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Which next generation engine will rule them all?

OXM - Game engines' Contrary to popular perception, they are not in fact vast, whirring steam-powered death machines, supervised by cybernetic hamsters, but awkward clusters of numbers that somehow cohere into pretty vistas and explosions. I don't have the foggiest idea how most of them work, and a damn good job too: I'd hate to be the sort of guy who casually drops the word "tessellation" into a conversation, like it's the kind of thing a normal human being would say.

KingKelloggTheWH3984d ago

I want to see them all do well,I dont want to see Unreal Everywhere again.

I_am_Batman3984d ago

Unreal engine does look kind of weak compared to some of the others on that list. Luminous Engine impressed me the most.

LackTrue4K3984d ago

"lol....now where fighting over game engines?!?

lol.......as long as the game works without glitches/lag I'm fine on what engine its running on!!"
:D

andrewsqual3984d ago

You should be concerned. The reason that Army of Two The Devil's Cartel was good was because of Frostbite 2. Its fun to destroy everything on the levels while not looking bland and like every other game out there and bodies and destroyed objects disappearing after 5 seconds.
The reason Dead Island is so God awful IS the God awful Chrome 5 engine.
So yeah game engines are incredibly important.

Rask3984d ago

Fox Engine and Luminous Engine.

TheOneWhoIsTornApart3984d ago

Not sure why you got disagrees about those. i am most excited for the games that utilises both of those engines.

Utalkin2me3984d ago

I'm kinda excited for Panta Rhei engine myself.

TheOneWhoIsTornApart3984d ago

I completely forgot about that engine. Yea that should have been on this list. That Deep Down tech demo blew me away more than anything as far as graphics are concerned.

DemonSlayer4203984d ago

Capcom's new Phanta Rhei engine that's powering Deep Down.

Software_Lover3984d ago

Cryengine and maybe the Square engine.

Microsoft/Sony have made it so easy next gen that many PC devs might just port from their current setups.

KillrateOmega3984d ago (Edited 3984d ago )

One engine to rule them all, one engine to find them, one engine to bring them all and in the darkness bind them.

But in all seriousness, I'd bet Unreal Engine or CryENGINE.

Conzul3984d ago

Why all the hate for CryEngine? Weird.
Loved that demo of the girl walking through the forest from yesteryear.

KillrateOmega3984d ago (Edited 3984d ago )

Wow. Either people really hated the 'One Ring' reference or they really hate one or both of the engines that I listed.

UNGR3984d ago

Well it all depends on what you want out of your game. Unreal will most likely be the go to engine for most developers like it was for a lot of games this generation. Hopefully Crytek's engine fails so they can start working on gameplay rather than unnecessary graphics. The Fox engine looks good so far, would like to see more. If I had a more specific question this wouldn't be so hard. Are we talking prettiest looking, best playing, smoothest running, most used? Need more details to answer this appropriately.

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Rebel_Scum13h ago

With articles like these cant you tag the games mentioned so that we can know ahead of time if there’s a spoiler to avoid?

Not clicking on your article otherwise.

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EKWB reportedly plagued with financial disarray many gaming pc's left without parts

EK Cooling allegedly has slipped itself into a hot soup of seemingly endless financial woes, where it has not paid its staff, suppliers, and contractors for many months as the company is facing liquidity problems and a surplus of inventory left unsold, stuck in the warehouse for a more extended period. Gamers Nexus investigated these claims made by former and current personnel, where he found trails of unpaid bills lasting as long as three to four months and unpaid raises that accumulated for almost a year.

EK Water Blocks has two entities—a Slovenian-based headquarters and a US-based subsidiary, EK Cooling Solutions. Steve narrated the series of events in detail, stating that the company was reportedly irresponsible and negligent regarding payment. Consequently, partners and employees are forced to share the burden of alleged mismanagement. It all begins with its extensive range of products, leading to a surplus of goods. EK has over 230 water blocks, 40 liquid cooling kits, 85 reservoirs, 40 pumps, 73 radiators, and 212 miscellaneous accessories.

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just_looken4d ago (Edited 4d ago )

Yes this is not about video games directly but indirectly this will impact the pc gaming/workstation space hard.

This company is massive one of two in the water cool space so if it goes poof then thousands out there have no spare parts or half built computers.

SO yeah i know not about a video game but think of it as amd leaving the pc space but this is ekwb that could be leaving water cooling in the pc space

Jayz2cents a supporter of there products also has issues
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Giblet_Head2d ago (Edited 2d ago )

As someone that has built a watercooling rig. EK is big, but there's so many numerous watercooling part companies out there. EK's stuff isn't exactly amazing quality for the price compared to others either, it's just ok. Much like Corsair. The impact would be negligible long term. For perspective the majority of my parts are XSPC, at most I use EK for my gpu waterblocks and fittings. Both easily replaceable.