Elder Scrolls V to Use New Engine
News | December 15, 2010 10:04 am
I loved Oblivion; bought it day one, and didn't get the final achievement until three years later. Sunk thousands of hours in that game. I was obsessed with Fallout 3; sank tons of time into it. Picked up New Vegas day one, same deal. Amazing games, but equally as frustrating. Glitches galore, freezing almost constantly, and physics that, at times, just seem broken. Well all that will change with the release of Elder Scrolls V.
For those of you who are unaware, the three games mentioned above were all programmed using the same engine; a game engine is the foundation of what a game can and can't do. The most popular one that comes to mind is the Unreal Engine which powers Unreal Tournament, among many others. These three particular games use what is known as the Gamebryo engine; a remarkable piece of software that gave these sprawling worlds life. It is also rather old as far as software and games are concerned, and quite broken, as I'm sure we've all experienced.
Well, Skyrim was originally believed to use a heavily modified version of Gamebryo, but that is not the case. Bethesda's Community Manager, Nick Breckon, stated that Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is being built using an "all-new" engine, saying "...the TES V: Skyrim engine is all-new. And it looks fantastic."
Not much else is known about the engine itself at this time, but I for one am quite happy that we are moving away from Gamebryo and onto bigger and better things. Hopefully the software will be fully tested and as glitch-free as possible. I've wanted a while for the next Elder Scrolls, I will wait longer for a game that isn't broken.
For those of you who are unaware, the three games mentioned above were all programmed using the same engine; a game engine is the foundation of what a game can and can't do. The most popular one that comes to mind is the Unreal Engine which powers Unreal Tournament, among many others. These three particular games use what is known as the Gamebryo engine; a remarkable piece of software that gave these sprawling worlds life. It is also rather old as far as software and games are concerned, and quite broken, as I'm sure we've all experienced.
Well, Skyrim was originally believed to use a heavily modified version of Gamebryo, but that is not the case. Bethesda's Community Manager, Nick Breckon, stated that Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is being built using an "all-new" engine, saying "...the TES V: Skyrim engine is all-new. And it looks fantastic."
Not much else is known about the engine itself at this time, but I for one am quite happy that we are moving away from Gamebryo and onto bigger and better things. Hopefully the software will be fully tested and as glitch-free as possible. I've wanted a while for the next Elder Scrolls, I will wait longer for a game that isn't broken.
(Source: x360a.org)
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I plan on pickin this up as soon as it releases.
