Hi all.
We all know that ‘good’ feedback rarely gets much attention since it’s not typically actionable, but I believe it deserves attention too. For that reason, I’d like to start sharing some of the positive responses we get from our user surveys. Even internally here at Epic these positive responses don’t tend to get much visibility since we focus on our areas of improvement. Of course we also value the constructive (and even negative) feedback that we receive, and I assure you we’re listening; but sometimes it’s nice to hear what you all feel is being done well too.
I’ll update periodically with new responses. Thanks to everyone below who shared their thoughts!
Cheers!
Unreal engine 4 has opened up a new way of executing my animations, going against the norms and using a game engine to render a movie in mere minutes as what it would take me weeks to do in other programs. It’s also sparked a research project for my honors year into why game engines be the future of animation shorts. Thanks again for the awesome tool.
-stridermk
The flexibility of the engine and editor is extremely high. The power and performance is also very high, the efficiency of the engine is such that I compiled and ran it it using an Athlon X4 640 and a Geforce GT 640, and although the editor is a little bit slow, it performed well enough for me to work with it. I don’t think you should lower your minimum system requirements, but you definitely need to keep the platforms you support! Great job on Unreal Engine, I have helped spread the word about it already!
-Handofstand
Intuitive and sleek user interface pleases me the most.Makes a big impression on my visual writing logic,because it allows you to create,even without knowing any programming language.A broad range of platforms and support the latest technologies makes me stop your choice on the UE4. Many thanks to the developers for their great work
-Kostyanever
Best engine out there, a lot of useful tools integrated, open source, C++, supports 2D games too and its performance is amazing.
-Yatima1460
As a multimedia developer ( but having NO practical experience with game design )…I have found it very easy to use - and yet POWERFUL enough to do anything I need to do. The tutorial support is massive, the system itself is not too steep - and the results are simply stunning! - I HIGHLY recommend this to others in my industry as a perfect way to design & build projects used in the field of education as course designers and facilitators alike. - KUDOS!..well DONE guys!
-Rick P.
Thanks to everyone below for the great feedback!
At work we’re using {other engine} and I would never, ever, recommend it to anyone, even my greatest enemy. I had a chance to work with UE4 for some time at my previous workplace and must say the technology is great. Good job!
-Jakub
Access to source, performance of engine, stability of engine, range of supported platforms, blueprints/editor, all great!
-Frank
Unreal Engine provides people from all around the world with the opportunity to learn one of the best game engines. There are lots of documentation, tutorials, and a helpful user community which motivates the first time aspiring game designers like myself. It is free, easily accessible, and makes it even easier for complete beginners to learn programming by visualizing it with the Blueprints system. I have completed a few tutorials which were motivating for future development ideas.
-jvaught
I started to get inside the Engine a few weeks ago. With every additional day I learn more about it and managed to finish some smaller goals I planned to reach. My main goal is to use it for archiViz and the stronger I get in using Unreal, the more amazing are the result of my work. The Engine looks amazing and in connection with Blender there seems to be no limit in crafting my ideas. Thanks a lot for this great tool guys
-Simon D.
Thanks again for all the great feedback. Very much appreciated.
Easy to use, fun experience, intuitive, straight forward. Visual programming is a plus for artists! Love you guys
-A Flynn
It’s flexible, easy to learn, powerful, popular, translates easily to consoles, etc., and it’s free, along with many learning resources fully detailing it’s basic use. Very much worth 10/10!
-Marcus R.
Blueprint, capabilities, intuitive interface good support, good community, lots of example content and resource from Unreal. Easy access, uncomplicated setup, fun to play with, generally feels enjoyable.
-cheeseplant71
I am a 3rd year student in 3d animation over in Quebec city. I am currently working on my final project which is a video game. My main focus is 2d. I first chose {other engine} in order to do my work. The more I worked with it the less useful it was. I tried importing some of my assets over in Unreal and it gave me a great result with half the efforts. As an artist I am not very good with programming. When I used the blueprints it allowed me to understand concepts much quicker and be able to speed through what I had to do. Even though I can find some problems inside the paper 2d system, this engine is very powerful and allows people like me to build their own projects without the intervention of a entire team.
-Nicolas D
The engine provides easy access to the tools necessary for professional production at an affordable cost. The forums that are available are also of a fantastic benefit. Combined with the developer streams, all of these resources provide development opportunities previously unavailable to indie and smaller scale developers.
-Dimitri R
My related industry experience has shown me that its by far the best engine. I am also currently working on a retail VR project, supported by Unreal, and once again it has proven to be the best of breed.
-Cristian
Its Free unless you are good enough to make $, and at that point you already won.
If you’re looking for the best quality, you already know unreal engine.
VR ready
Plenty of training out there to learn
Thank you EPIC and by extension Tim Sweeney for consistently being a voice of logic and reason
-Brian S