Game Engines that don't get enough cred...........????

Hey guys.....

on these forums, the only 2 engines that really get thrashed around are the Cryengine 2 and the Unreal Engine........they are both brilliant engines...ala crysis & UT 3........

But I thought it would be interesting to find out the names of other engines that are also top notch, but dont get a lot of cred......

There is the Chrome2 engine by techland for me.....it looks absolutely fantastic IMO...just check out the trailers for Warhound at Gametrailers to see what I mean....

What other rngines do ya'll know about????

The Silent Storm engine...

Turnbased with fully destructiable enviorments...sweet..!!

They are going to use a modified version for thenew Jagged Alliance game...

The source engine for Half-Life 2. I think it's source???? Anyway, a little dated and nowhere near as pretty as unreal 3, but it looks awesome on high and will scale extremely well, it runs on lower systems which other engines don't.

The source engine for Half-Life 2. I think it's source???? Anyway, a little dated and nowhere near as pretty as unreal 3, but it looks awesome on high and will scale extremely well, it runs on lower systems which other engines don't.

gotcha455

I believe Source is one of the most praised engines ever.

I'd say SAGE Engine. It's the engine used in Tiberium Wars, Generals and Battle for Middle-Earth. It dates all the way back to Emperor: Battle for Dune. It still works and looks good and scales well on older PC's.

Bah! You people are always talking about first person engines.What about "Baldur's Gate"?!

The "Infinity Engine" offers a pre-rendered isometric worldview, with sprite-based characters. Baldur's Gate was also the third computer game ever to make use of the "Lua" scripting language.8)

I agree with foxhound, Doom3 didn't got enought credit. Today I can run Doom3 at medium-level on my notebook while I'm not able to run (except at ~3 fps) Stalker at very-low setting.

Cryengine 2 doesnt get enough attention at all. Unreal engine 3 seems to be made so it could fit both console and pc, but the cryengine 2 was totally designed for the PC. Because of this, that engine will be ignored for now.Jd1680a

Maybe because companies find U3 engine more suitable... Games using U3 are much more then Cry2 (just 2 if I recall correctly), so companies are pushed to use U3 in some manner...

Once FarCry 2 is released I'm sure we will see alot more interest in Cryteks engine...

That game is looking and sounding amazinglygood....!!!

Once FarCry 2 is released I'm sure we will see alot more interest in Cryteks engine...OgreB

I don't know... is ubi using Cry2 engine for FC2? Or a modified version one? If no, it will not bring light to Crytek engines, so Crysis will be the only one...

the original cry engine didn't recieve much praise, although it was the best at the time (overshadowed by Doom3 I think)

The Xray(I think thats the engine)engine in Stalker. Some amazing affects in it, would love to see it updated to dx10.

Also the Essence Engine, from Company of Heroes. IMO one of the best RTS engines out there. Or the Masstech engine in World in Conflict.

Cryengine 2 doesnt get enough attention at all. Unreal engine 3 seems to be made so it could fit both console and pc, but the cryengine 2 was totally designed for the PC. Because of this, that engine will be ignored for now. Maybe with the next generation consoles would be powerful enough to use cryengine 2.Jd1680a

I think the reason Cryengine 2 (and far cry 2's engine, which I think is just a modified Cryengine.) is only going to be for pc is because it takes advantage of multi-core proccessors, even though 360 has 3 signle cores, it can't take advantage of Cryengine 2 because those proccessors are only single cores.

Anyone know what engine that game "Alan Wake" is gonna be on? It looks fantastic! I saw a tech demo for it at some crappy video resolution, and it still looked good. The "Weather" in that game looks great.

The engine they used in "The Chronicles of Riddick:Escape from Butchers Bay". It came out months earlier than Doom3, and was already using normal mapping. It even had soft shadows which even Doom3 and Quake 4 didnt have. Full implementation of soft shadows was not seen again until FEAR i think.

Also "Project Offset" seems to have a awesome looking engine. But its a unreleased game and there hasnt been any update at the official site in a long time. "Sigh" :(

The Xray(I think thats the engine)engine in Stalker. Some amazing affects in it, would love to see it updated to dx10.purple_MAN1832

I played Crysis demo and it wasn't run so much slower then Stalker. OK Xray looks great on good PC but scalability is very important. See Valve for instance, lots games uses their engine..

Also "Project Offset" seems to have a awesome looking engine. But its a unreleased game and there hasnt been any update at the official site in a long time. "Sigh" :(ravon_mith

Yes, I noticed that, no updates from months... hope it will not starve like DukeNukemF..

I think the reason Cryengine 2 (and far cry 2's engine, which I think is just a modified Cryengine.) is only going to be for pc is because it takes advantage of multi-core proccessors, even though 360 has 3 signle cores, it can't take advantage of Cryengine 2 because those proccessors are only single cores.

Anyone know what engine that game "Alan Wake" is gonna be on? It looks fantastic! I saw a tech demo for it at some crappy video resolution, and it still looked good. The "Weather" in that game looks great.

ElArab

The Silent Storm engine...

Turnbased with fully destructiable enviorments...sweet..!!

They are going to use a modified version for thenew Jagged Alliance game...

OgreB

Whoa, then I'm getting Jagged Alliance.

There was just something I wasn't expecting when I played the Silent Storm demo. The way I was able to blow holes in walls and ceilings to get at enemies. The way I was able to shoot myself a ladder to climb to a higher level. Everything just seemed so different because at the end, you realize that not one game out there allowed you to do everything that SS allowed.