When 2 years ago I started looking for a crossplatform mobile game engine, it was really hard to find one that matched my needs, because as it turns out, I did not actually know what I needed. I was choosing them by completely different characteristic that proved to be irrelevant in the end. For example, I wanted an engine which provided development in the language I already knew and was comfortable with. That actually put a very strict limitation and I was missing out on many great engines.
