What game engine should I choose?

Hi all,

I’m new to game development (I have some experience with software dev in general, tho), and I would like to know what are the best features of the best known game engines (Unreal, CryEngine and so on). I would like to use mainly C++ for the development. I would like to make a 3D story oriented game, but in the future I might get into 2D physics based games too.

Looking forward to hearing any advice that you might have.

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Thanx!