Comment on Elder Scrolls 6 Is Powered By New Version Of Creation Engine

zecg@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• ampersandrew@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Not content to look outdated in 2015 or 2023, now they’re going to look outdated in 2030.

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  • lime@feddit.nu ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    2015? that codebase started in morrowind. and say what you want about that game but it is not a looker. it launched the same year as metroid prime.

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    • ampersandrew@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I didn’t think Skyrim was too outclassed compared to its peers in 2011, given that it was so much larger and doing so much more than a lot of them under the hood. But Fallout 4 came out alongside The Witcher 3, and the difference between the two was night and day. Then of course Baldur’s Gate 3 next to Starfield, and I have to scratch my head wondering what the hell Bethesda is doing still running this tech stack.

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      • ChicoSuave@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Todd Howard doesn’t know how to make games any other way.

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      • boonhet@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        It’s not entirely out of question that they’ll use Unreal for graphics while retaining Gamebryo for gameplay. That’s kinda how the Oblivion remaster works. And might be best of both worlds if they manage to make Unreal not suck in terms of performance

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    • mcforest@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Morrowind? Gamebryo is the continuation of the NetImmerse engine. Development started in 1997 with the first game released in 1999.

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      • lime@feddit.nu ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        yeah morrowind used netimmerse, first time bethesda used it.

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    • NachBarcelona@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I think Gamebryo (neé NetImmerse) is even a bit older than Morrowind.

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      • lime@feddit.nu ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        yeah it’s not bethesda’s engine. but my point was about where the codebase for the creation engine comes from, and that’s the morrowind code.

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    • Cethin@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      And Unreal Engine started on 1995. This argument always shows people’s ignorance of software development. When the first pieces of the engine were built is not why it’s shitty. It’s because they haven’t invested money into it where it matters. (Unreal Engine also has some serious issues. It just looks prettier.)

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      • lime@feddit.nu ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        i mean, a 23 year old codebase is bound to have some tech debt.

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    • HK65@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Morrowind is definitely a looker, that art style is something Beth has never been able to approach again.

      But hard agree on the VFX.

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      • lime@feddit.nu ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        yeah it does have style, but it’s pretty low fidelity compared to its contemporaries. the scope is also a lot larger though.

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• sudoMakeUser@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I love how the Gamebryo site is still up. I thought it was funny it was still up like 10 years ago when I looked last, and it’s still up now without any changes.

  www.gamebryo.com

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  • IronBird@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    rip, you killed it

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    • sudoMakeUser@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      What do you mean?

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      • IronBird@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        site doesnt load for me, says site account suspended

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• LettyWhiterock@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  By that logic source 2 is just the quake 2 engine.

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  • Ricaz@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Yes, and the Quake 2 engine is one of the greatest software creations of its generation.

    The Gamebryo/Creation engine is hot garbage in comparison.

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