As part of a Gameplayer preview on upcoming Digital Extremes shooter Dark Sector, the game's director, Steve Sinclair, drops an interesting quote about Unreal Engine 3. He claims that they decided against using the engine so they could hit their desired release date.
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"ZL: Before we knew of the Xbox 360, or anything concrete about the PlayStation 3, we had heard the name Dark Sector. This was a time when what would become the Wii was known only as the mysterious “Revolution.” The 7th Generation of video game consoles hadn’t even begun and we already received a taste of what was on the horizon with a video released by Digital Extremes."
Great article. Great game. Man I wish they'd make a sequel or just re release it or something.
OPM: Digital Extremes’ game director Steve Sinclair has, “lifted the kimono” (his words) on the history behind Dark Sector and how publishing pressure took the game away from its original vision. A vision that the set to return with the free-to-play Warframe on PS4.
That's interesting, They approached Sony with ideas several times, since they are independent, I wished Sony would have published one of their ideas as an exclusive! I loved Dark Sector, even the original concept of the game! Going to see about Warframe at launch.
Seems common with the Unreal Engine Its great but maybe its not designed for all consoles as well as they though although 360 devs have had issues and Epics games always seen to be just fine on both consoles. Is it luck that produces great games on PS3?.
Maybe the Engine was developed too earily before they really understood the hardware for all consoles.
well if what he is saying is true...its not looking good for the ps3....HOWEVER once EPIC optimizes UE3 for the ps3...it shouldnt be a problem for developers in the future... my 2 cents....
its obvious that its the unreal engine who caused the delays and the knowledge of the developers. but in some time everything will be past.
There will be other amazing games coming without the need for the Unreal 3 engine.
Too Human doesnt use it and it looks great also The Darkness another amazing game doesnt use the U3 engine.
It does seem strange that Epics UT3 is steaming along quite nicely, but some 3rd party's who licensed their
technology are struggling with their PS3 builds. What's up with that?