I don't believe you are missing much, dunno why someone wouldn't just buy UE4 and cancel its like 19 bucks, has all the same PBR, and you get to learn and own a fully formed game engine..... seems a bit odd to me someone would go with marmoset now UE4 is live.
Autodesk FBX Review: http://apps.exchange.autodesk.com/MAYA/en/Detail/Index?id=appstore.exchange.autodesk.com%3Aappautodesk00aefbx00aereview%3Aen I haven't used it myself yet so I can't talk about ease of use or if it's good at all, but it looked interesting and promising and seems like it uses the same tech as new Maya…
Game engines... like UE4, just pay $20 and then cancel the subscription plan, you will still be able to use UE4. Theres Cryengine, I think free, and also Unity. Also apparently Quixel will have a prb viewer for free but I could be wrong on that. The power of marmoset though is not just the quality, but also the convenience…
Well, that, and anything with substance support. I've seen a lot of people using marmoset on the zbrush central forums. I downloaded xNormal yesterday, but not sure if it supports substances though (as i plan to use those heavily once i get used to designer and painter), and the UE4 plugin (at the moment) requires a source…
AFAIK not much has been said about Quixel's previewer but given the quality of their other products, my guess is that it will be pretty great. It comes bundled with the Quixel Suite which seems like it will be an amazing use of $100. Other than that, game engines will probably be your best bet. It's not all bad though, the…