I read about this before. And it makes sense for them. Although they did move TTool to a PBR based pipeline/workflow with Guardians of the Galaxy, it might very well be that not much more improvements could be expected without reworking most engine systems. Things Telltale does not have the time for, and it would also affect its multiplatform versatility it is known for. So in that sense, looking for an alternative is logical.
A change of engine (or improvement of their current one) is IMO long overdue. But I'm not too sure about Unity, there's just plenty of games with that engine that have optimisation issues, specially on consoles, and Telltale itself doesn't have a good track record about caring for such things.
But hopefully things turn out for the best
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That narrative is a bit stale right now. Every Unity Engine up to version 5 had, among other issues, an absolutely ancient garbage collector that severely plagued all the platforms Unity was on. However, starting from Unity 5, these are less of an issue and the game engine has been much more performant in general. That stigma should not exist anymore.
Telltale Tool is very much a real engine. What is your idea of a real engine? Because i feel this kind of phrasing discredits those who worked hard on said engine. Creating and maintaining an engine is a huge task, something that deserves more credit for. Just because one sees an image on screen means that behind the screens, dozens of lines of code are at work to create that screen, with that shader, with that screenspace effect, all in 33.3 or 16.6 milliseconds.
Higher minimum reqs (Although UE4 does support DX10) and less platform support. But Unity today is pretty close to UE4 in terms of visuals though
Especially some late-gen ports on last-gen were funny, like Zombeer PS3. I recall that had terrible performance. But Ziggurat, the Hexen crawler, came to Wii U and its supposely a decent port, aside from using Unity 4 (i believe).
Telltale's engine is straight trash. I am surprised you can't tell. From a coding/modeling perspective you can see so many of the issues with the engine. It is literal garbage.
That may be true and I have played Unity games that run great, so I have no doubt the engine can be utilized well, but I am going to take a wait and see approach as to whether TT can put out a technically competent game.
I totally can tell, i am just not using the words you chose. It has severe performance problems, but, i reckon one of the reasons why Telltale stuck by it is that it has support for so many platforms.
A problematic engine still is a real engine.
The work tool is only as good as the workers using the tool
They need to change their formula while their at it. How much of the same mindless gameplay can people take?
I confess I'm addicted to lego games. After finishing God of War I started a lego spree and I'm on the 6th in a row.
Well I suppose people play idle clickers too, so to each their own.
