Preferred Game Engine?

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  1. JBRUU

    JBRUU Well-Known Member

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    Mine is Unity, just because so many fantastic and varied games have been made with it, great performance, fantastic visuals.

    UE3 games tend to have a sort of similar color scheme, I don't know how to describe it. They also tend to have more performance issues.

    What game engines are you a fan of and which ones do you dislike?
     
  2. Soarel

    Soarel Well-Known Member

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    UE3.

    Most Unity games unfortunately come out looking like crap. Shame that such a good engine went to waste.
     
  3. Jbruu can you make a quick list of the engines and a couple of games and maybe a poll?
     
  4. MidianGTX

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    I think UE3 games having similar colour schemes is down to how well it does detailed, realistic-looking textures, prompting developers to go as realistic as possible and all opt for similar palettes. The likes of Enslaved and DmC on consoles show off more vibrant variations.

    I can't say I hate Unity, but something about it always strikes me as cheap. Unless I'm forgetting something I'd say my favourite is probably Cocos2D/Box2D. I'm still a believer of most 3D engines being properly at home on PCs and consoles, despite the great 3D mobile games I've played.
     
  5. Greyskull

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    They CAN look good; it depends on how talented the folks are making the game. Not just on iOS, but also browser based games that use the Unity plug-in.

    Unity games do have the nasty habit of bleeding my batteries dry though.
     
  6. september

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    While look is generally dictated by the developers themselves, I do find top tier Unity games to look crisper and having better contrast. But this again is developer driven.
     
  7. Hambo12

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    UE3, waiting for UE4.
     
  8. Dirty Harry Hannahan

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    This. I agree 110%. :D
     
  9. Whiteplayer3d

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    #9 Whiteplayer3d, Jan 30, 2013
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    3D engines - Unity3D and IronMonkey engine (Dead Space)

    2D engine - Corona SDK
     
  10. Exact-Psience

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    I prefer Unreal just because there are more gamees i love that's made with it than unity... But of course both are good engines and at the top of their league right now.

    Some Unreal games i can remember...

    Brandnew Boy
    EPOCH.
    Infinity Blade 1, 2 & Dungeons
    Dark Meadow
    Horn
    ARC Squadron
    Lili
    Last Knight
    Demons Score
    Karateka
    Wild Blood
    Amazing Runner
    Darkness Rush

    Some great Unity games i can recall:

    Infinite Warrior
    Ravensword 2
    Dead Trigger 1 & 2
    Shadowgun & S: Deadzone
    Bladeslinger
    Temple Run 2
    ORC: Vengeance
    Momonga Pinball
     
  11. smegly

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    Unreal, I guess. I don't really seem to find that there's as much consistency with Unity in terms of what to expect from a Unity game graphically whereas most Unreal games look quite good.
     
  12. Issac

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    I think we all know that Unity and Unreal look great, so I'll add Impact.
     
  13. #13 Connector, Jan 31, 2013
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    I think in terms of 3d graphics and framerates, the following games look the best.

    Dead Trigger - Unity
    Nova 3
    Asphalt 7
    NFS Most Wanted
    Wild Blood - Unreal Engine 3

    I will keep it at five, so I can declare a winner. Be back later whenever I figure what is what.
     
  14. clever_bug

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    #14 clever_bug, Feb 1, 2013
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    I think Unreal Engine 3 is the best mobile game engine. Some of the best Unreal Engine 3-powered games are: Wild Blood, Lili, Horn, Infinity Blade series, Real Boxing... (released); Sniper: Ghost Warrior, Morning Star, Bounty Arms, Eden to Greeeen, WeMade's 5 games, BWF's 3 games... (upcoming). The only problem is that you must own a powerful device to have the best experience.

    Unity Engine is worse than Unreal Engine 3. However, it also generates some good games such as: Ravensword: Shadowlands, Dead Trigger series, Shadowgun series, Bladeslinger.

    With Modern Combat 4: Zero Hour, Havok Physics proves that it is also a good mobile game engine. And from what I know, Havok Vision and Frostbite Engine 2 are also coming to iOS. They are the real competitors of Unreal Engine 3.

    However, I think the future mobile game engine is CryENGINE 3. Crytek has released a game called Fibble using this engine, which looks awesome. I think that the future versions of CryENGINE SDKs will support iOS. Therefore, we will see many great CryENGINE 3-powered iOS games in the near future! :)

    For Unreal Engine 4, I don't think it is coming to current iDevices. It might not be the case for future iDevices, but we might have to wait for a very long time! :)
     
  15. JBRUU

    JBRUU Well-Known Member

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    Havok isn't a game engine; it's a physics engine.
     
  16. Rafark

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    I think the most balanced engine is the unity. In Dead Trigger, for example, you can get graphics a bit better than infinity blade with the performance of Angry Birds.
     
  17. xetz

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    I quite like how smooth the unity engine is. A prime example of it looking great is in RAD soldiers.
     

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