The evolution of the game engine

[Angel of Death]

I found this image while researching the Quake engine tree, and thought I would share. It's a good visual to where things have come from over the last 10 years.

[Ze-Tomb]

Yeah, it is quite amazing how fast some game engines have developed to this level of quality in visual.

It is always nice to see comparisons to the older versions of a game engine for just that reason.

But remember, gamplay>graphics.
But graphics do help suade me a bit.

[Fail Whale]

It is pretty cool seeing comparisons like that, when the graphics improve in an evolutionary way I dont always notice just how much they have improved. I am often surprised when I go back to my N64 at how comparitivley bad the graphics are and how unrsponsive the controls are while I remember that console being the Mutts Nuts at the time. This is even true going back just one console generation.

[Mikass]

Originally Posted by Ze-Tomb

Yeah, it is quite amazing how fast some game engines have developed to this level of quality in visual.

Indeed it is. Check out the Sony Bravia RL Ad vs a copy of it rendered with Cryengine2. It`s not so easy to tell which is which.

[Ze-Tomb]

Originally Posted by Mikass

Indeed it is. Check out the Sony Bravia RL Ad vs a copy of it rendered with Cryengine2. It`s not so easy to tell which is which.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOnOzX44wpk

Heck, I'd prefer the CE-2 add than the RL one on TV!

Fail Whale:
Yes, the N64 was the best thing back then but when ya look back you go, "Crap, that's how bad the graphics were?" when you remember them being awesome.

[Fail Whale]

Wow yeah the only difference I can see isw the vibrancy of the colour but that could just be choice by the designers

[Angel of Death]

Originally Posted by Mikass

Indeed it is. Check out the Sony Bravia RL Ad vs a copy of it rendered with Cryengine2. It`s not so easy to tell which is which.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOnOzX44wpk

I've never seen the CE2 render of that commercial, is there an HD version somewhere? That's really cool.

[sob]

The evolution of Quake is also very interesting.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Qu...amily_tree.svg

Not to mention Lara Croft

http://animepodcast.org/d/Lara_Croft.jpg

http://globalnerdy.com/wordpress/wp-...lara-croft.jpg

[Maduro]

Originally Posted by Mikass

Indeed it is. Check out the Sony Bravia RL Ad vs a copy of it rendered with Cryengine2. It`s not so easy to tell which is which.

That's great... thanks for that link. I would also like to see a HD version if anybody can find one. Cheers!

[Mikass]

Originally Posted by Maduro

That's great... thanks for that link. I would also like to see a HD version if anybody can find one. Cheers!

Sure.

http://www.gametrailers.com/player/31023.html?type=flv