3d engines

[otaku]

Which 3d engine do u think was the most succesfull and why???
Not a matter of features but popularity...

I think that the Half-Life engine is the most popular one...

What do u think?

[AllGamer]

i'll say the one used in all RTS games, those 3D engines are the best :D

[richard_cocks]

The Quake1 engine is the most successful ever. Not only did it spawn Quake, it also is what is behind the half-life engine.

[dave-harper]

what - isn't quake like behind - HALF of all FPS games

[AlexGee]

Half-life IS a modified Quake engine. The Quake engine spawned the whole thing. As a pure 3d engine I still think it rules. Half Life was best use of Quake engine, IMO, and the best game ever. If you want to compare games using Half Life's modified Quake engine vs. games using pure Quake engine then add up all the games using Quake engine and it's gonna beat all the Half Life mods, in terms of popularity - if that's what you are driving at. I stll think Half Life is best game.

[Giblet Plus!]

I really like unreal because of how easy it is to work with. UnrealEd p4wn3s!

[Bigjakkstaffa]

I really like unreal because of how easy it is to work with.

I disagree Unreal Ed is so intimidating to look at - easiest engine to edit with is Halflife and worldcraft :D

--Quake 3 engine is probably the best overall, but with the major overall for ut2k3 im pretty impressed by the unreal engine

--Jakk:t

[NDD]

Q3. Talking by numbers.

Although Unreal engine looks much better :)

[Giblet Plus!]

Once you spend a little time in unrealed, it becomes really easy. It works different from the Quake engine because you use brushes to carve out the geometry of the level instead of adding it in.

[SLX]

Halflife ruined my life, im so addicted to it.:mad:

CS, DOD, TF is one of the big reasons that HL is still around 2day.

[hoodedrat]

*cough* doom3 *cough*

[causticVapor]

unreal and quake have glaring polygon limitations, but,

chex quest used the doom engine :p

DOOM III and Ut2k3 are much better

For popularity I'd say Quake.

[InnovaZero]

Originally posted by causticVapor

For popularity I'd say Quake.

Considering UT sold more then Quake 3, I don't think so. Hows 3 Million + Sales worldwide sound? For the most part there was always more people on playing UT statisitcally as well, except late night. Mod community seemed a good deal bigger as well.

Unreal franchise is just a monster period. Out of nowhere it came to sell near 5 million copies worldwide between only Unreal and Unreal Tournament, and if UT2003 and U2 keep at it, I see no problem with this series reaching 10 million..which is typically unheard of in this industry.