Since users have been able to get their hands on Unreal Engine 5, they have been bringing their visions to life inside one of the best graphics engines commercially available. A quick search online can find a variety of creations ranging from fan-remakes of Dino-Crisis or Fallout: New Vegas to short films where the creator can showcase their love of genres such as westerns and space operas. Now, one user is showcasing their love for Attack on Titan with an accurate rendition of the Shiganshina District.
Attack on Titan originally debuted as a manga in 2009 before it was adapted into the internationally popular anime, which began in 2013 and is currently in its final season. The series follows Eren Yeager, a young boy living in a walled-in city after the rest of humanity was supposedly destroyed by giant, carnivorous creatures known as titans. Over the course of the series, Eren, along with his friends and comrades in the city's military, uncover more about the titans' origins and Eren's ties to them, hidden threats inside the city, and the truth about humanity's supposed apocalypse.
However, none of these events can truly take place without the series' prologue arc inside the Shiganshina District, where audiences are introduced to Eren along with best friends Mikasa Ackerman and Armin Arlert. YouTuber Sole Survivor decided to pay tribute to this inside Unreal Engine 5 by recreating the district on the day of this definitive moment. Survivor's rendition remains fairly faithful to the district's layout shown in the series the day the Colossal Titan broke through the city's gate and started Eren down his path of revenge.
The only piece of the district missing are the residents who were living their lives on the fateful day the Colossal and Armored Titans broke through the wall. Given the size of the district and Sole's recreation, some viewers could argue that adding in the number of residents needed could potentially break what is meant to be a digital diorama. It may be disappointing for some viewers, but given the general scale of Attack on Titan's many series set-pieces as they typically involve the titular monsters, this missing feature is understandable.
Sole Survivor's Attack on Titan creation is another example of how people have been able to flex their creativity inside Epic Games' latest iteration of the Unreal Engine. There are already a swath of anticipated games using Unreal Engine 5 on the way, such as new Tomb Raider and Witcher games, which are sure to flex the full power of the engine. However, as stated above, the variety of fan projects already available online highlight how user-friendly the engine is and the doors it could potentially open for some of the more talented creators out there to move on to bigger and better things in the entertainment industry.