Unreal Engine 4 Delivers Photorealism You Have to See

A French developer known only as Koola has just brought graphics to the next level with these incredible photorealistic environments with the use of Unreal Engine 4.

[GigawattConduit]

Man, these are beautiful pics. Can't wait to see what people do with this engine.

[Palitera]

If someone someday starts using it for good games.

[bouzebbal]

i have no idea why people keep hyping this engine. last gen it was a very average engine far from being the best in its class. UE and Cryengine are 2 of the most overrated engines ever.

[FastRedPonyCar]

You can download the public alpha of the new unreal tournament right now. It's amazing looking, plays/feels really great and totally free forever.

[Gazondaily]

UE engine was brilliant last gen-the fact that so many people utilised it is a testament to that. The Gears series made amazing use of it.

I don't think it was average; its just that so many people utilised it that it might have become a bit same-y.

Also, Cryengine yielded some amazing results on consoles.

[Shadowstar]

@abzdiine : I think it's because there aren't that many commercial engines out there that push themselves as engines rather than games. Being a commercial engine rather than a game means that they can-- really, that they have to-- spend resources showing how pretty the engine can be with no resources dedicated to gameplay. (And by this, I note that above and beyond Unreal's own demos, Koola has an Unreal grant to make his architectural visualizations.)

Edit: Also, Unreal 3 really only sucked ass on most PS3/Wii games. It looked fine on 360 and PC.

[Bigpappy]

It's unreal4 with DX12. The API has to be able to fully access the full capability of the CPU's and GPU's for this to be possible. To achieve this level of lighting requires heavy draw calls to the GPU. Think about what usually slows games down: Big explosions and brightly colored large objects.

[OneAboveAll]

But... but... Unreal Engine can only produce brown and grey colors!

/s

This should shut the naysayers up.

[Utalkin2me]

This is not game a situation. These shots was strictly designed for beauty aspects only. It's not even a tech demo it is just screens.

Don't know what you're referring to about unreal engine and browns and greys. Mirrors edge was a beautiful game and ran on the Unreal engine.

[Gotcha5]

Can't wait to see Gears 4 & Joe Montana 16 running on Unreal Engine 4 at this coming E3.

[gangsta_red]

But will we ever see these types of graphics in a game for any console or average PC?

[Pandamobile]

Why wouldn't we?

[gangsta_red]

We have been reading and seeing articles like these for what it seems like forever. I still haven't played a photo-realistic game.

Just wondering when is this actually going to happen.

[Timesplitter14]

I'd say like 4-5 years from now

[The 10th Rider]

@Timesplitter14,

Look at the progress we've made since Crysis came out 8 years ago. There's been some, of course. But we're really not that much further ahead. Heck, consoles nowadays can barely run demanding games at 1080p 60fps.

We're at least 10 years off from seeing games that look like this (remember that's only 2 console generations.) We might see one or two before then, but more likely something like PT rather than a big AAA game like Metal Gear Solid, Assassin's Creed, or Battlefield.

[Roccetarius]

Give it a few more years once HBM is out the door, then PC with DX12 / Vulkan will make it very possible. The other machines will probably take double or more years than the PC.

[SugarSoSweet]

Exactly....

[AlphaBlackWolf96]

Possibly in the not-so distant future my friend.

[BitbyDeath]

Not Unreal Engine but PT had realistic graphics.

http://www.senpaigamer.com/...

http://www.derangedspaniard...

http://i.kinja-img.com/gawk...

[Davi123]

You should have played the Silent Hills demo, just for feel more optimistic.

[gangsta_red]

I did, it was good. But the pics here shown are on another level it looks like.

[urwifeminder]

The most versatile engine last gen some amazing games came from unreal looking forward to it.

[Rookie_Monster]

I sort of wondering is EPIC still making AAA games? They sold off the Gears IP but they haven't release anything for ages. I am hopi g they'll release a new IP for this gen.

[Timesplitter14]

well there's the new UT which is playable right now if you download UE4. It's pretty good

[Skate-AK]

Fortnight and UT is all I know of.

[wannabe gamer]

i thought Microsoft owned Gears

[Audiggity]

UE4 + NaturalMotion + Havok + BeamNG = Take My Money!

[Apocalypze]

Kojima Production had photorealism in their fox engine like 3 years ago lol

[Drakul]

they all look great until The Downgrade.....

[KilluaX3]

Only happens if they decide to release for consoles.

[Hayabusa 117]

I don't "have" to see anything. I will see it because I want to see the downgrade, but I don't "have" to.

[KilluaX3]

Not coming for consoles. No downgrade.

[Kyizen]

UR3 looked amazing if demos like the Infiltrator. But we never saw games at that level. Till they develop triple A titles solo for PC we will not get the full use of the engine. Star Citizen is one example of what a Triple A game made for PC can do.

[Ace Killa 08]

One reason why PT would've been a real horror game, these graphics!!

[curtis92]

this is why I was bummed arkham knight stuck with UE3. Oh well.

[Bobby Kotex]

What's with the low res screenshots? Kinda ridiculous if you're trying to show off graphics. Shrink Madden or GTAV down to that size and it will look real.

[DarXyde]

Looking through these, all I could think of was P.t.

[JangoMan]

I want to see Last of Us 2 in that engine..

[SuperbVillain]

Silent Hills would look nice with this engine

[WizzroSupreme]

Oh, I believe it. This is how good gaming's gotten!

[KilluaX3]

What? How is it got any better with this ?