Watch the Unreal Engine 3 'Samaritan' tech demo

by Alice O'Connor, Mar 09, 2011 8:45am PST

Related Topics – Trailer, Epic Games, GDC 2011, Unreal Engine, UDK

Epic Games has released a video version of its gorgeous new Unreal Engine 3 tech demo, named Samaritan, which it debuted at the Game Developers Conference last week.

The sumptuous demo, which was running in real-time at the conference, shows off new engine features and gives a look at what Epic says it "wants to see in the next generation of games."

Samaritan takes advantage of DirectX 11 features including tessellation and displacement, multisampled textures and Shader Model 5. It also uses subsurface scattering, Nvidia's Apex dynamics, Bokeh depth of field, image-based reflections, and other fancy technical wizzbangs and doohickeys.

Don't get too excited just yet, as the "next generation" part is key. While Epic did run the demo in real-time, it took a beastly PC with three GeForce GTX 580 graphics cards--the cheapest models of which cost around $500 apiece.

However, the features are now available to all developing with Unreal Engine 3, including in the latest version of the free Unreal Development Kit.

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- Summary: Pretty things from Epic! It's what they hope games will look like. Games on Unreal Engine 3, at ... : Alice O'Connor
- That was sweet. : DragonSire
- looks awesome. : neo69
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  Does it make the protagonist more cool if they smoke? Really? Where I live, we are down to 10% of a... : JodoMcFatty
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    I imagine it allowed them to show off an effect or two that they wanted. That way they get the smoke trail effects as well as the (light emitting?) particles from his lighter toward the end. It made his entry pretty bad ass as well.
    
    Relying on media for a healthy message about smoking is a losing battle. It's best done by parents.
    
    Mar 09, 2011 9:13am PST
    
    I imagine it allowed them to show off an effect or two that they wanted. That way they get the smoke tra... : passingstranger
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    Do you want to play games, watch movies and read books about people from your office? Apart from the two ... : pierog
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      I'm loving this answer. : sheepraper
      
      it got me loling : SexxyRoboNinja
    - hahahaha : Bull
    - Touche salesman. : ant_hillbilly
    - chapter 2, in which our hero watches American Idol and goes to bed early : jvox
    - I want my shapeshifting antiheroes to at least be a little health-conscious. : Happy Doodle Muffin
    - Oh man, this post just made my day : natural born chaos
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    I think it's definitely useful in trying to establish a character. In this day and age where anti-smoking... : hyperion25
    - I think it's really a holdover from the film noir era in Hollywood. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film... : Schnapple
  - Yes, smoking does make you cool. You should try it sometime. : ColoradoCNC
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    I think there's some recent legislation being debated in the states that would make any movie with a smok... : djdisco
    - This idea has been floating around for a while and will most likely never come to pass, thankfully. : passingstranger
  - The protagonist also throws his cigs on the street instead of in a proper receptacle. That really has my ... : tigeN
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    Are you serious? Games don't raise kids, parents do. : dromo5
    - Yeah, because as we all know, kids aren't influenced by games and movies! : athmpsn
  - Yeah I'd just PEE on that guy his head instead. : Snipergen
  - Please don't turn this into a smoking related argument with this video... This happened at Kotaku, who gi... : Batmanshack
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    Yes, people that smoke look cooler. Deal with it. Humprey Bogart example: http://lifewithpaws.files.word... : henrikb
    - smokey, like a fire breathing dragon. i am impressed by french inhales and smoke rings. : pointyelbows
  - I liked hearing about the concept in Vanquish where a lit cigarette would fool enemy heat sensors. : the archvile
  - http://img2.moonbuggy.org/imgstore/smoking-makes-you-cool-like-snakes.jpg : Crabs Jarrard
  - http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lg7se5GV8J1qdh1wyo1_500.jpg : Mr.SEX
  - Yeah. Smoking is anything but cool. Anyone who thinks otherwise is a fool. : vx2o
  - works for Europe : fletch_
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    Because Ayn Rand said it made you more rational. : melt_core
    - and then she got lung cancer and used her husband's last name to mooch off the social welfare she spent h... : pointyelbows
  - What I think is interesting is that the guy executed a bunch of cops, and you didn't even bat an eye. ... : Sxio
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    It's more like smoking is a really easy way for characters to emote. It's the non-verbal "Mad World." : sgtsanity
    - This post is too well thought and doesn't have enough hyperbole. : CRasterImage
    - The non-verbal "Mad World"? "Moonlight Sonata". : d fluke
  - smoking is cool as hell and always will be : thechunder
  - bugs me too. Is a dumb habit that should die and I'm against the use of it as an indicator of cool. Not... : MamiyaOtaru
  - For the record smoking definitely makes him look cool. : SockMonkeh
  - Hey, that was medicinal! You want him to suffer? : Sailor of Fortune
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  The cops kinda looked like Combine soldiers to me. : Topsiderover
  - Which makes this a probable teaser for half life 3 ?! .... OMGOMGOMG!!! : Jockiboy
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  I want MOVIES like this. : VictoriouSecret
  - They already made Blade Runner : Godhatesfatpeople
- That looks phenomenal. : freshyk
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  I wonder what game this will turn into. They demoed UE2 features with many Gears assets before the game ... : jake
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    oh man, the best part about going back and watching this video is that gears pretty much looks like that.... : gokart.
    - except then they had new hardware on the horizon. we havent heard anything about any new consoles. fail : chilln
  - God, I remember going to an UE3 demo at E3 in 2004 or 2005 and being utterly blown away. If this new vers... : ColoradoCNC
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  What was he doing with the chain, during the beginning of the movie? Was he trying to get into a Strip cl... : raxtor
  - That's what puzzles me. Why does this character with such powers need to blowtorch the chain? : vx2o

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