Do you care about tech demos?

[BackwardCap]

I saw a lot of conflicting posts in the Unreal Engine 5 reveal thread so I figured I would make this.

 

[Deleted member 12129]

Nope. I need to see in-game footage.

 

[OGlol]

When it's highlighting a big jump like this for next gen, sure. (like this i mean UE5 reveal as thats what i assume this post is about)

 

[PlanetSmasher]

Not even remotely.

 

[Bundy]

Yes. It's a nice glimpse of the future.

 

[Kinsei]

Not at all.

 

[entremet]

Nope. Never did. Never will.

 

[elenarie]

Nope.

 

[Deleted member 31092]

I cared enought to watch a 10 minute video. Probably not enough to watch any other video about it.

 

[Raccoon]

Yes, they are neat.

 

[ILikeFeet]

YES

MAKE ME NUT

then give me the assets to play around with

 

[shimon]

No.

 

[Jiraiya]

Yes...i think allot about the work and detail even while i play. So i appreciate seeing folk do stuff like this too.

 

[Zoidn]

Not really. Most of them don't show anything that is especially relevant to the kinds of games I play.

 

[zombiejames]

It's a glimpse into the future and the capabilities of the system. So yes.

 

[Talonluck]

No. They spend an inordinate amount of time making a 5 minute slice. It isn't representative.

 

[Xando]

Tech demos are hardly representing real games so no

 

[Chaos2Frozen]

 

[Video Games Are Dumb]

Absolutely love them.

Other posters, have you forgotten where we came from?

 

[SmittyWerbenManJensen]

Not one bit. I care about games, and games already look good enough right now. I'm more interested in seeing actual games.

 

[Platy]

I don't even care about non gameplay reveal trailers and they are closer to what a game will be than tech demos

so no

SPECIALLY because no tech demo will ever focus on non realistic graphics and these are my favorite

 

[Deleted member 8196]

Nope.

I only care when i see a game running in real-time on my console or PC.

 

[jph139]

I'm not really interested in the tech, so I have little interest in people demo-ing it.

 

[Chaystic]

Usually I don't, but the showcase today changed my mind I think.

 

[Deleted member 36578]

I enjoy watching tech demos. They aren't games but looking at new graphics effects can be interesting.

 

[Max|Payne]

They're fun. You people need to have more of that.

 

[Scottoest]

I don't really understand the question. Tech demonstrations are a data point, like anything else.

To take the UE5 demo as the obvious example here, do I think most actual games will have exactly that level of fidelity? No, because games will have more going on on-screen, than simply walking and flying around an environment.

But is it really interesting, as far as recalibrating my expectations for what WILL be roughly possible on next-gen consoles, and the tech that will enable it? Absolutely.

So "do I care"? Sure, I guess.

 

[Precious Tritium]

Most tech demos that I have seen have been in-engine footage and not emulating game play. I'll take what we got today since it actually showed what games can look like and was really impressive.

 

[Rotobit]

They're cool but it can be annoying when they're more visually interesting than the games we actually get

 

[iHeartGameDev]

I am a hobbyist developer, so yes :D

 

[Sydle]

I would prefer to see an actual game. We'll see them soon enough.

 

[lazygecko]

It's really only demos like Half-Life 2 that raises my eyebrows, since it's an actual game they're showing off and how the tech works when implemented in practice. Incredibly curated cinematic demos are always up in the air regarding how developers actually end up using the technology showcased.

 

[No_Style]

I care about tech demos if they're demonstrating tech. I don't care about game demos that show in-engine cutscenes.

 

[Twister]

Not at all. I don't play tech demos, I play games. I said it in the other thread, but that tech demo didn't even look better to me than a PS4 Pro game. Resident Evil 2 on my PS4 Pro looks just as good to my eye. I play almost exclusively on Switch and even that looks great for me most of the time. I want good games, I couldn't care less how many statues are in the room

 

[Oneself]

It depends. This PS5 tech demo looks like a game and looks realistic in terms of expectations. We'll see!

 

[Deleted member 35653]

I'm skeptical for once. Till I saw the thing running on the hardware I bought is all theoretical. Deep Down also looked nice.

 

[K' Dash]

This engine is not gonna be ready until next year, then it will be 3 years AT BEST to see any game using these tools.

Also, people acting like this is PS5 only when it will run even on mobile tech brings a smile to my face.

 

[Shroki]

I can't think of one "real-time", "in-engine" demo that actually looks like a game from that generation. They're all a glow up on what we actually get technically while being pretty artistically barren.

I only care about seeing real games.

 

[lightning16]

Nope. Never interested me at all.

 

[maximumzero]

Nope. Practically ever pre-launch tech demo ever has misrepresented what the respective platform could accomplish.

 

[Chopin the Third]

Yes.

 

[seroun]

Absolutely yes. Loved watching the NVIDIA fairy demos years ago and I generally love to see the changes in each iteration.

Also, KARA.

 

[Deleted member 10737]

not really. most of them don't amount to anything.

 

[DarkChronic]

Super bummed out by the "reveal" today.

Like, yeah man, we know next gen games will look amazing. I can't wait either. But the stuff they showed is 3-4 years away!

Ah well.

 

[Mr.Vic20]

Yes, yes I do!

 

[UnsungKing]

No. And we aren't going to see any games that look like that demo for a loooooong time.

 

[Snake__]

Absolutely not

They almost always end up being complete bullshit

 

[Riddler]

Yes

 

[henhowc]

Only the rubber ducky ones

 

[Tabs2002]

Depends