LucasArts, in cooperation with Day 1 Studios, has announced a new franchise for Xbox 360 and PS3. Entitled, Fracture, the game is based around the concept of destructible environments and land deformation. The game's plot is interesting to say the least. Fracture takes place in the 22nd century, after the polar ice caps have melted, causing the Mississippi River to flood and effectively cut the United States in half. In this new chaos, the eastern half of the U.S., known as the Atlantic Alliance, has opted to survive by employing cybernetic technology. The western half, now the Republic of Pacifica, modify themselves at the genetic level, effectively creating a race of mutants.
The gameplay revolves around destructible environments and shaping the land to your advantage. Played from a 3rd person perspective, players use different weapons that can destroy or otherwise reshape the land. For example, you might throw a special grenade that creates a pit in the ground. On the other end of the spectrum, another grenade causes the ground to shoot upward, potentially giving you access to higher areas. See a video of Fracture after the break.
All in all, Fracture has potential, especially with a decent multiplayer component. What do you think, does Fracture interest you?
Fracture image gallery
[Via Joystiq]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
5-03-2007 @ 11:36AM
hotdogsplinter said...
oh my god, its eets on a larger scale.
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5-03-2007 @ 11:56AM
Jesse said...
pretty cool concept. looks neat too.
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5-03-2007 @ 12:00PM
andres 360 said...
Read the preview on this months EGM.
It looks F-ing amazing. Cant wait until...summer 08 :( this is finally Day 1's chance to prove they can make an amazing game.
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5-03-2007 @ 12:11PM
Louis said...
Though it seems like all the great games are so far away (Assassin's Creed, Halo 3, etc.). They look amazing.
I will definitely get this as it brings a sort of puzzle aspect to every fight.
I hope that it is free form and not, "throw grenade here in this one spot to get a result"
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5-03-2007 @ 12:13PM
Lehti said...
That has got to be one of the most asinine background stories ever. :)
But the game looks amazing, and the idea of gameplay based on deformable terrain sounds very nice. Will be nice to see how this turns out.
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5-03-2007 @ 12:22PM
Scott said...
I agree with Louis, that last gernade that happened to grow a perfectly tall pillar that knocked down the bridge scared me a little bit. And the idea sounds cool, but basing the whole game on "create a hole or create a hill" seems like it might not be enough. Cool idea though and I hope it rules
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5-03-2007 @ 12:55PM
James said...
I would need to get my hands on the demo, or at least a long, detailed gameplay vid -- a cool backstory is great and all, but play mechanics make or break an FPS, especially the single-player portion. It's hard to communicate how teaming will effect multiplayer, unless that's a major feature of the game -- see how the devs have talked up Shadowrun, for instance. I don't think there's enough information here to tell whether this goes on my 'watch' list or not.
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5-03-2007 @ 1:00PM
DjDATZ said...
that...looks pretty fuckin sick. altho...until i see more...this is just a watch title...not yet a rent or a buy title.
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5-03-2007 @ 1:09PM
RetepNamenots said...
Doesn't interest me really. I just think that it would get boring and repetitive way too fast.
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5-03-2007 @ 1:51PM
browndoom said...
Looks good. I don't know if the terrain deformation will work in MP. That would lag pretty bad. Especially if you have like 8 people deforming the land all at once.
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5-03-2007 @ 1:55PM
NeoteriX said...
It's about time LucasArts came out with a new Non Star Wars IP
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5-03-2007 @ 2:30PM
Troy said...
In the future people have really bad haircuts.
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5-03-2007 @ 10:23PM
mec11 said...
So maybe its just me but does the RL (Real Life ;) military throw their grenades with their left hand when they are right handed? Have been wondering because other games like halo do this too. GoW and BF2 being 2 games that you switch to grenade and throw with your right hand.
Every time I saw the guy in the vid throw a grenade could not help imagine that it was a bit girly (or should be).
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5-04-2007 @ 2:12AM
UAE L0co said...
the background story is kinda stupid..
But the game looks a bit unfinished so well see when its done
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5-04-2007 @ 7:14AM
Boff said...
I'll be keeping my eye one this one - looks interesting.
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5-04-2007 @ 10:02AM
andi said...
lolm the background story isnt the best. but I can understand why all you kids think its crap, cause your knowledge of global warming and how our earth works from ocean salt currents is past your little brains capacities.
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