XboxEra Community Hangout |OT3| Setting Low Expectations

[Senua]

@Ruthwik_Rao

… If we’re talking Unreal, yeah Coalition has helped create a sort of new texture projection technique which got added to Unreal because of them. But not Moon Studios, they use Unity. Playdead uses Unity as well and they created some custom lighting pipeline for Inside and then released it as open source. So yeah, a lot of studios modify these general purpose IDEs but still make it their own to the point its nowhere close to the build available to the public. This is the same in the VFX industry as well. Several big VFX houses still run on decade old versions of Maya or Max or whatever because their pipelines have been built within them, they just act as containers for all the custom technology these studios create for themselves anyway.

Moon Studios also did some custom work on Unity.

Ori And The Will of the Wisps Switch Analysis: Inside An 'Impossible' Port

[Senua]

@thiagosilva

Something that Playstation Studios has experience/knows.

Just like UE4 for Coalition team.

[PCPrincipal]

@thiagosilva

Yes, but Idk if Playground Games could make the Forza Horizon 4 as we know it today in UE or ND could make TLOU2 as we know it today in UE for example.

UE5 looks promising. We’ll see.

But you can’t compare racing games to UE4 as Racing engines are built very differently. And yes you can produce results similar to TLOU2 in UE4. You just have to customize the engine to your liking like The Coalition does. The Coalition has many features which are used first in Gears Games and then it transfers over to the latest UE engine update on a later date.

As far as open world is concerned yes UE4 doesn’t do open world well but it can still under a good studio. Like Racing Game Engines, Open world Engines are build differently, the best being Ubisoft and Cry Engine. But they seem to be fixing that UE5, hence they showed the vast open world landscape.

But still Unreal Engine is the most versatile engines out there, there is a much easier learning curve and optimizing is also quite easier, plus there is tons of support for bugs and errors.

[Ruthwik_Rao]

@Senua

Moon Studios also did some custom work on Unity.

yeah I mentioned that though lol, didn’t I? My bad if it wasn’t clear.

@Ruthwik_Rao

So yeah, a lot of studios modify these general purpose IDEs but still make it their own to the point its nowhere close to the build available to the public.

[thiagosilva (thiagoツ)]

Google Stadia showing signs of life…

Tom Warren

[ProgStopper]

Working at 343 must be hell because it seems like everybody in the world like media sites, fanboys, Halo fans, and even Grandma’s dog wants you to fail.

[PhantomFox]

Rainbow Six: Extraction has been revealed (previously Rainbow Six: Quarantine):

Rainbow Six Extraction: Dev Team Title Reveal | Ubisoft [NA]

Rainbow Six Extraction: Sprawl Teaser | Ubisoft [NA]

[ProgStopper]

@PhantomFox

Rainbow Six: Extraction has been revealed (previously Rainbow Six: Quarantine):

So it went from Quarentine, to Parasite to Extraction.

Can’t say I’m a fan of the final name.

[No-1HoloLens-Fan]

Far Cry will have a third person mode through out the game

Far Cry 6 Will Offer A Third-Person Mode Throughout The Game

[Mort]

@No-1HoloLens-Fan

Far Cry will have a third person mode through out the game

Wow, that’s pretty great.

[Biggzy (Hassan)]

@No-1HoloLens-Fan

Far Cry will have a third person mode through out the game

We saw this during the trailer, but I thought it was just the devs pulling the camera back.

[Mort]

@Biggzy

We saw this during the trailer, but I thought it was just the devs pulling the camera back.

Speaking of that trailer, I hope they hire someone to work on lipsync/facial animations.

[thiagosilva (thiagoツ)]

@thiagosilva

Google Stadia showing signs of life…

https://twitter.com/tomwarren/status/1401937651423494150?s=20

[Biggzy (Hassan)]

@Mort

Speaking of that trailer, I hope they hire someone to work on lipsync/facial animations.

Yeah it wasn’t great, and definitely brings the presentation down a notch.

[n0tjack (NotJack)]

FYI - I’m going to make the official XboxEra betting challenge thread tonight; if any of you have good bets you want included, now’s your chance.

[SuikerBrood]

@thiagosilva

Google Stadia showing signs of life…

My initial reaction; that should’ve been part of it day one.

[SuikerBrood]

@n0tjack

FYI - I’m going to make the official XboxEra betting challenge thread tonight; if any of you have good bets you want included, now’s your chance.

What are the odds for ‘‘From the ground up’’ ?

[Ace_Maverick]

Xbox

[Mesiac]

@No-1HoloLens-Fan

Far Cry will have a third person mode through out the game

This isn’t entirely accurate. It will be third-person in cutscenes, when in the camp, and when using the backpack abilities, otherwise it will be first-person.

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[CallMeCraig]

Loopmancer looks rad

Daniel Ahmad

reminds me a bit of Shadow Complex