What do people think of Unity Engine?

[Square Box]

I would like to know what others think about this?

[KalGimpa]

i think that, by trying to make an engine that can run in anything, they wound up with an ok, limited one.

good for first timers and mobiles, mediocre for the rest

[Reggaejunkiedrew]

Do you mean as a player? It's just an engine, when people complain about unity, what they are really complaining about is there are a lot of lower budget/quality games made using it, but that has absolutely nothing to do with the capabilities of the engine and everything to do with the fact it's simply a popular choice for newer devs.

Escrito originalmente por Bug:

I would say it's better than the Unreal engine for small developers, especially for Virtual Reality.

Eh, hard to say. The blueprint system Unreal uses is extremely powerful and a massive timesaver, it can save you from writing a huge amount of code. It's more complicated overall and if you do need to write code, C# is a whole lot easier than C++, but UE5 is still a solid pick imo.

[76561199223588030]

Games made on unity have this unique feel to them that UE5 games dont have.

[Crazy Tiger]

It's one of the popular engines, games I have on various platforms/devices got made using it. I don't have any particular thoughts or feelings about game engines, I just play games. And if they happen to be made with Unity, that's fine by me.

[Satoru]

A game engine is a tool

You can use a tool in a good way.

You can use a tool in a bad way

Using a specific tool doesn't make a game good or bad. Anymore than using a particular lathe somehow makes you a bad carpenter.

"Gamers" are too enamored with what engine a game uses while having literally zero understanding of game engine at all.

[Satoru]

Escrito originalmente por SnakeFist:

I just found this. They partnered with ironsource who makes malware. Just saying be careful when using it.

https://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/12/5595176692467576359/

https://www.pcgamer.com/unity-is-merging-with-a-company-who-made-a-malware-installer/

And again are we doing this

Ironsource does not make malware. COmpanies that made malware used a program IronSource made as a distribution tool.

IRONSOURCE NEVER MADE MALWARE

Unity has been using Ironsource FOR YEARS, because its the base platform for their ad based revenue API. If you are going to be screaming about IronSource, then where were you literally half a decade ago when it was integrated as part of the monetization ad delivery API

Unity simply purchased a company who's product they had been using for years as part of their mobile ad delivery platform. This is like being shocked Starbucks bought a coffee plantation while sipping your latte

[Heretic]

Escrito originalmente por Reggaejunkiedrew:

Escrito originalmente por Bug:

I would say it's better than the Unreal engine for small developers, especially for Virtual Reality.

Eh, hard to say. The blueprint system Unreal uses is extremely powerful and a massive timesaver, it can save you from writing a huge amount of code. It's more complicated overall and if you do need to write code, C# is a whole lot easier than C++, but UE5 is still a solid pick imo.

Blueprint is great to prototyping, but can be a nightmare to debug (spaghetti) and is prone to performance issues, especially if relying on it for all code. BP also lacks a few features that can only be accessed from C++.

C# is only a little easier than C++, but C++ is a lot more powerful and IMO the better choice if performance is a concern. For a larger team with a lot of experience of the engine UE is most likely the better choice.

[Bee🐝]

Unity is totally fine as an engine and there are some awesome unity games. People tend to think Unity games aren't great looking but Long Dark and Cuphead are total lookers.

Heck, I believe some Pokemon games use the unity engine as well.

Is there a reason not to like it? It's a tool. I know some people have the weird white screen issue but that's about it.