ECS might have a higher initial complexity overhead, but once you scale up, ECS can really help you keep complexity at bay.
There's a great talk [0] from the Overwatch developers where they talk about how they built Overwatch using the ECS architecture. They barely mention performance at all, but instead talk about how it helped deal with complexity.
There's a great talk [0] from the Overwatch developers where they talk about how they built Overwatch using the ECS architecture. They barely mention performance at all, but instead talk about how it helped deal with complexity.
[0] https://www.gdcvault.com/play/1024001/-Overwatch-Gameplay-Ar...