NEWS
by Mark Barley
Sledgehammer: MW3's Engine Is A 'Porsche'
Glen Schofield, Sledgehammer Games general manager, has taken to the streets to let the masses know that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3's game engine is a "Porsche".
The age-old game engine has come under heavy criticism recently for being outdated while every other war-time shooter out there utilizes newer technology. Speaking with CVG Schofield stated;
“I’ve worked on a lot of engines over my lifetime and spent a lot of time putting graphics in to them and this thing is a Porsche."
“And what I mean by that is that it is stream-lined, everything in it is perfectly freaking clean. You can tell it’s been worked on for years. It’s easy to upgrade.
“We worked with engines before that are like fucking spaghetti. You can’t work on a part and put it back in without messing with everything else.
“I’ve said this before – I’m not shipping an engine, I’m shipping a game. So that’s why I’m going to talk about the game. You can talk about your engine all you want. It’s not fun.”
Schofield stated while the game engine hasn't changed the technology used has been upgraded, which means larger levels along with higher ceilings. “And what I mean by that is that it is stream-lined, everything in it is perfectly freaking clean. You can tell it’s been worked on for years. It’s easy to upgrade.
“We worked with engines before that are like fucking spaghetti. You can’t work on a part and put it back in without messing with everything else.
“I’ve said this before – I’m not shipping an engine, I’m shipping a game. So that’s why I’m going to talk about the game. You can talk about your engine all you want. It’s not fun.”
“If you put Modern Warfare 2 next to Modern Warfare 3 you would see a huge difference. Look at all the character models, look at all the gun models, look at the reflections, look at the water.
“There is so much that we’ve added, so when someone says ‘cut and paste’, I don’t even want to talk to them because they don’t know. They just don’t know. They have no idea.”
Modern Warfare 3 is out on November 8 for the PS3, 360, and PC.
“There is so much that we’ve added, so when someone says ‘cut and paste’, I don’t even want to talk to them because they don’t know. They just don’t know. They have no idea.”