Unreal makes you 'attach' your account to their repo so they know who has had access to the source code. I'm surprised CryEngine just releases it in its entiret

Unreal makes you 'attach' your account to their repo so they know who has had access to the source code. I'm surprised CryEngine just releases it in its entirety without any such 'protections'. The coding style is very Microsoft-like, which is I suppose not a big surprise given it's DirectX roots. 8-space tabs seems to be the convention (ugh). They use XML for their readable format (which explains a little their slow load times). The code itself is not very well documented but relatively clear to understand. Overall not a bad engine to learn a few things from but if you're new to Game Engines a lot of stuff will probably seem very complex (check out BreakableManager.cpp). It's no Quake 3 in elegance but it's got a lot of advanced functionality (especially in the editor). Overall, it's pretty awesome that they released this. Its a huge gift to everyone that is curious what a world class game engine that has shipped a ton of AAA games looks like.