The video about Unreal Engine 5 on the PS5 has made significant waves in the gaming community. The MeinMMO readers also found the demo very impressive, but were more cautious in their comments.
What was it about? Last week, Epic, in collaboration with Sony, released a reveal video for their new Unreal Engine 5. The tech demo ran in real-time on a PS5 development kit and showcased new graphical possibilities of the next console generation.
We wanted to know if this tech demo could convince you. In a survey, you gave us your answers. You can watch the video here:
These are the results: The survey ended on Monday, May 18. A total of 341 readers participated, and each could only cast one vote.
Here is the distribution of votes:
- Looks really great: 73.02%
- Looks good, but doesn’t blow me away: 18.77%
- Looks okay: 2.35%
- Looks disappointing, I expected more: 1.76%
- Looks bad, this is not “Next Gen”: 0.59%
- I don’t care: 3.52%
The result shows a clear trend. A significant part of the participants find the UE5 demo either really great or at least that it looks good.
Sober mood in the comments
What was said? In the comments under the survey and the original article about Unreal Engine 5, the sentiment was cooler and there were some concerns. Although the general opinion about the video was positive, readers warned in the comments that it is still “just” a tech demo.
I at least always find it nice to see what could be technically possible in the future. However, I have been playing long enough (on consoles since hour zero…) that I always assess the fully developed gameplay of the “average game” as such. Everything else are nice optical gimmicks that don’t benefit me in my living room.
MeinMMO reader Millerntorian
Tech demos have always looked good and are supposed to represent the best possible. Only a handful of developers will be able to pull that off, and even that I don’t believe.
MeinMMO reader Khorneflakes
There were also concerns about the FPS. Some of you believed that, despite improved hardware, the next-gen consoles would have trouble running UE5 games at 60 FPS.
Graphically, it looked quite decent […]
But what is much more interesting than a purely tech demo that looks nice, in my opinion, is how stable and fluid it really runs live at the end.
Looking good is one thing, but stable FPS (min. 60) and proper performance even in stressful situations (large crowd events, effect fireworks, etc.) are another thing.
MeinMMO reader Mapache
So you think that the UE5 demo looks really great, but still don’t get too hyped. “Wait and see what the developers make of it” is the motto here.
Community voices from GameStar and GamePro
Our colleagues from GameStar and GamePro also conducted this survey in their communities. Their results are consistent with the trend of MeinMMO.
These are the results from GameStar: The hard critics from the GameStar community found the UE5 video quite impressive. With 59.84% of all participants, more than half of the GS readers thought that the tech demo looked really great.
In second place was the voting option “Looks good, but doesn’t blow me away” with 19.63%.
These are the results from GamePro: In the GamePro community, the UE5 demo made an even stronger impression. A solid 72.37% of respondents voted for “Looks really great”.
Another 19.63% thought that the demo video looks good, even if they weren’t blown away by it.
Negative voting options like “Looks disappointing” and “This is not Next Gen” were similarly found on both sides, just like at MeinMMO, in the low single digits:
- Looks disappointing: GameStar – 1.7%, GamePro – 2.05%
- Looks bad, this is not “Next Gen”: GameStar – 1.7%, GamePro – 1.03%
Also, MeinMMO author Max Handwerk was impressed by Unreal Engine 5. For him, this is the true “Next Gen”.
