I work mainly in film and commercials, but I do work on a few games per year (modeling/texturing/animating characters). I don't see whats worng with the current tools. 3dsmax supports both OpenGL and D3D in the viewports. As for your problem with procedurals... Well, procedural textures are, for the most part, 3D textures. Which means you do not need UV coordinates to map an object with a procedural. You can, either by script or plugin, "bake" the procedural into a bitmap and use that. You also have options to send data in any format you choose to another viewer. There are tons of options available. I dont see why choosing a more limiting system would make life easier. As porjects change, you may very well like the versatility your "fancy" application affords you.:)
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I work mainly in film and commercials, but I do work on a few games per year (modeling/texturing/animating characters). I don't see whats worng with the current tools. 3dsmax supports both OpenGL and D3D in the viewports. :)
As for your problem with procedurals... Well, procedural textures are, for the most part, 3D textures. Which means you do not need UV coordinates to map an object with a procedural. You can, either by script or plugin, "bake" the procedural into a bitmap and use that.
You also have options to send data in any format you choose to another viewer. There are tons of options available. I dont see why choosing a more limiting system would make life easier. As porjects change, you may very well like the versatility your "fancy" application affords you.