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[IbizaPocholo]

You can't make a game without a good graphics engine.

0:00 Intro
0:24 RE ENGINE
2:44 RAGE ENGINE
4:52 Decima Engine
7:58 COD Engine
10:58 Unreal Engine 5
13:28 Cry Engine
16:37 Red Engine
19:07 Bonus

 

[Senua]

7:58 COD Engine

 

[Black_Stride]

So all of them?








Im gonna guess in the bonus section they will list Snowdrop, Anvil and Disrupt?

 

[vaibhavpisal]

No id Tech? Lol.

 

[Robb]

They're not wrong about CoD at least, it does look absolutely insane.

 

[Jinzo Prime]

No Forzatech or Anvil Next is crazy.

 

[Black_Stride]

No id Tech? Lol.

No Forzatech or Anvil Next is crazy.

Its gameranx they googled "game engine" then made a 30 minute video out of the results.


Consider one of the best looking games to date is Alan Wake 2 running on NorthLight and it didnt make the list.
But CryEngine did.........other than Hunt Showdown which is impressive what the fuck how CryEngine ranking but idTech and Northlight arent?

 

[Mattyp]

Haven't watched the vid but CoD in SP can look stunning and match it with the best on some scenarios… while being one of the most versatile MP engines its entire reason for existing at this point.

 

[Jinzo Prime]

Its gameranx they googled "game engine" then made a 30 minute video out of the results.


Consider one of the best looking games to date is Alan Wake 2 running on NorthLight and it didnt make the list.
But CryEngine did.........other than Hunt Showdown which is impressive what the fuck how CryEngine ranking but idTech and Northlight arent?

I forgot that Alan Wake wasn't Unreal 5. Wow, I agree that's a big oversight.

And what about Zouna Engine that powers MS Flight Simulator and Plague's Tale? Just big misses on this list.

 

[kikkis]

Mw19 looked incredible on last gen. Still not transitioning to current Gen hurts them

 

[icecold1983]

RE and whatever the COD engine is called have no place on that list.

 

[ShaiKhulud1989]

Haven't watched the vid but CoD in SP can look stunning and match it with the best on some scenarios… while being one of the most versatile MP engines its entire reason for existing at this point.

CoD engine also targets 60fps, but it has it's inner branches (3 of them at least) so it's not correct to name it under single umbrella.

So far, form end-product standpoint DECIMA is a clear champion though.

 

[Loope]

No id Tech? Lol.

Is that not the Rage engine?

Edit:Forget it, i'm a dumbass. I'll leave the comment either way. I was confusing it because to the game by iD.

 

[Black_Stride]

CoD engine also targets 60fps, but it has it's inner branches (3 of them at least) so it's not correct to name it under single umbrella.

Since 2022 they have all moved to a unified engine. im guessing its for easier Warzone and Call of Duty App thingy integration.
I believe the branch they decided was the master branch is the one which Infinity Ward used for Modern Warfare II.
Treyarch and Sledgehammers branches were likely merged back in and now all the studios share the same codebase and add as needed concurrently.

Call of Duty Franchise to Use One Game Engine Starting With COD 2022; New Engine "Massively Better"

Infinity Ward has confirmed that Call of Duty will be using one game engine moving forward after COD 2022; states the new engine is "massively better."

mp1st.com

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

They stole my quote from RE Engine... Which is actually Reach for the Moon Engine.

I prefer to call it RE Engine (Resident Evil Engine).

They stole what I said.

 

[Mr Moose]

No id Tech? Lol.

They said CoD engine. I think that's modified id Tech.

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

No id Tech? Lol.

No Fox engine

 

[Signalis]

COD Engine is a highly customised to hell and back version of the id Tech 3 engine(2005)

 

[Black_Stride]

They said CoD engine. I think that's modified id Tech.

I think from like CoD4 calling it idTech 3 is alittle disingenuous.
Modern Warfare '19 absolutely not
Modern Warfare II even further from idTech.

 

[vaibhavpisal]

They said CoD engine. I think that's modified id Tech.

I remember it used to be some modified Quake 2 engine. At this point it must be quite different.

No Fox engine

Thats ancient.

id tech just released a couple of games with RT and 60 fps on consoles. (Series S).

Its quite upto date and impressive.

 

[TheChumpNation]

Its gameranx they googled "game engine" then made a 30 minute video out of the results.


Consider one of the best looking games to date is Alan Wake 2 running on NorthLight and it didnt make the list.
But CryEngine did.........other than Hunt Showdown which is impressive what the fuck how CryEngine ranking but idTech and Northlight arent?

Wasn't kingdom come 2 a cryengine game?

 

[Kydd BlaZe]

Wasn't kingdom come 2 a cryengine game?

Yes. Haven't sunk my teeth into much of the game yet, but the little bit that I played looked fantastic. I was still surprised to see CryEngine doing well in 2025.

 

[Black_Stride]

Wasn't kingdom come 2 a cryengine game?

Totally forgot about that game!

 

[diffusionx]

Goes without saying but a "game engine" can't look good. A game can look good. Maybe a game engine has some features that make some games look particularly good but that's not the same thing.

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

I remember it used to be some modified Quake 2 engine. At this point it must be quite different.



Thats ancient.

id tech just released a couple of games with RT and 60 fps on consoles. (Series S).

Its quite upto date and impressive.

When it was released with Metal Gear, it was the best engine ever created...

It even made me want to buy soccer games, just for that engine, and I hate soccer. If they had updated it, the Fox engine would have been great.

 

[diffusionx]

When it was released with Metal Gear, it was the best engine ever created...

It even made me want to buy soccer games, just for that engine, and I hate soccer. If they had updated it, the Fox engine would have been great.

Metal Gear Solid V came out 10 years ago

The game still looks neat and clean and it performed really well back in the day but literally nothing has been done with it since. Maybe Survive I don't know.

 

[Forsete]

Decima winrars them all.

 

[Black_Stride]

Goes without saying but a "game engine" can't look good. A game can look good. Maybe a game engine has some features that make some games look particularly good but that's not the same thing.

Correct.

Consider many people would tell you Unity isnt a good looking engine.
Yett one of the most crushing Graphical Tech Demos available was made using Unity.
Sooooo........

But its Gameranx, they are a content farm no nuance, near zero research.....just make the video get the clicks.


Demo in question:

Watch Enemies – State-of-the-art digital humans | Unity Demo

Enemies is a cinematic demo showcasing Unity’s latest advancements for rendering high-end digital humans and implementing a strand-based hair solution.

unity.com

 

[vaibhavpisal]

When it was released with Metal Gear, it was the best engine ever created...

It even made me want to buy soccer games, just for that engine, and I hate soccer. If they had updated it, the Fox engine would have been great.

It was impressive back then.

Current gen has taken a bit of a toll on new engine development. They are expected to offer RT, no pop in, run on entry level console hardware etc.

Not many players can make it. CDPR gave up on pretty impressive Red Engine that made Cyberpunk.

 

[Fabieter]

Its gameranx they googled "game engine" then made a 30 minute video out of the results.


Consider one of the best looking games to date is Alan Wake 2 running on NorthLight and it didnt make the list.
But CryEngine did.........other than Hunt Showdown which is impressive what the fuck how CryEngine ranking but idTech and Northlight arent?

Kdc 2 and star citizen is impressive technically though.