Unreal Engine 5.4 looks SUPER PHOTOREALISTIC | Real Life Graphics Tech Demos 2024

[@carlcat]

I'm 76 and have been playing computer games since Pong was state of the art. Never in my wildest dreams did I ever think computers would get this sophisticated. It's just mind blowing and I'm really enjoying it all.

[@scamsuncensored7740]

I used to build Pong machines and sell them. Games are very different now.

[@ЖЖЖЖЖЖЖЖЖЖЖЖЖЖ]

В пасьянс играете или в змейку? 😁

[@carlcat]

@@scamsuncensored7740 Wow, very cool. Do you remember "Intellivision" and "Omega" computer games? They were state of the art in their time.

[@carlcat]

@@ЖЖЖЖЖЖЖЖЖЖЖЖЖЖ No, I used to play a lot of Quake2 online. Now I mostly play flight simulators, it's more relaxing for this old dude.😄

[@MrLuridan]

@@carlcat I remember those! Colecovision, too. My dad got us a Bally Arcade (Astrocade) at Montgomery Wards in the 80’s and that was so cool.

[@AmazingHaze420]

We came to an Era where the demos of the tools to make games has become better than the games produced with the tool.

[@OVRxNxOUT]

Just a theory here, but perhaps the tools to make games are better than the games produced by the tool because we have tools producing the games made from the better tool?

[@jal051]

TBH, I think the game are already too detailed.

[@LordKosmux]

Games are getting better graphics but worse stories and gameplay. Soon we can rename "games" to "paid graphics demo".

[@OVRxNxOUT]

@@LordKosmux they’re basically, to say- ‘'Interactive Movies'’

[@dima196909]

Согласен. Инструменты есть , а мастеров ими работать нет .

[@hermano8160]

Looks great, camera movement is killing it though.

[@jahbless4ever]

fr

[@davidstuart4915]

@@jahbless4ever game joystick

[@krosigrim]

I came here to say the same thing. It was painful to see such absolutely AMAZING visuals, but with very VERY bad camerawork.

[@IggyWhite]

Yeah, it was nauseating for me at times. 🙁

[@davidjazay9248]

Also the foley / sound design is a bit shoddy at times.

[@reckonerstar9172]

With some wind movement of the foliage it would look real.

[@knowledgeadams1150]

😅 Look at you trying to sound smart around the foliage.😂

[@larsh613]

@@knowledgeadams1150 but its true :)

[@mistercrankypants]

That was my first observation as well. I mean critique-wise, "freaking amazing, just needs wind moving things around."

[@janvollgod7221]

not alone movement but also atmospheric effects, insects, dust and so on. The engine is capable to go much higher with particles and other stuff but for the sake of a tech demo, which should run decent on many actual pcs, not only super machines, it's good enough, though

[@DonF1818]

Thats what i thought. Leaves and trees are a bit rigid.

[@nentj]

That snow is insanely well made. It legit looks proper

[@georgkrahl56]

But the cars look like plastic toys.

[@nentj]

@@georgkrahl56 As an old gamer, I don't care much about props. Now that you mention it, they look really bad and disproportional to the environment. I figure it would've felt more honest without them.

[@TheIllerX]

Very pretty! The lag when the camera is moving is pretty annoying though. A bit more realistic wind with small movements in the foliage would make it even better also.

[@TommyGunsDunleavy]

It's called Motion Blur and needs to be reduced about 50%. I Agree

[@GiblixStudio]

@@TommyGunsDunleavy motion blur should be off by default. it is obnoxious and I've never seen an acceptable implementation to this day.

[@EBackwards]

@@TommyGunsDunleavy Motion Blur needs to be removed from every single game on earth. If you play with it and like it, that's fine but if you stream, record or otherwise upload any video content... no. Also, this guy recording was using a controller to move. Yikes!

[@Atreyu-Artax14]

you're never happy you really piss people off at times omg

[@davidbird9086]

This is astounding .. I’m 50 and I thinking back to my Amiga at 17 or my zx spectrum at 11/12 .. I honestly would not have thought it would get this good so soon as it looks like a film someone took in a tropical location not computer graphics 😮

[@JohnDoe69X]

I remember playing with Intellivision, thinking that was advanced technology. 😜

[@filipcza]

Same age here.. I remember back in those days we would talk with friends like "I wonder if there will someday be games where you could live real life, like go to store etc". We have come a long way since, at least on graphics, are games actually better is another conversation.

[@alfinpogform4774]

I'm 58 and I remember coming home one day and telling my Dad about the AMAZING graphics of a new arcade game called Galaxian.

[@solaris867]

Yes graphics are better but game play is very bad, I can't get the same pleasure from any of them as I do from the Mario game, red alert 2, vampire masquarade etc..

[@RARufus]

I had an Atari 2600 and my friend’s family got the Colecovision for Christmas the year it came out. It was next level.

[@f13edz]

This looks incredible!! I would love the next Tomb Raider to look like this

[@guidorovelli1888]

Prepare yourself to spend 50k euros for the hardware.....

[@MirageOfEyes]

@@guidorovelli1888 lmfaooo BS. I have a 1,3000$ laptop and it runs all new UE5 at ultra. So clearly our new gpu aren’t that expensive

[@johnrehak]

Why not, If You can buy RTX 4090 or 5080 at end of the year.

[@GOPNiK-47]

minus the 1st person perspective

[@magnomliman8114]

@@guidorovelli1888 start investing time to learn pc hardware you have no clue about what you are saying here.

[@Dan1987432]

Someone needs, NEEDS to remake the first Unreal in this new engine.

[@BBirke1337]

Yeah, the jungle/temple settings and sounds remind of the original Unreal. It was great, the successor was nicer, but had a reduced, too linear gameplay.

[@IntegerOfDoom]

No... that's how you ruin a classic.

[@Danlovar]

@@IntegerOfDoom I do not think so, it would mean that people still care, as it works as an adaptation.

[@nave3411]

only one thing left for one more step in reality - grass and trees not moving at all in all videos. It makes that screens deadly nice

[@dogbreath6974]

@nave3411 I did see some tree and leaves movement, but I agree there needs to be more.

[@videos4mydad]

breath-taking. i would say realistic camera movements while walking would take this to another level. when camera pans, i feel like i am in a doom game.

[@a64738]

Just think of it as filmed with a drone...

[@IntegerOfDoom]

If only it could ever match the glory of DooM. Spoiler... It can't.

[@pillow4casestudies]

man, this looks so cool, I think I'm gonna start playing video games in 10 years.

[@metalhos]

it's not about the details, it's about what you can do with the details.

[@mi_zot]

Looks amazing. One thing that still stands out to me is how windows and cars, especially in the city, are all spotless. It'll look more realistic once things are a bit dirtier. A fine film of dust, smog, and dirt will go a long way. But still, it looks awesome

[@thebrothersgrimmproductions]

As soon as DLSS is ready for UE 5.4 we will provide access to these projects. A bit buggy currently, but with GPU settings and DLSS, 5.4 can be accessed via lower spec PCs.

[@Neukend]

Whats the point of having all this details and use dlss? It will just be a blurry mess, no matter the version of the upscaler.

[@powerplay074]

Dlss allready look better than dlna, fsr is the flickering blurry mess

[@CousteauCreations]

Without foliage movement, feels like when you pause a game in theatre mode

[@jag1963]

The woman driving in the Matric demo was suprisingly accurate.

[@lal2300]

😂😜

[@angellestat2730]

The matrix demo is the one I like the most, I was surprise that we could see the building rooms on the inside.

[@sungkim742]

I still remember playing the original Doom. Graphics came a long ways in a short period of time.

[@Biker65]

I loved the first doom, but graphics were horrible compared to this.

[@HCforLife1]

All of those should be recorded in VR with natural head movement. That would add a lot of immersion and reality

[@gtamediaproductions1]

Ok! This is beyond mind-blowing! Can't even come close to imagining the amount of work done in this! Artwork and design, Animation, lighting, sounds! Wow!! Incredible!!

[@lal2300]

You are too grateful you are supposed to be moaning about the camera movement or some other 💩 🤨! Not realising how incredible this is for gameplay 🤔

[@Brain_Juice]

The Jungle Scene - Was mind blowing!! - But for one small detail... Bear Grylls boiling a bug in a bog!

[@AvatarSampai]

More of a Testament of what incredible Job the Devs did with this Demo doubt many Games will get to that Level of Realism the Amount of Work Has To Be Insane.

[@aliceromanova2615]

Incredibly beautiful, I hope over time you can add wind to make everything look even more natural

[@bloodless-bruno]

Until this level of graphics arrives on our consoles and computers it will take years

[@MaxHohenstaufen]

Those flying candles really give a realistic touch

[@PostNoteIt]

Demos and some games sometimes let you look directly into the sun, without shielding your eyes and without incurring any penalties. I think some interesting game mechanic could be derived from changing that.

[@randombytes4530]

It would be very cool to see some kind of physics: crumbling pebbles or the wind moving the jungle.

[@AcademiaCS1]

Absolutely incredible. Amazing views. In fact looks most beautiful than some of my nature videos.

[@jc4evur661]

Things sure have come a long way since I was first mesmerized by Pong back in the 70's. 😆😆

[@konsti300]

29:20 wow this snow very beautyful!

[@CoolCoyote]

the foliage looks great but i can see the rocks need more work ironically, the scale high cliff rocking is pretty good though.

[@djmj1000]

Stunning lightning effects. But i am missing some wind for the vegetation. Ancient temple remembers me on old unreal tournament maps.

[@captainchaos3667]

The winter scene should be quiter. That much snow dampens the sound. It's usually remarkably quiet outside in the snow.

[@perfectionbox]

Pretty cool, wish they could redo some of the outdoor levels in Halo 3 with it.

[@kloug2006]

From Pong to this is pretty stunning.

[@nicomeier8098]

I remember buying my first video card back in the nineties: NVIDIA with a whopping 12 Mb. Some people asked my why I bought it because "I would never need so much video power"...

[@scafusa]

The visuals are stunning, even fire and the gait of people walking is quite credible. What needs to be improved now IMO is the sound, i.e. the reflection of the footsteps on the environment, especially in closed environments. Working in the film industry, i am especially aware of the immersive effect of the sound.

[@mwesten6344]

So excited to see this level of realism in future games, especially with VR and LLM AI's guiding the narrative, hell you could create a whole holodeck to simulate anything you want on command with the latest AI agents and voice commands using this kind of engine and free libraries available for games.

[@dlbutters7164]

This is unreal!!!!

[@thehomelessproject3784]

Well it is an unreal engine demo 😳

[@radinan]

As a 50 + years old gamer I'm really over realistic demos/games, I don't care anymore about that, all I want is a solid gameplay and fun.

[@wakeywarrior]

I started off also playing Nintendo Game and Watch small handheld LCD and little game machine like space invaders in the late 1970s, and I had a great one like Scramble with fixed LCDs. Then around that time Pong on a Grandstand video console, my friend had similar his also had a light gun to shoot a moving white square. Then my pal got an Atari around 1980/ 1981 and I clocked Defender. He was rich and also got one of the first VHS machines so we played Atari and got ‘Video nasty’ horror films out of the video library. A few years later in about 1982 I got a Sinclair Spectrum I was overwhelmed when I saw ‘Manic Miner’ with 20 levels. I upgraded then to a Commodore 64 about 1984 then an Atari ST around 1987. Next came consoles, I had the first Sega Megadrive (didn’t get a first Nintendo), then a SNES. Next came a PlayStation. I then got a PC and had a console hiatus for a while, until the first Xbox. Then after that came the PS4. I have given up gaming after experiencing classics such as The Last Of Us, due to limited time. My son however picked up the mantle and now has an Xbox 360. I’m heading for retirement in maybe 6-8 years and hopefully will have time again to get the latest gaming console and the graphics are getting better and better. I will then continue my gaming life.

[@Vikingcat01]

It's like watching a medieval Halo following that glowing orb - reminds me of the care taker humming and whistling as it guided you along .

[@s.patterson5698]

I see a lot of nitpicking in the comment section, but I wonder how many have made scenes this good? 🤔

[@all.day.day-dreamer]

None of the plant life is moving, pretty clear to the human eye. I see 10 - 15 things they could do to make this a lot better

[@muhammadraiyan7763]

Better in showcase! Never seen such any in game graphics as UE promised to offer.

[@hotlineoperator]

Great details, really authentic feeling. There is still room for improvement in camera movement and exposure balance - bright areas are too bright. Would a filter help?

[@rene837]

Imagine Skyrim and The Witcher 3 would be running on this engine

[@FirstIppo]

Looks real. That’s why Star Wars drama used UE5 for their VFX, like LED Wall.

[@TheWarKeeper]

Am i the only one who thinks that these kind of graphics should have been possible in the PS4 Era? Starting from PS4 onwards i have not seen a really big jump in graphics like we used to. I remember being shocked by the awesome graphics available from SNES to PS1, again from PS1 to PS2 and again from PS2 to PS3. These days we mostly see bigger jumps in rendering resolution or texture resolution, things like raytracing are still a gimmick even today as they are not really full proper raytracing anyways.

[@tiroles]

"Go touch some grass, son!" - "I'm doing it!" Says the VR boy.

[@michasosnowski5918]

Winter looks incredible.

[@xaeon_thesandbox]

I currently studying unreal for 3 months now, and I'm addicted.

[@davidstuart4915]

wow, that must be amazing - perhaps u will be taking it forward in a few yrs :)

[@xaeon_thesandbox]

@@davidstuart4915 Yeah, I will become good at it and will be helping companies who need my skills.

[@AnasElAbboud]

how on Earth could that snow scene trigger one of my memory 😂❤

[@tourist6290]

The nature and the snow especially look absolutely amazing. What i'm still missing is realistic weather physics such as wind and objects reaction wo windspeeds (breeze, intensifying to storm etc) rain, heavy rain, thunderstorm, tornado, hurricane etc. - wonder when that will become so realistic that you can't distinguish it anymore... 10 yeasr maybe?

[@lysanderaurelius7810]

waiting for games that look like this to finally be released

[@HybOj]

only to open a map and see 1000 "?" and meet a enemy and realize its the same brainded AI as in the year 2000. But "graphics!!!"

[@hotfightinghistory9224]

Right? Worse, go back and watch the UE demos from 3 years ago. Havent even seen THAT in anything on the horizon let alone eye candy like this.

[@AlexKowalski-ci6im]

It looks better than reality, wow.

[@AsuraTheNoble]

sound design could use some work but those graphics are stunning

[@daemonknight460]

Looks great! Would love to see a little more interaction - explosive destruction preferably :)

[@DaHaiZhu]

Back in the 80's, my boss said 'One day we'll have real-time photorealistic 3D computer generated video". We all laughed, working on out 486 PCs. Dammit. Now, about the only thing that reveals that this is computer-generated is the camera: it too smooth and mechanical. Could be shot from a drone, but there is no sound. And its too smooth an steady to be hand-held. It needs a breeze for that extra touch of realism. Incredible!!

[@HeyWorld-o8j]

Honestly, this level of quality feel like someone with vision problem.

[@boymeeuwissen802]

I need games have been looking at this for 2 years

[@joetuktyyuktuk8635]

Coming through the tunnel, I almost expected a Khajit to step out from the shadows demanding a toll...

[@akuunreach]

Maybe they just didn't spend enough time on them, but the later ones show some pretty glaring issues, but this could have and likely is due to time restraints Shadow, reflections, and GI have come a long way, and will only get better, as hardware becomes more powerful, new approximations that require less processing time, and how we create environments, these I believe will push us into the next generation

[@ISetYourFaceOnFire]

We need less graphics and more innovation, physics, animations, AI....

[@matthewwilliams3827]

Yeah I agree. Haven’t games been like 95% realistic for many years now anyway? Haha.

[@AlexQuidditch]

We actually have all required technologies for advanced game mechanics But we don't have a bunch of good game designers to use this power

[@jjgg2627]

Well they were layed off lol😂

[@joetuktyyuktuk8635]

How else will they be able to justify the creation of the dining table sized Nvidia 9090...

[@tslater2005]

Aaand storytelling!!

[@Abvro]

Cool. Can we get some good games made with this yet?

[@hotfightinghistory9224]

Not anytime soon. And if you do it'll be DEI'd so hard it'll make you sick.

[@scottm8966]

Yes looks amazing,but I would like to see what a character looks like walking around that environment

[@pavelpriessnitz3040]

Finally, I am assured we are living in a simulation.

[@TheLostBijou]

And all you need is a RTX 4090 huh? It does look incredible!

[@yasincaliskan1884]

I haven't seen anything better than existing AAA games.

[@carnivorejayy]

uncharted 5 in that jungle

[@jeffc7656]

They should make their own game with their engine. It would probably be a Unreal winner.

[@Mrcarvalher]

The game of the future is a game where you can create your own game in the most intuitive way. Combine this and an AI assistant for example

[@Marcusrafaelfet]

@@Mrcarvalher I don't know if you are saying this as a good thing, you probably are. But to me it just sounds like less and less quality experience as time goes by. AI generated game would mean a generic experience, a 'Mcdonalds experience' era of games.

[@Mrcarvalher]

​@@MarcusrafaelfetI'm saying it just as a thought experiment.

[@Zuranthus]

not gonna happen until Fortnight dies, they are raking in the money

[@jeffc7656]

@@Zuranthus yeah I know but just wishful thinking.

[@pillepolle3122]

I DONT WANT DEMOS I WANT FULL GAMES AND A LOT OF THEM!!

[@JFinns]

Looks amazing, static world that isn't interactive doesn't make for great gaming though. Hopefully we see something more interesting soon.

[@uncle-k3m]

Amazing. Only water (river) is left to improve… really amazing what is possible now

[@DrN007]

Gorgeous snowy night!

[@StupidusMaximusTheFirst]

Wow, almost all those environments are lifelike - with the exception of 2 and 7 where the textures were not as good/lifelike. Lighting was amazing in almost all. Huge progress on environments and the difference to life shows. On living beings, either they'll be too far away, like birds etc. or if they are near enough, like people, you can visibly tell, not so much from the textures, although them too, as much as the computerized movements. That torch, no-one moves a torch left and right when they walk or run, that woman, no woman walks like this, and people standing still take standing still too seriously. Movements could be made more realistic, it's not that difficult in our day and age, and they could add generated procedural variations, they don't even have to be always noticeable, so as something won't look a repeated computerized sequence. Maybe that's where UE could help in a later version? Even minor things can add up sometimes. Anyway, massive progress on UE.

[@Gemini_0815]

Some people who don’t visit the real world outside their bedroom a lot would be fooled into thinking this is real.

[@user-qn2ev8du2r]

Unglaublich real. 🙂

[@defface777]

I need a horror game in that snow

[@NicoNico-re1rq]

Best engine for demos

[@GameOver_Official_Channel]

Запишите это видео в 60 fps, для хорошей плавной картинки. Картинка идёт рывками

[@FSBSev]

Это движок такой, в плане оптимизации пока плохой. Посмотри игры на 5 анриле, они все не оптимизированы

[@DanFrederiksen]

is the gamma a bit too high? washing it out. the intense contrasts of reality help

[@notthings6443]

숲속은 정말 실감나네요. 이 정도 결과를 얻기위해서 어느정도 시간과 노력이 투입됐을까...

[@Kopernicus67]

Make this ES6, and it was worth the wait!

[@SophiaAphrodite]

I feel like we just got a sample of the next Tomb Raider game settings. Imagine a city map as part of her story.

[@viiinicius17]

a couple things I noticed that would make it even more realistic but I feel developers do not pay that much attention to: 1. there is no wind and the vegetation is not bouncing like it should, the static ambience is not realistic 2. the camera movements are too brutal or sudden, no human sight moves like that so it feels like it´s not a person behind the ´´camera´´; you can see that specially when the character is walking, check 3:53

[@charlestedison2411]

The wind is what is often missing in these types of games. Ultra-realistic in the textures, certainly, but not at all representative of the constant movement that reality provides. Even when there is "no wind" strictly speaking, it still moves.

[@TheMertolumert]

go pro

[@orionpk]

Film makers are using unreal engine 5 since it looks really, good. Starwars, house of dragon, fallout 76

[@Deljron777]

Just wait guys, Gamers with inspiration to make great games will get their hands on this engine with AI to help them. Besides the detail and how well it's running, the Illumination/lighting is the best of any engine I've seen yet. Amazing illumination gets the heart fluttering.

[@slevinshafel9395]

woww. i need a gameplay with that graphic.

[@kaleygoode1681]

For people that need to get out and go for a walk... In the beginning, there was FTL's Dungeon Master (something happened pretty much every time you stepped), then Captive (a procedurally generated universe of android characters)... Totally engaging and captivating with the simplest of graphics... And since then? Well, Portal was great! Band Hero was novel... But we all went to Minecraft! Maybe A.I. will help find the way to make a game stay in your mind for the rest of your life, like Project Eden nearly managed... Anyway, I'd better get back to my Tetris...

[@SkyForbes-4.0]

The only thing we need now is forced natural camera movement applied to each demo. Similar to that used in "Unrecord". Right now it looks like Robocop is controlling the camera looking for a threat.

[@KoSLoW27]

Futur games will be outstanding 🤩

[@itsdiko4804]

For anyone wondering why the movement is so choppy the guy was probably only getting 10 fps because of the photo realistic graphics and then post rendered it so it could be shown in 60 fps.

[@RobGamesNZ]

This is how I thought Far Cry would look in the future when it first came out

[@simonezannotti]

it's all truly wonderful. Now all that's missing are the games...

[@MrStrat01]

Very impressive 🤩👍

[@jowga]

certain sections shown battlefield or cod would be nice

[@jmuring]

there are people that say "reality sucks"...and now video games are becoming soo real 😅😅😅

[@paultreneary]

Increase the focal length to that of what we normally perceive ( ie make the FOV narrower) and this really would be astounding