Assets Are A+, But OOBE Doesn't Match Promo Shots...Not Even Close!
The assets are absolutely top-notch and work very well together in modular environments...at least, mostly. It's clear that these packs were made with Unity at the forefront, but some of the Unreal assets do not match the look of their Unity counterparts, at all. Not even close. Biggest example I could find so far are the crystals. They are not translucent, just solid glowing objects, like crystal-shaped LED lamps.
Also, the Out-of-the-Box Experience (OOBE) takes a lot of setting up to get working. It will NOT look how it looks in the promo shots, at all...again, not even close. It will take a significant amount of post-process and lighting work to try and match their promos, as they don't include any of those settings, not even the same lighting setups. And for that, if you are a casual user of Unity, expect to watch a TON of tutorials or enlist other pros to assist you.
If you use Unreal Engine, the OOBE is a bit better, as Unreal's post-process looks pretty good at default settings. However, like I mentioned above, some assets do not look like their Unity counterparts, like the crystals. Those look terrible.
My biggest issue is that this disparity between the promo and the OOBE is not made clear before purchase, and that definitely stifled my positive experience with the Synty lineup of assets. Luckily, I have some experience in Unreal Engine and work in the VFX industry, so I can get the Unreal version to get close to the promos, minus some of the different looking UE version of the assets.
