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Unreal Engine

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Unreal Engine is a professional suite of tools and technologies used for building high-quality games across a range of platforms. Unreal Engine’s rendering architecture enables developers to achieve stunning visuals and also scale elegantly to lower-end systems.

A screenshot of the new Unreal Engine 5. Source: https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US/blog/unreal-engine-5-is-now-available-in-early-access

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Platforms

  • Mac
  • Windows
  • Linux  Requires build process: [https://wiki.unrealengine.com/Building_On_Linux](https://wiki.unrealengine.com/Building_On_Linux)
4.5 / 5 Avg rating (11)
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Features

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  1.  3D Game Engine
  2.  Destructible geometry
  3.  Visual Programming
  4.  Virtual Reality
  5.  Blueprint Function
  6.  Chaos Engine
  7.  Node Based
  8.  Develop in VR
  9.  Photorealism
  10.  Materials Editor
  11.  No Coding Required
  12.  Support for scripting
  13.  Particle Engine
  14.  Quixel Megascans
  15.  Architecture Visualization
  16.  Performance analysis
  17.  Cloth physics
  18.  Ray Tracing
  19.  Hair simulation
  20.  Shader programming
  21.  Profiling Tool
  22.  Well documented
  23.  Apple Metal support
  24.  C support

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Comments and Reviews

   
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Caner ÖZDEMIR
  
Top positive commentJun 12, 2019

One of the best game engine for topclass AAA games. However may not be suitable for Indie games that have very few developers, artists, etc since it requires pretty much knowledge, experience and manpower.

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TM 3K
  
Positive commentJul 1, 2022

The way their UI is set up allows me to create almost effortlessly. Truly one of the best to do it to this day. I love creating my little games on their system.

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Guy Person
  
Positive commentAug 25, 2021

Powerful like no other, UE is simply the best engine when it comes to the graphical quality. However the codebase is old, the engine is very, very bloated, and you can tell that a lot of former design decisions weigh down heavily on UE. If you need the highest graphical quality, take UE, but for anything but the top quality, I would go with Godot, which is more modern, practical, with a better UI, and generally the same but easier to use and share projects on.

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OAKSIF0
  
Positive commentJun 16, 2021

Graphics and ease of use, does not spy on you like Unity.

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Lester Covax
  
Positive commentMay 8, 2020

Intuitive UI and workflow, with a plethora of free assets and content available via asset packs and plugins made freely available. Blueprints system is a great node-based development workflow that can accomplish most things, if you're not comfortable with C++. Definitely things to be improved, but I think it's the most streamlined, feature packed free product you're going to find (even over Blender).

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Farook Al-Sammarraie
  
ReviewDec 19, 2019

The source code is open but you don't have a free license like GPL or MIT, and are only allowed to use it if you agree to EPIC's proprietary license (That requires you to pay 5% of your earnings after you exceed $3k), not bad as an engine, but the license is a deal breaker for me.

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MrGoatsy
  
Positive commentApr 23, 2018

Having made a game in this engine I can say that it is a good engine, I started with zero knowledge of Unreal Engine 4(I did have programming experience) but whenever I had a question I could go to the dedicated answerhub and ask my question for support.

The community is also cool, if you are making something cool, send a message to the community message and ask them to feature you, they feature a few games every other week.

The UI of the engine is confusing to begin with but once you get used to the UI it is decent.

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What is Unreal Engine?

Unreal Engine is a professional suite of tools and technologies used for building high-quality games across a range of platforms. Unreal Engine’s rendering architecture enables developers to achieve stunning visuals and also scale elegantly to lower-end systems.

Revolutionary new workflow features and a deep toolset empower developers to quickly iterate on ideas and see immediate results, while complete C++ source code access brings the experience to a whole new level.

Unreal Engine technology powers hundreds of games as well as real-time 3D films, training simulations, visualizations and more. Over the past 15 years, thousands of individuals and teams and have built careers and companies around skills developed using the engine.

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Unreal Engine information

  • Developed by

    Epic Games
  • Licensing

    Proprietary and Freemium product.
  • Pricing

    Subscription that costs $0 per month + free version with limited functionality.
  • Rating

    Average rating of 4.5 (11 ratings)
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  • Supported Languages

    • English

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