Game engines, probably the most popular one being the unreal engine, which has been floating around for years. Constantly being changed to suit other companies, But what is a game engine?
A game engine is software that more or less does the hard work for you, from physic to rendering.
A guess one of the main engine related madness in the industry at the moment is the reuse of engines, most companies would buy the same engine, unreal engine and just tweak it slightly and rename it. They do this because it is to time consuming and costly to design an in house engine form the ground up.
Maybe when the unreal engine doesn’t meet the requirements will a company create a in house engine, exhibit A being Square Enix, for the newly released final fantasy XIII they created a in house engine called crystal tools that could seamlessly merge pre rendered cut scenes and full blow CGI.
I think these next gen games are too demanding on their systems and the engines aren’t up to scratch, which COULD explain the shoddy games being released at present !
Since we have next gen systems and games, it is a must we have next gen engines as well, engines capable to rendering in real time, kind of like the type of engine Blitz and using at the moment or the current cry engine, the top shelf of gaming engine to my knowledge.
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