Unreal Engine

The best choice for ambitious 3D Games

Kommentare: I really liked using Unreal and prototyping quick ideas. It's a really flexible engine and really powerful. Even the testing stuff look and run great. I wish there was a more open community that helped each other out or introduced new users to advanced knowledge of the engine that you will only earn with time by using it.

Vorteile:

Unreal Engine has grown over the years and it's now more friendly to single developers, indy movie produces and indy game studios as well. It has a robust toolset that allows you to create 3D games with one of the best engines for realistic looks, yet you can use models that fit your artistic vision, ex: stylized games. If you want an example of how small studios can make a good unreal game, look for Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice and if you want to look for AAA Games that look extremely realistic or movie quality, look at Gears of War 5 or Kingdom Hearts 3. Unreal also has an asset store where you can buy models or tools to help you quickly build or prototype your game and it has a blueprint system that allows you to program your game logic without knowing how to write in C++. The engine also runs in a myriad of platforms including mobile.

Nachteile:

One of the downsides of Unreal is how complex it is when comparing it to Godot or Unity. The community for it, it's very small and a lot of the people who have knowledge on Unreal are tied behind studio contracts and maybe they're not allowed to share or help around in the web much, but when you look at Unity, there's dozens and dozens of websites, youtubers, courses and resources that you could basically build a game with no knowledge, but in Unreal it will take a lot of time and expertise on what you're doing. Also one last thing, you can build 2D games in Unreal, but you're better off using GameMaker or Unity for 2D Games. The community and engine support is just bigger and bettter.

It's a technical marvel, but know what you're getting into.

Kommentare: Unreal Engine is always interesting to use in game jams for graphical fidelity, though at times Unreal Engine projects can become a mess when working on commercial games. People need to know accurately what they're getting into when building a new game in Unreal, because for some it's overwhelming, for others it's like trying to get a game out of modding a first-person shooter, and then for some it ends up being a good choice for their game. Once your whole team is experienced with it, Unreal Engine can be quite good, depending on which genre of game you're going for.

Vorteile:

Unreal Engine games are excellently visually impressive, and the cross-platform functionality is very good. Even though it's more technically impressive, it's still more stable than Unity. The updates are frequent and prioritize bug fixes more accurately than Unity, and Unreal's pricing is certainly second-to-none.

Nachteile:

A lot of aspects of the editor are unnecessary to make a good game and end up getting in the way more than anything else. The occasional crashes are always saddening, but it's still more stable than most of Unreal's competition.

Unreal Engine for Game and Mod Creation

Kommentare: When creating mods for Ark: Survival Evolved this is the main option you use and it made it extremely easy to do.

Vorteile:

The amount of features included in Unreal Engine are extremely rich. There are so many options to create or just customize an already built character or map that you can get lost in it for hours.

Nachteile:

Nothing, every aspect of this program I genuinely enjoyed using.

Great tool

Vorteile:

Really great tool for game development with limitless possibilities.

Nachteile:

Steep learning curve, its hard to get the hang of.

The Clear Choice for Low-Code Game Development

Kommentare: Once you get used to the clunky interface, Unreal Engine is by far the best game development environment for my needs. Epic Games has a ton of assets available for free that make game development a breeze. You can deploy games made Unreal just about anywhere, too, without having to pay per export modules (I'm looking at you, Game Maker). I just really, really like Unreal.

Vorteile:

The thing I like the most about Unreal is that the Blueprints, which are its visual scripting features, are part of Unreal's DNA. It's been a part of Unreal for ages. Visual scripting in competing engines like Unity is an afterthought, and therefore isn't nearly as well implemented. Another fantastic thing about Unreal is that Epic Games keeps acquiring really good companion software companies. Just by using Megascans you can get amazing graphics assets for your games without spending a dime. Incredible value all around.

Nachteile:

Everyone knows Unreal's interface is outdated and clunky to use. I'm in the same boat. It's just terrible. Even the asset marketplace is terrible to navigate. It can definitely get extremely frustrating. But when you compare it to what Unreal offers elsewhere, as well as just how clunky Unity and Godot are also, then you realize you're coming out of it all with a net positive.