Poll: Will Valve ever make/use another engine?
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I think that source is capable of putting out things that look more than acceptably pretty. I actually think graphics are important. They're a significant part of the user experience, and though I used to argue they were 'unimportant' my view I feel has become more refined through actual play. Sure, this isn't the same for all games and graphical standards are variable. Civ 5 won't need to be on whatever cryengine we're up to now to be enjoyable (obviously). The games that run on source look -fine- and importantly, run very well on many systems, even those that are getting on a bit. I genuinely think that episode 1 and 2 had some seriously impressive scenery, and I never had cause for complaint in regards to the graphics. I'm glad they've stuck with the engine.
Only when they are ready. I love Valve, its one of the few companies which is dedicated for making great GAMES not great GAME ENGINES.
Source is old, its true. But it still looks great and can run even on medieval hardware which is a big plus. Oh and Katana314, if you think L4D2 is ugly i recommend you checking your graphic settings. You may have set everything on low or something.
Source is old, its true. But it still looks great and can run even on medieval hardware which is a big plus. Oh and Katana314, if you think L4D2 is ugly i recommend you checking your graphic settings. You may have set everything on low or something.
I'm still fine with the Source Games. I can't run a lot of the latest games, so I really like how it looks very good and doesn't lag my computer. I dont have much other games to compare Source games to, but IMO it still looks and feels very good.
Source is still an acceptable engine, its renderer seems much more gritty and less "shiny" than its competitors and the engine itself scales very well to lower end computers.
That being said the engine truly sucks at rendering outdoors enviroments and I've thought for many years its about time the industry started attempting to move away from the rails shooter in the CoD and HL mould.
That being said the engine truly sucks at rendering outdoors enviroments and I've thought for many years its about time the industry started attempting to move away from the rails shooter in the CoD and HL mould.
Actually, they have changed it around a lot since it's inception. It works fine and looks great so I don't really see what the problem is
People are sort of dancing around the question of consoles here. The faces (and everything else) do indeed look phenomenal in Crysis - way more so than HL2. But Crysis was made to push the bleeding edge of game graphics, a goal which has turned out to be out of step with the current focus on console development. The status quo is all the rage these days. Think about it: CryEngine2 itself is already 2 years old, and still no game has even matched its capabilities, to say nothing of surpassing them. I can recall no other time in my 20 years of gaming that we have gone a whole 2 years without a new graphical milestone. Most games seem content with the same rubbery, normal-mapped faces we've had since Doom 3.
Games these days are made for the same four-year-old hardware, as they must continue to be until the hardware changes. The modularity of the Source engine means that it isn't that far behind most modern engines, and the important point here is that it isn't going to get any further behind until the next console generation. At which point we can probably expect Valve's next major engine release.
In any case, I certainly hope Ep3 will be released in the current engine. It looks fine, and I think maintaining the visual continuity across the story arc is important. They can do a major visual upgrade for the next story arc.
Games these days are made for the same four-year-old hardware, as they must continue to be until the hardware changes. The modularity of the Source engine means that it isn't that far behind most modern engines, and the important point here is that it isn't going to get any further behind until the next console generation. At which point we can probably expect Valve's next major engine release.
In any case, I certainly hope Ep3 will be released in the current engine. It looks fine, and I think maintaining the visual continuity across the story arc is important. They can do a major visual upgrade for the next story arc.
I reckon they'll probably make a new one, when the fans are finally bored with the old one. I can't imagine they'd bother making a new one while people still keep throwing money at them.
I agree though, it is beginning to feel rather tired.
I'm not saying they should be aiming for super high end graphics, but something new once in a while would be nice.
I agree though, it is beginning to feel rather tired.
I'm not saying they should be aiming for super high end graphics, but something new once in a while would be nice.
As Yahtzee mentioned in his Orange Box review. The things in the Half-Life 2 franchise got repetetive. So i hope Episode 3 will feature something new that no other game has seen. A long game. Normal difficulty. And new things every time.