Watch this: dev creates Starfield demo in Unreal Engine 5 and it looks amazing

Date:
Wed, 18 May 2022 12:00:00 +0000

Description:
A Ninja Theory developer has created a short demo inspired by Starfield and Mass Effect 4, giving us a glimpse of what the RPGs could look like.

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A developer has created a short Unreal Engine 5 demo inspired by Starfield
and Mass Effect 4, giving us a glimpse of what the upcoming space-faring RPGs might look like.

Pasquale Scionti, a senior lighting and Lookdev artist at development studio Ninja Theory, created the demo as a riff on Starfield and Mass Effect 4 ahead of their launches. They shared the minute-and-half video on Twitter , alongside a couple of choice screenshots.

The demo shows a lone astronaut walking across a sepia-tinted planet that looks something akin to Mars. A small flying vehicle hovers nearby, while a meteor shower rains across the sky. Towards the end of the video, the cosmonaut approaches what looks like a parked spaceship, although one with plenty of appendages.

The clip really shows off what the Unreal Engine 5 can do. The expansive
alien landscape is rendered in pretty mesmerizing detail, and its sheer scale is impressive. But its obvious Sciontis talents are in lighting. The reflections off the astronauts spacesuit look dazzling, and the cloudy sky looks like its been ripped straight from a photograph. You can watch the clip for yourself below. WIP Inspired by Mass Effect & StarfieldUnreal Engine 5 Lumen Nanite character with Cc3 & als4 https://t.co/hKkMbZcfnMhttps://t.co/MB2ACfuS36#unrealengine5 #UE5 #MassEffect #Starfield #planet #quixel #Videogame @UnrealEngine @quixeltools @80Level @bioware @BethesdaStudios pic.twitter.com/gFKmoKQb2p May 17, 2022 See more A tantalizing tease

While the demo is a fan-made project that doesn't have any official association with Bethesda or BioWare, it offers an interesting look into what triple-A video games like Starfield and Mass Effect 4 could one day look
like.

Starfields director Todd Howard described the upcoming sci-fi RPG as Skyrim
in Space in an interview with The Washington Post . But it if looks anything like this tech demo, itll be far more than that. Gone are the low-resolution textures and blocky character models; Unreal Engine 5 allows developers to create games at an unmatched level of graphical fidelity.

Its a shame, then, that Starfield wont be using Epics new Engine, but Bethesdas in-house Creation Engine 2 instead. With no Starfield gameplay to look at, we havent yet been able to see just what that engine is capable of. Heres hoping it can match, or at least come close to, what Unreal Engine 5
can accomplish. Now Starfield has been delayed , well have to wait until 2023 to find out. WIP Inspired by Mass Effect & StarfieldUnreal Engine 5 Lumen Nanite character with Cc3 & als4 https://t.co/hKkMbZcfnMhttps://t.co/MB2ACfuS36#unrealengine5 #UE5 #MassEffect #Starfield #planet #quixel #Videogame @UnrealEngine @quixeltools @80Level @bioware @BethesdaStudios pic.twitter.com/1V9Ghyw6TR May 17, 2022 See more

Mass Effect 4, however, is being developed using Unreal Engine 5, so its not totally unfeasible that BioWares upcoming RPG will look similar to what Scionti has created here. Of course, as a full game rather than a tiny demo, it wont quite reach the same heights of graphical brilliance, having to scale back its visual features for the sake of smooth framerates. But its a tantalizing prospect nonetheless.

Unreal Engine 5 demos have come thick and fast. Skyrims Riverwood was
recently reimagined in the engine , which made our jaws drop. Another Unreal Engine 5 tech demo showcased what Cyberpunk 2077 might have looked like, rendering a stunning interpretation of Night City. Theres plenty to be
excited about as developers push the software to its limit. Whet your
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