areI want to know why one game engine from a game, runs almost all the other games.
Like the Unreal 3 engine, all the next gen games are being run on that engine almost.
And I know it's hard to make a new game engine, but why are almost all the games run on the same engine ?
WestleyViau
A lot of games are run on the same engine because of two principles - Time and Money
think about it - Unreal comes out with this great new engine, Unreal 3. it supports DX10, makes amazing looking games, and it already started with one big seller - Gears of War
so now you're with you're gaming company. You're smaller than the epic-ness of Epic (baha!) and you see this amazing new game with ungodly graphics running on a supreme engine. now, you have two choices. buy this engine and its rights for XXXX amount of dollars as a one time payment, and start making that oh-so-great game right now, or, you hire a bunch of people and pay them XXXX amount of dollars over XX months to develop this engine that MAY run as good as Unreal 3. But, it isnt proven to be as good, and although it may add uniqueness, you're paying people and losing time whilst you could just BUY this great engine
see the circumstances here? this is why most companies choose to buy an engine, in this case, Unreal 3. Big name companies developping killer sequels (Halo 3) or develloping new games that they hope will be good (Crysis) will use their own engine, because they have money, people, and time.
thus, a lot of killer games have their own engines. thats not to say bad games have their own engines either, or to say people with the Unreal 3 engine can't make good games, though
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