Epic Releases High-def Unreal Engine 3 Tech Trailer

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• *wickywickywickywickwicky* : Wolfanoz

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• In the small pool it looked very very nice. But the ocean looked pretty weak and unnatural. : Turd Ferguson
• The water in the video is just one material example of an infinite number of appearances an artist could ... : nasa15
• I gotta agree, the wave effects really didn't look good at all. The reflections were awesome, but other ... : deject
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  Does any of this ever even equate to great gameplay anyway? : poopster2
  • No, but this is a tech demo, not a gameplay video. : quadeh

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• lol : freshyk
• Signed. Gears of War wasn't my cup of soup. : NFXFSX
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  We want? How many people even play UT3 online? : kingdepork
  • 2-3 i suppose : AMikaboshi
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  People bought UT3? : Turd Ferguson
  • is this the COD4 thread? : jodiuh
• A lot of people playing it online. But i like UT 2004 as for more than it. :D : acare84
• I want Tribes : poopster2

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  I think I might be the only one who found Gears of War to be quite bland, I bought into the hype and aqui... : fuji-juice
  • It's best played in CO-OP. I doubt i would have finished it other wise but i had a blast with just 2 peop... : zeejay
  • You're probably right about being the only one. That sounds pretty unique and unlike any opinion I've ev... : tigeN
• Well it was after all the MS press event. UT3 isn't on 360 (yet), and GoW is, exclusively... : astonish
• they also were demoing everything in Gears... : kungfusquirrel
• Why would you want to mention a pretty failure. : poopster2

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• Are you kidding? Lol... :D : acare84
• He's a total dork, I think he's great. : node
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  From what I can tell, he seems really neurotic. Maybe that's a prerequisite for programming though. : deadhorse
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    You may be looking too far into it. He was probably just nervous. : Jobos
    • Yeah, he's as nervous as fuck. Poor guy, doing stuff like that (especially when your referencing somethin... : Beady
    • He's extremely introverted. : jake
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  He's got the same appeal as Carmack. I think it gives the company an authentic face. : ifallible
  • yeah I think id much rather have someone who gives the facts without any kind of pr hyping. : Unleashed
• LOL! Its especially noticeable when comparing him to CliffyB, who is an absolute whore. Cliff's in ... : Darth_Kupi
• That's why we like him : zehh
• rofl. A fine speaker indeed. : poopster2

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  wow I'm not the only one? Singleplayer was boring as shit. I struggled to get thru it just because I wa... : austere01
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    Same here, very boring, very dull colors, dull environment. But I guess it's all new to console gamers, ... : Matt Burris
    • Have to agree, I felt the same way. : Bonestormm
• It was fun playing co-op. : / : DM7
• I thought Gears of War was one of the funnest games I had ever played. I particularly liked the perspecti... : Reeves
• I enjoyed the hell out of it. : jonin
• Year it was very very repetitive in places. Another vehicle level and perhaps a boss battle with the big ... : ihya
• I'm glad someone else found it extremely boring like myself. Plus the cover system was atrocious in compa... : Sgt_Boomstick

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  Tim looked really nervous, like he was about to piss on himself or something. : jonin
  • Of all the stuff in the first video, that's what I noticed most. It was pretty awful to watch. : valael
• its tim, thats how he always looks/acts. : bbmar23

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• Not quite sure if it's gonna be impassible or they just design it that way so the level flow doesn't get ... : kingdepork
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  Pretty sure the beams are present to keep the level from breaking. I imagine you'll be able to blow holes... : SockMonkeh
  • I agree. As he said the the Real Time something Calculator determines how the objects will break apart, s... : ifallible
• The steel beams are a pretty good idea. The problem with highly-destructible environments is they make i... : omnova
• That liquid sphere was really great. I could see something like that in a "Bug's Life" game (where the w... : Jobos
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  I imagine it'll be like Red Faction, where the environment is destructible up to a point. It was merely ... : Matt Burris
  • Agreed. It looks great, but I must have heard a dozen games announcing "this is revolutionary, everyth... : zehh
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    Here, they seem to be treating it as what it will (most often) be used for: Some extra window dressing. T... : FlatlineDixay
    • Yeah even if it doesn't change the layout of the map, it will be cool that rocket launchers will do more ... : Turd Ferguson
• I think the way they handled destructible environments is a great example of how to do it right. For line... : lolbotomy
• Does this mean we can FINALLY create a realistic water balloon simulator? It will help to create more fa... : deadhorse
• Multiplayer, with destructible environments..aw yeah. Breaching a castle/fortress walls with an onslaugh... : deathofrats
• wonder if you will be able to blow a hole in a wall and snipe from it : neodoom

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  I almost laughed at the damn thing. serious... imagine what they could do with that technology to create ... : Reeves
  • That would be awesome. He could have an attack where he expands and crushes you against the wall. You cou... : ZombieAcademy

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  I think the AO stuff is just for maps and other static stuff. : CRasterImage
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    If it's anything like the AO in Crysis, then it applies to everything on screen whether it is static or d... : thecray
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      Ambient Occlusion is a lighting option that darkens nooks and crannies. Ambient = indirect lighting me... : CRasterImage
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        What they're doing is screen space ambient occlusion. Basically you look at the local area around a pixel... : navelskrutt
        • Ah, interesting. I got to try this... : CRasterImage

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• haha... he totally looked WAY uncomfortable... : stelth
• He and Carmack have been some kind of Dynamic Duo in the Shooter industry for quite some time. : ifallible