Highland Warriors' new innovative 3D gaming engine, ATLAS, was developed specifically for the game. The ATLAS engine can show up to 200,000 polygons simultaneously without a loss of performance for highly realistic graphics and advanced playability. This translates into 8,000 polygons per unit, 6,000 polygons per building and trees and objects made up of 600 polygons each. The gaming experience has tree leaves ruffling in the wind and buildings realistically drawn with a high amount of detail such as pegs and nails. The animation is very realistic. For example, as the game's windmill turns, players see a 360-degree millstone turn as well as the shadow of the building changing in the sun. The game's artificial intelligence system allows characters to move and act naturally adding to the movie-like realism of the experience. Other features that enhance the games realism include:

• Illumination System based on true physics delivers fires that create illumination and shadow
• True time shadows, which move with a character or object
• Dynamic 3D zoom in/out feature, bringing the player as close to being in the game as possible
• Free turning zoomable camera feature adds to the experience of being part of the game instead of merely playing it
• A landscape engine that provides texture depth of up to 15 pixels per meter.