

While some surfaces are quite sharp and score with neat gloss or reflection effects, it gives other objects a very mushy and stale impression. Besides the fact that The New Order takes up more than 40 GB on a hard drive, the texture quality is another drawback since it varies heavily. However, id Tech 5 is not completely flawless.

The moderate hardware demand turns out to be another advantage - except for the video memory. This makes every single edge appear almost unique and the levels appear as if made from one piece. Due to the huge texture surfaces (also known as MegaTextures) there are barely any repetitions of object wallpapers observable - as opposed to other engines. Id Tech 5's biggest advantage is its variety.

With the Tech 5 engine the computer guru id Software has come up with a relatively extraordinary technology that differs in many respects from the products of the competitors (Crytek, Epic, DICE, etc.).
