Sledgehammer Games GM: ‘Our engine is a Porsche’

[Dohc-WP]

This is what Sledgehammer Games general manager Glen Schofield said in a recent interview with CVG. Schofield was asked what he makes of the criticism that the Call of Duty game engine receives, as some have suggested it’s starting to feel a little aged in comparison to some of its rivals.

Schofield replied: “Well I’ll tell you one thing, I’ve worked on a lot of engines over my lifetime and spent a lot of time putting graphics in to them and this thing is Porsche. And what I mean by that is that it is stream-lined, everything in it is perfectly freaking clean. You can tell it’s been worked on for years. It’s easy to upgrade.

We worked with engines before that are like f***ing spaghetti. You can’t work on a part and put it back in without messing with everything else. Modern Warfare 3′s levels now are so much bigger than the old ones because they go more vertically, they have a bigger footprint and on top of that, higher fidelity, more textures and a lot more detail.”

Schofield continued:

“If you put Modern Warfare 2 next to Modern Warfare 3 you would see a huge difference. Look at all the character models, look at all the gun models, look at the reflections, look at the water. There is so much that we’ve added, so when someone says ‘cut and paste’, I don’t even want to talk to them because they don’t know. They just don’t know. They have no idea.”

What are your feelings on the Call of Duty engine? Is it time to move on to another, or do you agree with Schofield’s comparison between the engine and a Porsche? Let us know below. Modern Warfare 3 launches November 9, 2012 on the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC.

Source: CVG

 

[Stormchaser]

"this thing is Porsche" yip with a beetle engine! No thanks, IW can keep their MW3... OH by the way, I played the MW3 beta!! It's called MW2!

 

[MOnk]

I suppose when the only games you get to work with are MW1, MW2 and MW3 then yeah MW3 looks AMAZING.