Welcome to Unreal Engine 5 Early Access

Unreal Engine 5 will empower game developers and creators across all industries to realize next-generation real-time 3D content and experiences with greater freedom, fidelity, and flexibility than ever before. Today, Unreal Engine 5 enters Early Access - providing you the first chance to get your hands on some innovative new tools for next-generation game development.
In this video, Chance Ivey, Senior Technical Designer at Epic Games and Galen Davis, Producer/Evangelist for Quixel at Epic Games provide a first look at the game development tools and workflows available in Unreal Engine 5 Early Access before exploring our newest sample project titled "Valley of the Ancient" - a rich and practical example of how the new features in Unreal Engine 5 Early Access can be used.
Jump to specific features below and learn more about Unreal Engine 5 Early Access and the "Valley of the Ancient" sample project at unrealengine.com/UE5
01:16 - Unreal Engine 5 UI
01:51 - Nanite
02:48 - Temporal Super Resolution
03:03 - Lumen
03:43 - Sky Atmosphere System
04:04 - Quixel Bridge
04:53 - MegaAssemblies
05:27 - World Partition
06:17 - One File Per Actor
06:45 - World Partition
07:22 - Data Layers
08:00 - Full Body IK Solver
08:27 - Game Feature Plugins
09:16 - Animation Motion Warping
10:12 - Control Rig
11:23 - Full-Body IK + Control Rig
12:20 - MetaSounds
13:53 - UE5 Early Access

[@pixelmentia]

"Be a game developer, they said. It'll be fun, they said" - rock designer

[@rehmanarshad1848]

lmfao!!!!

[@rahulverma8774]

When i was a kid i thought making games and playing it are not very different But when i grew up i realised tht even most ordinary type of java programming is not easy 😜

[@moRaaOTAKU]

I love watching Chinese anime (donghua) made on unreal engine is amazing

[@DavidMaclin351]

Nobody made these. Quixel people went to a location and took thousands of photographs and software generated the mesh. Imagine getting paid a lot to travel the world and take pictures.

[@rehmanarshad1848]

@@DavidMaclin351 photogrametry is actually very difficult to get right. It takes lots of data points, skill, and little bit of luck.

[@samuelhildebrandt9074]

Plot twist, the 2 guys are actually rendered in real time on Unreal engine 5

[@armorhide406]

Damn, beat me to it

[@gokith1119]

damn, that would really blow my mind

[@sicfxmusic]

Surprised they didn't end with "We are Metahumans" 🤖

[@nmb-u-]

ah va cagar kkkkkkkk

[@shaolinmaster8583]

I smell NPC's

[@meeton2990]

1:40 Ohhhh so that’s how the monolith appeared

[@exazzerated]

Life is stimulation.. Hence Proved..

[@peniscck7843]

@@exazzerated are you just saying words lmao😂

[@goilo888]

@@peniscck7843 I was going to type a reply, but I fell off my chair laughing at your name and can't quite take this seriously now. :)

[@aryabratsahoo7474]

@@exazzerated yes, *stimulation*

[@peniscck7843]

@@goilo888 👀

[@prince-solomon]

13:55 damn! that near-photorealistic rendering quality of those two character assets almost looks real! incredible job Epic Games!

[@johnymey4034]

hope you just like rocks, because that's the only thing they can make look this good, anything that moves, or deforms in any way, like grass, leaves, people, just take another look and only pay attention to the human model, that's what you're actually getting.

[@trutwhut6550]

@@johnymey4034 no the back of trees won't move, buildings, roads etc any non moving objects will look that good even cars could look that good

[@maxkho00]

@@johnymey4034 They can easily make foilage look this good. Just check out Battlefront 2's graphics.

[@evopenguin5742]

@@johnymey4034 ever heard of metahumans. "9yr old kid these days lol"

[@rewindsretro1328]

The guys at the beginning and the end are so photorealistic, it's very impressive.

[@ernestw955]

It's just like they were real, incredible

[@Jonaasti]

That would have been one heck of a way to show off their engines ability. im sure they could have done that if they thought of it.

[@MartinzW]

@@ernestw955 while true, for alpha demo purposes might be too much time consumed. Maybe on the major release demo they could. Keep in mind we are more aware of any "alien" look to humans speaking so it would require a lot more polish than a leaping animation or an ancient shooting laser beam. The purpose of this demo was not related to dialogue anyhow.

[@AJ12Gamer]

Duh URE5

[@hardowider5054]

Yay, that means we're getting games the size of 500gb. Gotta prepare a whole week just to download.

[@AlphaLuna]

Previos generation : "Particles everywhere!" - This generation: "Rocks....just look at them!"

[@iAmNothingness]

They look so real tho..

[@maxlumley3772]

@@iAmNothingness fr the first picture they showed I thought was a real pictuee

[@vanpeters9751]

The best rocks 😊

[@ITRASHBOATI]

@@iAmNothingness if to me it looks like frostbite engine has been doing “realistic rocks” first lol

[@lwrenchl9119]

rocks with rtx and highly detailed

[@TheLozfan123]

Damn I can’t wait to play Rock: The Game

[@rohanchaudhary1773]

Well they are using rocks because it is the most complex item u can get to show the power of the engine

[@daydreaminggeek5606]

@@rohanchaudhary1773 I think it might have been cuz the desert is generally static and I don't think that this 'nanite' software does moving assets

[@sgtjohnson49]

@@daydreaminggeek5606 bingo

[@metalgamer334]

@@daydreaminggeek5606 they said the ancient was made using nanite, might be for another reason

[@daydreaminggeek5606]

@@metalgamer334 looked like lots of static objects attached to a central character modal... could be wrong tho

[@17raysplays29]

Wait a few years for us to learn that our reality is actually the demo for Unreal Engine 8.

[@trevor7850]

You wake up, slowly remembering that you’re at E3. “How was it?”

[@MutsuKazuma]

@@trevor7850 that wasn't a good sales pitch for a product then

[@robertoo510]

That’s just the begining wait till u hear about -/:-:/-:

[@karakondjo2]

I remember the time the characters didn't have any fingers.

[@saran9736]

Good old days🤧😄

[@kuru-san_124]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@mhnoni]

@Marian Zlatev Yep, but tons of fun gameplay. good old days.

[@jerryheller5744]

Goldeneye

[@ReubenAStern]

GTA potato hands for the wooooorrrld!!

[@Mike-gw1gf]

Job interview at Unreal Engine: Instructor: What are your strengths? Applicant: I love rocks Instructor: Welcome to the Unreal Engine Team!

[@guysomebody2337]

Perfect for a geologist

[@juansek208]

"I love triangles"

[@SirUncleCid]

Applicant: Crack... rocks...

[@Ebani]

@@juansek208 "... in the shape of rocks"

[@Amaterasu-fe4tl]

Tyrone Biggums = Applicant

[@YashuCosGaming]

So that's how they simulated this universe, TRIANGLES

[@mokongthe3856]

I believe in TRIANGLES Supremacy!

[@neeleshsuteri7156]

Illuminati confirmed

[@TyinAlaska]

The real world is made of triangles too. Take chemistry.

[@Cl0ne66]

And pyramids…

[@mup8661]

Yes. Seriously, thats true.

[@adityamenon6365]

imagine how games would look in 10 years. my mind is blown.

[@saschawitt9834]

After graphic is maxed out (Reallife) imagine what different points except of graphics they will max out

[@arashairshiraz1046]

why 10 years?nanite is ready now

[@lordmasterization]

probably the same as today, PC technology only gets updated every-time consolols get an update. Then everything is rehashed for the next 10 years.

[@aruwhat6714]

Imagine how expensive pc will get that will run all those games+ widespread and recognition of bitcoin currency on official levels

[@saschawitt9834]

@@aruwhat6714 reminds me to the theory in 80's that PCs will be much bigger and more expensive in the future

[@Fums0888]

Me: * Looks at PC * PC: "Don't even think about it"

[@XiaDaoMan]

@StormZendude, atleast pretend to laugh, don't make him feel sad.

[@lemonicoo]

@StormZen party pooper

[@Psicough]

The thing is, with nanite, even my mid tier pc could run that scene at 60fps no problem

[@DevenSatam]

I read the PC's dialogue with Anthony Mackie's sound in my head.

[@rryusa]

@StormZen party pooper

[@alishanmao]

man this is getting more and more realistic now. can't tell difference of real life rocks video and or animation video. except when you look at sky and clouds you know its animation

[@seanisgone5413]

Yes it's very very good

[@benfromvt]

not even

[@cooper23231]

@@benfromvt invest in a better screen. Even on my s21 some of the scenes look that good

[@-shakir5152]

@@cooper23231 even my a51 can see the realisticness

[@cooper23231]

@@-shakir5152 A51 is also a great phone, i really hope that we get good games out of the engine

[@Drakoriyan]

Me, not a game developer, hearing all of this technical terminology: Ah yes, the game development here is made out of game development

[@puni_lp]

xD

[@thenameisz2132]

wtf

[@tumultuousforce6204]

ahahahaha i laughed out of my stomach dude , its been a while, thanks

[@puni_lp]

@@tumultuousforce6204 ok

[@davidgrantjr.6626]

is this sports?

[@extra4542]

I can’t wait for games to actually be able to utilize this, this looks vastly better than most of the “next gen” games so far which makes sense because we’re still in the transitional period that incorporates previous gen consoles too

[@MordekaiserEnjoyer]

At this point it should just be called Real Engine.

[@offspringfan89]

Underrated comment.

[@NoSkill1]

unreal cause its better than real

[@a.b.o.7378]

I don't think any upcoming game will use this almost perfect graphics for like 3 - 4 years. First reason is, many people can't afford nor reach for latest gaming GPU's and CPU's because of cripto miners ruining the market and Taiwan (biggest chip producting country) having problems with chip productions. So meanwhile companies like Nvidia having problem with reaching to customers, gaming companies are focusing on bigger customer groups by making low performance games. This also eases their job so it is win-win for them.

[@NoSkill1]

​@@a.b.o.7378 true but development time might be longer than gpu shortage so they didnt know about that when they started but this kind of graphics is like showing off the possibilities just like uncharted 4 or basically anything from naughty dog, cause rtx 3090 cant get stable 30fps, it has drops to 5fps so it requires a lot of optimization

[@autumn7491]

Ayee mordekaiser

[@decipher111]

Me, with no experience in game creation whatsoever: *interesting*

[@InquisitorSorynn]

This

[@thebadwolf3088]

I already regret choosing game programming as a career

[@AnunnakiAaron]

huh.... thats coo

[@decipher111]

@@thebadwolf3088 i could get why, takes dedication and a lot of time, but i admire game devs and programmers a lot

[@Armann_]

The film industry is using UR engines (There’s at least one movie that bragged about it). I heard working in the game industry is stressfully miserable.

[@watcher1245]

Hentai will be so HD you'll be able to smell the shame.

[@iseeyou9488]

Hear desperate moans realistically 👀

[@gonesol_aero5215]

Bruh

[@terry2295]

noooooo!!!!!

[@mokongthe3856]

YESS!!!

[@artisticyeti22]

Lol ultimate weeb

[@TheFlatEarthChannelcom]

I’m so glad they finally made in engine animations. So much easier to work with then having to animate external.

[@shotikoization]

1:33 Mystery solved, that's how monoliths appeared in the deserts like Utah

[@siavashpurfallah3552]

our reality was just an unreal sample project.

[@Ben-rz9cf]

they are gods test object. he forgot to remove the default cube

[@Cabolt44]

@@Ben-rz9cf Yea not so default with that silver material...

[@Kholanee]

Get this homosapien a beer

[@adfjasjhf]

That's exactly what I thought when I saw that LOL

[@1lesavage]

And We still won’t have gpus in stock when this gets integrated

[@TwiztidPain]

*looks at all pc gamers that sold their GPUS to get new gpus* Looks at my GPU crys that it is only 2070

[@MusicMan-pq1ld]

@@TwiztidPain same, but my 2070 has lasted me a good while, I’m not upgrading until it starts to fail me

[@atmoz214]

bruh i just bought a xps tower from micro center with a 3060 in it, theyre starting to come into stock

[@MM-ul4bc]

Ethereum mining will end with the release of Ethereum 2 in July. Stay patient. The graphic cards are soon for sale :)

[@bajlozi6873]

@@MM-ul4bc You're telling me the gpu shortage will end? Really?

[@Schneizel00]

Imagine playing Rust in Unreal Engine 5, it would be fucking next level especially mining resources from stones

[@GamingXPOfficial]

It will only take 3 years for rust to get everything working well enough to transfer it

[@shannonbrown7016]

Rust is on Unity. They may as well make a new game. Also, the 3d models won't look good like this. They will need to be remade by very skilled 3d modelers.

[@nood1le]

Imagining is just about all you can do

[@illitero]

I was admiring the detail (first video I've ever watched that was 1440p) and amazing results on lighting (especially the clouds). Outside of clumps of grass stiffly waving at the same time, I couldn't find any reason to believe it wasn't real. Then suddenly @4:04 came and dragging the boulder structure around did some kind of micro shock of being reminded that it's just a pile of various assets and not real. It was a weird sensation.

[@SuperWiiBros08]

Each new entry of Unreal Engine is so outstanding with how more closer is getting with realism

[@silverreaps6803]

Indeed

[@Riizon1]

It's so... Un-unreal

[@rjun152]

Roks

[@greenme770]

Wait for unreal engline 10

[@joshnab800]

Hence "Unreal"

[@broomy143]

Crazy how fast Unreal develop. Every time I think "I wish the engine had this feature" they go ahead and add the feature and more

[@CAPEDCRUSADER3900]

One feature I want is to be able to make terrain spheres, here's an example say you have a very detailed heightmap of the Earth and you import it into UE but it's flat and you want to make it a sphere because for whatever reason you need Earth in your project, you would simply click a button that says "Turn Landscape into Sphere", and boom you have a 1:1 heightmap replica of Earth that has been generated into a Sphere for when you have scenes that need to show a character like Superman or a Spaceship leaving from the ground of Earth to the top of the planet seamlessly.

[@shalala4217]

@@CAPEDCRUSADER3900 You can't convert a plane into a sphere without distortion, it's mathematically impossible.

[@bklanyon176]

What an incredible time to be in the biz, and a gamer. This is so huge.

[@Dustinisanartist]

@@shalala4217 Unreal will be like, hold my beer..lol

[@lionelt.9124]

Welcome to the Truman Show starting ..... you! Have a look around and enjoy the view. Just don't look around too quickly, we still have a few culling issues to workout before release.

[@OrodrethN77]

This fascinates so much... I'm a web developer, but I feel like nothing compared to people using such tools and even more people making them ! It looks awesome, thank you for bringing this

[@samsonheisey3115]

Beautiful. Also, thanks for including your work for us to look at with a hands on. That's awesome and super helpful!

[@kiwalabyecollin6994]

I think the next unreal Engine will just be called the "Real Engine", graphics look so realistic.

[@okaybuddy.]

True

[@YeS-pn9hw]

True

[@MASTER-qc6mx]

nah next engine better than real life

[@kiwalabyecollin6994]

@@MASTER-qc6mx 😂😂

[@klulikxd6385]

this is named "unreal" because its been created for unreal tournament

[@ipeeontheworld]

Unreal Engine 7: straps an exoskeleton on you and puts you outside

[@kittenwithmittens6200]

i would love a exoskeleton like a ant or beetle that is designed for humans

[@m.ettema5780]

@@kittenwithmittens6200 almost like, CLOTHES?! 0:

[@spoopyscaryskelebones3846]

@@m.ettema5780 but skeleton :}

[@iseeyou9488]

Death stranding but irl

[@stephensale1068]

@@iseeyou9488 yea we could fight sharks, the kraken, get bitten by snakes, etc and die multiple times... in all seriousness that still sounds awesome

[@arikanidjar]

So glad to be able to live through the entire evolution of gaming science and experimental interactive technology.

[@nikovbn839]

Optimization is a beautiful thing :) Implementing all this amazing stuff into one streamlined tool... It's an insane game-changer, just please - make it as freely available as possible 🙏🙏🙏

[@xenos096]

This is how Ive seen old games when I was kid

[@unfa00]

Imagination is beautiful!

[@sethsen1914]

Me when I thought the original iphone was fast, just keeps getting better

[@KaminariHouse]

@@unfa00 And budget

[@SILVERSPADES]

Damn this is incredible. I love rocks

[@AYAYA_JUICER]

😐

[@agutinoff]

Jesus Christ Marie! They're not rocks they're minerals

[@Ayzahaur]

@Unreal Engine Next time show us METAL and new Unreal Tournament...

[@xd-qi6ry]

Not another one we already have big Sean

[@duckdodgers7817]

You live on 1 so... 🤷🏿‍♂️

[@Luna-qwi]

when the games resolution is higher than my eyes'

[@owenwebster4829]

I was in the Wadi Rum, Jordan a month back. These graphics have got this landscape down to a tee.

[@Mi2Lethal]

Get ready to see a lot of realistic rocks in games in the next couple of years.

[@vivago727]

they stated that it results in 4k textures in 1080p performance. i hope this turns out true

[@Aaron-xr7oc]

Forza already has realistic rocks lol but yeah in more games definitely be sick

[@theonetheonlyw5483]

Rocks are a great showcase for lighting.

[@ajshdhenskaka]

Can't wait for the UE5 games that don't come anywhere close to looking like this.

[@theblackdeath8933]

Haha we didn't even get something like the UE4 Demo on PS4/XBone

[@marjanp]

Yeah, it's going to look more like Halo Infinite :)

[@yeetus8870]

blame the hardware, most computers and gaming devices wont be able to handle something like this, I don't even know if any gaming device will be able to handle something like this

[@nickn2794]

Hellblade done with Unreal Engine 4 was fucking amazing though.

[@nickn2794]

@@yeetus8870 in the video it was running on a PS5

[@helleikgramkleivan5830]

Imagine if subanutica got this makeover

[@HMMCG91]

"Estão deixando a gente sonhar" - Ronaldinho Gaúcho

[@1020justukas]

Personally I think that the UI finally looks like something from this decade

[@raindrop-galaxy]

Yeah, I remember when I posted the UI concept almost 5 years ago with almost the same look, and they silently redesigned UI very to close to it. I'm glad they've listened. You can Google it - ue4 deserves clean ui

[@bhaveshtiwari5783]

@@raindrop-galaxy really thats cool man

[@zinetx]

@@raindrop-galaxy almost 5 ago 5 what??

[@raindrop-galaxy]

@@zinetx yup)) google ue4 deserves clean ui

[@zinetx]

@@raindrop-galaxy Almost 5 what ago? You said almost 5 ago. Days? Weeks? Months?

[@SciAntGaming]

Now i'm convinced that when the machines take over, the Matrix will run on Unreal Engine.

[@Jayloke]

Well… look at how it’s called…

[@meuboui]

@@Jayloke dats deep

[@johnniefujita]

unreality is looking good dude!! i would gladly embbed myself

[@skankhunt3624]

Too late, we're already living in a simulation.

[@McKack]

I'd rather the machines kill me than having to see those temporal artifacts everywhere I look

[@NR-fx8tk]

I hope they will use this to finally create more detailed vegetation in games. Like for trees and bushes. Because those usually look subpar. I wonder if this detail is also working with physics objects.

[@ZachFoxPhotography]

Sounds like the left and right audio channels were flipped at 12:17. Whoops! Amazing video. I'm super excited to see what developers create in UE5.

[@slyjahmoney9701]

“I like that Boulder, that’s a niiiiice Boulder”

[@testserverYT]

"Its not just a boulder! its a rock!"

[@resfan000]

@@testserverYT “whoosh”

[@mikelindqvist8015]

“That’ll do Donkey...that’ll do...”

[@LegitHawaiian95]

And in the morning, I'm makin waffles

[@vikram2423]

Chris redfield: it will be a shame if someone breaks it.

[@crads3291]

My brain: "Wow, imagine the AAA games..." My PC: "Don't even think about it"

[@xaxabdo]

Now it makes me feel guilty when I lower the graphical settings the devs worked hard to make

[@TimothyMark7]

bruh wouldnt they just make a lower graphic and textured environment and models to run on lower end systems

[@milazapallo8995]

My PC: my PC my PC my PC my PC don't even think about it 🤣🤣🤣🤣 don't even think about it !1!!1!1!2!2!!!!!!!!4!4!2!2! 🤣🤣🤣

[@foryourculture_]

@@milazapallo8995 🤣🤣111!!!@222111*8🤣🤣🤣V🤣🤣 dONT eVeN tHINk ABT IT!!!🤣🤣

[@chocoblin5887]

just wait for a few yrs bud, then u'll have a playstation whatever at the time of purchase, and the future is bright bro!

[@joetheperformer]

I love all this!! It’s so damn cool! Let’s just hope game developers live up to this standard by creating actually immersive gameplay and amazing stories. The best stories in video games right now.. something like Dark Souls, Bloodborne, Witcher.. the graphics I could care less about as long as they look convincing enough.

[@GeorgeZaharia]

13:51 imagine being the guy that modeled that giant... not knowing that the giant will be used as a 1 shot kill practice dummy... the details and craftsmanship on that big robot is pretty insane

[@vishu3822]

It literally looks like you guys just sent a camera crew out to film somewhere IRL. This is so cool!

[@HiddenKaiser_]

nah they went to mars

[@marcosgojira7553]

Finally the E3 2005 Motorstorm trailer can be played in real time. Sony just lied by a short margin of 3 consoles and 16 years LMAOi

[@redlethal4358]

I remember when I first saw real-time character shadows and thought that was amazing.

[@rizzo-films]

Same. And self-shadows were groundbreaking. All that in Doom 3 felt like a game-changer.

[@richardtucker5938]

@@rizzo-films I just tried out Doom 3 BFG again (think there were some modded textures etc) and tried it with that Global illumination shader, but even without it i thought it just retained the look of a technical game,

[@Protonwar]

@@rizzo-films Carmack's Reverse in doom 3 was crazy. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadow_volume Honestly still looks pretty great. :)

[@tim_nextvolleyball]

Wow that work on animations is incredible! And the integrated asset browser with dynamic geometry! No more LOD thank god!

[@Adjunify]

You guys did an amazing job mimicking the look of actual, regular joes! Oh and UE5 looks incredible too.

[@justcallmedan7687]

Jesus, just imagine 23-25 years ago when they were making the pod racing scene in The Phantom Menace. Dozens of men and women programing round the clock for months to produce that scene. Couple of decades later, some guy with a nice rig in his bedroom could create the same world in a few days using a free video game engine, manipulating landscapes in real time. We truly are spoiled. Appreciate it.

[@necrago]

I wonder how it'll be in another 20...

[@TheFinalBossFight]

You mean like how now your phone is more powerful than the computer that was used for the first moon landing? Sure, spoiled is a word you could use.

[@veizour]

I know this was directed at Jesus, but I had to say: Yeah... totally agree!

[@apoclypse]

@@TheFinalBossFight Yet with all that power the best we cane up with was Instagram, Tik Tok, and Twitter. In 20 years when we all have super computers more powerful than anything out today in our pockets we'll use it to make something even dumber. Humanity is doomed.

[@TheFinalBossFight]

@@apoclypse Wow, you really have a shallow life if all you're aware of is Instagram, TikTok and Twitter and ignore almost every accomplishment in humanity right now. But well, this is the problem with saducees I guess.

[@a.3967]

When a game engine looks more realistic than the Mars assets.

[@God0fTime]

From nasa

[@iceycubez2961]

From nasa

[@Moiii_00]

From nasa

[@Ankishkhatri]

From nasa

[@rico653caines3]

From nasa

[@elgrandefleau7359]

I literally almost cried of joy looking at this. I made me think that, yes, sometimes humanity does dumb or even dangerous things (pollution, war, etc) but it reached such a colossal level of knowledge and experience to create masterpieces never seen before, creating entire new worlds of creativity and freedom, almost as free as our mind can think, reaching the physical limits of the world (some transistors are literally the size of molecules), and keep progressing forward, and it amazes me.

[@maguy8133]

War and video games. Yes

[@shannonbrown7016]

And it's all thanks to fortnite players. Seriously. Fortnite funded UE5.

[@jinrex2445]

good rocks

[@pointblankeloquence9578]

Until the communist Chinese who bought 48% of Epic Games decide to crack down on independent thought and lock you in a Matrix pod to siphon your life force as you dream digital fantasies. It’s time to wake up and take the power back.

[@sandalero]

just awesome : note: if u would design the audio tools like 1) a sampleplayer 2) simple additive synth with ADSR and filters 3) output channel with effects (rev(delay, chorus etc) and a small arranger window with time and track view, then every musician would have instant access with NO learning curve to achieve his goal. the audio creation tool looks very much made by engineers and very close to a modular system. but musicians know this simple stuff that i mentioned since forever . otherwise brilliant engine and presentation

[@austinmcconnell]

Nice rocks.

[@michealadebz]

What’s up check mark?

[@leenbeenmeanbean2708]

@@michealadebz They are verified. I assume verified users are people who have a partnership with KZbin in some way. Edit: Ok, I got it. They weren't asking why they had a checkmark.

[@xrayblaster4874]

They are nice rocks

[@AmmTheEminent]

@@leenbeenmeanbean2708 no, I’m pretty sure that KZbin gives you a checkmark when you reach the 100K subscribers.

[@juglansregia1433]

The new meme

[@ewanturnbull645]

Who else remembers playing San Andreas like “this is the most real game in the world”

[@KnightsandCastles]

I installed Black flags couple days ago as I remember it having the most epic graphics =\ It was such a bummer

[@Andersen570]

Graphics looked so fine yeagh.

[@davidbennett2082]

@@KnightsandCastles the xb1/ps4 version still look pretty great imo. What version did you reinstall?

[@Iwanwahid1969]

@@KnightsandCastles your set your expectation too high, I played both New Vegas and Rome, 2010 and 2013 game respectively. And set my expectation on that year because I have once played the game on that year. You will be surprised by how beautiful the graphic is... Except for New Vegas, I guess...but nevermind that it has good story and gameplay for its time.

[@Elemy69]

huuh I think you chose the wrong example. San Andreas came out at the end of the life cycle of the PS2 and while it looked decent enough, it wasn't stunningly beautiful. A better example would be GTA 3. It was in a completely another league than other games of that period of time

[@cassiehoalaia9179]

This is so awesome! I'm curious how this looks with dense environments like cities or forests.

[@terry2295]

city I'm not so sure but a forest or even better jungle I think that could look increadible

[@TheTigerKnightI]

imagine rome 2 in unreal engine 5 with battles size like 100 k units instead of 10k or planetside 3...... cant wait

[@Trippy324]

Bruh 5 years ago, I said graphics were getting so realistic, it looks like real life...I didn't think it could get much better but, it did.

[@Drstrange3000]

It could still look better. It really depends on the artist. I saw something in Dreams that looked extremely close to real life. It was just a very small scene but it gave me an idea of how realistic graphics could look.

[@gustavohermandio1440]

... of course it got better... and of course it will get better... as long as you see a difference between watching your monitor and your window, it will get better

[@dominick951]

Never doubt rocks

[@johnniefujita]

We soon will be comparing reality to unreality, instead of the opposite.

[@d7ffab979]

They soon gonna have to name it "Real Engine"

[@YiaMdj]

nah man, soon enough it's gonna look way better than real life ever could :o

[@gremmlingee]

@@YiaMdj Thats not possible, how you want to see something more clear then the real life?

[@YiaMdj]

@@gremmlingee I'm not saying it'd be more realistic or clearer. Just more beautiful. Subjectively of course. But eventually games will have to take more stylised approaches to visuals I think, to differentiate themselves. You can make whatever you can think of in games after all. Things that would never be possible in real life.

[@yahia1355]

@@gremmlingee shut up

[@gremmlingee]

@@yahia1355 🤡

[@RSOFT92]

The "Ancient"-Monster at 10:23 gives me Flashbacks to FarCry 3. Very Impressive Engine, can't wait to use it!

[@SovereignHyena]

I'm looking sooo forward to playing the first game with your new Engine.

[@donke3677]

It’s like playing a game literally IN a trailer. This is beyond fantastic.

[@A5tr0101]

Gears of war used in engine trailers

[@johnclark926]

@CrazyMiles BUT IF WE'RE ALL LIVING IN THE LIGHT OF GOD AS GOD IS IN THE LIGHT THEN WE HAVE FELLOWSIPS WITH EACH OTHER, AND THE BLOOD OF JESUS, HIS SON CLEANSES US FROM ALL SIN AS WE CLAIM WE HAVE NO SIN, WE ARE ONLY FOOLING OURSELVES AND NOT LIVING IN THE TRUTH BUT IF WE CONFESS OUR SINS TO HIM, HE IS FAITHFUL AND JUST TO FORGIVE US OUR SINS AND TO CLEANSE US FROM ALL WICKEDNESS AND SO I TELL YOU, EVERY KIND OF SIN AND SLANDER CAN BE FORGIVEN, BUT BLASPHEMY AGAINST THE SPIRIT WILL NOT BE FORGIVEN IMPURITY, LUST AND EVIL DESIRES. DON'T BE GREEDY, FOR A GREEDY PERSON IS AN IDOLATER, WORSHIPING THE THINGS OF THIS WORLD. BECAUSE OF THESE SINS, THE ANGER OF GOD IS COMING. NO TEMPTATION HAS OVERTAKEN YOU EXCEPT WHAT IS COMMON TO MANKIND. AND GOD IS FAITHFUL; HE WILL NOT LET YOU BE TEMPTED BEYOND WHAT YOU CAN BEAR. FITS OF RAGE, SELFISH AMBITIONS, DISSENSIONS, FACTIONS AND ENVY; DRUNKENESS, ORGIES, AND THE LIKE. I WARN YOU, AS I DID BEFORE, THAT THOSE WHO LIVE LIKE THIS WILL NOT INHERIT THE KINGDOM OF GOD. BUT IF WE WALK IN THE LIGHT, AS HE IS IN THE LIGHT, WE HAVE FELLOWSHIP WITH ONE ANOTHER, AND THE BLOOD OF JESUS, HIS SON, PURIFIES US FROM ALL SIN FOR THE WAGES OF SIN IS DEATH, BUT THE GIFT OF GOD IS ETERNAL LIFE IN JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD. BUT IF WE'RE ALL LIVING IN THE LIGHT OF GOD AS GOD IS IN THE LIGHT THEN WE HAVE FELLOWSIPS WITH EACH OTHER, AND THE BLOOD OF JESUS, HIS SON CLEANSES US FROM ALL SIN AS WE CLAIM WE HAVE NO SIN, WE ARE ONLY FOOLING OURSELVES AND NOT LIVING IN THE TRUTH BUT IF WE CONFESS OUR SINS TO HIM, HE IS FAITHFUL AND JUST TO FORGIVE US OUR SINS AND TO CLEANSE US FROM ALL WICKEDNESS PRIDE! GREED! WRATH! ENVY! LUST! GLUTTONY AND SLOTH! SO PUT TO DEATH THE SINFUL, EARTHLY THINGS LURKING WITHIN YOU. HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH SEXUAL IMMORALITY BLASPHEMY AGAINST THE HOLY SPIRIT!!! ALL OF US HAVE BECOME LIKE ONE WHO IS UNCLEAN, AND ALL OUR RIGHTEOUS ACTS ARE LIKE FILTHY RAGS; WE ALL SHIVEL UP LIKE A LEAF, AND LIKE THE WIND OUR SINS SWEEP US AWAY. NO TEMPTATION HAS OVERTAKEN YOU EXCEPT WHAT IS COMMON TO MANKIND. AND GOD IS FAITHFUL; HE WILL NOT LET YOU BE TEMPTED BEYOND WHAT YOU CAN BEAR. VENGEANCE IS MINE, I WILL REPAY, SAYS THE LORD. THERE HATH NO TEMPTATION TAKEN YOU BUT AS IS COMMON TO MAN; BUT GOD IS FAITHFUL, WHO WILL NOT SUFFER YOU TO BE TEMPTED ABOVE ALL

[@geniocristo5297]

You haven't played it yet so don't get too excited.

[@sovietcat9969]

​@CrazyMiles Interesting place to spread your religious beliefs

[@eliotgierat9462]

@@johnclark926 uh... so... this engine's sick right?!

[@fedver4224]

All that work on the "Ancient" just for it to get killed in 5 seconds xD

[@ferryharyantoo]

It ancientdenly destroyed

[@mrpapua100]

nope, it's for hundreds of thousands of dollars

[@cupcakemcsparklebutt9051]

How did it get killed? It was a demo if I recall correctly, so it was never a game

[@muhammadrosyid1504]

@@ferryharyantoo 0

[@Fede0779]

It's a technical demo not a game

[@terry2295]

look at this new lighting I love it remember just 30 years ago games were barely able to have 3 dimensions

[@carolinejonesy2681]

I'm really excited about the sounds and music. I feel determined to start learning audio stuff

[@rasamasala]

Yooo, games are literally gonna have a huge jump in production quality. The team at Unreal Engine are doing revolutionary work!

[@lukadjogi]

i was thinking about that, this is going to eat up games like Star Citizen's slumberyard engine :D everything they worked on those 10 years on so hard achievable high tech, its possible now with UE5 at less performance cost and better graphics. Nanite + Lumen is amazing

[@Go_Coup]

It's allowing the creativity of indie teams to mix with the tools of AAA teams. Gaming could be taking quite a leap.

[@lukadjogi]

@@Go_Coup indie team made no mans sky (lets forget the begining, now its fine :) ) , imagine what an AAA team having this can do^^ universe scale worlds proceduraly generated with 4k - myb 8k(if its really good optimized) meshes. Just crazy. This just took a giant dump on all other engines.

[@Sacration]

@@lukadjogi So cool ! I can't wait

[@mattstark9144]

@@Go_Coup As a motion graphics designer, I'd say it's even making a leap into my industry!

[@KodyDGedge]

I'm speechless. Incredible work by thousands of insanely dedicated and passionate developers changing the game one line of code at a time. I can't wait to sink my teeth into this, the quality of life improvements alone warrant the switch.

[@IWantToStayAtYourHouse]

But but epic games bad!

[@Sean_Connery]

@@IWantToStayAtYourHouse they are. Unreal engine is the only trustworthy branch of epic.

[@AntoninusPius100]

@@Sean_Connery Most likely because they're appealing to companies and teams of professional developers that are looking for the best tools and services possible, not just stupid consumers who consume and praise garbage. They can't fool professional dev teams, they have to constantly impress them with a near bugless and constantly improving product

[@mentaltelepathy24]

These developers need to just make the games for now on. They know what they are doing.

[@AntoninusPius100]

@@mentaltelepathy24 What?

[@ProtonOne11]

those 2 avatars rendered in the virtual epic games studio look pretty realistic. well done!

[@mazocco]

The static scenery is amazing but it feels to me that the moving parts are a bit off. The movements might be a bit too smooth and not correctly considering inertia and kinetic energy

[@winsor.harmon]

Imagine cities skylines using this. My computer: “explodes”

[@cestarianinhabitant5898]

This is nothing new, the whole point of this is that you can now do it without your computer exploding (or rather you can do it in realtime, rather than having to wait for hours for your computer to render it for you)

[@zerooskil7161]

@@cestarianinhabitant5898 yea i was gonna comment saying this is actually the point, this tech is so next level it solves exploding computers, that said you still cant have a computer from the 90s lol, def not for potatos something reasonable in the current gen etc.

[@deanxile]

@@cestarianinhabitant5898 wouldn't that mean loading screen will be longer?

[@teekanne15]

Also this engine only loos "next gen" on angular non organinc objects. I`d bett a scene full of treeds, people and otehr softer objects would be much harder to look "next gen". Super sharp textures on a non static image is not very groundbreaking.

[@splintex862]

@@deanxile Well not particularly. Depends if you use a SSD or a HDD. But we will assume you use a SSD which is basically the better version and it should be in every computer now, so no. The loading times won’t be longer. Ofc it depends on the games individually and the SSD used.

[@PixelStacker]

Personally I think that the UI finally looks like something from this decade 100%!

[@bpansky]

indeed, the UI looks about the same as every video game out there these days. grey rectangles. i wonder if they have the option to just use the same UI in the games you're making to save time. why not.

[@asmi_asm]

I want to say bravo to unreal engine and thanks for every one who works on this hyper amazing project

[@vicgomez4857]

And to think that the cinematic trailers of the games looked like this 5 years ago, now it's like being able to play them.

[@Murgolthief]

In a few iterations we're gonna have a video like this just so in the end they can announce: "Btw. the Galen Davis you saw here is not actually a real person, it's a MetaHuman"

[@joshjoshjoshjoshjoshjoshj]

Not even kidding, probably will happen with unreal 6 or even sooner. The future is getting wild

[@iyanello]

​@@joshjoshjoshjoshjoshjoshj Just wanna be on the screenshot in this historical moment, when somebody will decide to attach this conversation as proof that it really was predicted.

[@LrdThing]

"Also this demo didn't exist before we started recording, but was built in real-time as I've been speaking using assets from the asset store"

[@NanoNovaBlast]

@@LrdThing Dear god that would be amazing at that rate we could take old radio shows, audio books ,recorded sessions of DND, and old tales, into full on animated films! Maybe even historical moments that would normally would be boring and hard to teach

[@RJ-pb1qx]

Graphics are fine for now. No need to keep trying to enhance them. Its time for destructible environments. Devs are going in every direction EXCEPT that one.

[@bucketofsand]

So true

[@thirtyacres7504]

And better A.I.

[@Bruno-oe8lt]

and facial animations, in all honesty if you can tell something is from a game and not a movie, it's because facial animations still lack that tiny piece of lifeliness to them

[@DragbobInAgar]

@@Bruno-oe8lt that's what rdr2 does so well but content really is limited after 100s of hours of playing

[@shubbyshabaas]

But that'll kill the pc of who's playing the game

[@arn3d]

I've just run the Ancient Sample on my Rig which is i7 950 with 24GB Ram and a 1070 GTX, UE5 is amazing, even with this rig I run the sample almost smooth and this is amazing with this old rig. I forget to say my monitor is 1080p.

[@TsGBoo]

Imagine making PlayStation Home omg i miss that🥺💜 the memories.

[@dallashill23]

I can’t wait to play video games that don’t utilize this technology to its limits because of development time restraints! 🤩

[@danilokesic140]

@@ULTRAOutdoorsman nice

[@thehuman2734]

Image when it becomes so publicly available that indie games will be able to look like this

[@dropkickpherby6994]

@@thehuman2734 I'll say it, a simple but enjoyable indie game with THESE VISUALS would be so fun. While I'd enjoy more advanced mechanics, an indie team wouldn't be able to implement them without literally slaving away at it.

[@AarPlays]

@@thehuman2734 From what i recall the unreal engine is actually super indie friendly with its licensing costs.

[@thehuman2734]

@@AarPlays then I wonder why I haven't seen a indie game with graphics like this. Sure theres a few. But most tend to look more like something out of 2010 to 2015 (from AAA standards)

[@mrwang420]

Could you also create "Drop placement" functions. Where rocks and logs and stuff can be placed in the air then droppped onto the map with a key bind for more realistic placements instead of having to maticulously place every individual thing in it's place.

[@ZeufAabe]

Nice idea

[@nikilragav]

So everything needs collision detection then

[@jaeger2278]

@@nikilragav they need that anyways. They only need edit time rigidbodies

[@HAWXLEADER]

@@nikilragav That would be kinda hard using nanite assets. However they could be using convex hulls.

[@cleansent]

@zuygj bnsv imagine what they'll be able to do in another 20 years

[@simonprice2350]

This is phenomenal, god this is a game changer, the inhouse animation looks incredible

[@simonprice2350]

UE5 is OP lmao

[@imnotdavidxnsx]

One illusion breaking aspect of video games is always how feet don't realistically interact with the way the ground is visibly textured. The feet seem to at least partially clip through small rocks and the like. I wonder if one way to get around this would be to have the game temporarily increase the resolution of the mesh on the ground, wherever the game knows the feet are about to interact. So you are doing it temporarily and in small areas instead of the whole map at once.

[@PrimeTimeAction]

I was expecting the Ancient to give more of a fight. Echo too OP needs nerf.

[@panicrev555]

Yeah, like in the Transformers, they're unbelievably advanced machines. They wouldn't miss much less spray rounds like a drunk chimpanzee.

[@AtlasSun]

Well the in-game lore says that Echo can become even stronger given the right Amurite crystals. Apparently this is just the beginning of the game or something from the higher ups at Epic tell me. My dad works there.

[@tovi3280]

@@AtlasSun my uncle works at nintendo

[@TheArachnoBot]

@Barbie Love lol that flew right over your head

[@silverreaps6803]

@Barbie Love bro he literally said his dad works at epic how can you believe him

[@AXEL123452]

They have changed the film and gaming industry forever

[@SnrubSource]

if unreal engine 5 still requires you to model levels externally instead of doing it in-editor like Source 2, i'm going to go insane

[@damienbranks]

@SpyShadow28 THIS! I'm really glad we have such a team working for gaming industry! When I see UE4 logo I'm sure it will be magnificent! Man... just look at Days Gone, what a game! Really hope we see sequel on UE5.

[@Rocksteady72a]

Nothing quite compares to the impressive combination of ease to use and sheer power that Unreal Engine brings. I remember seeing some _highly_ rated comment back when the US was trying considering banning Tenant-owned companies like Epic Games, and they were saying things like "Just have someone else make Unreal!" If it was that easy, everybody would do it lol.

[@Ben-rz9cf]

@SpyShadow28 Still, it will require raytracing compatible cards for lumen to run to its full potential but on the plus side now people will stop bitching about RTX not doing anything. This is the push we need for raytracing to become ubiquitous on even low end cards within the next few years.

[@nickpinkowski]

@@SnrubSource even advanced in-editor modeling is useless for serious work, it's only useful for blockouts and if I recall correctly UE4 already had that, you can't get the same quality using it as in a dedicated software pipeline for geometry creating and texturing (ie. Blender -> Substance Painter -> UE) so it's not usable for production for the huge majority of game devs

[@ClemensAlive]

...we live in a simulation.

[@steve_1507]

Yes

[@crishealingvtuber8626]

no.

[@CodyStevens]

No

[@Risen_Shogun]

Ye

[@Pyro256]

What do you mean by simulaton?

[@anonymousdan7205]

Fun Fact: The two presenters at the start were also rendered with Unreal Engine 5 🤯

[@opedromagico]

this video rocks!

[@wizardyt1342]

literally.

[@The_All_Fatter]

Yeah literally.

[@hisywm3924]

no pun intended?

[@juangabriel1875]

Eu não esperava ver tu por aq kkk, sdds dos seus videos

[@gabrielciafrino7526]

Segunda vez que te encontro em vídeos aleatórios.. Pedrão, volta pra gente!

[@porotchy]

no more memes like: 'when the game switches back to gameplay from a pre-rendered cutscene'

[@XCanG]

There is still big issue, this exact scene with 2 areas take 100 Gb on your drive, which is too much for now.

[@mildsome9713]

@@XCanG yeah the only thing that inflates a pre rendered cutscenes’ size is pixel count. obvs it doesn’t matter for real time graphics but as they get better it’s gonna be a negative trade off

[@Dxntoo]

@@XCanG we need better and cheaper storage space as well as better optimization

[@Jin-1337]

@@Dxntoo in the future, 20-50 terabytes will be commonly available

[@14sonnenkrieg88]

@@Jin-1337 not too long ago people were buying 800kb to 2.8mb floppy disks and here we are buying terabytes at a time. Can't wait to see what the future holds

[@phantomsoul8937]

This is so cool, i feel the urge to use it even though i dont have a clue of programming, lol

[@straytaulk2667]

Looks unreal!! Keep up the good work.

[@tellyourstorymusicbyikson]

Doesn't look that hard, hold my beer! *( Opens paint )*

[@rayanbenhida8768]

@dolimi jotoo fact

[@jacob9420]

nice, just listened to your music before this vid

[@MieKuahSoto]

Love your songs btw

[@daelaenor]

@dolimi jotoo Two-shotted*

[@Player-kg1ds]

Hey Ikson

[@AcidGlow]

I have no idea what all those options in the menu are. Just show me awesome graphics and I'm happy. 😆

[@Saigonas]

Lmao

[@migueljoselunademacedo7200]

Me too 🤣

[@Daniel-Rain-YT]

Lol casual.

[@sebastianwendelbo5453]

@@Daniel-Rain-YT Lol nerd

[@Daniel-Rain-YT]

@@sebastianwendelbo5453 Videogames aren't movies nor real life, get a clue troll :D

[@strider_hiryu850]

this get's me so excited! UE5 looks even more incredible then last time. and hearing that the demo game now has a name: Valley Of The Ancient. guys, you bring Christmas early.

[@MikMoen]

Now here's me, wishing some of my favorite games used this engine.

[@IgnacioGonOroz]

imagine seeing these in the 2000's...

[@balkanerror7511]

Can't Imagine. Vice City was a graphic masterpiece back then. Dayum man!

[@YourIdeologyIsDelusional]

Imagine having the sorry state of the game industry's future, and the absolutely horrible behavior of Epic games explained to you in the early 2000s.

[@nemesi8800]

@@YourIdeologyIsDelusional No one asked

[@n_word_gaming]

@@YourIdeologyIsDelusional the state of this industry isn’t gonna get better if you never show any gratefulness when companies actually do good things

[@YourIdeologyIsDelusional]

@@n_word_gaming Corporations abuse consumer generosity. To get better, the entire industry needs to burn to the ground again, like it did in the 80s, since apparently nobody learned anything from that the first time.

[@christianmuntean]

This is the first time I´m using the reminder feature on KZbin

[@antidamageable]

Wait where is that?!

[@jennifermeier3873]

Sameeee

[@benmoqbel9516]

same

[@kendayacoleman523]

Me tooo

[@christianmuntean]

@@antidamageable it's the bell Icon on the right bottom corner on mobile devices

[@stefanst.6850]

Awesome !! (only the fire at the beginning looks still a bit off, but it still looks pretty real)

[@Paul_nutfrom80s]

wow the most realistic unreal engine yet & thanks to the new business practices individuals like myself will get to dive into the deep end & see what we can create. This will be a major boost for the game development industry