Unreal Engine 3 not dead yet

Has there ever been a piece of middleware as talked about as Epic Games' Unreal Engine 3? At some times godly (Gears of War) and at other times evil (Too Human) it has remained, for better or worse, the most widely used game engine of this generation. However, in the last six months we've been noticing a trend away from Unreal Engine 3, which we examined in two articles, What's Powering the Next-Generation and EA Buying the Next-Generation.

[timmyrulz]

i like the unreal engine its made some great games (as well as some trash)the only problem is that some devs havent utilised it in their own art style , quite a few of this gens games look the same and its not user friendly for the ps3, i think with a bit more imagination and creativity this engine can still make some top quality games in the years to come

[Excalibur]

Spot on.
I like Unreal Engine but I personally think it was overused this past year to year and a half.
A lot of games looked the same.

[mikeslemonade]

The unreal engine 3 is the easy way out for developers and publishers who just want to make a cheap game. There's very few great unreal engine 3 games. Also games are becoming generic. Almost everything has been a shooter, close quarters, bulky characters, and dumb story.

[cinematicmatt]

not only do they look the same, worst of all, they feel the same.

which just sucks at the prices that we're paying for them. it all just feels the same, though when i pop in a new game from playing something for an hour or two the only thing i have to adjust to is just the control scheme rather than the "feel" or "heaviness" of a game

[spandexxking]

i thought too human didnt use the UE?

[xjxdoggystyyle]

was going to use the engine then there was a big fallout between Silicon knights and epic....SK said epic was holding back stuff from them etc etc etc etc...then epic got sued...so silicon came up with there own engine

[VMAN_01]

Too Human still looks like a UE3 engine powered game however.

[REPLOID24]

hands is good. in other dev's hands not so much.

[Bucky Sligo]

The enhanced Ureal Engine Epic demo'ed a while back looked good. I'm expecting GeOW 2 to blow us away like the first one did. The hordes of enemies on screen at a time looks to be jaw-dropping.

[XXXRATED]

it is definatley done this gen and they better step out or they are going to be branded as old school and they said the ue4 engine would not see this console life span so epic is in for some slow times till the next consoles come out.

[Reibooi]

The lessening use of the Unreal Engine is a very good thing. It means games can separate themselves from the pack visually. That's my main issue with the Unreal Engine is that every game that uses it looks the same visually. It's kind of hard to stand out when everyone else looks exactly like you do. Honestly I liked the days of devs making engines from the ground up for the majority of games. I know that it's in most cases not financially viable in today's market. Still I like seeing games that look great with new engines like Soul Calibur IV or Dead Rising when it came out or Final Fantasy XIII when it finally ships.

[Pain]

its like Training wheels for devs.

go use a real engine.

[N00BZSUCKASS]

LMFAO. u couldn't possibly be any dumber, or more emo. queer.

[Lord Shuhei Yoshida]

I want the Unreal Engine to die.Bring on id Tech 5 and the CRYengine 2.

[curveball]

If developers choose to mimic the art style of other games, it's their fault, not the engine's.

[DFresh]

Almost all 360 exclusives use this engine.
I think they need to start building some new engines cuz almost every single 360 game has that same graphics art style there's nothing new.
Exclusives:
Left 4 Dead
Too Human
Fable II
Halo Wars
Gears of War 2
Even FFXIII on the 360 is gonna use the Unreal Engine while the PS3 gets the new White Engine for their version of FFXIII.
etc.
Tired of the same old crap.
After Gears of War 2 there's nothing more to look forward to on the 360 anymore.
Mass Effect, Bioshock, Eterna Sonata, The Last Remant, Infinite Discovery, etc. are all going to the PS3 and they even look better than before w/ more features.
Not to mention most of those exclusives the 360 has are going to the PC as well.
Halo Wars, Gears of War 2, Too Human, Alan Wake, Splinter Cell Conviction, Fable II, etc.
Even most developers are moving to the PS3 as their main console of choice except the 360 exclusive devs.
360 doesn't have a 2009 line up.
I'm not being a fan boy I'm just saying this is what's happening now.
I fear for the 360 in the long run and even next year.