   Unreal engine.
  The screenshots from the unreal engine looks unbelievably beautiful.How this is possible? is it because of new better 3D graphics hardware? If it is due to hardware, then there should be no reason why other games wont have the same level of graphics?Or did they invented some new algorithems that no other company did?What do you think?   
  Marketing?   ;  Artwork + Bump Mapping 4tw!   ;  Their engine looks good thanks to its heavy use of shaders.Sweeny once said (I belive that it was on the GDC 2006) that a couple of years ago, they made a 'bet' that shaders would be the next Big Thing in game graphics. Perhaps their engine looks best ATM becuase they were the first ones to begin designing an engine based heavily on shaders, thus also being the first ones to complete a shader based engine.   ;  Please stop making low-content threads like this.  You're offering no commentary of interest, but instead just tossing a random topic out and waiting to see what other people say about it.Ask yourself these questions before you post a thread:-Will this thread be of interest to the other members of the forums?-Will this thread provide interesting information to other members?-Is this a new topic that has not been discussed before?-Have I thoroughly searched for the answer to my question?-Do I really need to post this?If you answer 'no' to any of those questions, do not post.[Edited by - Run_The_Shadows on May 15, 2006 2:56:53 PM];  Hardware and good shader programming are one aspect, the artwork itself is another. No amount of shader tweaking will make terrible art look good, no matter what, and likewise excellent art with poorly implemented shaders will look underwhelming. It's a combination of both.   ;Quote:Original post by Run_The_ShadowsPlease stop making low-content threads like this.  You're offering no commentary of interest, but instead just tossing a random topic out and waiting to see what other people say about it.Ask yourself these questions before you post a thread:-Will this thread be of interest to the other members of the forums?-Will this thread provide new and interesting information to other members?-Has this topic been discussed before?-Have I searched thoroughly for the answer to my question?-Am I posting due to a compulsive need to make new threads?If you answer 'yes' to any of those questions, do not post.Wait....you want us to post things that aren't interesting to other people and don't provide new information but before we do any research on the topic?   ;Quote:Original post by ChurchSkizQuote:Original post by Run_The_ShadowsPlease stop making low-content threads like this.  You're offering no commentary of interest, but instead just tossing a random topic out and waiting to see what other people say about it.Ask yourself these questions before you post a thread:-Will this thread be of interest to the other members of the forums?-Will this thread provide new and interesting information to other members?-Has this topic been discussed before?-Have I searched thoroughly for the answer to my question?-Am I posting due to a compulsive need to make new threads?If you answer 'yes' to any of those questions, do not post.Wait....you want us to post things that aren't interesting to other people and don't provide new information but before we do any research on the topic?Very nice, catching my mistake.  I really should stop the bad habit of typing half a reply, then reading an entirely different tab for 15 minutes before finishing the reply.  My original reply will get fixed in a minute.;Quote:Original post by The C modest god... then there should be no reason why other games wont have the same level of graphics?uhhh...Well time and budget are definatelly two huge factors that will play a role in the the quality and quantity of the visuals, so I wouldn't be saying "there's no reason".   ;Quote:Original post by curtmax_0Marketing?