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Unbelievably Realistic Unreal Engine 4 Scenes
Unreal Engine 4, the game engine from Epic Games that’s behind titles like EVE: Valkyrie and Street Fighter 5, has been used to create some amazing projects. New scenes from a UE user, however, might just be the most photorealistic. User Koola posted a couple of screenshots and a short video from an environment he or she is working on to the Unreal Engine forums, and the results are unbelievable. One of the scenes illustrates a beach and tide pools, and another is of a lava flow. Both look like photographs at first glance, but were actually created entirely within the engine. UE 4 has had several tech demos in the past showcasing what it’s capable of, including the “Infiltrator” tech demo. Recently, a team also put together a real-time demo of a Parisian apartment c...
Mario on Unreal 4 Looks Amazing
If you always wanted Nintendo to make a 3D Mario game using some of the best technology in the games industry, you’re going to want to watch this video. YouTube user aryoksini has uploaded a video of the iconic plumber running on Epic’s Unreal Engine 4. “All the environment assets were taken from the Unreal marketplace, all the character actions were scripted using blueprints only, all animations were re-created from scratch as well as the PBR ready textures,” aryoksini said in the video’s description. It’s pretty cool to see Mario running around environments that look as sharp as the best looking PC games out there, but Mario, of course, is more than just his looks. You’d have to make those environments fun to play before you’ll get a proper...