If you're one of the people who think that the Unreal Engine might be getting a bit long in the tooth, Epic wants you to look at the below screenshot. The environmental shot shows off the foilage system included in the new Unreal Engine 3.  And it's a good amount of the stuff set in a fairly sprawling landscape.

Dana Cowley, PR Brand Manager at Epic, tweeted the shot earlier with the message, ""Here's a shot of our new foliage system in Unreal Engine 3. Shout out to our devs at Epic Games Korea!"

No information was given as to the platform the shot was taken on allowing us endless hours of speculation and argument.  Thanks Korea. Geez.


 

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    oplock
    13 years, 5 months ago

    Looks like a step forward but I would love to see it in motion. You can make static shrubbery look great but it can also move like a possessed broom.

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    Muddy_Donuts
    13 years, 5 months ago

    Too bad unreal engine sucks dick on PS3 :/

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    JTC545
    13 years, 5 months ago

    Maybe they are revealing a shrubber simulator as a first project.

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    Sickbrain
    13 years, 5 months ago

    It looks OK? Not as good as Skyrim outdoors. I guess it looks ok for Unreal engine. Is that a bush or a tree?

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    Comradebearjew
    13 years, 5 months ago

    Damn that looks beautiful

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    SomethingSnappy
    13 years, 5 months ago

    it

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    inthenameofharmon
    13 years, 5 months ago

    well...it looks nice... but will it freeze on me if I blow up 60 dudes at once and 35 cars? that is, 60 nice looking dudes and 35 graphically appealing cars

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    Valkodu
    13 years, 5 months ago

    Yeah, but can the Unreal Engine cut down the mightiest tree in the forest with a herring?

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    zzman305
    13 years, 5 months ago

    I clicked on this because I saw a Monty Python picture

    AND NO REASON ELSE

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    AdjacentKitten
    13 years, 5 months ago

    The shrubbery project...

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    Minyme
    13 years, 5 months ago

    We are the knights who say... NI !!

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    TGIFrank
    13 years, 5 months ago

    the problem is, though I don't argue this is an impressive screenshot, i agree with everyone else that it only really counts if it's in motion. But also, if this is just gonna be part of a cutscene which are always better looking than the actual game, so if it's a cutscene then it really has progressed anything game related, just the way they can present pre rendered story elements. Ultimately there are just too many questions just left unanswered

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    LostKing
    13 years, 5 months ago

    Took me a few days to get the shrubbery reference. so unreal has foliage generators now eh? finally hanging out with the big boys, you know, all the other engines from 5 years ago.
    well now maybe every epic game won't be set in grey spaceships or industrial areas now.

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    Razlo TPD
    13 years, 5 months ago

    Meh, a shrubbery is nice but once Unreal 3 can give me a realistic-looking tree being cut down with a Herring, I'll take notice.

    I've never really been too swayed by Tech Demos for engines. Sure, it looks great but we'll never see something quite so nice in a game. Too many limitations and restrictions to really power an engine to 100%

    Basically what I'm saying is, how long did it take for those trees in the distance to pop in? haha

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    Kittestrophe
    13 years, 5 months ago

    Well, gentlemen, we'll see about half of that detail in the actual games, because you cannot trust these screenshots worth a damn.