What's the best physics engine ever in a game?

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#1 normal_gamer
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What do you think is the best physics engine ever used in a game?

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#2 lundy86_4
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I think the physics in Crysis are phenominal. Just look for the 3000 barrels video.

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#3 siddhu33
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^^Everything in Crysis is phenomenal....

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#4 deactivated-5b19214ec908b
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The source engine isnt a physics engine.

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#5 110million
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Cryengine people will find videos with physics bugs, but any other game has plenty too..
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#6 grizzlybear1
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GTA4 physics are about the best, most impressive physicsthis gen in my opinion!

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#7 normal_gamer
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The source engine isnt a physics engine.

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Sorry about that,I mistook it as a physics engine.
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#8 grizzlybear1
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Also Infamous has some very cool physics simply becasue you can just blast stuff everywhere with your super-powers, its great fun!

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#9 deactivated-5b19214ec908b
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[QUOTE="toast_burner"]

The source engine isnt a physics engine.

normal_gamer
Sorry about that,I mistook it as a physics engine.

Valve games use the havok engine. the source engine is for the graphics and stuff
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#10 normal_gamer
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[QUOTE="normal_gamer"][QUOTE="toast_burner"]

The source engine isnt a physics engine.

toast_burner

Sorry about that,I mistook it as a physics engine.

Valve games use the havok engine. the source engine is for the graphics and stuff

Yeah,I just looked at the back of the HL2 box and there's a Havok engine logo on the back.

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#11 Hahadouken
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I am far from a Halo fanboy, but Halo should be mentioned in there. Halo has phenomenal physics. I'm not saying they are realistic, but the most incredibly random things can happen because of how consistent their physics engine is.
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#12 thepoop7
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RAGE is the gameplay engine/ graphics engine not physics.
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#13 siddhu33
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I am far from a Halo fanboy, but Halo should be mentioned in there. Halo has phenomenal physics. I'm not saying they are realistic, but the most incredibly random things can happen because of how consistent their physics engine is.Hahadouken

Halo uses Havok.

http://www.havok.com/index.php?page=available-games

Filter By Xbox 360....

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[QUOTE="Hahadouken"]I am far from a Halo fanboy, but Halo should be mentioned in there. Halo has phenomenal physics. I'm not saying they are realistic, but the most incredibly random things can happen because of how consistent their physics engine is.siddhu33

Halo uses Havok.

http://www.havok.com/index.php?page=available-games

Filter By Xbox 360....

Ok, then Havok gets my vote because of all the other games I've played that used it and impressed me as well (MotorStorm, Half Life, Oblivion, among others). Still, the way Bungie uses the Havok engine is among the best implementations out there. I should have been more clear, or just read the poll more carefully.
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#15 gamer620
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What do you think is the best physics engine ever used in a game?

Thanks.

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Source uses Havok...
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#16 deactivated-5b19214ec908b
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[QUOTE="siddhu33"]

[QUOTE="Hahadouken"]I am far from a Halo fanboy, but Halo should be mentioned in there. Halo has phenomenal physics. I'm not saying they are realistic, but the most incredibly random things can happen because of how consistent their physics engine is.Hahadouken

Halo uses Havok.

http://www.havok.com/index.php?page=available-games

Filter By Xbox 360....

Ok, then Havok gets my vote because of all the other games I've played that used it and impressed me as well (MotorStorm, Half Life, Oblivion, among others). Still, the way Bungie uses the Havok engine is among the best implementations out there. I should have been more clear, or just read the poll more carefully.

i think half life 2 implemented it much better. but halo was OK i guess.

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#17 siddhu33
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[QUOTE="siddhu33"]

[QUOTE="Hahadouken"]I am far from a Halo fanboy, but Halo should be mentioned in there. Halo has phenomenal physics. I'm not saying they are realistic, but the most incredibly random things can happen because of how consistent their physics engine is.Hahadouken

Halo uses Havok.

http://www.havok.com/index.php?page=available-games

Filter By Xbox 360....

Ok, then Havok gets my vote because of all the other games I've played that used it and impressed me as well (MotorStorm, Half Life, Oblivion, among others). Still, the way Bungie uses the Havok engine is among the best implementations out there. I should have been more clear, or just read the poll more carefully.

Like this??

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7rN4p3AcZU&feature=related

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#18 normal_gamer
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[QUOTE="normal_gamer"]

What do you think is the best physics engine ever used in a game?

Thanks.

gamer620
Source uses Havok...

I already mentioned that this was a mistake in the poll,I thought that Source was used for physics too.
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#19 xTheExploited
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Havok.
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#20 Not-A-Stalker
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Havok has provided many silly moments in my gaming days... Havok fo sho.
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#21 deactivated-5b19214ec908b
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to all those who doubt cryengine2

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#22 bigblunt537
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I didn't vote. I'd say Crysis, but it's VERY buggy and very flawed imo. The objects physics are pretty good, but the physics on people is atrocious and Havoks physic engine seems a ton better and I think that's a massive flaw. So I'd sort of be forced to go with Euphoria since it does the human body very well in comparison to any other engine right now. Plus the physics on objects are also pretty good. They may not be as great as Crytek, but they are decent. If GTA4 had destructible environments it would be the Crytek engine very easily imo.

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#23 mlbslugger86
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i like the havok engine alot

2 games that i know of are halo 3 and half life 2

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#24 malikmmm
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i will go with Havok. its used by soo many games...
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#25 bobbetybob
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Euphoria is awesome, but Crysis has some pretty great physics too, the animation on euphoria is what makes it so great, the way characters move between being animated and the physics kicking in is brilliant to watch.
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#26 dragonfly110
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Im a big fan of the havok engine definetly.

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#27 SaltyMeatballs
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Euphoria.
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#28 nmaharg
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Euphoria, imo.
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#29 DropTarget
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CryEngine 2

Anyone who says otherwise is wrong. It was delivering fully destructible environments back in 2007. No other engine comes close to the capabilities and performance ofCryEngine 2.

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#30 kozzy1234
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Cryengine by far

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#31 tehsystemwarior
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I like the Havoc, especially in Halo 3. When playing the custom game type Halo, were the sniper is shooting at you while your in a mongoose, and the gmae takes into consideration shot lead and everything, and then the impact of the bullet on your mongoose, and adds swerve and sometimes makes you flip is something i think is great.
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#32 deactivated-59da85d821feb
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I'm a fan of Havok.
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#33 AndyAlfredo
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Whatever Mercenaries or Just Cause use. I love the purposely unrealistic physics and they provide hours of fun.

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#34 king_bobo
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Geo-Mod 2 (Red Faction: Guerilla), simply because of the awesome destructability :D
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#35 GTR2addict
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Cryengine 2

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#36 tehsystemwarior
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Cryengine 2

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I think that is one of the most amazing video game feat I have ever scene.
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#37 PAL360
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euphoria is incredible

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#38 Ravensmash
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I love Euphoria/RAGE's physics on the human body. Run over someone in GTA4 - looks awesome. Read Dead Redemption's use of it looks awesome too.
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#39 GTSaiyanjin2
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The physics in crackdown were amazing. And i think that used theHavok physics engine.

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#40 mario_gamer
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To all those who doubt Havok.

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#41 PAL360
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to all those who doubt cryengine2

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I forgot about that one. Man, that is incredible :o

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#42 hockeyruler12
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I love the euphoria engine. Watch some backbreaker gameplay videos

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#43 osan0
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there is only one answer to this....boom blox bash party :P. to its credit it is quite impressive considering the hardware its running on. im going to have to go with crysis though. a little glitchy but very kewl.
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#44 Doom_HellKnight
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CryEngine 2 and Havok.
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#45 hamoksha0000
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i will go with HAVOK cause i tried kz2 and just cant say the feeling of the game great engine .

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#46 FFOwner
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Havok might not have the best physics, but it surely is the most flexible one. I believe they are even using it for Diablo III!

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#47 Arach666
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CryEngine 2.
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#48 Im_single
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Euphoria, just love playing GTA4 because the physics are so awesome, also CE2 has some phenomenal physics also.
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#49 mario_gamer
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Euphoria, just love playing GTA4 because the physics are so awesome, also CE2 has some phenomenal physics also.Im_single
Didn't GTA4 use Havok, and Euphoria is just for ragdolls?
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#50 deactivated-5cf4b2c19c4ab
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I think the physics in Crysis are phenominal. Just look for the 3000 barrels video.

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thats not in real time though, if you actually try it be prepared to see 1 frame per second.