I want a game that runs on steam engine!.

No one should care what engine a game uses...........?

Ugh, you do realize that the engines can determine the graphical presentation of a game and sometimes how the gameplay even feels, right?

That's like saying we shouldn't care if our foundations under our houses are fucked-up.

I don't care. I only evaluate the end result when it comes to games. Older software components don't automatically make for bad games. Newer engines don't necessarily mean fantastic dramatic improvements.

wtf? pointless article. this is the sort of thinking that made fallout goty on ps3 glitch fest

ROFLMFAO!!! Out of the WOODWORK here. XD

What a pissy pants cry baby article this is.

Doing a college course in games design and being a gamer,

I DO FRIGGIN CARE.

The more I know about video game engines, the better.

I say some gamers do care, but when a gamer is just playing the game for fun on any system they probably wouldn't care? Just saying

the engine doesn't matter, because all games are optimized to use cpu's and gpu's the same way...

but they aren't.

some engines seem to allow better efficiency in cpu/gpu use or at least allow the developers to achieve the efficiency easier than others.

I have a hard time believing that S.T.A.L.K.E.R's performance would not be improved if built using a different engine that they purchased licensing to. It always seemed like the game used two times more power than it should have needed to achieve similar results as another tool set. Or, again, a tool set that allowed for easier, less time consuming, and minimal trade-offs, optimization.

Jelly Jail?

He gave himself the Clap?

Architects dont use hammers.

And as for caring about the engine, well, engines are like anything, lets say, a garbageman.
We dont care, WHEN THEY'RE DOING THEIR JOB CORRECTLY.
Its when they start, spilling rubbish, banging cans at 3am or loading textures in late that they bother us.

That and the fact we're all a little bit sick of UE3.0

Its obvious people should care fellow..... and you wrote this maybe cause of ME2 on ps3 with the ME3 engine =)

That is the stupidest statement ever... You don't want an outdated engine used on games when there is clearly a better one out there. If an engine clearly does not preform well on one system why would you use it when an updated version handles the hardware much better.

Well I wouldn't care if Unreal Engine 3(3.5 whatever) had non gelatinous low res textures in 7th gen consoles, there has been a lot going on in the SPU's and tesselation, deferred shading... lots of stuff, you know?

How can't I care about the game engine? is like saying you don't care what film quality is a nice movie filmed in.

If Buggy games are results from Game Engines that have some difficulty polishing bugs then it matters.

Look at Bethesda. Or is that just some lack of effort?

We should care because some engines are known to be shitty. Not that any of the Mass Effect engines have been shitty.

Is the author on crack?

hey dont tell me what to care about!

The day I become a game engine fanboy just let me know.
It will be time to quit playing.

wtf is a game's engine

I care because games on UE3 are ugly as hell.

The worst thing is, none of you are even aware of just how dim you are.

If the end result is a good game, no one WILL care...