I dont think thats how it works. Compagnies use popular game engine because thats often what devs are familiar with, not because its cheaper (doubt that it even is too). And if all the games feel the same, thats prob because of the devs. Unreal has way too many customization for this to be a problem - ThreadSky

digitaldylan.bsky.social • 11 days ago

I dont think thats how it works. Compagnies use popular game engine because thats often what devs are familiar with, not because its cheaper (doubt that it even is too). And if all the games feel the same, thats prob because of the devs. Unreal has way too many customization for this to be a problem

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t3rr4t3rr0r.bsky.social•11 days ago

That’s only useful when the devs are short period contract workers. Most game companies usually have long time employees, where it would be more efficient to use a proprietary engine that’s built towards the company’s specific niche

thelowkster.bsky.social•11 days ago

Remember Team Ace's, Ace Combat engine? Awww, man that made the game feel like a jet fighter. Then Bandit Scamco switched to Unreal. Now Ace Combat's movement and aiming has that Unreal, wonky feeling.

digitaldylan.bsky.social•10 days ago

You’re right, it’d probably be more efficient and make better final products but building the engine itself and training people to use it leads to a lot more cost and companies do not see the value of spending that much more when they could get a similar product with unreal and such for much cheaper

t3rr4t3rr0r.bsky.social•10 days ago

That is unfortunately true

digitaldylan.bsky.social•11 days ago

Although I do agree with you that we need more viable game engines on the market and for studios to make their own more often. But as of right now, unreal engine is a great option and I dont think its as bad as you say it is

thelowkster.bsky.social•11 days ago

I assure you, I'm not just hating on for the sake of hating on it.
I can see smaller indie dev studios using it to cut costs while they work on their own thing. But these multi-billion dollar/yr pubs have no reason to use it. In my experience the movement and aim feel off with unreal. Always has.

mongoosedave.bsky.social•10 days ago

You try making your own engine and tell us how efficient and cost effective it is instead of licensing an already made engine. Developing a new game engine and a new game in that engine at the same time is a cluster fuck.

gameboardgames.bsky.social•10 days ago

Unless you're a John Carmack tier developer, 99.99 times out of 100 using an existing engine to make a game is a better bet. The other .01 times is going to be an obscure fringe case where current engines can't do what you want to do.

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