This unreal Mario game is giving me nightmares
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- 26 Aug 2022
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We've had a lot of Mario fan games and famous games remade in Unreal Engine 5, but not all of them have met with the same caustic response as this new Mario fan-game from Funkyzeit Games. Be warned, the 'internet' hates it.
Unreal Engine 5 is the latest high-end tech from Epic and is being used to make some truly lifelike games, and will absolutely be the game engine most developers will opt for when levelling up their characters on PS5. But should it be used to make a Mario game? Maybe not.
The hyper-realism generated by Unreal Engine 5 means many games made in the graphics engine look very real, often dark and cast in lifelike lighting and shadows. It's everything a Mario game shouldn't be. In fact Funkyzeit Games' Super Mario RTX UE5 demo looks more like the Mario movie starring Bob Hoskins from the '90s than the colourful chaos we all love Nintendo's mascot for.
The game demo, which is completely non-commercial, shows a highly detailed, dark 'Bizarro' Mario jumping on blocks before launching fiery shots at Goombas and turning them to roasted balls of goo. It's shadowy, spooky and, well… the opposite of everything Mario should be - it's Bizarro. Read More...
