RE: [GD-General] Prices of well-known 3D engines

[Gareth L. <GL...@cl...>]

> >Buying an engine makes your first game cheaper & quicker, 
> and your second
> >(and subsequent) games more expensive.
> 
> I like that, very concise. :)

But a generalisation that could be right or could be wrong.

> We actually found that buying an engine made our *first* game more
> expensive, because it wasn't as good or complete as it 
> claimed to be (don't
> think I should name it) 

I totally disagree. I think you are doing a disservice to anyone that
happens to be reading this forum who buys that same engine. My $0.02

> and we had to jump many hurdles to find decent
> performance and build nice, clean game code that would work on all
> platforms.

Which is exactly why I said that buying a not-good engine is more expensive