

The cloudy building interiors in the city are full of flat, 2D objects.

The people in the car sequence looked a touch off. There are also certainly imperfections here and there. Of course, this is just a demo, and Unreal Engine 5 projects aren’t all going to look like this (the new chapter of Fortnite just converted over to Unreal Engine 5 for instance, but in keeping with the current animation style, doesn’t look a ton different). Digital CG for movie special effects? Sure, maybe, but nothing you can actively explore. Photorealistic Keanu is one thing, but this city is just incredible, I’ve never seen anything like it in a playable space.

The visuals here are like nothing I’ve ever seen before, and shows how it’s not just your hardware that’s creating top-notch graphics, it’s the evolution of game engines themselves, and what Epic has done here with Unreal Engine 5 is nothing short of a digital miracle in many ways.
