Unreal Engine 4 screenshot show what next-gen may look like

[Gamy]

The screenshots don't show much but doesn't look overly impressive so far. CryEngine 3 which isn't new had demo's looking very similar and so far seems to do a better job of photo realism if that's the way someone want's to take their graphics. One thing I would say the Unreal Engine has going for it though is on the dev side of things

Guess it will be a wait and see.

It does seem like things stalled for a while, maybe because of console popularity lately which have limited hardware with no way to upgrade.

[Strifehart]

Except for ID`s engines, Unreal engines are the best by far! Can`t wait for the new generations` works. Maybe a new MMORPG engine is needed l;ike this

I'm sorry, but the engine used in Rage was a load of crap. id have lost the plot and it shows in their recent work.

[Gamy]

Except for ID`s engines, Unreal engines are the best by far! Can`t wait for the new generations` works. Maybe a new MMORPG engine is needed l;ike this

I'm sorry, but the engine used in Rage was a load of crap. id have lost the plot and it shows in their recent work.

id Tech 5 is capable, Rage just gave it a bad reputation with good reason. The only thing I'd really criticise in it is Mega Texture, even the idea of it is flawed from the very start. Software is typically made for hardware and something like mega texture would require SSD drives to work decently and they are far from the norm in either PC or console. Also the idea of having to take so much time drawing one huge detailed texture instead of reusing textures is just stupid, it runs against saving both time and money nevermind getting into the hardware side of things.

Still id has fallen behind in the engine game since id Tech 4 but the thing is they don't care, infact they like it that way at least as far as Carmack is concerned. He never even wanted to sell engines or be in that business, though considering the amount of money and fans they had in it that was a stupid attitude to have.

Currently I'd say the engine to beat is the CryEngine and if anyone can it's Epic, though CryEngine 4 might be in the wind waiting to leapfrog Epic shortly after that happens after all CryEngine 3 has been around for about 3 years now.

In the end it's good that there are at least two engines for use as it keeps the competition going, also when every second game uses the same engine they all start to look and feel the same which is not a good thing.

[Adoxographist]

Nvidia + ATI demo showcases look bad-ass as well. But their graphic cards don't seems to produce that output. Its all marketing.