unreal engine 3 revealed. (update: hi-res screens. wow)

So sexy. So, so sexy.

I feel dirty going back into UnrealEd 3.0 and making my primitive BSP cuts now.

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Originally Posted by BoBVila

I think they are using the older (not really old, but not this) tech, and are now building their own engine code. Like Half-Life. So basically none of the features being put in the Unreal engine are in the DNF engine. I read it a few days ago, can't find the link.

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Sounds right to me. I thought you meant they had dropped it completely and were doing it more like Half-Life 2 (completely their own engine). But yea... I'd guess it's exactly how you said it is in that case.

Incredible.

Good looking out epmode.

The video looks awesome, the close ups and the character moving with the stained class is sweetbombs.

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Originally Posted by NoFace

Not that I care about this one really, but where did you read that? I've thought it was still using the Unreal engine? I mean, if the game actually existed and all ;)

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The DNF engine has been done for a while. They finally settled it probably late last year. All the work now is being done on content.

Ummm.... holy shit. That's awesome. :) Now somebody use that to make a game that isn't all dark and gothic looking.....and isn't a FPS....and isn't on the PC.

If the next gen of consoles look anything like that, then I take back everything I said about there not being a significant graphical jump for this console gen upgrade.

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If the next gen of consoles look anything like that, then I take back everything I said about there not being a significant graphical jump for this console gen upgrade.

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That's exactly what I was thinking. I mean, Christ, that looks like a huge jump from Doom 3.

Just thinking about what a game using this would be like is making me giddy. It's just too good looking.

Didn't watch the video but checked out the screens in this thread. Very very nice. Since this is a tech demo I expect the final graphics to come down a bit like with Doom 3. It'll also prob be a considerable amount of time before any games using the engine come out. Potential character models rendered alone are one thing though. I wanna see some enviroment shots. Those should be great.

The video shows enviornments. It may sound weird, but the 3D LOOKS 3D. The part with the character in the hallway with the light coming through a stained glass window (with all the colors) is amazing. He walks backand forth, the colored light hitting him and the environment with his shadow moving against the background too. It's amazing. I wish they saved this for e3. Would have been a cool surprise.

They probably wanted to save this for E3, though thanks to some handcam fun, less people will be surprised.