The Unreal 3 (UE3), Call of Duty 4 (CoD4), and Assassin's Creed (AC, AKA Scimitar) engines have all proved themselves in terms of graphical horsepower and massive sales. UE3 will likely never be taken down in total sales, but the other two come as close as any engine has and have proven capable to help create mega platinum hits. Which one of the 3 do you think is the prettiest?
Below is a short list with some of the biggest announced games for each engine; unreleased titles are italisized.
UE3: Gears of War; Mass Effect; Too Human; Gears of War 2; Mirror's Edge; numerous others...
CoD4: Call of Duty 4; James Bond: Quantum of Solace; Call of Duty: World at War
Scimitar: Assassin's Creed; Prince of Persia; Shaun White Snowboarding
(Note: I left off the Far Cry 2 (Dunia) engine, among others, because it has yet to prove itself in terms of console sale's perspective. Please feel free to discuss other engine's as well though.)
I think I'd have to say Scimitar looks the prettiest to me... the Historical Jerusalem was really breathtaking to behold in AC, and it says something that the game sold so well despite gameplay that was mostly mediocre.
Prince of Persia is also looking fantastic...
