beleive with Cryengine3, its free to use and distribute a game if its freeware, and not for commercial gains... Absolutely brilliant approach...

Is it the same with Epic's engine's Licensing ?
Reading their license agreements it doesn't seem the case, from what I've found, its only free for the use of development... Is that right?

It would be interesting to know...

[Animal Mutha 76]

The nice thing to consider is that the current engines are not maxed out on the current consoles. Frostbite 2 for example can look and run a lot better than it does on 360. If the next consoles have enough power then the current engines and games are just ready to scale up and be given a shot in the arm.

If I could have Bf3 running and looking like the PC version on a console at 1080p then I'd be very happy to start.

[ALLWRONG]

Unreal is the most widely used engine but it makes games look too much alike.

[MGRogue2017]

Haha.. well, your competition feels the same way lol..

[3-4-5]

Engine competition is a GREAT thing for Next gen gaming.