In a keynote speech at the Montreal International Game Summit, as reported by Gamasutra, Epic Games co-founder and CTO Tim Sweeney discussed the future of Triple-A game creation from the studio's perspective as both a game developer, and engineer of the popular Unreal Engine technology.
With the next console generation looming, and Unreal Engine 4 posturing for a front-row seat, Sweeney explained how their approach will be different this time around (via: Gamasutra):
“April was an indie-heavy month and it was hard to pick the best games but here we go! Hope you have fun and see something you like.” - A.J. Maciejewski from Video Chums.
The Nerd Stash: "Abiotic Factor combines some of the funniest and more challenging elements into a facility where dimensional barriers have dissipated."
BLG writes, "Some of the most popular games have had a rough start, with some of them being downright unplayable.
Despite that, developers have managed to turn it around for them and make their game worth playing. Here are some games that had a rough start but were pretty great."
Sea of Thieves... I'm not disagreeing that the game has improved in terms of content. But I feel that the most significant change between now and its release is actually the public perception. Nowadays, most people are aware that the game is a multiplayer PvP-focused experience first and foremost, and not "Black Flag made by Rare". Consequently, people dismissing the whole experience because the single-player aspect is lacking or the story is plain are much less common.
Several years ago, i submitted an idea to Rare that would change up the mechanics of battling opponents in the game. whereby if you died in battle, you turned into a skeleton warrior and had to fight your way back to the land of the living. It was an interesting twist on respawning and would allow the player to experience both sides of a battle.
I keep hoping to see something like that get added to the game.
It's sad that this quick retort is more often than not true... The industry's acceptance of release and patch has gone too far.
Hope we can see more of what it can do soon as so far i'm not impressed.
Here's a more impressive nextgen video that Epic should be aiming for-
http://www.youtube.com/watc...
Is that because console makers said no to their specs for u3(unreal 3). Or because they "Love us".
They just can't, they can only focus on what consoles allow them to do, and even then it goes to the highest bidder.
If any of their recent comments are anything to go by, they are also working on ways to make development more expensive.
The Cryengine looks better anyways, Epic are full of themselves.
UE4 Frostbite 2 and Cry Engine 3 are all amazing engines! I'm looking forward to next gen games running these!