Fracture - PS3

ESRB Rating: T (Teen)
Release Date: 10-7-2008
Moby Score (1-10): 6.3
Genre(s): Action, Sci-fi / futuristic, Shooter, Post-apocalyptic, 3rd-person (Other)
Media Type(s): Physical

The company that brought you Star Wars and Indiana Jones presents a new franchise that combines next-generation game play, an intriguing story line and compelling characters. "Groundbreaking" in more ways than one, Fracture utilizes next generation technology only possible on the Xbox 360 and PLAYSTATION 3.

Fracture advances players to the year 2161, where the effects of global warming have altered the planet's landscape, and a clash in ideologies over human enhancement places society on the threshold of war. In utilizing the core game play mechanic of Fracture, a destructive next-generation technology known as Terrain Deformation, players are equipped with an arsenal of futuristic weaponry to strategically reshape their surroundings on the fly. Every action they perform dynamically reshapes the earth in ways no video game has ever seen.

Players set foot on the front lines of this epic conflict in the role of Jet Brody, a demolitions expert fighting for the Atlantic Alliance, who rely upon cybernetic enhancement. Pitted against the genetically enhanced soldiers of the Pacifican army, players will experience a revolution in 22nd-century warfare. When Brody throws a tectonic grenade onto a level battlefield, the ground blasts upward providing access to otherwise unreachable areas or providing cover against approaching enemies. Surrounded on all sides by Pacifican forces, Brody heaves a vortex grenade, creating a swirling tornado-like mass of boulder, dirt and debris to dispatch his foes. These are just a few samples of the possibilities for Terrain Deformation. Players not only change the battlefield -- they change the face of the battle itself.

• Reshape the battlefield with terrain shattering weapons: Experience a dynamic battlefield that is unique every time you play. Use never--before-seen weapons to fracture, crater,freeze, or elevate the earth. Unleash a subterranean torpedo toward your enemy and literally blast the earth from beneath his feet. For the first time, players can mold a war zone to your advantage to push the attack or mount a defense.
• Experience a story of betrayal and revenge: Follow the journey of a patriotic Atlantic Alliance soldier when an act of treason launches him into the lethal battlefield of the 22nd-century, as forces wage a battle of genetics vs. cybernetics. In a war that divides loyalties and tests the bonds of country and family, this soldier's discoveries will ultimately decide the fate of North America and perhaps the world.
• Multi-player play allows the terrain deforming battles to rage on: Choose the side of the genetically enhanced Pacificans or the cybernetically powerful Atlantic Alliance, then jump online and exploit your chosen sides advantages as Terrain Deformation and Genetic vs. Cybernetic elements allow for endless hours of fun with friends online.
• Fight for control of familiar locations and landmarks: The last World Wars were fought in Europe, but the next great global war will be fought on American soil. Battle in famous locations across the United States. Defend the Atlantic Alliance in Washington, DC, fight the decisive battle for control of Pacifica in the basin of the now-empty San Francisco bay and uncover the secret that will determine the world's fate in the Southwest Desert.

Fracture takes the player to the year 2161, where a technological and ideological war has broken out between the two remaining nations that were formerly the U.S.A.: The Atlantic Alliance (based in Washington D.C.) and Pacifican Army (based in San Francisco). The player takes command of Jet Brody, a cybernetic demolition expert fighting with the Atlantic Alliance in a bid to bring an end to the genetically altered Pacifican Army.

The gameplay is mostly a third-person shooter where the player roams the battlefield using advanced weaponry to defeat their enemies. The main feature of the game is Terrain Deformation, a technique to drastically alter the landscape by using advanced weapons (27 in all) to suit the player such as raising a section of the ground upwards in order to gain access to certain high areas or creating a huge crater to get under certain immovable obstacles.

There is also a multiplayer option that can support up to 12-player online battles on pre-made maps, each custom-designed for Terrain Deformation.

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