Gaijin's Engine Showcase Compares Dagor with Epic's Unreal Engine 5

In a new video released by Gaijin Entertainment, people can compare the studio's Dagor Engine, which has been free and open source since last year, with the industry-leading Unreal Engine 5 from Epic Games. The video shows off content from the East District, a part of Gaijin's unannounced game, with the content in the demo being made using both Dagor Engine and Unreal Engine 5. In addition to the video, Gaijin Entertainment has also released the full code of one of Dagor Engine's multiplayer frameworks under a permissive license, along with the art sources of one of the multiplayer samples. Those interested can look at the East District demo on both Dagor Engine and Unreal Engine, depending on your preference.

[MeatyUrologist]

Looks great. I'm already kinda sick of unreal 5. Most games just have a sort of unnatural look and feel to them. Take Stalker 2 for example. In screens it looks great, but performance sucks, there are tons of pop in and visuals artifacts, and the lighting looks very artificial most times. Like when walking outdoors you can see the transition as it draws light over the environments. It almost makes everything look metallic. Just a weird engine and almost seems like a downgrade in most areas.

[MeatyUrologist]

And don't get me started on the water in UE5. How does water in games somehow look worse now than in AC IV and other games 10-15 years old? In Stalker 2 the water is always glowing bright white no matter the sky and literally adds and removes reflections and shadows as you move the camera. Looks terrible.