Unreal Engine 3 report, going to see alot of it so

[kumquatq3]

Gamespots report on what they saw.

 

sounds great and the fact that it doesn't need a uber-card is even better

 

 

but the thing that jumped out at me was:

 

Epic also acknowledged that there are already several third-party projects underway using Unreal Engine 3, including at least one online role-playing game.

 

didn't bioware liceanse this? :ph34r:

[kirottu]

Bioware doing online rpg? Hmmm?

 

Anyhow, that unreal engine sure sounds good.

[Monte Carlo]

I'd be surprised if Bioware decided to get involved with a MMORPG. The market is saturated and they cost a fortune to run. D&D Online is in the works, and I think that's gonna take a caning too.

 

There's no reason why Bioware wouldn't licence a FPS shooter engine to make a RPG whatsoever. I just don't think that they'd go down the Asheron's Call route.

 

Cheers

MC

[Volourn]

I doubt BIO is using it to make a MMORPGH or a straight up FPS. The closest to a FPS BIO will make would be soemthing Vampire; but even that's in doubt..

[Llyranor]

They said online, not MMO.

 

Just wait and see.

[Volourn]

And? It wouldn't be the firts on line game BIo had made. The BGs were on line games too.

[Niten_Ryu]

Lineage II (MMOG) uses Unreal Engine. It might be that NCsoft just upgrades Lineage II or releases whole new MMOG based on Unreal Engine tech. Seamless worlds are even more important in MMOG environment than in single player games.

 

Bioware and Midway also have Unreal Engine 3 licences but I really hope that they wouldn't do multiplayer online game or MMOG. What I'd really love to see is Unreal Engine based KotOR III... no more ultra small maps and real z-axis (and of course SSS, parallex maps, HDRL ect ect junk)

[Morgoth]

Whatever Bio makes with the UE3, I suspect some really hefty hardware requirements.

[ShadowPaladin V1.0]

PC version of Jade Empire ? Seems like the right sort of engine.

[Astatine]

A PC port of Jade Empire would probably keep the same engine as the Xbox version, just like both platform editions of KOTOR (and KOTOR2) share engine technology.

 

No, Bioware have something new and cool in the works... "

[Judge Hades]

Never been impressed withthe Unreal engines. Good for shooters, boring shooters at that, but nothing else.

[mkreku]

Wow.. streaming maps and the graphics quality of the Unreal 3 engine.. Almost sounds too good to be true. Now, let's hope someone manages to do a decent game with all this spectacular technology.

[Judge Hades]

I doubt it. The tech is geared for shooters and not games of substance. Yes, this sounds like a visceris mode moment but I have yet seen a good game done with the Unreal engine.

[Arkan]

I have. UT and UT2k4.

 

Oh yeah. I said it.

[Llyranor]

UT2k4 was spectacular in terms of atmosphere and intensity.

[Morgoth]

Nothing beats the original Unreal and UT when it comes to the Unreal franchise. I never really cared about the sequels.

@Hades: You're talking nonsense, read again what the UE3 is capable of. Just because the Engine is from a company that only makes FPS doesn't mean the engine is only appropriate for FPS. There're plenty non-FPS games out there using Unreal Technology, even Gothic 1 uses parts of that. And with the seamless map transitions in UE3, things can only get better. I for one am happy about Bio's purchase of the UE3.

[roshan]

Unreal tournament is one of the greatest games ever made.

[Volourn]

"The tech is geared for shooters and not games of substance."

 

It's an engine. It can be changed to fit whatever game thet creator wants it to.

[agris]

"The tech is geared for shooters and not games of substance."

 

It's an engine. It can be changed to fit whatever game thet creator wants it to.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

 

 

Ya, the fact that the Unreal engine is used in a lot of shooters has no bearing on the rendering and graphics portion of it.

 

Oh, and the online RPG Epic is refering to is most likely Vanguard: Saga of Heroes.

[Aaron Contreras]

The Vanguard FAQ states that they are using a heavily modded version of the Unreal 2 engine for release and considering moving to Unreal 3 for expansion. Maybe things have changed since the FAQ was written, 'course.

[Judge Hades]

"The tech is geared for shooters and not games of substance."

 

It's an engine. It can be changed to fit whatever game thet creator wants it to.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

 

Really? What good hardcore CRPGs have been made with the Unreal engines? None that I have seen. Just because an engine is capable doesn't mean that it will be used as such. What can be done is irrelevant to what is actually done and the tech has been used and geared for shooters.

[Judge Hades]

Nothing beats the original Unreal and UT when it comes to the Unreal franchise. I never really cared about the sequels.

@Hades: You're talking nonsense, read again what the UE3 is capable of. Just because the Engine is from a company that only makes FPS doesn't mean the engine is only appropriate for FPS. There're plenty non-FPS games out there using Unreal Technology, even Gothic 1 uses parts of that. And with the seamless map transitions in UE3, things can only get better. I for one am happy about Bio's purchase of the UE3.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

 

 

Gothic 2 is one of the worse CRPGs I have played. Sorry, you are not selling me on the basis of the Gothic series. :puke:

[Morgoth]

Nothing beats the original Unreal and UT when it comes to the Unreal franchise. I never really cared about the sequels.

@Hades: You're talking nonsense, read again what the UE3 is capable of. Just because the Engine is from a company that only makes FPS doesn't mean the engine is only appropriate for FPS. There're plenty non-FPS games out there using Unreal Technology, even Gothic 1 uses parts of that. And with the seamless map transitions in UE3, things can only get better. I for one am happy about Bio's purchase of the UE3.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

 

 

Gothic 2 is one of the worse CRPGs I have played. Sorry, you are not selling me on the basis of the Gothic series. :puke:

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

I don't sell you anything. And your taste in CRPGs has nothing to do with the fact what can be done with Unreal Technology.

[Judge Hades]

As I said before being capable of doing something is irrelevant to what is actually done. I can buy a shotgun and blow away my boss, but that is irrelevant to the fact that I haven't done it yet. I rather deal with what is actually out on the market and what is tangible than deal with what if.

 

So far the Unreal engines have produced no games of substance.

[Morgoth]

As I said before being capable of doing something is irrelevant to what is actually done.  I can buy a shotgun and blow away my boss, but that is irrelevant to the fact that I haven't done it yet.  I rather deal with what is actually out on the market and what is tangible than deal with what if.

That's because there're still no games available using UE3?

 

So far the Unreal engines have produced no games of substance.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

An engine doesn't "produce" substance, that's still the job of the creative minds working on the game. But the best idea is worth nothing if you can't realize it with proper technology. Ohh, and when we're at substance: Even you admitted that you've enjoined Deus Ex, a game that, without any doubt, has substance. But hey, just go over to the Bioware Boards and lecture the devs that they will fail of delivering substance due to the usage of UE3...I'm sure you'll make an ass out of yourself there (again). Good Luck!