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Fracture


Amidst a backdrop of worldwide ecological and seismological chaos in the mid-2100s, the United States has been split in two by the "Great Flood". As a result of the polar ice cap melting, the Mississippi River has destroyed the central portion of the United States, causing an ill-equipped Federal Government to fail and literally cutting the country in half. These two halves are left to fend for themselves in the aftermath.

The East, now known as the Atlantic Alliance, symbolic of their union with Europe, puts its faith in surviving this new world in cybernetics, an established yet evolving technology now more than 150 years old. On the other side of the flooded continent, the Western states, now called the Republic of Pacifica and having allied with Asia, resort to solving their problems at the genetic level, effectively restructuring the DNA of its inhabitants -- a method the Atlantic Alliance finds morally reprehensible.

By 2161, it only takes a hint of unauthorized military preparation in Pacifica for the newly restored president to order a strike in the heart of Pacifican territory -- an outpost in the now dry San Francisco Bay. This strike leads to the unthinkable: an epic conflict with global implications fought on U.S. soil. As a soldier in this struggle, Mason Briggs uses explosive, terrain-deforming weaponry to change the face of battle: He not only destroys the land in his path, he outright transforms it to gain the strategic advantage in completely unscripted ways no game has ever seen. With such a devastating arsenal at hand, Briggs never leaves any battlefield the way he found it.

In addition to extraordinary weaponry that allows players to do things previously only imagined, each side of the conflict, Pacifica and the Atlantic Alliance, boast soldiers with powers beyond those of ordinary men. Genetic augmentations provide Pacifican forces with amazing abilities, while Atlantic Alliance soldiers like Briggs counter the threat with the more "traditional" method: cybernetics. The differing states of superhumanity result in balanced yet stylistically different combat tactics that have never been seen before.




Game overview from Lucasarts.com
Images from IGN.com
Read the Fracture Roundtable Impressions here from IGN.com

The game sounds really interesting and it's coming from Lucasarts. This is something different for them and it looks like it'll turn out great. Nice SLO gft77 and btw your last link isn't working.

Assuming the main character is on the Atlanic Alliance side, can the player also choose to play through the game from the Pacific side of the conflict? Or vice versa.

I've heard quite a bit about this game, and most people are very happy that it isn't another Star Wars game. Lucas Arts doesn't normally have a lot of new IPO's and those that are created are generally made for their technologically stuff so they can be put into future Star Wars games..IE Mercinaries. This game looks interesting enough to stand on it's own. Hopefully it will be.

Nice SLO! (Like always!!)

This game looks sweet! If only i had 600$....

more like over $700 after taxes, a game, and HDMI cable. i'll still get a PS3 before '08 becasue unless i can squeeze HD out of my wii i really want to oggle my eyballs with some pretty lights. and some of the upcoming games are looking awesome, too. i forgot all about this game. even if i had the moneez i still doubt i'd pick this game up, mostly because i'd be too busy otherwise to lay it.

It's amazing how far off topic we can get. I think the game looks cool, and I think many people can agree with that even if they don't own a PS3.

btw staying off topic like everyone else. went garage sailing this past friday, and saw a Xbox 360 for sale. they wanted $24.00 for it and a sign said that it needed $130.00 to get it repaired

lol
But I think it's a good direction for Lucas Arts to be going in with this game. Hopefully it'll turn out great.