Unreal Engine 5.4 looks like REAL LIFE | Next-Gen Games and Tech Demos 2024

During its keynote session at GDC 2024, Epic Games shared the first look at Unreal Engine 5.4 tech demos and some amazing new games like Marvel 1943, Chrono Odyssey and Dune Awakening. Check these amazing graphics that look like real life!
00:00 Marvel 1943: Ryse of Hydra In-engine Trailer
02:25 Marvel 1943 Ryse of Hydra Tech Demo
11:13 Chrono Odyssey Gameplay Trailer
12:45 Chrono Odyssey Tech Demo
14:32 Dune Awakening Tech Demo
18:20 Dune Awakening Trailer
20:15 New MetaHuman Animator for UEFN in Unreal Engine 5.4
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[@jaydinerodst471]

Remember the days when we all said "I wish the game looked like the cutscenes." its here now! Lol

[@fghjxcvb]

Next year

[@mehnameehjeff6325]

It looks like it would melt my console.

[@BusinessMan1619]

Back in 1983 when I was playing Pac-Man on my Atari 5200 until the break of dawn on a school night I knew that I would be a gamer for life ☺

[@PysterBeats]

I used to say this all the time in the late 90s and early 2000s. We are truly here.

[@lazyox]

I remember i used to be so impressed by Driver2's cutscreens looking so real, looking back it it now, they are horrible. ps3 had better graphics.

[@natecoley160]

i hope some day devs will spend more time on gameplay than visuals, i don't want games to look real life, i want them to be fun god damn it

[@evlicocukluoyuncu]

The time will come, my friend... It will eventually come!...

[@youcefbehat-hx9if]

There is nothing wrong with game looking like real life...when paired with great stories and fun game play...and diverse worlds...it actually add to the immersion.

[@hygormotasantos4035]

Well, that presentation is good news for you then. Since most of the stuff devs took years to make are now automated by the UE5.4 engine. Unfortunately we all know how this ends up. Instead of using the time saved to actually work on gameplay, they'll simply release their games early

[@corvec]

Nintendo: Am I a joke to you?

[@andrewg9107]

I'm in the same boat, luckily there are still plenty of games that don't resemble real life. Gameplay should always come before visuals

[@Roughneck26]

I am Simply blown away wow we come along way From the old Atari games lol. Brilliant Visuals.

[@verigumetin4291]

well thats 5 decades of graphical development.

[@nickb220]

@@verigumetin4291which is not even one lifetime

[@chillivodka01]

The good old days of playing Adventure on the Atari as a simple square and it was still great fun! :)

[@igorschmidlapp6987]

"Pitfall" still rocks! ;-P

[@DumPixels]

@@verigumetin4291u acting like he said otherwise

[@MauroMan_]

....still notice some issues in human action movements.. It's amazing how hard and almost impossible replicate the real human movements perfectly.. .so far..

[@drigao16]

Is not hard, is just that there wasn't any focus in it before, animating was all hand made, now its becoming more and more automatic, but as soon as it improves further they will probably hit an uncanny valley.

[@angryjoe98]

@@drigao16it is hard even with pre rendered CGI in big movies humans are still not perfect.

[@drigao16]

@@angryjoe98 In movies everything is made in a short time. This technology is being developed and update all the time, for almost 2 years.

8:50 "Freeze all motor functions." Insane detail.

[@HarpoonTech]

My graphics car melted just watching this video...

[@victor.novorski]

Bro drives a GPU

[@pearlyghost]

usually happens with graphic cars

[@p60091]

just download another one

[@MaxskiSynths]

Ya need to get yerself one of those graphics trucks, that'll do the trick

[@CreepyMemes]

@@victor.novorski well that's what those drivers you need to install are for?

[@NBWDOUGHBOY]

This Black Panther Voice actor sounding powerful. i like it.

[@darkarchon2841]

Am I the only one who would be completely comfortable with games not being so photorealistic, but instead taking less than five years to develop and having fun, innnovative gameplay?

[@selohcin]

There's a place for those visually simple games that don't take multiple years to develop, but I've been waiting more than 20 years for photorealistic graphics in games and there's no way I want to see the progress stop now that we're so close. Indie games can be less realistic, but AAA games should definitely aim for photorealism.

[@MauroC74]

@@selohcin I agree but the problem is dull gameplay because the WOW effect doesn't last long

[@jkickass]

apparently you are. kids just want to watch cutscenes

[@French-Star]

@@selohcin Tbf once Unrecord is released, the whole landscape is probably going to change. AAA games won't have their title stand for as long as they did a decade ago and these game companies will definitely have to take their games more seriously. Consumers are the reason why these companies are still standing, which is a shame because passion says otherwise, Unrecord and many other indie studios being the case. Let's hope Unrecord fulfils these expectations.

[@flibflob2785]

It's called Indie Games and they exist

[@Rogun987]

The visuals are amazing, next step is dynamic and realistic environmental interaction.

[@Nereal_Dvigatel]

шаг, которого я жду 16 лет 😂

[@CHIEF_420]

@NVIDIA RTX + "PhysX" por favor

[@CNC-Time-Lapse]

It's really strange to see a game character that isn't living in the uncanny valley. Amazing demo!

[@apexone5502]

I was thinking the same thing. The characters shown in this vid don’t have that dead inside lifeless puppet look in the eyes like past reality based game characters.

[@danielawesome36]

It's thankfully better than the Metahumans when they were introduced. The facial animation is still kinda bad tho. I don't know how they would even fix that.

[@quakxy_dukx]

@@danielawesome36faces are really difficult to animate but it will improve in time

[@KyleDanner]

That snow build-up tech was supposed to be in division 1 then division 2.... never happened 😅 its all based on what the customer can afford tech wise. I wonder when that will actually happen maybe division 3 😁

[@666Azmodan666]

Unfortunately, they showed the Infiltrator Tech Demo 10 years ago. Maybe there are games like this now, but it's been a while.

[@T-MannT]

Third role as a King for my man Khary, love that for him.

[@Furianguy]

The marvel video really looks incredible specially the faces and expressions

[@abhrajitpaul6057]

Around 40 years ago, games used to be pixelated, 8-bit and all... Now, the games have become something like this. Can you imagine how Video games will look like after more 40 years from now?

[@Onurnsrr]

I don't think the concept of "video" will have much importance in 40 years, but I can see that we can be fully involved in games, I can't even imagine what can be experienced not only in terms of realism but also in terms of experience.

[@Wahinies]

We wont know because between crypto currency and AI, GPUs will cost about as much as an EV if you can find one in stock.

[@vigilant_1934]

@@Wahinies Crypto crashed in 2022 and AI is slowing down already. Learn what's actually going on in these industries and stop spreading fear and misinformation.

[@zSion]

​@@vigilant_1934AI is not slowing down, its literally on an exponential curve

[@user-oh4lw7zq8p]

через 40 лет мне исполнится 80 лет или вообще сдохну ))

[@jameswayton2340]

When i watched another youtube react to the Marvel 1943 ryse of hydra game i did not even realize it was a game and legit thought it was a movie only until the end of the trailer.

[@OneManArmyStudios]

a guy like me, never used another game engine but Unity, kept himself loyal to it and swore not to leave it behind, sees this progression UE is making as trust-shaking lol. Damn.. everyday it feels even harder to stick to Unity seeing all this.. I mean Unity is great too and I give credit where credit is due of course but fr.. this is something else. Hats off. Now back to recompiling my empty Unity scene for 9885 seconds after adding 1 more letter to my comment in visual studio.

[@Fogmeister]

Wow, the uncanny valley is almost gone. The only uncanny part now is that the face looks more really than the environment and the costume. 😂

[@robbielex]

I'm a big Khary fan ever since he played Ezekiel on The Walking Dead way back in 2016.

[@HelloBilal_18]

same

[@rpe7418]

Wow you want a cookie?

[@HelloBilal_18]

@@rpe7418 Yes I want a cookie

[@King-hs9zc]

@@rpe7418 Now give him his cookie

[@jxk4500]

We have been seeing tech demos for years now. Time for some games to release...

[@suuus4861]

Really cool! Love how the visuals keep improving!!

[@JohnSmedberg]

I work in IT as an architect within infrastructure and system design, but a completely different industry. And I always get amazed what the guys in gaming can do. This is some complex stuff, not just the tech which is amazing, but to be able from a process and project lead/tech lead view to be able to make this. Let me tell you, it's not weird it takes many years to create these but in a few years it will take less since the git of all that code can be reused, tanked into ML to learn and then just "upload" this into the next project. Fantastic work.

[@subarashi-sama6309]

all game trailer looks like this until the come out like looney toons 😂😂😂💀

[@ethn8799]

yea but there are a lot more finer smaller details in the new engine and the lighting, particles look crazy.

[@LazyEyePolitics]

I see no difference on this and any non gameplay game trailer games. Nothing.

[@SpicyMelonYT]

that is the ingame look dawg, that was real time

[@hygormotasantos4035]

@@LazyEyePolitics That's impressive then. Cause these were all in-game visuals

[@ILLAILLS]

Yep

[@user-dy8fj4nw2y]

I like the video it gave lots of details from the video narration.

[@theeternalnow6506]

That techdemo is absolutely insane. That smoke and lighting the smoke and the realtime changes to the environment. Mindblowing.

[@zSion]

No one cares about graphics if the game sucks lmao

[@youcefbehat-hx9if]

I absolutely agree... don't get me wrong i love games with good graphics... but playing a shi*ty game with great graphics is like dating a gorgeous woman with a shi*ty personality... it is only gonna be fun in the beginning.

[@iktita]

​​@@youcefbehat-hx9ifin bed mostly.. Only if she is eable to perform the natural obligations properly😂

[@user15168]

Согласен на 100%.Игры-это про игровой процесс.

[@gordon1201]

Agreed, but if nobody was pushing the limits of technology then it would be a very boring world

[@Thejacketof-huang]

So pretend a better console next time. Actually console based on crappy obsolete apu scAMD stopped the evolution of video games. In this crappy apu you have graphic or you have better gameplay. On pc with rtx you can have both and way better visual quality of games. Stop to be ign orant

[@aleksdeveloper698]

As a gamer, I can already tell Dune is not enough, there needs to be more gameplay

[@beediddy2000]

I REALLY LOVE AND WANT THIS GAME 1944 rise of hydra

[@ohsobadley]

Black panther's voice and attitude reminds me M'baku from the movie. Sounds just like him.

[@DefaultUser1790]

The first couple frames made me think it was a new Wolfenstein game, which I would love to see.

[@sparkplug964]

Crazy good, and to think it only going to get better, VR sure is going to be fun

[@christiandk09]

Even if these kind of games were properly optimized (which is probably not gonna be true judging by most new releases), I think VR with these graphics would blow up any pc. But yeah it would be really fun

[@godyrims]

Am glade tech guys are doing their best to give good graphics, i hope game makers are doing their best in the story line and gameplay

[@lotuswarrior8843]

Looks amazing

[@reanozeon9459]

😮 I wish the gameplay will also Awesome 👍 from This New Marvel Game ! 💯👏🎯

[@psy237]

Incredible!! They have literally just solved the biggest two "problems" I noticed the past few month when playing high end games. Facial expressions were too often still wrong, now it looks close to perfect and also the clothing.. The clothing was in some games really well made, but at certain arm angles from the shoulder it could look very unrealistic and was always plastic. This looks just amazing

[@imeleventeen]

We are at most 10 years away from this quality in vr with oleds, huge fov and near perfect pixel count

[@marcchapleau8343]

This technology is absolutely amazing! I can't wait to play videogames with that kind of visual.

[@ChucxChuck]

Great job, this upgrade frees memory for other jobs, I hope they take a closer look at the physics of body motion and reflex, facial skin texture and shading, hen lip sync. We lld hope for these areas fixed in the next update so we can have a big leap to the next version.

[@tecnomaniako4516]

I hope we get this kind of grafics on vr headsets in a while, it would be marvelous

[@Winehouse204]

Hearing Khary Payton as panther? Acceptable. :)

[@reanozeon9459]

The Future of Gaming Realism will be CRAZY!!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@sanderossi8013]

I remember how amazed me and my friends were when buffy the vampire slayer her eyes were actually blinking on the first xbox.

[@sfsdfdfdf6587]

UE 5.4 is amazing, really thinking about old days but still we need more for "real" reality maybe in molecule level. We need eye vision pixels for this we need quantum cpu.

[@AshtonCoolman]

Dune could be a great VR experience. We'd fight with blades, fly ornithopters, and also get a chance to ride frickin' sandworms! That'll make for a solid Dune game.

[@DesoloZantas]

Unreal Engine 6 is gonna be ground breaking 👀

[@robbieolson3493]

is there a tutorial out there on how to setup dynamic tessellation to create the snow effects, tire tracks, or foot prints, as shown in this video?

[@TeddyLeppard]

Stunning. Can't wait to see how Lucasfilm, Weta and others use these things in their real-time live action work.

[@HiUnidentified]

well the mandalorian gives a good idea.

[@thejman3489]

What do I need to display this properly? The IMAX Duel 4k Lazer Projectors?

[@AlexFrank02]

I love seeing the graphics get this impressive bug the dynamic reactivity of the character on the world needs to improve with it to really make it seem real. Having gorgeous ground textures is great but it is so much better if you can see your footprints and hear the exact texture your walking on

[@EddyKorgo]

You know, we gonna look at it next year and we gonna be like, ugh what did they play in 24. graphics looks like from ice age

[@canobenitez]

I'm still baffled by the grass in Halo 1

[@freepadz6241]

Eh, no.

[@chiefkeyes5359]

Damn camera man in virt now cool to see film and gaming industry come together.

[@mityakiselev]

only 6 more years until really good game devs transfer all of their work in progress onto UE5 utilizing 10% of the functionality 🙏

[@nickkaverin]

Where can I find a tutorial or some information how to build such complex grounds?

[@Martinit0]

Search for Unreal Sensei here on YT

[@bestplanetever6048]

Soon we can put on a VR headset and be in a real time immersive photo realistic movie standing in place with character yelling at us!

[@suvamroy5938]

Just imagine a game in UE5 coupled with meta humans/ NPCs with GPT enabled ....Insaneeee!!!

[@millionaire.mindset1835]

This game looks insane, the acting looks superb

[@dieaking6475]

Dune Awakening looks sick !

[@chubbyboy2242]

So many cool tech demos, so few good games.

[@detonator620]

I'm really scared to think 🤔 how amazing the next Gears of War will look like...

[@repulse5501]

New level 👾

[@sana-cm7oc]

First one looks like Sweet Baby Inc. was there...

[@bleachedwhale]

Please. No one gives a damn about that.

[@hexusmexus6971]

@@bleachedwhaleI do

[@zsavior4535]

Yea I noticed this also.

[@joshimahan7497]

@@bleachedwhale i do to

[@TheDimebag49]

@@bleachedwhale I do.

[@DespaceMan]

Now just waiting for 5000 series cards to be become available

[@iikon-]

NAH even rtx 3000 series is enougth

[@theodorekalfagiannis7506]

Absolutely brilliant.

[@OtojitoBG]

Cgi quality 😮😮😮 amazing

[@knightds2186]

AMAZING .THANK YOU

[@DurrellRobinson]

I can't wait to play this movie

[@beardedbrogaming6066]

With DUNE,I will never forget the soldiers said something like "darai".😂

[@MadBrit26]

All lookks great but what is it really running on!

[@HexonineGames]

Hell yeah it does!

[@KWez256]

Can't wait for unreal engine 6

[@cayoskrub]

Games like Lethal company proof that most people dont care about visuals as much. All visuals do is give you a quick "oh it looks good". But the true fun and value of a game are truly based on the gameplay

[@d4nkime]

Wait wtf,you can have them with mask and without masks on cutscenes!? That’s cool af

[@GuilhermeSantos-wy8kf]

I really hope we get an new vein of awesome marvel games like an MGU (Marvel Game Universe)

[@john38825]

Graphics are good enough today, we need to spend a few years focusing on physics software for interactions and breaking of objects. So many objects you can't interact with or dumb collisions with objects you can.

[@vraciunaitro]

Finally something good this year gaming been hopeless.

[@sausagefruit7690]

I hope the final game won't be a downgrade.

[@ONLYTHEGOODSTUFF]

I see where's this headed, producing and directing films with your own actors!

[@drigao16]

Or using actors to perform but not using their image or voice... is a little scary.

[@everythingcouldbesimplify818]

You will always need some millions for this to look this good of course.

[@Gamehighlight2023]

UE was always THE BEST and mind-blowing - Long Live EPIC and Tim.

[@alienkid]

I was all for it when I thought it was a fan video. I became less enthusiastic after learning it is going to be a game.

[@LocalIntl]

Camera movement from the rig on stage isn't matching up to what we're seeing on screen. Different take? Or something else

[@davidasher22]

Is this the gameplay or just the pre-made cut scenes?

[@zeroneutral]

Yes but how easy does UE 5.4 make it to import THE MESSAGE?

[@matheus8530]

It is getting there

[@ellopropello]

unfassbar, was sich da so getan hat :)

[@Swianto]

The marvel stuff looks absolutely scary!

[@omegablast2002]

the resolution saids 4k but really not seeing it in this reupload

[@whatif8741]

They need to fix glitches within the engine like assets randomly going to the middle of the map of the game you're creating.

[@broggie123]

Looks insane! Oh and let’s be real he’s not using that camera 🎥

[@IDMtv]

Will this look like this on the Quest 3?

[@user-tj3us2kg7b]

Eu fiquei simplesmente maravilhada com o fotorealismo que a Unreal Engine 5.4 conseguiu entregar nessa demonstração do Rise of Hydra. Mas agora o estúdio terá a obrigação de desenvolver esse jogo com a mesma qualidade e o exato fotorealismo demonstrado nessa tech demo. Pela primeira vez na vida eu finalmente me encontrei confusa, sem entender se era gráfico in game, ou se era cena de filme real com atores reais. Esporo que quando for lançado o jogo seja entregue com esses gráficos e não como o Chrono Odyssey, que embora também esteja lindo, ainda não está fotorealista.

[@EarlJames]

Captain America reminds of John Walter's cap in Falcon and Winter Soldier. More aggressive and edgey

[@t0x1C698]

Damn, it feels like the new gen of uncanny valley

[@MysticMurderCrow]

just WOW

[@highWpoint]

Like that Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone can live forever in movies :D

[@hedzsooo]

I seen too many lifelike tech demos in the last 2 decades, I believe when it's actually running on our avg. Gaming rig at home and not only in pre-rendered scenes. But nice show, for sure

[@EduardoAgustin88]

Did I miss a platform/console announcement for this?

[@bumfie]

Lovely stuff Unreal + Twinmotion have been my go to programs for relaxing + rendering with . . Regarding Unreal engine and movie production I'm actually VERY Excited regarding Duncan Jones + Rebellion games -2000AD creating a Rogue Trooper Film via unreal engine . Hope you can share information on that project with us soon cast Hayley Atwell Aneurin Barnard Asa Butterfield Sean Bean Jack Lowden Jemaine Clement Matt Berry Diane Morgan Daryl McCormack Reece Shearsmith Alice Lowe 2025 Release

[@megavideopowermegavideopow8657]

Red Skull would be a major villain

[@99.googolplex.percent]

11:10, pay attention to the head 🤣

[@Steger13]

The only good thing about this is that we will get great movies soon made this way by people at home with not much Budget and great stories to tell ..like me😊