Instinction is still being developed in Unreal Engine 4 but will eventually switch to Unreal Engine 5 once development has reached certain milestones.
Speaking with SegmentNext in a recent interview, developer-publisher Hashbane Interactive confirmed that Instinction has undergone several testing in Unreal Engine 5. The game will, however, only switch to the newer game engine once its key features and systems are complete and functional in Unreal Engine 4.
“We are still doing development in UE4, and [have] completed lots of testing in UE5,” said Hashbane Interactive. “At some point, we will fully switch. Until that happens we continue to have a very open communication with Epic and take on their advice on the ideal time to fully commit.
“It would be safe to assume that the vertical slice will be completed using UE4 and the final game in UE5.”
When asked about how the Unreal Engine 5-powered visuals of Instinction will fare on previous-generation consoles compared to PC, Hashbane Interactive noted that it intends to take every advantage the new engine has to offer.
That being said, the developer will still “best ensure a fairly consistent experience [as] it is the responsibility of studios to make sure games run smoothly on both generations for the foreseeable future.”
Hashbane Interactive has an ambitious goal of using several rendering/sampling technologies to create a cinematic and realistic experience.
The developer is currently working with Nvidia to include Deep Learning Super Sampling (DLSS) and Nvidia Image Scaling (NIS) technologies along with RTX Global Illumination.
AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution (FSR) “looks promising” but “at least at this stage, no one from AMD has approached” the developer. With FSR 2.0 releasing soon, Hashbane Interactive is “keen to try it out” in the coming months.
In addition to both DLSS and FSR, Hashbane Interactive has also been busy working in Unreal Engine 5 with Intel to test its Xe Super Sampling (XeSS) upscaling technology for Instinction.
Instinction was previously slated for a release in late 2022. Following a new round of funding and “a new opportunity to make the game we truly want and need without compromise,” Hashbane Interactive stated that it will soon announce “a more realistic release date, including early access.”
Instinction remains in development for both previous- and current-generation PlayStation and Xbox consoles alongside PC. The supposed spiritual successor to Dino Crisis aims to give players at least 20 hours of single-player gameplay, with post-release expansions and game modes, including cooperative play.
