Unreal v/s Unity

What’s the actual difference between them?

Unity does Unity stuff.

Don’t know the other, but I assume Unreal does Unreal stuff.

Unity is optimized by default, meaning it’s a perfect engine to make mobile games without putting too much effort into optimization part, this has drawbacks, like being more difficult to create good looking games.

Unreal looks good by default, you’ll see better looking games overall, even amateur games will look fairly decent, unlike Unity, most of Unity’s amateur games look awful, the drawback is that you’ll have a much harder time optimizing your games, and it’s not well suited for mobile unless you know exactly what you are doing.

The other difference is that Unity uses C# while Unreal uses C++. C++ allows for better hardware control, this means being able to squeeze more power from hardware or being able to optimize better. Does that make it better? Not necessarily, you can do the same with C#… arguably.

Tool wise Unreal is more game oriented while Unity is jack of all trades, each has it’s own drawbacks and strengths because of that.

At the end is not the tool that matters, it’s the artists.

The Gamedev.tv team had an amazing video on this, where Sam and Rick debated about it, but I can’t find it anywhere. @Brian_Trotter Any idea where that video might be? And now that I’m asking, Is Sam no longer part of the team?

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So what should I learn first unity or unreal?

Do you know C# or C++ ?

Sorry for the late response.

It truly depends on your goals.

  • For jobs: Look at the job offerings at the studio you want to apply, that’ll give you the answer.
  • You are going solo: Any engine is good. I would decide based on my computer’s specs, Unity requires a less powerful computer… usually… Depends on the type of game you’ll be making.
  • You want to learn both as a hobby: I would recommend Unity because it’s a lot easier to learn, not because the engine is simpler, but because there’s far more free tutorials out there. Unity’s documentation is also really, really good, making things easier to learn, they even have their own learning site.

Found the video!

Thank you

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