Top Class Cross-Platform Engines Used in MMOs

Which one is the most popular video game engine today? I think it's Unreal Engine 3. This famous engine has swept the single-player market these years and now it was used or will be used in many MMOs. There are some other famous top class cross-platform engines that were applied to MMOs. Will a good engine which is successful in single-player game work well in a MMO, will its full potential be brought out when it's used in a MMO? Here are some MMOs powered by famous engines.

1. CryEngine

I think everyone will agree that this is the most powerful engine for PC games. From Farcry(CryEngine) to Crysis(CryEngine2), the engine crowned the video game market. What about CryEngine in MMO? Aion, under CryEngine, did give us a surprise when the first time we see it, but when you play it you will find the developers didn't make good use of the engine. The water looks beautiful and the vegetation is also good, but the shadow and light effect is unsatisfactory. Besides, the physics effect should have been better because it's ridiculous that you can directly pass through all of the creatures' bodies but stopped by some plants on the ground.

Aion - GStar 2009 Trailer

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The water is beautiful

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The shadow and light effects should be enhanced