Brace for the stupid question: what is the Unreal Engine? Is it the physics engine or what? Because in Mass Effect they fall realistically and same in Bioshock... is that pretty much what the engine is or is there more?
McSkurvy
All games are built on a game engine. Think of it like the engine in a car - without it the game simply couldn't run. It doesn't just control physics, but every part of the game, from Artificial Intelligence (that determines what characters do on screen), animation, pathfinding, how levels are displayed, how lighting and different types of shaders are used, and so much more. For RPG games it also controls how stats and skills are implemented, etc. Everything you do in a game is interpreted by the game engine.
The Unreal Engine is just one type of game engine, but it is licensed and used by a lot of different developers. There are many other different game engines out there, some that are licensed, and some that are internally developed by a game studio.
As for Unreal Engine games, I will reiterate the link already given by spike6958 earlier in this thread: Unreal Engine Games
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