Because we all love beautiful high-definition videos, we're sharing with you the nice real-time demo of the new Unreal Engine 3 in direct-feed at 1080p called Samaritan, with a few screens and details about the engine.
Now supporting DirectX 11, UE3 utilizes DirectX features such as tessellation and displacement, geometry shaders, multisampled textures and Shader Model 5.
High-end rendering features include:
• Image-based reflections that allow surfaces of any shape to reflect an approximate version of scenes, with varying glossiness across surfaces, anisotropic HDR highlights and anti-aliasing;
• Subsurface scattering (SSS) that simulates the light that scatters inside semi-translucent materials, which makes character skin come alive;
• Anti-aliased masked materials that super sample the edges of masked and alpha-tested materials, resulting in highly realistic hair;
• Deferred rendering with MSAA support;
• Bokeh depth of field providing close to film-quality DOF, with artist-controllable Bokeh; and
• High-quality dynamic shadows from many lights on the environment.
Epic also worked with NVIDIA to implement APEX physics technology, which is illustrated by dynamic clothing movement in “Samaritan.” Other APEX features available now include turbulence and real-time destructibility.
All comments (52)
Bf3 has it too
Not sure the next gen consoles will have that.
Sad we won't have the next-gen consoles soon.
Nice and purty engine though.
this is too advanced for next gen tho. WAY too advanced. we may get some of those features, but not with that level of quality.
Enough with that steroid using soldier designs in all of their games, its enough!
This could be an awesome game, I already love the transformation the guy can do, and its a dark gritty sci fi, so I want! (multiplatform).
and 2013!
I'm not stupid, _of course_ they focus on what's new in this version, but nevertheless it is still the complete package they are trying to show off and (most importantly) sell.
If you seriously think they would show us _anything_ else than the absolute upper limit of what they can do, then you are plainly fooling yourself.
Edit: Found the quote button :)
Unreal engine has been lacking on PC for some time now. Cryengine now coming to console is a bad thing for epic. Even older Cryengine3 demo are impressive. This is what you call engine demonstartion.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sh1OqUysW3E
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-7ME7rkAkQ
Epic are showing their new IP with their new engine.
this is too advanced for next gen tho. WAY too advanced. we may get some of those features, but not with that level of quality.
Still this looks as good as most current cg...honestly, if next gen can't produce this, then count me out...they need to hold off until this is possible
I'm not stupid, _of course_ they focus on what's new in this version, but nevertheless it is still the complete package they are trying to show off and (most importantly) sell.
If you seriously think they would show us _anything_ else than the absolute upper limit of what they can do, then you are plainly fooling yourself.
Edit: Found the quote button :)
To be fair, i think this trailer is more than you could ask for considering who it's targeted at.
This is a tech demo, BF3 is a game and there is a huge difference in how the two are presented and what get's more time and effort.
Also the animation just isn't that bad, people are just whiny twats in general. The only part i can even comment on is the soldier firing the machine gun that maybe didn't look perfect, other than that it all looked fine. What is so bad about it?
That's looking way better then this crappy UE3 trailer. Im not really a fan of the UE3 engine, looks weird, especially with human models, even ND tops them with U3.
And no, Uncharted;s cut-scenes are not even close, sorry, that's a ridiculous statement. If that footage doesn't impress (it's friggin' real-time!!), there is no hope...