Unreal engine 4 demos
That, to me, separates a tool set from being 'good' to 'great. The aspect of this article that got me the most excited is the claim on shortening iteration times. As I stated, technology sounds fantastic and I'm really hoping to see visuals that represent them better but right now these screenshots don't scream 'next-generation'. This is all a comment based on viewing the screenshots alone. A number of those shots - like the one Joopson posted above - feel unfinished and not even on par with what we've seen in current games. I love you guys at Epic, you always do top notch stuff, but the information presented in the article far outweighs the images shown for sheer impressiveness. Talking specifically about this article alone, though. This is one of those things I think we're going to have to see in motion and experience first-hand as developers to really appreciate whats happening here with UE4. But as someone that has moved 7 times since the spring of 2007 I can honestly say I would still rather work on any of those big titles then a casual game any day of the week. Things change a lot but not having a clear vision from the start and having this oh we'll wing it as we go is just stupid and irresponsible.ĭoes making a game like Gears/Uncharted/Halo/COD cost a lot more then Angry Birds? Fuck yeah it does. Higher ups and guys in management and making decisions need to learn to make decisions and stick to them. Getting it to alpha like quality and then the creative director changes the story just a bit because that is what he does and boom that level is gone and all that work was for nothing. 2 artists, 2 designers and possibly a lighting artist working on a huge level for 2-3 months. Well a big reason for budgets being driven up on a lot of titles isn't just the "we need moar polygons" but I know from personal experience a lot of "decision" makers can't do just that. Let's further drive up the budgets of our games and have more studios shut down due to weak sales. Yes, because what this industry needs is MORE POLYGONS!!!