Posted by: Hylebos
Posted by: ArcGuard
Posted by: Hylebos
Posted by: Wikked Navajoe
I would think with all the time in the Darkness, that it was spent building a whole new engine from scratch. Can't wait for more info though.As I said earlier, building an engine from scratch is a LOT of work and a TON of resources. If we saw a ton of job openings for a position which required you to have worked on Engines, that would be an indication that they were branching off and making their own complete engine. With the employees they have, it's way more cost effective and feasible to optimize and future-proof their current engine.
Planetside 2/SOE's Forgelight Engine was built in just over two and a half years, game released.And how many people worked on that engine? Was it specifically a team from the company who made Planetside or was it a dedicated team from Sony Entertainment who worked on it?
I'm just saying, there's little reason for them to rewrite the entire engine from scratch. I'm sure they are redoing and optimizing certain parts of it, but there's no need to burn everything to the ground and start from the ashes.
Well, for one, they don't own the engine anymore to my knowledge. That's now 343i's, as they retain the rights to all things halo. Which I would think would include the engine.
But the Planetside 2 engine was made by SOE. It's not a very large company. Probably about Bungie's size. They developed it in-house.
But, assuming Destiny is an MMO, I couldn't see Halo's engine being able to just be retooled for that many people vs. what it does now.
[Edited on 12.03.2012 11:00 AM PST]