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Game development, simulation, and virtualization software

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Yann E.

Graphic Design, self-employed

Used weekly for 2+ years

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Très bon logiciel de simulation et de developpement

Reviewed 2 years ago
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La qualité du rendu et de la physique d’Unreal fait de lui un des meilleurs logiciel de développement de jeux vidéos et d’applications 3D

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J’ai du mal à me familiariser avec le système de blueprints pour les fonctionnalités et les mécaniques

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Computer Games, 11-50 employees

Used weekly for 1-2 years

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Great engine, capable of creating high-quality games and visualization

Reviewed 6 years ago

Learned quite a lot about the game development workflow, learned quite a lot about C++, enjoyed learning about 3D modelling and animations

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Excellent editor, feels natural for our workflow, open-source so one can change it in case of need, engine is the most capable of all we have tried, fast and powerful

Cons

Still quite large and not so suitable for smaller or mobile projects, documentation could be better (sometimes it's missing references to newer features or is referencing outdated feature)

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Arcadio S.

Used weekly for 6-12 months

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The best tool I have known for the creation of 3D images and fun games!!

Reviewed 6 years ago
Pros

It is a beauty when creating 3D games. You can generate images with good textures and finishing. It allows you to create games that can run on a PC and then adapt them to different consoles, or Android devices in a simple way. You can use Unreal Engine and you will only have to pay once your project is profiting (approximately 5%). This tool is available for the development of virtual reality games and virtual applications.

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The size of the projects is quite large, it consumes a lot of disk space and memory on the PC. Being the best tool for 3D games, it is not the same with 2D games.

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Scott S.

Computer Games, 1-10 employees

Used other for 2+ years

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Great if you know what your doing

Reviewed 5 years ago

Unreal engine had made some of my favorite games including rocket league. It's a fantastic game engine with endless possibilities

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It is very versatile and powerful. Offers great customization and tons of features. Even better that it's free

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For beginners this can see like a very overwhelming program so definitely know what your doing if you're using this program

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Okwuchukwu N.

Financial Services, 1,001-5,000 employees

Used other for 6-12 months

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Unreal...in almost every sense of the word

Reviewed 5 years ago

All in all, this software is a very powerful work of art and I recommend it for high quality applications, be it AAA games or immersive virtual/augmented reality experiences

Pros

This is one of the most powerful game development engines I have worked with. It is quite easy to jump and dive into with little difficulty. Lots of tools to toy with and a lot of helpful templates to build up from, ranging from a simple first person sandbox to a simple racing game to a 2/2.5D template. Apart from this, they constantly keep adding new features and updates

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Due to some emphasis on photo-realism and hyperrealistic rendering, it's hard to use this application on a low end device.

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Kristina J.

Events Services, 51-200 employees

Used weekly for 6-12 months

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Unreal is mostly used for making advanced 3D games.

Reviewed 5 years ago

It is very powerful engine and with enough knowledge you can make really great 3D project.

Pros

User interface is really friendly and it has a slightly bigger learning curve compared to Unity. There is an tutorial that comes with the unreal engine and basic projects that allows newbies to play around and explore. Also there is a bunch of online support and tutorials if you get stuck on your project. Its free up until the project you made starts earning money

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Its resource hungry but considering that you are making a 3D game and Unreal gives you a lot of possibilities its only natural to use a lot of resources.

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Oil & Energy, 51-200 employees

Used daily for less than 6 months

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Game engine with uniqueness of its own

Reviewed 4 years ago

Overall Unreal Engine is really a great engine with some really great and unique features like the material editor or the option to visual scripting.

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This game engine is certainly one of a kind, in terms of usability or visuals it feels very good. The unreal engine provides better visual performance than it's competitors and the visual scripting features makes it very easy for a non-developer person to build a game.

Cons

Though unreal engine is one of the best but the community backing it is not as great as it's competitors.The engine's lacks in terms of some basic features which makes it lag a bit.

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Nathaniel Q.

Fine Art, self-employed

Used weekly for 1-2 years

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Wow, this is unreal: the most powerful game building engine for free!

Reviewed 6 years ago
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It is robust and complete, and comes with everything you need to build a game from the ground up. Best of all, it comes with everything you need need for free - until you ship your game and then there is a 5% charge of your profits......

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It's intuitive and easy to use, but it is a deep rabbit hole and there is a lot to learn. On the plus side, there is a strong online community out there to help you and lots of tutorials and resources.

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Ben C.

Computer Games, self-employed

Used monthly for 2+ years

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Pretty darn good engine. Perfect for 3D

Reviewed a year ago

I used it for 5 years but it’s a bit uh, big of an engine for me at the moment. I hope to improve my development skills and come back to it in the future.

Pros

I like how nice it looks. You can create AAA looking games. Also, this engine is quickly becoming an industry standard.

Cons

It’s still a bit complex for non-coders and the engine seems better fit for teams if developers rather than a single person in my experience.

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Juan R.

Program Development, 1,001-5,000 employees

Used weekly for 6-12 months

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one of the most robust engines on the market, developed by videogame creators

Reviewed 7 years ago

is a tool that is ready to start developing virtual reality games, as well as virtual applications.

Pros

It has a technology called Blueprint Visual Scripting, which allows you to create a video game without programming or with very little programming knowledge. It is a form of innovative programming in the industry to be visual. This opened the doors for many creators to start without previous experience in object-oriented programming using C ++, the language used by this engine.

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Even the smallest games will weigh a lot in terms of hard disk space and memory on the PC, so you should consider those details.

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Banking,

Used weekly for 1-2 years

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Make a beautiful game very easily.

Reviewed 7 years ago
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With any prior knowledge of programs similar to Unreal you can really go far. It has the power to make some really great games, which is why you'll see a number of popular games boot up with the Unreal logo.

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While I knew what I wanted to do, there were a few programming things that I had to find the way that Unreal wanted them to be done. A minor gripe that you'll get with any program differences, but it's the worst thing I can say about it.

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Used weekly for 2+ years

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Excellent. Most amazing game engine.

Reviewed 6 years ago
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It has any tool you imagine. The database it has for you to use/modificate/generate with is bigger than you can expect. Great community of developers and users.

Cons

Not for noobs. Hard to learn, if you don't know nothing about it will get to think that is impossible to generate something.

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Financial Services, 501-1,000 employees

Used weekly for 2+ years

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Unreal engine is great for entry level to the most advanced game developers.

Reviewed 7 years ago
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It's my favorite game engine because because it can be easily integrated into any game development pipeline.

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There alot of settings and the workspace customization aren't perfect. It feels crowded and more than one monitor is highly recommended. Moving 3D objects also has a clunky feel to it.

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leopoldo a.

Animation, 1-10 employees

Used daily for 6-12 months

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Great tool for game developers

Reviewed 5 years ago

It is very powerfull tool, you can develop 2d and 3d games

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This is a free software license unless you earn more than 100.000$ per year. Excelent tool for game developers

Cons

The rendering engine has not the same quality as Vray, but it works very nice too

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Andrew F.

Computer Games, 1-10 employees

Used weekly for 2+ years

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Unreal Engine 4 is a powerful and accessible game engine with a fully featured toolset

Reviewed 6 years ago
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Fully featured engine with regular updates to latest and greatest useful features. A supportive community. A heap of example content to get started and learn from.

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Regular major updates could add development time to previous work to bring it up to scratch with the new version.

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Gianluca S.

Information Technology and Services, 11-50 employees

Used daily for 6-12 months

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Doing better every year

Reviewed 2 years ago
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It is full of objects to create your game/application. We used many of those for long time.

Cons

Not at all. It is a complete software, maybe I liked least the interface, it could be made more easy to see.

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Amirtha K.

Entertainment, 1-10 employees

Used weekly for 6-12 months

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  • Likelihood to recommend8/10

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Robust and well-rounded game engine

Reviewed 4 months ago
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The procedural generation features in UE5.1+ have helped me make level concepts and showcases much much faster than before

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The programming requirements to learn the engine is steep, the blueprint system is good enough for the novice but quickly shows gaps in which good programming knowledge and approach is a prerequisite

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Mechanical or Industrial Engineering, self-employed

Used other for 1-2 years

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Easy to start with, easy to end with

Reviewed 6 years ago

Overall experience with unreal engine is good, I've started many things with it and finished few projects and really, I got nothing bad to say about it.

Pros

Visualization, tutorials for beginners who don't know alot about coding, 3D modeling and the rest of making a game. Also the favt that this program is free to use up to a certain point.

Cons

If you're new to this engine, it might feel bit overwhelming to start with. Take a few hours to study everything before fiddling around.

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Andrew H.

Computer Games, 1-10 employees

Used monthly for 2+ years

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Our company used the engine to quickly test game concepts.

Reviewed 6 years ago

Easy proof of concepts.

Pros

Unreal is a very powerful engine, and now that it can be acquired for so cheap, it is a great way to quickly get a good looking environment and complex game dynamics for proof of concepts. The store also allows an easy way to pick up a lot of the assets, so when you first start work, you already have a lot in place.

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It is a complex game engine and not as user friendly as some less complex game engines. A basic understanding of programming and more complex game issues (graphics, processing power, etc.) seems to be important to fully utilize what the engine has to offer.

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Patrick C.

Consumer Services, 5,001-10,000 employees

Used weekly for 2+ years

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The best Engine

Reviewed 2 years ago

Great tool for game making and for creating VR video enviroments.

Pros

Easily the best game engine going. Very user intuitive with the most cutting edge visual support of anything on the market

Cons

Can be a bit costly but worth every penny

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Dan S.

Military, 10,001+ employees

Used other for 2+ years

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Create anything

Reviewed 5 years ago

Very useful for creating any scenario or animations!

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This engine has been around for a while and has passed the test of time. It works with most computers and can be used to create anything!

Cons

Can't complain about this engine a whole lot, it's not too demanding when it comes to hardware either!

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Mallory G.

Used weekly for 2+ years

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The best graphical engine ever!

Reviewed 6 years ago
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The power of this engine is unbelievable. No other engine has the ability to run with such speed and fluidity.

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Not a lot is said to be negative with this engine. There are always upgrades and wonderful customer service.

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Osanda G.

Higher Education, 1,001-5,000 employees

Used weekly for less than 6 months

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Powerful game making engine for large projects.

Reviewed 6 years ago
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I love games and I am a PC gamer. I played lot of games that run on unreal engine.Because I want high quality games and I play only high quality games. I am using unreal engine 4 for make games and I am still learning about this engine. Not only this engine can make video games, also I made motion videos using this. According to my experience, most thing I like in unreal is, this user-friendly.It has lot of templates to create our project. In other engines, the templates are not user-friendly. If we want templates e want to buy . so that is why I said this very user-friendly. This engine also can buy templates but engine has different kind of templates.

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There is a problem in this engine. this engine has advance tools. for a new user, he/she can't understand without any help. And the other one is "the language". I thing C++ is difficult language.

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Kyle J.

Education Management, 11-50 employees

Used weekly for 6-12 months

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  • Likelihood to recommend8/10

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Unreal Engine for Game Development

Reviewed 6 years ago

Its free and great for side work/hobby or even if you are a game studio. Many great games have been built from this engine.

Pros

Users can get started making a game quick and easy even without writing a line of code. There are a ton of resources and community backing to find and use anything you need. There are countless tutorials to get you up and running and free assets to play around with.

Cons

There is a big learning curve since it is a gaming engine and there are many different features. It can seem overwhelming but there is a ton of content out there to digest.

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Muhammad Azharudin A.

Computer Games, self-employed

Used weekly for 6-12 months

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Best Game Engine for HD Game Development

Reviewed 4 years ago

I am still learning to use the Unreal Engine, in my opinion the features are very complete.

Pros

What I like about the Unreal Engine is that it provides very complete features in making HD games. The blueprint feature is also very helpful for new developers who are more interested in drag and drop programming languages.

Cons

Too heavy and UI too hard to understand. But the Unreal Engine is intended for already reliable game studios. Not suitable for new developers who are still in the learning stage of game development.