I have tried my best to review various game engines, and Unity is unrivaled in functionality, with deployment on many different platforms and development on both Win, Mac, and Linux (Linux client still beta, but fully functional). If I would pick anything else than Unity, I would pick CryEngine because of its beautiful 3D rendering, or Lumberyard for both CryEngine beauty and Amazon Web Services.

Godot looks great if you didn't look at Unity or any other options. But after looking into the different engines that are available at this time (2017), Godot is just left far behind on so many things. The only thing that Godot has going for it is the MIT license which makes it completely free, compared to for example Unity where you need to pay some licensing if you start making more than 100'000 USD per year, at which point you really should reward the game engine developers anyway, unless you are a total douchebag.

Speaking of douchebags, it is my impression that the Godot community is rather hostile and not really nice people. Maybe I was just unlucky in my interactions. Without naming any names, just look at this Steam review, which previously pointed out a bug that made Godot entirely unusable. One of the comments said that "this negative review doesn't count because bugs are not part of a programs functionality" [slightly edited]. So apparently, having a bug that renders a software impossible to use is not part of that softwares functionality?!? Anyway, I mentioned this bug in my first review, which made one of the developers respond and work to fix it, so great job on his part. However, while I reported a bug that made the software impossible to use and while that report resulted in a developer responding and fixing said bug, 83% of the Godot users came in to say that my review was "not helpful".

So according to the Godot user community, bugs that render a software useless should not be part of a review because it has nothing to do with functionality, and reporting those bugs so that they can be fixed is "not helpful". This is just one example of my interactions with Godot users, but I really don't have any kind of positive impression of the community. Meanwhile, other engines have users that produce tutorials and act generally friendly with advice and help. Again, this may be some unfortunate and unlucky things that only applied to me, but it is my own experiences and impressions. You might be more lucky, if you want to risk it.

To sum up, I don't think Godot is bad software. It's just not even close to other software, and the user community appears to be less friendly and helpful than what I have found elsewhere. Therefore, I would recommend anyone to try out Unity, Lumberyard/CryEngine, Unreal Engine, and the other options out there that are most likely better than Godot in every possible aspect.

I have tried my best to review various game engines, and Unity is unrivaled in functionality, with deployment on many different platforms and development on both Win, Mac, and Linux (Linux client still beta, but fully functional). If I would pick anything else than Unity, I would pick CryEngine because of its beautiful 3D rendering, or Lumberyard for both CryEngine beauty and Amazon Web Services. Godot looks great if you didn't look at Unity or any other options. But after looking into the different engines that are available at this time (2017), Godot is just left far behind on so many things. The only thing that Godot has going for it is the MIT license which makes it completely free, compared to for example Unity where you need to pay some licensing if you start making more than 100'000 USD per year, at which point you really should reward the game engine developers anyway, unless you are a total douchebag. Speaking of douchebags, it is my impression that the Godot community is rather hostile and not really nice people. Maybe I was just unlucky in my interactions. Without naming any names, just look at this Steam review, which previously pointed out a bug that made Godot entirely unusable. One of the comments said that "this negative review doesn't count because bugs are not part of a programs functionality" [slightly edited]. So apparently, having a bug that renders a software impossible to use is not part of that softwares functionality?!? Anyway, I mentioned this bug in my first review, which made one of the developers respond and work to fix it, so great job on his part. However, while I reported a bug that made the software impossible to use and while that report resulted in a developer responding and fixing said bug, 83% of the Godot users came in to say that my review was "not helpful". So according to the Godot user community, bugs that render a software useless should not be part of a review because it has nothing to do with functionality, and reporting those bugs so that they can be fixed is "not helpful". This is just one example of my interactions with Godot users, but I really don't have any kind of positive impression of the community. Meanwhile, other engines have users that produce tutorials and act generally friendly with advice and help. Again, this may be some unfortunate and unlucky things that only applied to me, but it is my own experiences and impressions. You might be more lucky, if you want to risk it. To sum up, I don't think Godot is bad software. It's just not even close to other software, and the user community appears to be less friendly and helpful than what I have found elsewhere. Therefore, I would recommend anyone to try out Unity, Lumberyard/CryEngine, Unreal Engine, and the other options out there that are most likely better than Godot in every possible aspect.