Original sentence: Despite its good achievements, Talon was intended as only a partial step towards the true next-generation version of the Lithtech engine.Talon also featured extremely advanced (for the time) lighting and shading effects that would not be rivaled until the release of Doom 3 several years later.The Talon version of the engine had many newer features, including advanced animations (facial animations) and some vehicle support, finally allowing Lithtech to better rival its competitors of that time, id Tech 3 and the Unreal Tournament version of the Unreal engine
Edited sentence: However, Talon was intended as only a partial step towards the true next-generation version of the Lithtech engine.The Talon version of the engine imrpoved compared to its predecessor,but strill could not rival its competitors of that time, id Tech 3 and the Unreal Tournament version of the Unreal engine