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If games could only use one engine from now on...
2006-07-23, 1:03 PM #1
Which engine would you pick? I'm curious.

I'd go with the Source engine version thats being used for TF2.

Its near photorealistic (if not completely, at times) has HDR, phong lighting, and all the other neato effects found in DoD.
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2006-07-23, 1:05 PM #2
QUAKE 3!

Heh, personally I'd go with anything that isn't source.
nope.
2006-07-23, 1:08 PM #3
I would go for Unreal simply because of it's brush system and lighting.

Not to forget seeing lighting in-editor.
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2006-07-23, 1:10 PM #4
UE3.
2006-07-23, 1:13 PM #5
Originally posted by Baconfish:
QUAKE 3!

Heh, personally I'd go with anything that isn't source.


Is there a reason? Like your system isn't fast enough? Or do you assume Source engine = HL2?
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2006-07-23, 1:15 PM #6
SITH
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2006-07-23, 1:31 PM #7
Originally posted by Sol:
Is there a reason? Like your system isn't fast enough? Or do you assume Source engine = HL2?

I've just yet to play something on it that I liked the feel of.

I'm going to specify my vote now and go for Unreal 3.
nope.
2006-07-23, 1:36 PM #8
DooM 3. Maybe it's the item activation, or just how kick *** Prey was, but I like the engine.
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2006-07-23, 1:39 PM #9
Originally posted by Sol:
Is there a reason?

Maybe because Source is Quake I with new, third party technology tacked on? And is, underneath, a steaming pile of crap?

I would chose Unreal 3 or one if its derivatives, perhaps Crysis.
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2006-07-23, 1:41 PM #10
This one.
Or Crysis. Gotta support ze Germans.
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2006-07-23, 1:42 PM #11
Whatever engine that new Jedi game coming out next year is on. :ninja:

Of course, I'm basing my choice off of a small video clip....but it's love at first sight, I tell you. :)

[edit]Damn, Impi beat me to it.[/edit]
2006-07-23, 1:47 PM #12
Originally posted by Emon:
Maybe because Source is Quake I with new, third party technology tacked on? And is, underneath, a steaming pile of crap?

I would chose Unreal 3 or one if its derivatives, perhaps Crysis.


Whatever, its pretty efficient and renders things very well.
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2006-07-23, 2:11 PM #13
Yeah the static lighting is just SO nice.
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2006-07-23, 2:17 PM #14
Crytek
2006-07-23, 2:18 PM #15
Unreal Engine 3.
DO NOT WANT.
2006-07-23, 2:19 PM #16
Source. It's shiney.
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2006-07-23, 2:28 PM #17
WOLF3D
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2006-07-23, 2:32 PM #18
Originally posted by CaveDemon:
WOLF3D

Haha, that'd be so awesome if somebody made (and sold) a new game with that engine.
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2006-07-23, 2:44 PM #19
The SCUMM engine.
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2006-07-23, 2:46 PM #20
UE3
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2006-07-23, 2:49 PM #21
Doom 3 engine (does it have any other name?)
2006-07-23, 3:10 PM #22
Source
2006-07-23, 3:17 PM #23
UE3 (including derivatives)

Originally posted by tofu:
Doom 3 engine (does it have any other name?)


Yeah, too bad the engine has been branded with the name of an ill-received game.
2006-07-23, 3:26 PM #24
The game was just a tech-demo for the engine. I bet licensing is where id makes most of their money.
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2006-07-23, 4:03 PM #25
Originally posted by Emon:
Yeah the static lighting is just SO nice.


Hey, it IS rather nice. Considering. I mean, yeah UE3 and Crysis are 100x more detailed than Source, but they won't run quite as nicely on my x850XT PE. ;)
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2006-07-23, 4:53 PM #26
UE3 *****es. Seriously, that engine is so durable...Splinter Cell's on it!
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2006-07-23, 5:00 PM #27
What's funny is that the people who have the least amount of experience with 3D engines and asset development are the people who argue in favor of Source. Makes you think.

Joke answer: Anything except that Steam(tm)ing pile of crap.
Real answer: Unreal Engine 3+.
2006-07-23, 5:03 PM #28
Editing on Unreal engines is lovely.
2006-07-23, 5:49 PM #29
SITH.
Just kidding.

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2006-07-23, 5:52 PM #30
I personally couldn't care less what engine a game uses. If the final game is fun to play, that's good enough.
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2006-07-23, 5:57 PM #31
I change my vote.
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2006-07-23, 6:49 PM #32
SCUMM
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2006-07-23, 6:50 PM #33
Originally posted by Jon`C:
What's funny is that the people who have the least amount of experience with 3D engines and asset development are the people who argue in favor of Source. Makes you think.

Joke answer: Anything except that Steam(tm)ing pile of crap.
Real answer: Unreal Engine 3+.


I just like the 'feel' and 'look' of the Source engine.

I guess I should have limited my question to engines that are actually used in games that are on store shelves. Oh well.
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2006-07-23, 7:03 PM #34
Aurora.

What? I LOVE NWScript.
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2006-07-23, 7:15 PM #35
Originally posted by JediGandalf:
Aurora.

What? I LOVE NWScript.

NWN2 looks good, and that's Aurora.

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2006-07-23, 7:30 PM #36
ncurses!

Naw, really, I like Source's feel, but I'm interested in the future of UE3.
2006-07-23, 7:41 PM #37
Originally posted by Sol:
I guess I should have limited my question to engines that are actually used in games that are on store shelves. Oh well.
You think Unreal Tournament 2007, BioShock, Gears of War, Rainbox Six 5, Too Human and Mass Effect don't exist? Er... okay then. :v:

If we're limiting it to engines that actually have completed games behind them, then I will choose Unreal Engine 2.5.
2006-07-24, 3:44 AM #38
Infinity Engine.
2006-07-24, 10:28 AM #39
Quake3.
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2006-07-24, 10:48 AM #40
D3-based.
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