For those whom don't know what the Unreal Engine is, it's a game engine. Much like the current game engine that drives The Sims today. Some Simmers including my self have seen the Unreal Engine in action. If you have played Doom, Conan Exiles and other games. These games are driven by the Unreal Engine. On to why what this is all about, I have just got done reading part of a article that Simsvip has up on their website. The article is about Sims 5 and the Blue Plumbob. In part of that article they had talked about The Sims might be having the Unreal Engine for it's game engine in the future. Now it's safe to say that Sims 4 is not likely to have the Unreal Engine as it's game engine. But they did say in the article that the next Sims game just might be driven by the Unreal Engine. Which might not be a bad thing for The Sims in the future because you get excellent detailing and sharper lines in the game and other wonderful game play animation. Conan Exiles is driven by Unreal 4 which is the fourth iteration in the Unreal Engine line. With Unreal 4, the hair on the characters heads move much like hair does in RL when there's a breeze blowing. The Unreal Engine can take The Sims in a direction that it's never gone before.
1
Comments
You cannot predict how the game is going to look like based on what engine it uses.
For example, this is a game made in Unreal Engine 4:
This is also a game made in Unreal Engine 4:
Also this game:
And this game:
And this:
All of these games are made in Unreal Engine 4. Do they all have realistic hair physics, excellent details, and wonderful animation? Nope.
And also, a game like The Sims doesn't need half of the features present in Unreal Engine. By building their own engine the game will be less bloated. Which is a nice thing. You don't need gigabytes of first person shooter data in the base game.
Not just, but 2 years ago. The last two years were actually TS4's best years to date since launch, making roughly $350 million in FY20 and $450 million in FY21. TS4's lifetime revenue currently stands at close to $1.8 billion and should cross $2 billion by the end of this year.
Yes I'm very familer with Real Engine. ManeaterGame has Real Engine and the Graphics look good. In MG you play as a Bull Shark.
For more homework take a look at all the games that are built with the later versions of the Unreal Engine. They don't all look like the pictures posted in this thread, many people wouldn't know it.
Some names you may know, Fortnite, StarWars Jedi etc. (Fortnite to my knowledge, from gamers who play it, state it is an intensive graphic user of CPU and GPU so, can't be played on a toaster, who knows, but I do know that game is used as a test game that is used in benchmarks very often when comparing video cards etc.).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Unreal_Engine_games
And as long as we get a single player mode.
You forgot Life Is Strange 2, Tell Me Why and Twin Mirror
The Sims 4 Ideas Corner
- 👕 [CAS] Male content | 💰 §1 Million Lifestyle | ♂️ Man lifestyle for The Sims | ♻️ Content from The Sims
- 🔨 [Build/Buy Mode] Ideas | 📱 Ideas from The Sims FreePlay | ✈️ Vacation : Gameplay update | 🥦 New meals
The Sims 4 General DiscussionWell, yeah, when you specifically google “bottom of the barrel Unreal 4 games,” you’ll get those image results. I don’t think that OP said The Sims on Unreal 4 would inherently mean better graphics. They said it could take The Sims in a direction that it’s never gone before, and they’re certainly very correct.
What is very appealing about Unreal Engine 4 is that it allows developers to focus on gameplay/optimization over spending a lot of time on core systems, given Unreal already ships with them. Putting that information in the context of everything that they’ve been dealing with concerning with The Sims 4, it makes a lot of sense why they’d choose to side with Unreal Engine 4. Less time on creating or modifying their own in-house engine could mean more attention to gameplay and very impressive graphics too. There is no reason why The Sims should not have advanced physics in clothing, hair, and furniture for one. The fact Animal Crossing on the Nintendo Switch has all of that and things like in-door fans moving clothes/hair/furniture/plants around with simulated air flow before The Sims is just sad.
And Unreal Engine 4 also works very well with RTX technology, which would be another great thing to come to The Sims for those who have the hardware to support ray tracing. It really does make any game look stunning, almost animated movie-like.