UE3 Samaritan Tech demo screens

[Cr4zyB4st4rd]

The video is expected up sometime after GDC. But g4tv has some screens of Epic's latest tech demo, now working with Nvidia, DX11 and a ton of other awesome pretty stuff.

http://www.g4tv.com/images/3985/Unreal-Engine-3---Samaritan/66191/

 

[DarkED]

The visuals are amazing. That's all I can say.

 

[Rambowjo]

That looks amazing, but hazy screenshots can be deceiving. I definitely dig the bokeh blur though, that's absolutely amazing. I wonder if this is made to run on consoles.

 

[DarkED]

That looks amazing, but hazy screenshots can be deceiving. I definitely dig the bokeh blur though, that's absolutely amazing. I wonder if this is made to run on consoles.

I hope not. I seriously doubt the consoles could produce all of those effects at good quality.

I'm also hoping I won't have to buy a new card to take full advantage of the new DX11 features. I have an HD5850 and it supports DX11 in hardware, but the performance remains to be seen.

 

[Sir_Brizz]

Looks amazing. I doubt any current gen console can use all those effects.

 

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Unreal Engine 3 Samaritan Tech Demo

Epic Games was showing off the latest Unreal Engine 3 Direct X 11 bells and whistles in its "Samaritan" tech demo this week at GDC.

All of these things should be incorporated into next month's UDK build, but you'd need a beast of a computer to run what's seen here. According to Kotaku a video should be released sometime next week, but until then you'll have to settle for some pretty impressive pictures at 1Up.

 

[moonflyer]

i think this is not for current generation of console. But PC, yes, as long as we have video card support dx11.

"The whole idea behind this is to tell hardware developers and tell game developers this is what you should prepare for down the road," said Epic vice president Mark Rein.

Someone told me the content data(mesh,material...) of the demo is from the unknown new IP of EPIC. Lets see if any details will be unveiled in GDC.

 

[Sir_Brizz]

I'm sure it is, that's is how Epic decides how to enhance the engine. It wouldn't surprise me if their next first party game, assuming it comes to PC, has a lot of those features on PC.

 

[nELsOn]

Holy sh!t
I'm curious about the video now. Screenshots look awesome but since the dynamic time of day map didn't run as anything but a slideshow on my computer I won't have a chance of running this at all. Guess it's finally time for that hardware upgrade

 

[Ignotium]

Holy ****!

 

[Raynor.Z]

That environment and that lightning... looks just gorgeus.

 

[UBerserker]

holy cow this is insanely impressive.

 

[Plumb_Drumb]

DX11's tessellation is sorely needed in the gaming world!

Really loving this, especially the myriad of wet pavement effects, heh.
Makes it very realistic.

I wonder if there will be a gigantic leap in the engine's lighting later on, as with UE3.
That actually made UE3 look like a new engine.

 

[lowenz]

Please Epic boys, implement a BENCHMARKING feature!

It's not too hard!

 

[Bi()ha2arD]

causeevent flyby in console + fraps

on most stock UT3 maps anyways.

 

[lowenz]

Obvious solution, but and integrated suite would be fantastic for testing new versions of the UE3 in UDK!

 

[GreatEmerald]

The reflections are indeed neat. The human model still is an uncanny valley, though, so there is still space to improve I guess.

 

[xMurphyx]

Looks like a new engine.

 

[KillerSkaarj]

The people in the comments of that article are idiots. They kept mentioning how "MSAA is useless," that "lol all UE3 games look the same," even "They're not going to be able to make a full game with this." Talk about missing the point entirely. It's not just the fact that the graphics are extremely pretty, it's that those graphics are being rendered in real-time. This tech demo puts pre-rendered FMVs to shame.

 

[Sir_Brizz]

Also, those images don't look the same as every UE3 game those guys are on some bad pot.