CryEngine 3 vs. Unreal Engine 3: HD Screenshot Comparison

In that screenshot comparison Videogameszone checked the graphical and technical differences between CryEngine 3 and Unreal Engine 3.

[tdrules]

well the difference is pretty large.
but comparing a new engine to a 5(?) year old one is a tad unfair.
UE3 has lasted, barely, now everyone should use CE3

[nveenio]

The main selling point of UE3 is that it's constantly being improved upon. That's why Gears keeps using it. But CE3 vs UE3 is pretty much common knowledge.

[sashimi]

It's totally fair to compare the 2 since UE3 is still being used by so many developers.

[joydestroy]

haha this is just a silly comparison but i suppose i'll look anyway

[darthv72]

isnt epic about due to reveal some info on the next unreal engine? Maybe gears 3 will be using unreal engine 4?

Scratch that last part. I just read UE4 is not coming till 2012. Hopefully Gears 3 comes out before then with some of the UE4 stuff to whet the appetite.

[Bnet343]

I think the even bigger selling point of UE3 is that it's cheap. How much would it cost a developer to license CE3?

[Greywulf]

Its just sad to think that games could have looked like Cryteks technology, if developers spent time. Its running on the 360's hardware, as well as the PS3. The Unreal engine and the Source engine are old engines folks. Thats why you don't need super beefy computers to run Multiplatform titles, no, you need 5 year old techonlogy that ran the game higher than consoles can run them today, to play these titles.

I doubt Cryteks technology will get the support it deserves because of how moronic the industry is. Epic is a big player, and they aren't going to let obviously better & easier technology get the best of them. Every copy of underwhelming engine game x that sells, is a nail in the coffin for this type of tech. I doubt we will see many Crytek engine games in the future. The talent pool just isn't there. People have been making low polygon garbage with terrible textures for the unreal engine this entire gen, now you're going to tell these people to make Crysis\Uncharted2 quality assets for EVERY release? and multiplatform, restricted to a dvd? ha.. right.

Thank god I don't have to rely on multiplats for actual good visuals & gameplay.

Thank god.

This is the first generation that progress is actually shunned. If idiots really believed graphics don't matter, none of us would have bought the "next generation" of console games that had last gens benchmarks.

[corneliuscrust]

is trying to sell a product. NOT stagnate the industry.

They have an engine to sell. It is popular. They keep working in improvements, but you can only mod an engine so much. It's definitely not the best engine out there, but why does it need to be? Crytek pulled off some incredible feats with cryengine3, they should be commended. Epic should not be reprimanded because of Crytek's good work.

UE4 will be HUGE, but not due for years.

[FragGen]

1. It's not like Crytek's engines are known for their efficiency.

2. This is an Apples/Oranges comparison, especially considering the UE3 is a current version of an existing product that has been deployed in hundreds of products and the CE3 is a cutting edge technology prototype that has not shipped in a single product, yet.

I should certainly hope CE3 would look way better given these points.

[badz149]

Gears is an Epic Games franchise. so...you would expect them to use their own engine for that! it's also part of promoting the engine to the masses. news flash...Gears 3 will also use UE! just the matter of UE3 or 4 but still UE!

[Kakkoii]

@Kigmal:

They don't have a single flat rate for licensing on the CryEngine.

They review your application, and judge how much they would want you to pay based on the information you've given. That way small developers can license it also.

[DrRobotnik]

Lets see some games already.

[alphakennybody]

From afar the UE always looks good but once you zoom in, you can see some ugly mess. As for this comparison CE wins it by miles.

@ kaveiti
I hope they upped the lighting effect in the new UE, as it seems to be a major factor for the beautiful visuals in games nowadays

[kaveti6616]

Texture res is up to the developer. On a PC, the UE3 can go toe to toe with the CE3 in most departments except lighting.

[Kakkoii]

@Kigmal:

Nah it can't. CE2 has a lot of procedural texturing features built in. And many other more advanced technologies that enable better realism.

[Fuzia]

Cryengine ftw, please.
Now, let us have Crysis 2.

[tudors]

e.g

[Memo-Xen x3100]

CE3, NO CONTEST!! Why waste my time?

[DarkAzureIIIX]

If they were to render the same LEVEL than lets talk, But I have on clue of how many textures(and size of them) that are being push what render technique are being used how many polygons are being pushed or how many lights are in the scene. I don't care if one artist is better than the other because that basically what's going on here. but this tell me nothing about how powerful the engine is.

[RagTagBnd445]

Why is it all these screens needs to be from german sites?
This comparison is stupid, of course a 2009 engine looks better than a 2006 one.

[darksied]

The unreal engine is updated all the time. It's the most used engine so they have to keep working on it. It's maybe why Epic's engine quality goes up while their games' gameplay doesn't :/

[squidyj]

These aren't even Cryengine 3 shots though. These are Cryengine 2, Mechwarrior LL is a Cryengine 2 mod with even it's own art resources. That first shot is from the bladerunner thing they did on Cryengine 2.

http://www.destructoid.com/...

There's only 2 cryengine 3 shots on there and those are from the very first video we ever saw using console footage.

They literally took a bunch of cryengine 2 screenshots, and pulled a couple frames from a video about cryengine 3, and slapped a label on all of them in the bottom right corner.

[Kakkoii]

Yeah lol. And the snowy area image seems to be from Crysis, when you're heading up the mountain to investigate the boat that's somehow up in the mountain.

[darksied]

In my opinion, the enreal engine is looking old and worn out. To be honest, I've seen too many games already that look almost exactly like those screen shots, and I'm getting sick of it. The cryengine is looking nice, and, as much as I liked the unreal engine, hopefully there's enough power in the cryengine that a lot of (good) developers start using it to make some competition.