I doubt the Snowdrop engine will be open to the public, it's probably something similar to the Frosbite engine. Internal use only. Between Unity and UE4 I would say it depends of the type of architecture you plan : dynamic lighting or not ? UE4 has a great GI but is static, while Unity 5 is powered by enlighten and support…
says who?I would say its pretty close.With the next generation release of game engines in the next 5 or six years.I am sure it would be exactly photorealistic. [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwpjZ-JGXE4&list=UUQ456aYvHVjzRZ9PeFC68cQ"]Unreal Engine 4 | Photorealistic Rendering Demo | GTX 780 Ti - YouTube[/ame] This…
Just to be clear, here is an official word from Epic about enlighten : https://answers.unrealengine.com/questions/12764/is-the-enlighten-middleware-included-with-all-lice.html I wouldn't rely on the LPV currently in UE4 to decide your engine choice. The feature is far from being usable at the moment. It works in Fable…
Why do you assume Epic makes more money than Unity? Unity is huge. Unity 5 has enlighten built in- Check out the feature trailer: [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dk8gpz0o5TU"]Official Unity 5 Feature Preview Trailer - YouTube[/ame] IMO the graphical features listed for an engine are a lot less important than the…
You guys may have a point but must it be very photorealistic?If it looks good,thats all that matters especially for arch viz.We are getting there.I see a lot of people using game engines for renders rather than renderfarms especially with this generation of game engines.The graphics seem good enough especially for…