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Game dev happy with Half-Life look over Unreal Engine

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A game developer expressed satisfaction with choosing a Half-Life aesthetic over an Unreal Engine look for their game, citing a close decision between the two styles. The developer contrasted this choice with current industry figures, mentioning Tim Sweeney and Gabe Newell. AI

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Game dev happy with Half-Life look over Unreal Engine

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  1. Mastodon — sigmoid.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    @ bitinn Man, am I endlessly happy that I decided to go with more a Half-Life look for my game instead of more an Unreal look a year ago. It was a really close

    @ bitinn Man, am I endlessly happy that I decided to go with more a Half-Life look for my game instead of more an Unreal look a year ago. It was a really close race between them. Yes, UE1 is very pretty, but this man is the biggest dipshit in the games industry now. Not that I'm …

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