Reviews - Source Game Engine

Nov 16th, 2010 8 people agree 2 people don't

Even tho it is aging and it is beginning to show its weakness comparred to other more modern engines, it is still my most preferred engine and the only one I was able to get into succesfully. And with all of the updates Valve is giving it, I think the source engine will be with us for a long time.

I wouldn't really recommend this for a commerical product, just because there are so many more modern engines out there that will be a lot easier in the long run (like UDK), but all of the commercial games that I have seen on the source engine are fantastic (like Bloody Good Time ect.)

The Source engine is a must for just about any mod, it is very easy to change and manipulate the engine, there are a **** ton of tutorials floating around the internet, and also because if its good enough, steamworks!

Long Live the Source Engine.

Jan 9th, 2011 6 people agree 1 person doesn't

The Orange Box (TF2) engine is getting very bogged down with the continuous updates to TF2. With the amount of stuff they add with each update, I will not be surprised if they move on this year or the next, because 2.8 GHz dual core users like myself can no longer run the game with efficient and decent performance.
The engine is starting to show it's age if it hasn't been doing so already, mods like Portal Prelude pushed the engine to it's limits and the author had to compromise on the last level of the mod, because of the limit. Many users crash on that final level, myself included, and cannot complete the mod.
However, even with all of it's drawbacks, I still see it as a decent, if not great engine to have. At the same time, I know that Valve can do better and improve things with a completely new engine, even for the rather small amount for resources that it has (compared to other game developers); nothing is perfect, but there is always room for improvement.

Nov 7th, 2010 8 people agree 4 people don't

VALVE IS AWESOME YEAH! *headbang*

Jul 14th, 2011 3 people agree 0 people don't

Great engine, probably one of the only engines that my graphics card can handle.

Jul 17th, 2011 4 people agree 1 person doesn't

Because i like games on Source engine like Half-Life 2, Team fortress and Counter-Strike: Source.

Feb 4th, 2012 1 person agrees 0 people don't

Realy, I love this engine so much! Garry's mod and Portal series wouldn't be so good without this engine!

Jan 29th, 2012 1 person agrees 0 people don't

The best engine ever made for modding.

Feb 11th, 2011 1 person agrees 0 people don't

Although it is hard to use it is still great. BUT LONG LIVE GOLDSOURCE!

Nov 24th, 2010 3 people agree 2 people don't

I think is a good game engine and the games with this engine are really nice. ///9 (Sorry about my bad English)

May 17th, 2012 0 people agree 0 people don't

Very flexible engine from my expirence with all the wild mods that are avalbe for it, only thing is that it seems to be easy to exploit.