I must be one of the only people who doesn't really care about tessellation in CE3, UE3, or UE4. I'd rather have better lighting or better performance than take the hit for tessellation, at least for the games I've seen it in. If it's used very sparingly and the performance is comparale to faking it, then maybe.
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Unreal Engine 4 GDC feature techdemo screengrabs, unveil June [Up: New, Better Shots]
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Better yet, just show us what Gears or UT would look like in UE4. A good example would be that one character model they showed off in each version of UE. I guess they can do that once they start working on UT4 or something. I wonder if UT4 will be F2P...
Guys, this may not look impressive now, but you should wait to see what it will look like a couple of months down the line.
The UE3 demo that Epic demonstrated in 2005, or 2006 actually looked like crap compared to Gears of War.
I'm eagerly awaiting what Epic and other developers can do with UE4. I think they're going to knock it out of the park.
The UE3 demo that Epic demonstrated in 2005, or 2006 actually looked like crap compared to Gears of War.
I'm eagerly awaiting what Epic and other developers can do with UE4. I think they're going to knock it out of the park.
I H8 Memes
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Ok now that Im reading through the thread, people seem unimpressed.
Trust me
There isn't one scene in Samaritan this complex.
Or that still either
Principate
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I find it ironic that people are underwhelmed by this considering tech demo's are quite often better than what you'd get through most of the systems life cycle. I mean just look at the UE3 tech demo, UE4 may not even end up looking this good.
lolz what is that picture on neytiri doing there on the left
I H8 Memes
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I think that might be part of Maldos HD texture mod.
maquiladora
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Avatar level graphics bro.
Rendering Avatar in real time of course.
axisofweevils
Holy crap! Today's real megaton is that more than two people can have the same first name.
Yep. As I've expected all along.
This Gen will be a minor leap at best.
Anyone expecting another PS2>PS3 jump will be disappointed.
This Gen will be a minor leap at best.
Anyone expecting another PS2>PS3 jump will be disappointed.
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My PS3 can already do that. Although, I have no control over the camera or characters.
Worst game ever =(
I'm expecting a SNES to GBC advance leap =3
TUROK
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UE4 is looking mighty impressive, but this is a gross exaggeration.Ok now that Im reading through the thread, people seem unimpressed.
Trust me
There isn't one scene in Samaritan this complex.
So 480p games couldn't have looked any better than they did at the end of last gen, either? Resolution's all that matters? The hell?
abacab driver
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This thread is great for spotting who doesn't know what the hell they are looking at.
This demo probably looks absurdly impressive in motion.
This demo probably looks absurdly impressive in motion.
No if You're not blind
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GhostTrick
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No if You're not blind
Seriously, even with super high resolution, I don't find those shot impressive. Looks like an actual gen game. I mean, look at BattleField 3 on PC, look at Crysis 2.
This certainly doesn't represent a minor leap as far as consoles go.
AzureNightmare
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I guess I'm gonna need to overhaul my PC then...
You're the master of time, you fast forward, stop and rewind time as you please.
Those arent current gen games, rather something between gens.
Compare consoles games to this.
And still, i see so many things on those shots that arent even in C2, but of course cant say much about C3. For me C3 could be first next-gen game.
And if they add procedural destruction and displacement + some fuild/cloth simulation to this, it will be different than anything You saw lately.
Krauser Kat
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they upgraded their lighting engine hurray. Its fake raytracing. Everything else is already available even the lighting in frostbite and ce3.5
PairOfFilthySocks
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I'm perfectly fine with the incremental improvements if this is true(which it probably isn't).
The games industry desperately needs to be able to make games easier.
TUROK
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Ugh. Rasterization by default is "fake raytracing." Please leave these sort of comments to the people who know what they're talking about.
Krauser Kat
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I also know that but, mark rein was specifically saying lighting is bouncing a larger number of times then current gen. More times does not equal "real" it was just hyperbole. Everyone is still just faking raytracing with extra effects.
specialguy
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This impresses me less than some current gen games. I'd say there's no way then, next gen wont look way better than this.
It's just a bad demo with few man hours spent on it is my guess. The original UE3 shots, were basically Gears of War game shots. So it had a real game behind it. This was just a few guys throwing together a demo.
Also I really think it will look a billion times better in motion. I can sort of imagine how impressive all those sparks would be in real time.
Agent Ironside
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UE3 was not the best looking engine last gen, its not like this is the limit for next gen consoles, what we see right here in these screens. This is just a taste of the beginning of next gen stuff.
maquiladora
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Plinko
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If what you're saying is true there's no way they'd release it to the public now. You usually release things to build hype, not kill it.
If that gold statue shot is truly on the fly without any sort of specialized production then that would be incredibly cool. I can't help but wish, though, that with the massive number of particles, they managed to find a way to properly blur them instead of having them get lost in the background DoF, ah well.
Not that I really care that much but people probably shouldn't pass too much judgment until we see something that doesn't look like it was designed by a 14 year old metal head. Although that doesn't really effect the technology as such a non-offensive artstyle will certainly help it shine.
I think people will be very pleased seeing this in motion(no insider info here just a guess).
Looking at some of the screenshots like the eyes of that creature and one or two other it looks like UE4 is more focusing on particle effects and physics.just look ate eyes and imagine every particle emitting light and interacting with its own light with air and body.
It will be like comparing Lava Titan from GOW3 to that of wrath of titans
Looking at some of the screenshots like the eyes of that creature and one or two other it looks like UE4 is more focusing on particle effects and physics.just look ate eyes and imagine every particle emitting light and interacting with its own light with air and body.
It will be like comparing Lava Titan from GOW3 to that of wrath of titans
Anuxinamoon
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2 things I'm looking for in this engine over the previous.
Better lighting solutions
EDIT: Sounds like its gonna be good
Better normal map compression and calculations.
And I'm really looking forward to see the enhancements to the editors. Material, kismit and cascade <3
Better lighting solutions
EDIT: Sounds like its gonna be good
Cliff said:
Better normal map compression and calculations.
And I'm really looking forward to see the enhancements to the editors. Material, kismit and cascade <3
which1spink
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Dude, I'm sorry. I'm going to fix it. Give me a minute or two, thanks!
Oh not that's fine. The way you have it now works great.
Indeed. I don't know how that's going to make games all that much better, but damn, it sure looks like.
Kibbles
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kotick am pleased semiannual call of duty!
SapientWolf
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That's great because UE 3.0 titles typically have awful particle effects.