Unity was always a fine engine, gamers complain about it because the bad rep from when Steam was getting flooded with shit games and literal asset store flips and the Unity splash screen was all over that shit.
It is far better than what 80% of the industry could do on their own, the other 20% are doing incredibly niche stuff or are AAA studios with special requirements.
Genshin proves a large scale single player RPG is possible.
You know what, I'm gonna say it. Unity is better than Bethesda's engine.
Unity was always a fine engine, gamers complain about it because the bad rep from when Steam was getting flooded with shit games and literal asset store flips and the Unity splash screen was all over that shit.
It is far better than what 80% of the industry could do on their own, the other 20% are doing incredibly niche stuff or are AAA studios with special requirements.
Genshin proves a large scale single player RPG is possible.
On hindsight, maybe Unity charging extra to remove the splash screen wasn't a great idea on their part.