Here is what a next-generation Batman game could look like in Unreal Engine 4

DSOGaming writes: "Ruslan Gadzhie has shared some incredible screenshots from a real-time 3D character model of Christian Bale as The Dark Knight from the Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight movie trilogy."

[BlackIceJoe]

I just wish WB Games or Rocksteady would make a Batman Beyond video game. Getting to play in a Cyberpunk world of Batman would be something really unique compared to all the other former Batman games.

[FinalAeonX]

Would be a great competitor to Cyberpunk.

[InUrFoxHole]

No

[purple101]

Im fed up of unreal engine 4. Ruined soul calibur for me (my greatest game of all time)

Games, in my opinion, should use as many varied engines as possible, in house developed if possible.. because it gives the games their own specific feel / individuality.

Examples of this "feel"

Twisted metal 4 (ps1, ps2)
Soul calibur 2 (Dreamcast)
Mario 64 & Mario kart 64, wii... Etc.
Metropolis Street racer (Dreamcast)
Ratchet & clank / spiderman (ps4)

[FinalAeonX]

You know from a consumer standpoint, you really can't tell the difference? It has no impact at all.

[LMosche]

Nah bro. Anyone with standards can tell the difference in quality between MK11/Injustice 2 and your average Bandai Namco cash grab like Tekken. Just look at the character's ultimate moves lmao. It's obvious which game was developed with ambition and soul.

[milohighclub]

For the most part you can identify a game running on unreal. Especially AAA

[CrimsonWing69]

Do you know the cost and time it takes to make a proprietary first-party graphics engine?

[LMosche]

Yeah Unreal Engine 4 is awful. It seems to have taken away all the unique art styles we saw with Xcom, Bioshock, Borderlands etc.

At least CryEngine is receiving an update and Prey looked amazing.

[D__RAiL]

thats not true at all. It all comes down to developer ambitions. UE4 is one of the better game engines you can use.

[D__RAiL]

Top of my head Final Fantasy VII remake looks amazing

[D__RAiL]

umm did you play Hellblade or even look at the Hellblade II trailer.

[FinalAeonX]

Did you see Arkham Knight, that looked beautiful! It looked amazing and was very well-polished too. All done in UE4.

[LMosche]

@FinalAeonX Arkham Knight was on UE3 :D

[milohighclub]

@LMosche yh and you can tell.

[milohighclub]

Sorry but people sayin it's down to the developer yh you're right except... each engine handles light, shadows, AA, hdr, particles etc differently. each engine is unique and if you're paying attention you can tell.

https://imgur.com/gallery/D...

Heres a comparison image of 2 games running on unreal and one not, y'all saying you cant identify which are running on which engine? Either havent been gaming long enough, arent paying attention or you're blind.

Spoiler: the ones that look soft af are unreal.

[darthv72]

FWIW... Soul Calibur 2 was xb, gcn and ps2. It was only the first on dc.

[Exvalos]

What are you crying about?

[Hungryalpaca]

Someone doesn’t understand game engines.

[DragoonUS]

Unreal Engine is like a hammer, give a hammer to an idiot and he will end up in the hospital, give to a professional and he builds a bridge. A tool is just a tool. Beyond that, you do not need to keep reinventing the wheel to make different cars. Try to be a little reasonable.

[MajorLazer]

Some developers don't have the resources to create their own engine and those that do usually don't share

[ReNe9aaDe]

i live in a world where you got 27 downvotes. Despite feeling like u read my mind with ur comments:/

[blackblades]

I didnt like that they went with unreal for soul calibur either but it didnt ruin it for me. It was either that or no soul calibur at with there budget.

[PMind]

You do realize the engine has no predetermination of the art direction, right? You can't make games only look one way in UE4 or any other engine. That would be like saying that everything created in Photoshop looks the same. A ton of UE4 games have been developed by the same developers so I suppose UE4 games do have a look as a whole, but that's only because that was the look they were going for.

[ReadyPlayer22]

UE4 isn't universal between devs. Most dev teams create their own proprietary tech to advance the tech in UE4. Can't wait to see what devs do for next gen

[Vasto]

I want a Super Man game.

[Minute Man 721]

We can only hope

[gangsta_red]

Definitely!

[jwillj2k4]

You already got one on n64 😂

[badboyz09]

You spelled Spawn Wrong ;)

[Smokehouse]

I want a watchmen game

[darthv72]

the end is nigh makes for a good watchmen game but more of a prequel. A game based on the continuation of the series would be nice. Especially since the series is on hbo.

[Smokehouse]

I’ll check it out thanks

[Segata]

Just a model with no backgrounds, lighting or environments. Sorry, it's just not that impressive. Show me this detailed model in a huge open Gotham world with real-time lighting with NPCs, cars everywhere and ray tracing at night. Cloth physics on the cape. Where I can see inside windows and see interior details like Spider-Man PS4 but better. Running at a smooth 60FPS in 4k and then I will be impressed. Otherwise, this is a lame head model demo.

[Wontime1]

Sheesh, is that all, lol, I get what you're saying tho

[TheHateTheyGive]

Unreal Engine 4 is garbage, im sure the xbox one crew will downvote me because that's what microsoft uses for their xbox 1st party titles because they're to cheap to create a unique ones like playstation, sony has a bunch of 1st party engines.

[Syclonus]

rocksteady please....judge dredd D:

[Exvalos]

As much as I love Batman, I really want them to make a Green Arrow game.

[Yusi-D-Jordan]

This article is clickbait and makes no sense.
What Ruslan did with this model is beautiful work, but nowhere did he state anything about next-gen, also, it doesn’t have more visual fidelity than a ps3/PS4

[Wontime1]

Eh.
Arkham Knight wasn't too far away from this. Matter of fact, if you put it in 4k/60fps I bet it would be hard to distinguish from the two....
Anyway, IMO, we've seen enough Batman for the time being.
I'm hoping rocksteady is hard at work on another DC property