Verified User in Hospital & Health Care
UH
Verified User in Hospital & Health Care
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Hands down the best consumer software for real-time visualization."
5/5
What do you like best about Unreal Engine?

What I like best about Unreal Engine is its versatility for almost any use case, be it for visualization or programming. This is my go-to when I need to kick out a high-quality render for a 3D project or rapidly prototype a new interaction system for an immersive experience. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Unreal Engine?

While Unreal Engine gets constant updates and new features directly from Epic, some plugins and features that are created by third parties can be slow to upgrade to the latest engine version - which can be annoying when wanting to transfer older assets or projects into new engine versions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Anurag T.
AT
Anurag T.
Technical Supervisor & Virtual Production Coordinator
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"The next gen realtime 3D Engine - A bug leap towards the future of 3D and Media"
5/5
What do you like best about Unreal Engine?

The best thing about the unreal engine is its stability and productivity. It is remarkable how drastically it is changing the industry users to move into real-time 3D environments from traditional 3D. It will change the 3D and VFX Film industry forever with toolsets like UE5 Virtual Productions tools, Lumen and Nanite etc. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Unreal Engine?

With more and more stuff for the end users getting added to the engine, somewhere, it requires extra resources to keep the performance high and thus, it lacks some stability which leads to random crash reports or unhandled errors. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

UR
Ujjwal R.
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Design VR with Unreal Engine"
4.5/5
What do you like best about Unreal Engine?

For beginners, their team provides great support by providing so many tutorials to make it easy for us to learn how to operate it. It works excellent for rendering real character photos. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Unreal Engine?

the main problem I faced while using Unreal Engine is a lagging issue. It lags a lot of times when I was working on it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Jer B.
JB
Jer B.
Onderzoek en onderwijs ondersteuner (developer)
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Unreal engine as a tool to make everything"
5/5
What do you like best about Unreal Engine?

It's versatility, you can make any kind of application if you put your head to it.

It's flexibility and out of the box quality is why I will always recommend this program Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Unreal Engine?

I can be quite large in file sizes, if only takes a couple of larger projects for your PC to be full. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Games
UC
Verified User in Computer Games
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Unreal is industry standard for a reason"
5/5
What do you like best about Unreal Engine?

I want to preface this review with the fact that I have been using different versions of the Unreal Engine for over eight years. My professional experience is primarily in User interfaces for games on PC and console.

UMG (Unreal Motion Graphics):

UMG is excellent for prototyping and getting ideas out there. Using UMG goes especially for those who are not comfortable working in code. If done well, UMG can be very powerful. Developers can debug, add breakpoints, watch variables and change values at runtime to see how it would affect the game.

C++ / Macros:

C++ in Unreal is somewhat like simplified C++ due to the macros and garbage collection. In conjunction with UMG, developers can fully unlock the engine's potential by empowering designers, writing tools and shortcuts.

Ease of Use:

Plenty of tools are built into the engine to make one's job easier. For example, the localization tool will gather the text the developer defines and put it in a PO file for localization in targeted languages. One can build for multiple platforms at once with a click of a button. The new and upcoming CommonUI features make creating UI a dream.

Documentation:

Documentation is phenomenal! Epic hosts official documentation for multiple versions of the engine. In addition to this, the forums and StackOverflow has an abundance of knowledge. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Unreal Engine?

Alongside the great features of the Unreal Engine, there is a pitfall. Some tools exposed in Blueprint such as bindings are not very well optimized. Giving newer developers these tools can be detrimental to performance. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Danny J.
DJ
Danny J.
Marketing Development Manager
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"High level game design software"
4/5
What do you like best about Unreal Engine?

This is the best software of big game designs. It allows high level graphics for game. Also it allows game studio for desing characters and game modes. This is big software that all the developers use to create games. All the big games like PUBG, Free Fire, Fortnight, Gotham Night, Redfall. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Unreal Engine?

The only thing that I dislike in this software is that it has too much power and memory consumption software. Also it is too costly to buy. Low powered PCs not working properly for this software. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Motion Pictures and Film
UM
Verified User in Motion Pictures and Film
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"2yrs"
4/5
What do you like best about Unreal Engine?

easy to use, fast, lighting, development, UI Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Unreal Engine?

too confusion UI, too different from other dcc Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ravi S K.
RK
Ravi S K.
AR/VR Architect
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Create your dreamworld exactly as you imagine with UE5 beginner friendly open world game engine!"
5/5
What do you like best about Unreal Engine?

Being free-to-use software, UE is both beginner-friendly and the most versatile platform for game design and architectural visualization! with the new UE5, Nanite & Lumen features available to explore :D Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Unreal Engine?

The only downside of using this powerful software is that you need a powerful laptop. Although it is the same with all game engines similar to UE, designers won't mind. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Shivam Preet S.
SS
Shivam Preet S.
Founder
Computer Games
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Unreal Engine has generated growth in my experience & Workflow, I can recommend!"
4.5/5
What do you like best about Unreal Engine?

One of the best game creation tools is also used to create simulated environments, I believe it is one of the easiest tools to use and when you have difficulty, it's very easy to find help. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Unreal Engine?

One drawback i faced lots of time is that the lagging issue, when we add assets to the unreal engine project it lags a lot & also when it comes to rendering or executing a build the computer cannot be used for another process. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sherif G.
SG
Sherif G.
3D Visualizer and Animator
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Unreal Engine for school learning"
5/5
What do you like best about Unreal Engine?

As schools today bring the development techniques used around the world to help in different fields such as medicine, science , and many other fields Unreal engine represent an impressive tool for young students to start learning early access that can help them in their upcoming future Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Unreal Engine?

unreal engine always require high pc specs to handle the updated features Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.