Originally posted by: Canai
id's engine is the only major one AFAIK that is set to release soon. UT3 engine is crap already, Source engine is way behind UT3 even, other proprietary engines (like the Witcher's engine, I can't remember the name) are always behind the big name ones. Also look at the X-Ray engine from STALKER. It looks nice, but crashes a LOT, it's a pain to alt-tab, and it's all brown and gray. Crysis is a dream to alt-tab, the editor is fucking amazing, and it scales really well. Some of the more advanced engine features are just now becoming available in the modding community. Crytek actually neutered their engine because of Microsoft's input.
Crytek released an engine that nothing could run, which finally gives nVidia a reason to release some new hardware. The 8800GTX cards, top of the line for over a year, can run all the other engines without problems, so now nVidia has a real reason to advance their cards.
A year without new high end cards is nVidia fucking over the market. They could easily have put out faster hardware by now, yet they've had no reason to.
Do you really believe that by the time the next generation of cards is mature that the CryEngine will be outdated or have some other engine run and look better? I highly doubt it.
I think one thing that a lot of you are forgetting is that Crysis
just came out, at least compared to the other engines. The UT3 engine has been out for a while (I'm not going to look it up
), and there have already been two full games based on the engine, and GoW has been out for a while.
Basically the CryEngine is competition for UnrealEngine 4 and whatever next-gen engines (ones designed to run on the 9800 series, or whatever ATi has in store to compete with them)
I'm excited for the future of the CryEngine. It can render huge outdoor environs in amazing detail, and it's not too bad for indoor areas either. Far Cry 2 will be interesting because of the total locale shift from the jungle to the desert, so that will be cool to see. Anyway I have to go back to work now