Evolution of Unreal Engine 3 Games 2006-2020

[@Carlosarts2]

Netherrealm confirmed that Mortal Kombat 11 work in Unreal Engine 3

[@PhatNguyen-cu2bx]

And now we have UE5 but MK1 just using UE4 :D

[@ArthurLopes39]

I like the eerie, gritty look from this generation. Not all games should have it, obviously, but it does fit when the art direction asks for it. The first Gears of War pulls it off the best, DmC looks neat, too. Mirror's Edge, Remember Me, and Arkham Knight still look incredible, and I'm surprised TERA works at all since UE3 was never meant for MMOs.

[@marco1941]

That’s what I hate about it. 😂

[@arctik2928]

The earlier half of Unreal Engine 3 had games looking so eerily similar. It must be the effects, and especially the colour palette if they used the same one (default, I believe).

[@geeknproud321]

Most engines have a library of pre-made effects. When an engine is new it's common that devs aren't familiar enough to add their own effects and custom assets so the default ones get used. Compare the Unreal Tournament 3 to Gears of War for example.

[@pczone7641]

because many developers used the the default post processing setting and default materials

[@steveman0420]

Many devs uses UE assets , preferably premade or marketplace assets , and that damn bloom effects

[@ianmitchell5979]

I have trouble believing that both Outlast games and Arkham's Knight was in UE3

[@urazoktay7940]

Amazing video, very good compilation, i throughly enjoyed it, thank you.

[@greysky1252]

I dont get how Unreal 2 and Unreal Tournament 3 didn't lead the charge with thier new engines...they were supposed to be the standard bearers. Unreal 2 was handed off to a 3rd party developer and, despite having some of the best graphics (ill never forget that initial in development benchmark demo they ran) UT3 had less features and gameplay modes than UT2004.

[@alexarmstrong9915]

And this is why UT3 is 50% of game that we deserve

[@Raoskje]

UE3 was much, much heavier than the one used in UT 2003 or 2004, to the point I though an open world game was impossible using UE3, however Tera and other games were released. The fact is that even the most "open world" games using the engine have lots of narrow environments, as to sustain a high framerate. It's still a very capable engine, found in games such as Paladins and Killing Floor 2, but it's sad how Unreal 3 didn't catch the community as the previous installments... as UT4, UT3 had some fan base as myself, that got to play the game for quite a while, but in the developers side, it got kind of ignored by the community. And as you said, less game modes, less things to do in the game.

[@joeyoung9596]

@@Raoskje Even the latest games in 2023 like Renegade X & Renegade X: Firestorm struggles to maintain a good framerate and performance optimization. Although it's running on the UDK, it can't maintain huge battles with too many effects and structures on multiplayer. Much like what happened to Tom Clancy's Endwar & Xcom 2 that runs on the main Unreal Engine 3. On the other hand, Unreal Engine 3 did have some unique games, like Bioshock Infinite, Infinity Blade, Xcom Enemy Unknown, and etc. The textures wasn't that great, plus 99% of games of that era uses the same textures, some uses the sound, effects, and even same character model sizes which are based on Gears of War and Unreal Tournament 3.

[@urazsoktay5275]

The best looking Unreal Engine 3 game is Batman Arkham Knight.

[@Raoskje]

Amazing video, however running/recording UE3 games with such low FPS might give an impression that the engine was not as good as it really was.

[@yeungscs]

haha, I think the marketing materials and footage available in those days were just 30 fps!

[@writtergab2976]

I know it's been two years since this comment, but, i believe that the low FPS in some titles may be the emulation of then...

[@Raoskje]

@@writtergab2976 I don't know what happened, but I was checking again the this video, and it doesn't look 30fps-ish as back in the day. Really bizarre, it looks just fine now

[@borjie2727]

I remember Unreal tournament, Killing Floor, Bioshock and lots of other games looked very very similar

[@digimikeh]

Nice demos.!! I think Mirror's Edge is UE3 too..

[@MrKavkaz2012]

Ничего себе подборка! Автор проделал титаническую работу. Подписался на канал, редко такие встретишь на ютубе

[@sassyMcpussy]

ну да...

[@ernestomamani1610]

Mortal kombat 11 is unreal engine 3

[@EmoGoddessNea]

Is unreal engine 4 hahaha

[@EyefyourGf]

@@EmoGoddessNea It's unreal engine 3 dumbass hahahahah,it even says on a wiki hahahahah!

[@loop5720]

How is it on the UE3? Holy crap the Engine is good

[@kloakovalimonada]

@@loop5720 that's kinda insane, it's a 16 year old engine

[@tyoyusuf8501]

@@loop5720 science programming

[@DustinsCarFamily]

Didn't Dead Space use Unreal Engine 3 too? And I believe Outlast also came out for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 but I guess I'm wrong.

[@arctik2928]

No, Dead Space did not use it. It was an internal engine that Visceral (EA Redwood Shores back then) used in a Tiger Woods game before Dead Space.

[@MostWantedChannel]

Did this video actually list everyone made in Unreal 3? Curiosity indeed. I wanted this information from everyone.

[@3rdStreetAVolitionite]

An underrated Unreal engine 3 title that I have a soft spot for is Fairytale Fights. I don't know anyone else who also knows about that game, but for a game with such simple gameplay, I like it a lot. All you did was move, your character with left stick, attack with right stick, and jump with A/X. It was only on PS3 and Xbox 360, no PC release. The game was made by PlayLogic, who went out of business after making this game. I got it when it released for my birthday, at age 13 in 2010. So much bloody and gory cartoony fun about Fairytale characters against lumberjacks, wolves, gingerbread men, knights, and so much more. Including popular characters from many different actual fairytales. Edit: Which I didn't think would be mentioned in this video at the time of commenting, but it IS here. :)

[@ikebrasil]

Top Bro 🏆

[@GameForestGF]

Thanks a lot👍

[@evo2500]

this engine is honestly so much fun

[@Demongargoyle]

Smite? Not UE3?

[@urazsoktay5275]

You should add Gears of War Ultimate Edition. It's a great remaster, nearly a remake of the first Gears of War. Otherwise great video.

[@nolef7nu7]

vanishing of Ethan Carter blew me away with the photogrammetry. too bad it just limits artstyle heavily

[@jonathantyner171]

Halo 3, Halo Wars, Halo 3: odst, Halo: Reach, Halo: combat evolved anniversary, and Halo 4 should have used Unreal Engine 3

[@marco1941]

Borderlands? I never knew that, crazy.

[@pauls4522]

This engine was a plaque. Started seeing it in 2006 when it looked cutting edge and still looked good compared to other engines for a few years. But quickly it became the generic engine where every game looked a like. The engine I feel should have been retired around 2011, but we did get Bioshock Infinite and Dishonored in 2012 and 2013 respectively which had a unique art direction which too me are the 2 best looking games on the engine. Its grosses me out people still use it today and that most of the games look like hot garbage now being used as a discount engine anymore.

[@seigneurduquebec7337]

You're totaly right but I think Batman also really did great

[@d30n6]

Look at Mortal Kombat 11, that game is stunning running on UE3.

[@Sattlen]

@@d30n6 What about killing floor 2? It does use an heavily modified version of unreal engine 3 though.

[@adamfrisk956]

Arkham Knight

[@Maximus20778]

Cope and seeth Batman Arkham knight looks great

[@MrKavkaz2012]

А вы не в курсе, игры на Unreal Engine 3 все совместимы с DirectX10 и будут работать на GTX280?

[@PavluxXxa]

господи, где ты этот артефакт откопал?

[@geeknproud321]

Rainbow Six Vegas was Unreal 2.5 not 3. It had infamously broken performance for the time and was basically Unreal 2 with some Unreal 3 assets and visual stuff hacked in. Blacksite Area 51 is a shame of a game. It had a promising start but the devs basically ran out of money and time. It was originally going to be a sequel to the old Area 51 Xbox game but became something more. I forget the entire story of its development but it was a serious botch job.

[@valy0o728]

Get Even is missing

[@allancandaza]

Its unreal engine 4 you dummy hahahaha

[@chantellethecool1]

You forgot the black eyed peas experience on the xbox 360

[@therealmodernwalking9695]

lol, didnt even know that someone is still using ue3 now..

[@marco1941]

Okay, so it was good at that time, but we’ve been seeing that engine for way too long.

[@doom2d]

don't forget Alien Rage - Unlimited

[@RoyBasty]

Dragon Age Origins and Dragon Age II are missing.

[@abcdoooabcd]

enslaved looks great

[@Bruh-bi6yi]

how u gonna not include guilty gear, damn

[@SJTPlatinum]

Where’s the Arkham Series, Especially Arkham Knight?

[@Lord_Elron]

It’s in there

[@SJTPlatinum]

@@Lord_Elron oh nvm

[@defectivenull]

Life is strange is in UE4 though

[@nunosa528]

The first Life is Strange was done on UE3. If it was UE4, the PS3 and XBox 360 versions wouldn't exist.

[@Javierdepp]

Desde gears 2 en pesaron a usar un real 3.5

[@YurievalKnight]

Know the thing it actually SUCKS to play a Unreal engine 3 game in 1920x1200 so recommended to play a Unreal engine 3 game in 1366x768 for better experience!

[@writtergab2976]

I play Batman Arkham Knight in 800x600 or 1024x768, and still looks beautiful (no graphics card, i3 11th Generation). Much better than the recent port to Switch, at least...

[@gersonandresortizvelasco2349]

Yo digo medio de mi ignorancia unreal engine su mejores motores grafico

[@magnus00125]

they paid so we can use ue for free now

[@rkjtnd]

>shoahstein