Unreal Engine 5

[Medicine Man]

https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US/blog ... l-engine-5

[arqueturus]

Spangly. Looks so real it feels like FMV all over again

[Alan]

Our engines so great we had to tie her hair up in one big lump because we can’t handle tressfx.


Looks nice but I really looking forward to the audio. They’re all talking up next gen audio since it’s felt pretty stagnant since early 360. I don’t think anything’s done better than Lost Planet 1 did in all this time.

[Mantis]

What was so great about Lost Planet's audio? I don't recall.

The big thing with the new generation of hardware seems to be advanced lighting and shader processing with things like ray tracing.

[Alan]

It was just very oomphy and directional, you could really pinpoint where you were being charged from just by audio. Hyperbole I’m sure but I just can’t remember going “wow!” at any game audio since then.

[Raid]

Blimey, that's impressive. I've been saying for years how much of a difference lighting makes in creating believable worlds, and this is a great demonstration.

How practical is creating game assets using photogrammetry? Will game developers of the future be location scouting instead of building their own worlds?

[Maturin]

Impressively done, but if there is going to be a new age of photorealistic visuals, I hope they don't lose sight of keeping some character and quirkiness to how a game looks.

I like how different games have their own particular animation style and overall visual vibe.

[Mantis]

It was just very oomphy and directional, you could really pinpoint where you were being charged from just by audio. Hyperbole I’m sure but I just can’t remember going “wow!” at any game audio since then.

Try Hunt: Showdown. A lot of the audio cues in that game let you track player movement from right across the map, whether it's the distant echo of gunfire or the sound of a flock of birds being spooked into the sky. And for when you're up close you can hear enemy footsteps as you all crouch-walk slowly around a compound trying to flush each other out. It's an absolute treat to play with headphones on.

[Achtung Englander]

Impressively done, but if there is going to be a new age of photorealistic visuals, I hope they don't lose sight of keeping some character and quirkiness to how a game looks.

I like how different games have their own particular animation style and overall visual vibe.

That is a good point ! I recall watching Ubi's E3 presentations last year, all with photo-realistic shooty shooty and I could not tell the games apart - it all became a big pile of samey