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Not like Sillicon Knights right? (Destiny)

by Durandal, Thursday, June 01, 2017, 21:16 (2822 days ago) @ dogcow

Anyone remember Too Human and all this promise that just went down the tubes when SK pulled coders to work on other projects, then pulled funding to make up for shortfalls elsewhere, and essentially shipped the Demo+ some tacked on levels?
Then went on to blame Id and their licensed engine?

If you license an engine, you are stuck with the limits of that engine, and you won't be able to differentiate yourself much from others who use the same engine. Sure you can change the look, or some game mechanics, but you are still confined to the features in that engine.

Making your own engine is hard, but it can be customized to provide the exact features that you want, and you have the experts in house if anything goes wrong. In addition, you have the experts in house in order to optimize your game elsewhere for that engine.


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