"Unreal Engine 3 and CryEngine 2 cost close to
A MILLION DOLLARS
And tons of developers license them."


Then go with Unreal - however, if you don´t have the budget, then it might be not the Holy Grail for you. wink
And it won´t get better, if you get louder.
The "Holy Grail" is simply the one that fits to your needs - time, quality, budget.

What Frank said - it´s all about marketing when it comes to different software solutions.

no science involved