Ubisoft Shows Impressive "The Division" Snowdrop Engine

[N.Broekhuijsen]

Ubisoft has kindly shared a beautiful clip of its upcoming game engine with the world.

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[Mousemonkey]

It does look rather good doesn't it?

 

[TeKEffect]

Ya I try not to get to excited for games until I play it or at least see a review but everything I have seen does look pretty awesome.

 

[gamebrigada]

YAY! They finally recreated the beauty of Cryengine 2......

 

[abbadon_34]

Not hard to make a prerended video look good, e.g. Pixar films. Let's wait and see how it does in real time on real machines.

 

[shardey]

Hopefully the performance is in line with the aesthetics.

 

[bmwman91]

VERY cool visuals and physics. Should make for some great next-gen gaming!

My only thought about the actual game demo is, "ANOTHER post-apocalyptic outbreak game?" There have been some good ones, but it seems like the whole genre is getting overplayed now. I'll probably still play it though, if for no other reason than the nice graphics and effects!

 

[Mousemonkey]

Not hard to make a prerended video look good, e.g. Pixar films. Let's wait and see how it does in real time on real machines.

:lol: Yeah, unlike TV adverts they don't have to put the "Not actual gameplay footage" disclaimer at the bottom of the picture.

 

[elforeign]

YAY! They finally recreated the beauty of Cryengine 2......

Seriously though, today I went back and played a few maps of Crysis Warhead and it just makes me sad that we've moved ever so slowly since then.

 

[cbrunnem]

but how many 290x's does it take to play....

 

[Nexus52085]

Or how many 780 ti's

 

[joz]

What sort of star trek age quantum computer am I going to need in order to run this sort of graphical fidelity at ultra?

 

[dalauder]

If it runs on Xbox One, then your computer and you're on Tom's Hardware, then your computer can probably already play it.

 

[dalauder]

*remove the first "then your computer"

 

[SuperGamerBoy]

4x GTX 780Ti's Oc'ed to 1933 Mhz on Nitrogen needed.

 

[Durandul]

but how many 290x's does it take to play....

Designed for Xbox One\PS4 so, maybe ~1/4.

 

[DarkSable]

If it runs on Xbox One, then your computer and you're on Tom's Hardware, then your computer can probably already play it.

...yeah, no. Have you seen the quality of the console ports we've been getting?

That's not going to get any better with ports from a new system, at least not for a long while.

 

[GamerXtreme2013]

Ok am I the only 1 that noticed that the game said it adopts to weather change, yeah i seen it snowed but why didnt the cars or objects got covered with some snow?

 

[Mousemonkey]

Ok am I the only 1 that noticed that the game said it adopts to weather change, yeah i seen it snowed but why didnt the cars or objects got covered with some snow?

1:56 to 1:58 snow on the cop car.

 

[chimera201]

I just hope the gameplay doesn't suck

 

[kewlmunky]

This just shat all over Unreal 4. Hope Epic is crying.

 

[sharpies]

Okay, I am not always clued-up on what the different engines can and cannot do but how do this engine compare to the other popular engines such as Unreal Engine 4, Frostbite 3, CryEngine 3. If I am not mistaken the phrase "Most advanced engine" was also used for Unreal Engine 4...

I know CryEngine 3 is definitely not new but the graphics in Crysis 3 for me was just epic. It's the only game series I played where I took ages to finish the game just because I was admiring the scenery more than I was playing.

So my question basically is will we get better looking and more realistic games with this addition? I can't really comment on Unreal Engine 4 because I have only seen a similar cut-scene but no actual game-play.

 

[fudoka711]

Well, those graphics were certainly impressive. Here's to hoping that we can render those graphics in real-time and that the game itself is pretty good.

 

[Durandul]

If it runs on Xbox One, then your computer and you're on Tom's Hardware, then your computer can probably already play it.

...yeah, no. Have you seen the quality of the console ports we've been getting?

That's not going to get any better with ports from a new system, at least not for a long while.

Look at the games designed for the xbox one and playstation 4. The so called ports of these games are still better on the PC. Then go back and look at some real time tech demos over the years. This sort of stuff has been possible for years, it just hasn't been done yet.

 

[Zenuts]

If it runs on Xbox One, then your computer and you're on Tom's Hardware, then your computer can probably already play it.

...yeah, no. Have you seen the quality of the console ports we've been getting?

That's not going to get any better with ports from a new system, at least not for a long while.

You must remember that the "new-gen" consoles are all heavily based on the PC, with x86/x64 processors and GPUs close to what we have today. We still need to see the quality of the ports now, but I think that, graphically at least, it should be less taxing and better rendered.