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LucsArts' Fracture is ready to hit the US tomorrow on Playstation 3 and Xbox 360. Europe will get on friday, and here is a video of the First 10 Minutes of the game. The video should start at around where the demo ended, if you haven't played the demo you can watch that missing part here. There is a short level between that really isn't much to show (though I am unsure if it was in the demo or not),I decided to show some outdoor action in the level afterwards instead.


I was really disappointed to see how chaotic the game was at first, specially since there never seemed to be any time to actually use your ground deformer. It was really frustrating - it felt like enemies could pop up from everywhere, from every direction, and you had no place to get protection. During my second playthrough of the early levels (while capturing this video) this concern disappeared, as you just have so much more control of the battlefield when you learn how the deformer works. I now see and use it as a simple additional weapon, it's there to help you out of combat situations. You can use it to create a shield by raising ground between you and the enemies. You just blast it off everywhere, creating a glorius mayhem.

As soon as you get over the whole "it can't be used as revolutionary as the hype said" stage, the game is actually quite an enjoyable action shooter. With the additional ground deforming grenades and your own deformer, you and enemies can create some crazy moments where the ground just deforms everywhere.

Fracture has some nasty flaws though. The AI basically consist of enemies either rushing towards you, or standing behind a corner shooting or throwing grenades. The sprint button is strangely enough mapped on Y, forcing you to change grip every time you run. The melee combat is most of the time okey, but it feels like lottery against the tougher enemies - you basically just run towards them and hope for the best, since there is little timing involved. Even when you just hit him in the face with 20 bullets, he can still out of nowhere smash your shield to zero.

Since we're getting close to TGS and there still is a lot of work to do before that, I haven't been able to play the game as much as I want to. It will be interesting to see how different the environments look later on in the game, and how you will be able to use the deformer in other ways than just getting over a wall or shield yourself on the battlefield. Enjoy the video below, showing the first level after the tutorial.
Majinme
Majinme
Commented on 2008-10-06 23:09:52
wow, never thought this game could actually turn out to be pretty good. Looks fun to play. A bit mindless but fun.
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bugmenot
bugmenot
Commented on 2008-10-06 23:24:26
When you roadie run, it doesn't even change the left stick controls to make you turn as in Gears and Mass Effect. You still strafe. Wow, that's embarrassing. I feel bad for the devs.

But I do like how they have a new ground material swap-out when the ground is elevated. That's cool.

Gameplay looks sloppy and annoying, however.
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ASURAshadow
ASURAshadow
Commented on 2008-10-06 23:32:14
I was actually impressed and surprised with the games quality when I tried the demo. Then as soon as I started facing off against the enemies, I completely lost interest. Everything about them was horrible. Great game engine wasted. Wish these guys could've struck a deal with Microsoft to make another Mechassault instead.
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broman
broman
Commented on 2008-10-07 00:28:59
Messing around with the ground was fun but otherwise this felt like your average everyday TPS.
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helcio30
helcio30
Commented on 2008-10-07 00:54:28
I have not played the demo of this game, I am also downloading the video, but for what you spoke, the game was that bad?

What you do not really like this game?
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jklmr3
jklmr3
Commented on 2008-10-07 05:12:15
S.M.P. slow moving person...welcome to the new era ." KEEP THE F.P.S. CODY" .
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Baleur
Baleur
Commented on 2008-10-07 09:38:00
The sequel will be amazing.. This seems to be the sort of game where they spent most of the development time doing the engine itself, and less time on the gameplay..

I suspect this game is just like Spore and Black & White.
A great near-revolutionary game engine, with a small bit of "game" slapped on top of it to call it an actual game.
And just like Spore, it will probably only be used at its full potential until the sequel arrives, where they can focus on actual gameplay and react to what people hated about the first game.

Its a bit depressing, but probably true :P
Go Fracture 2: Ground Penetration Squad!!
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toelessfoot
toelessfoot
Commented on 2008-10-07 17:50:33
Did someone say MechAssault? Yeah! I want that please.
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Radan
Radan
Commented on 2008-10-08 21:16:32
Good god, that plotline got to be the most ridiculous thing I have ever seen.
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