
Everything from the initial Valley of the Ancients tech demo, to the recent Matrix Awakens demo, completely upended my expectations for what was possible in a game. If you’re anything like me, you’ve probably been unreasonably excited by the promise of this new toolset. Boy was I wrong.Įpic Games has been teasing the release of Unreal Engine 5 for nearly two years – on April 5th, they released it to the world. I called my best friend on the phone and exclaimed “games will never look better than this!”. It was so far beyond my expectations that it was nearly unbelievable.


When I fired up Mario 64 I was blown away by the amazing color, 3-axes of movement, and amazing visual fidelity. I’d been gaming for years, but I had never experienced true 3D gaming. When I was a teenager, my parents rented me a Nintendo 64 from Blockbuster video.
