Here is a small list of the cool features we have in our engine :
• Dynamic weather system (sky and volumetric clouds)
• Spherical Harmonics radiosity lighting on dynamic and static objects
• Advanced lighting shaders like sub-surface scattering for the skin of characters and translucency for a lifelike aspect of many materials like hair, wings, fins, drapes, etc.
• New flexible particles system for a huge variety of cool visual FX
• All the standard post-processes existing in many game engines like bloom, depth of field, motion blur, radial blur, flares & glares and you-name-it
• All the necessary streaming of content to support memory-limited console architectures
• A nice editor for assets (Da Vinci) that was amply sufficient to support the huge quantities of data needed for such a game (nothing to be ashamed of if compared to UnrealEd, for example).

Moreover, the combat system was reviewed and enhanced, all animations were redone with some nice motion capture and the AI system was really true to the PC version.

A shame that the project has fallen apart, but it doesn’t sound like all has been well for quite some time.

I wonder if there’s an opportunity for them to grab what was done and reallocate the project to someone else? Then again, it might just be a better idea to put more money into the sequel instead – that’s coming to consoles too, right?