Epic Games has continued to upgrade its Unreal Engine over the years, and some developers have been working on upcoming games using the latest version, Unreal Engine 5. Using the incredible tools offered in the latest iteration of Unreal Engine, an artist has made an impressive short film with a Western setting that includes multiple photo-worthy set pieces.
A YouTube content creator and artist known as Yaroslav Zaytsev has created unique a Western short film called Crossroads using Unreal Engine 5 that showcases the capabilities of the set of tools available. Epic Games unveiled Unreal Engine 5 with a visual spectacle of its own a couple of years ago. As more game developers, filmmakers, and artists have gotten their hands on Unreal Engine 5, an increasing number of projects like Crossroads utilizing the engine have tried to capture the same magic as the PS5 demo.
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Yaroslav Zaytsev's Unreal Engine 5 clip begins with gunshots ringing through a valley, scaring local wildlife and setting the tension as a cowboy rides through dense woods and across a moonlit bridge. Looking like a Red Dead Redemption Online bounty hunter, the cowboy peers over his shoulder as he's shot from behind, and in the struggle, he drops a satchel containing two gold bars which he doesn't stop to collect. The cowboy stumbles to a nearly complete red circle in the dirt path near a tree, quickly finishes the circle, and says, «I just want to live, whatever it takes,» which causes the environment to react.
Two more bullets that surely would have finished the cowboy off are suspended in the air with bright trails behind them in Yaroslav Zaytsev's Unreal Engine 5 showcase as the
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