Sora96 17,256 Posted October 7, 2014 In an interview with Famitsu Weekly the director of the Kingdom Hearts series, Tetsuya Nomura has revealed Kingdom Hearts III is now being developed with Unreal Engine 4 rather than Square Enix's very own Luminous Engine. Nomura explains he changed the engine "for a variety of reasons". We'll have a full translation of this interview later, for now you can read this part of the interview in full below thanks to goldpanner. Thanks go to @aibo_ac7 for the tip. ---Once more, may we ask about the state of development on KH3? Nomura: It’s moving steadily along the estimated schedule. As an effect of us changing the game engine to Unreal Engine 4, which we did for several reasons, we had a lot of problems with the image creation, but we have been able to progress without incident with the collaboration of Epic Games. Click here to view the article 4 Aang, atheist123, WakelessDream and 1 other reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BlankShell 638 Posted October 7, 2014 Huh. Well then. If it looks anything like it does in the pre-release stuff we've seen, that's fine with me. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kingdomlanelover 494 Posted October 7, 2014 Ugh, they did Drakengard 3, which had terrible frame rate problems! I hope they don't mess up Kingdom Hearts 3 as well. 1 jack smalley_40046 reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Meelow 11 Posted October 7, 2014 Poor Luminous... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
opinion 83 Posted October 7, 2014 Gears of war world confirmed?? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
clicheofdestiny 7 Posted October 7, 2014 man... publishing with Unreal Engine requires you pay Epic Games 5% of all sales. Epic games is gonna make heaps off KH3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Churro 132 Posted October 7, 2014 man... publishing with Unreal Engine requires you pay Epic Games 5% of all sales. Epic games is gonna make heaps off KH3 They already signed a long term licensing agreement to use their engine, so yeah. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted October 7, 2014 For information for people wondering if Unreal Engine 4 can be used on Wii U, like myself, after a few initial Google searches, it seems like Unreal Engine 4 can run on Wii U's. It's not officially supported, but as per the word of the developer behind the engine, it can be scaled to use the Wii U, same as for the XB360(and theoretically PS3 as well, but he did not State it could) Weather this is good or not, is left to be seen. Unreal Engines can be... iffy at times, from what I've seen/had experience with though a one-day spat with pervious versions of it, but either way, it's more likely we will see a Wii U port because of this engine change. Sources: http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2013/03/epic_games_developers_can_use_unreal_engine_4_for_wii_u_titles http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/31117/unreal-engine-4-can-run-on-wii-u http://kotaku.com/the-wii-u-wont-be-getting-unreal-engine-4-update-462919060 (Update at the near bottom of article) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kaweebo 3,617 Posted October 7, 2014 (edited) A-alright...I'm cautiously optimistic here. Unreal Engines can be... iffy at times Ugh, they did Drakengard 3, which had terrible frame rate problems! I hope they don't mess up Kingdom Hearts 3 as well. This is the stuff that makes me cautious. Edited October 7, 2014 by Kaweebo 2 SkyofDestiny and Agucsoccer reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FinalXemnas 18 Posted October 7, 2014 (edited) Luminous Engine is no longer being used? This is Unreal. Edited October 7, 2014 by FinalXemnas 11 Zola, Mysterious Figure, Moni_22 and 8 others reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kevin_Keyblade 203 Posted October 7, 2014 I don't get it... Is this good or bad? 1 RoxasXIIIK reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TerraRedeemed 255 Posted October 7, 2014 This is rather disappointing and disheartening. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MasterWorlock 10 Posted October 7, 2014 Not that surprising considering FFXV"s development. I think this a good thing ,UE4 seems fine for whatever Nomura wants to do. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kaweebo 3,617 Posted October 7, 2014 (edited) I don't get it... Is this good or bad? Best-case scenario: Kingdom Hearts III is going to have some of the greatest graphics of all time and justify the existence of more live-action worlds, as well as just making everything else look incredible. Worst-case: The game is incredibly glitchy and the engine is hard to work with. This is what they showed of the engine last year. I can only imagine it looks even better now. Edited October 7, 2014 by Kaweebo 3 Moni_22, Alicia Maddox and teatimed reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kevin_Keyblade 203 Posted October 7, 2014 Best-case scenario: Kingdom Hearts III is going to have some of the greatest graphics of all time and justify the existence of more live-action worlds, as well as just making everything else look incredible. Worst-case: The game is incredibly glitchy and the engine is hard to work with. This is what they showed of the engine last year. I can only imagine it looks even better now. Oh! That sounds awesome but bad at the same time We just have to wait for the full game Thank you! 1 teatimed reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Soravids 1,056 Posted October 7, 2014 Ugh, they did Drakengard 3, which had terrible frame rate problems! I hope they don't mess up Kingdom Hearts 3 as well. Drakengard 3 was unreal engine 3. Plus, that game was just low budget. 2 Kittenz and Kaweebo reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RikuFangirl2008 1,368 Posted October 7, 2014 I'm sure they will make it work. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hero of Light XIV 2,381 Posted October 7, 2014 Huh. I don't know how to feel about that. Well, as long as things don't look that different from what we've been seeing in the first few tech demos and teasers for III so far (or looks a million times better), then I'll be okay with this. I just hope that the game still runs smoothly and better on this engine and that it still looks, feels, and plays like a Kingdom Hearts game. Essentially, I hope the HEART of Kingdom Hearts shall still exist within this engine, and I don't think that will be too much of a problem. Let's just hope that Nomura's reasons are good ones. 1 Xian Cano reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sora96 17,256 Posted October 7, 2014 Just a reminder: they are having issues with this engine. 2 Sorarocks93 and WakelessDream reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FinalXemnas 18 Posted October 7, 2014 (edited) Just a reminder: they are having issues with this engine. Unreal.... Edited October 7, 2014 by FinalXemnas Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ceriraye 485 Posted October 7, 2014 (edited) I had a feeling that they might have trouble with it Anyway, interesting. Edited October 7, 2014 by Ceriraye Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sorarocks93 678 Posted October 7, 2014 Aw. Why not just upgrade their old KH engine? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
xBerserkerSaix07x 125 Posted October 7, 2014 I wonder how the next KH3 trailer will look... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hero of Light XIV 2,381 Posted October 7, 2014 Just a reminder: they are having issues with this engine. Isn't every other engine new by this point? If anything, I would imagine that they have been having problems with any of the other engines they've used too. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kaweebo 3,617 Posted October 7, 2014 Aw. Why not just upgrade their old KH engine? I dunno a whole lot about the technical stuff, but the KH engine is over 10 years old. Yeah, it's been used and updated and improved upon, but never for better consoles. After the PS2, they just reused it for portable consoles like the DS, PSP and 3DS. But the PS4 and Xbox One are TWO GENERATIONS ahead of what the PS2 was capable of, and by extension, the portable systems. It just seems like too far a leap to simply upgrade an engine that's been in service since 2002 for systems that are miles ahead of the console that it was originally intended to be used for. 1 Sorarocks93 reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
