With HDRP, Unity is leading in a big way. So I don't really think it's important any more to focus on what the competition is doing because the competition is not doing well enough. But the thing is, people are pointing out what they perceive to be weaknesses and I'm not saying that they aren't weaknesses - Unity's demos are often arse over tit but I'm actually arguing a new point, that evaluating an engine's rights or wrongs falls down to how well it lets you ship your idea, be it for business or pleasure. They just don't feel like they're done in good faith.Ĭlick to expand.Nor am I. But seeing these demos like BotD and Blacksmith hyped leaves a bad taste in my mouth. The fact that full project or even stand alone running demos are never released makes me think that these demos are 'examples of how we can internally customize the engine to present a short video clip for marketing purposes' and have almost no connection to realistic application for even highly skilled well funded teams making real games.Īnyway, I don't really care. UE4's demo here is an example of what you're talking about: 'what's possible when used by skilled developers' - I'm not sure that Unity demos are. They use extreme techniques only suitable for small demos, that still most likely require heavy engine modification and tech that is never shared w/ public. The animal herding is fully AI driven for example, just like it would be in a real game. The idea being that they were using techniques and approaches that real games might also use for production. It was about us learning how our system scaled to really large environments and really pushing us' Again: 'part of this demo was not just about making something pretty.

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