I am in the market for one, meaning I will be purchasing a game engine in the next couple weeks. Ive looked over the popular ones and even most of the obscure ones and Im
really interested in a particular one, the C4 Engine.
Features
FAQ
Roadmap
Documentation
Forum
Demo DownloadTake a look at those and tell me what you think. The forums are active and support seems pretty extensive.
The engine itself looks like it could support a game with FPS and RTS modes, which is what I am interested in. In terms of graphics it is on par with DOOM3 and the next release (set for the end of December) will include major additions to the SDK like updated world editor, scene graph and terrain editor. I have no doubt the engine could be used to create an Earth 2160 quality RTS meaning: bump and normal mapped units and structures, shaders 3.0, deformable terrain, visible day/night effects, etc.
If I purchase this engine, I would be willing to pay to license it out to serious developers so everything is nice and legal on our end. The way Im looking at it is, I can either pay to upgrade my already satisfactory computer or pay for 7 engine licenses. Please take a look at the links above and tell me what you all think.