'Break'-ing news: New Fracture trailer explores plot
by Griffin McElroy 
{ Jun 1st 2008 at 5:30PM }
We've been intrigued by the terraforming gameplay we've seen from past previews of Fracture, spurring our curiosity about what little details we knew about the plot of the game. The developers at LucasArts, much like the man from which their name was derived, usually imbue their games with fantastic storytelling -- particularly in those rare releases that don't involve lightsabers and Bothans. The above trailer's themes of civil war and environmentalist undertones definitely provide the base for an interesting plotline; we just hope the game's writers can keep up, providing us with an unorthodox FPS protagonist -- one who is capable capable of weaving polysyllabic words into complete sentences.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Fernando Rocker @ Jun 1st 2008 5:41PM
Looks as generic as Haze.
John McPoop (PSN:johnnynumber5) @ Jun 1st 2008 5:58PM
Looks as generic as all of your comments
Fernando Rocker @ Jun 1st 2008 6:00PM
=(
J @ Jun 1st 2008 6:03PM
I dunno, fernando, this looks like it has a lot of potential. imagine multiplayer with these weapons. I'll give you an example. you're enemy is trying to run you over in some warthog-like vehicle, and you make a pillar of dirt shoot up from the ground tossing the enemies into the sky. Or use the pillar for yourself to get to safety. Imagine everyone trying to shoot gigantic boulders at each other! FUN !!
The graphics look pretty, especially when the ground deforms. Yeah, if everyone will only shoot at each other, then that'll be boring.
John McPoop (PSN:johnnynumber5) @ Jun 1st 2008 6:15PM
;)
If didn't mention a PS3 game it would have been fine ... Its the little pot shots that invalidate everything you say on here ...
Fracture looks generic but not as bad as Ninja Gaiden II ... It looks more like Ninja Gaiden version 1.5
With that said Ninja Gaiden has incredible game play to make up for it
License to ill @ Jun 2nd 2008 2:48AM
Why because its another game that wont be wii bound? Although I agree Haze was generic...
velocitySTRIKE @ Jun 1st 2008 5:44PM
The title's pun was epic.
brokenscope @ Jun 1st 2008 5:46PM
Game mechanics look/looked fun.
The plot and the voice acting... not so much.
DangerMouse @ Jun 1st 2008 6:11PM
Visually, the game looks impressive, with an interesting setting, but that voice acting is terrible. That ruined it for me. It's almost Resident Evil 1 bad, but not so bad it's good, but so bad it's awful.
Fernando Rocker @ Jun 1st 2008 6:14PM
Best voice acting ever: Star Fox 64
=p
John McPoop (PSN:johnnynumber5) @ Jun 1st 2008 6:18PM
You know the game Heavenly Sword had some of the best voice acting/lip syncing and facial animations I have ever seen ... Damn shame it was so short but I think that game more so than any other game I have played this generation had fantastic voice acting ...
Star Fox also has some great voice acting ... They actually sound like the characters they are representing ... Maybe Nintendo will release a new Starfox for the Wii soon ... That would be pretty neat
tmacairjordan87 @ Jun 1st 2008 6:21PM
Slippy erases any decent voice acting star fox 64 had.
Fernando Rocker @ Jun 1st 2008 6:22PM
I really hope they do... with Factor 5 as the developers.
Factor 5 said that they are more interested in the IR Pointer than in motion, and that's better in my opinion.
Analog stick to control the Arwing, Z button to do barrel roll, IR Pointer to aim and move the camera, with a small bounding box, like Metroid Prime 3, A button to shot, B to bombs.
And a quick motion to do a somersault.
liquidninja @ Jun 1st 2008 6:28PM
Agreed voice acting sucks almost worse then any $5 JRPG import I've ever heard.
elmersglue @ Jun 1st 2008 8:04PM
indeed,voice acting did suck...reminded me of mechassault. This game looks pretty shitty... and whats up with the west being the bad guys? haha, watch this game ends up selling more in the east than it does in the west, would be funny.
Sesur @ Jun 1st 2008 5:53PM
Looks like a nice shooter with a twist... probably won't buy it though.
GreyFox @ Jun 1st 2008 6:05PM
Not sure if want...
tmacairjordan87 @ Jun 1st 2008 6:00PM
I'm a little overloaded on all these generic shooters. Wake me up when gears 2 and resistance 2 comes out cause they're about all I have patience for when it comes to more freakin shooters.
Fernando Rocker @ Jun 1st 2008 6:01PM
"I'm a little overloaded on all these generic shooters."
Thank you...
=p
Deck @ Jun 1st 2008 6:01PM
But this has got the Pacificans!
So original!
J @ Jun 1st 2008 6:11PM
look, i want to try these terraforming weapons out. It may not work out, but I think we should give it a chance. Yeah, the story sounds awful... who am i kidding? It IS awful - Pacificans? but it's just an excuse to use these new weapons.
Here's another cool way we can use this weapon, you're enemy is shooting rockets at you, and you create walls of dirt to protect you! OR OR OR... you are sieging the enemies location, and they have snipers, so you use the dirt walls for cover! Okay, i'm not very creative, but I'm sure if you guys put some thought into it, you can come up with many useful and fun ways to use these weapons defensively or offensively.
No? well, i tried.
tmacairjordan87 @ Jun 1st 2008 6:17PM
I only play multiplayer in rare great shooters like COD 4, little bit of gears, and even PDZ. It takes a lot more than being able to raise a hill to convince me to hop onto multiplayer in a shooter. I'll consider a brief gamefly rental if it has interesting achievements.
John McPoop (PSN:johnnynumber5) @ Jun 1st 2008 6:21PM
Shooters are the most popular genre going right now
Especially FPS ... That being said I have enjoyed the majority of shooters 1st and 3rd person alike in the last few years more so than other types of genres and titles
Ross Mills @ Jun 1st 2008 6:01PM
I liked this game better when it was called Magic Carpet
John McPoop (PSN:johnnynumber5) @ Jun 1st 2008 6:08PM
This idea behind this game always seemed questionable to me ... Terrain deformation as the main focus of the combat seems like a neat idea for a tech demo but not for a full game ... The storyline is extremely laughable and pathetic ... Good thing The Force Unleashed will be coming out because this looks like ass ...
If it were a game that was crazy and unique like Armed and Dangerous was in 2003 it would be acceptable ... However, Fracture seems to take its self way to seriously for my taste ...
Benny @ Jun 1st 2008 6:29PM
The plot is like fine swiss: cheesy and full of holes.
ronald.raygun @ Jun 1st 2008 6:38PM
ooo, they should make general tupac over the pacificans and general notorious B.I.G. over the atlantic alliance.
Vegeta (aka Ska Oreo) @ Jun 1st 2008 10:14PM
Oh god I fucking lold.
eNrique @ Jun 1st 2008 7:46PM
is june 12th yet????????
Jouten @ Jun 1st 2008 7:52PM
Dudes/Dudettes!
I thought it was interesting! At least a rental or bargain buy!
If devs/publishers don't try different things for better or worse, we would never have anything 'new' to play. I thought it was different and interesting.
If everything was made to be just like other games, there would be no need for innovation/creativity. I applaud their efforts to do something new/different.
Just my 2 copper pieces...
Jouten @ Jun 1st 2008 7:55PM
Oh, and that applies to consoles too (/wink Nintendo)
Vegeta (aka Ska Oreo) @ Jun 1st 2008 8:12PM
The whole time the narrator was talking, I was expecting him to go:
"And that's when things went wild, brah."
LaughingTarget @ Jun 1st 2008 8:14PM
I'm intrigued. I am surprised to find the side utilizing cybernetics is the "good" side and the side using genetic manipulation is the "bad" side. It's usually the other way around, though I guess the religious moral twist in gaming is interesting. Here's hoping for some moral ambiguity, not a clearly black/white storyline.
Noxat @ Jun 1st 2008 9:00PM
Hmm... yeah this game looks like it might be fun but I'll definitely be skipping the story cutscenes. Bleh.
Darth Abe @ Jun 1st 2008 9:43PM
Awww goddamnit
I was willing to put up with no story line just to play with those weapons but jesus christ the plot and characters and writing and voicing look so terrible that it many actually prevent me from stomaching this game.
Microswirl @ Jun 1st 2008 10:19PM
Damn counter-culture!
Jason @ Jun 1st 2008 10:54PM
Lets be honest... they made the tech for this game and tried to find a way to make a game out of the idea...
They were probably like "hmmm... what is the trendy thing going right now??? Hay Global Warming is really popular right now...!!! OHHH YEAH!!! Lets us that for a story!"... Please... This looks like the dumbest thing EVER!!! Haze looked stupid from the previews but this makes Haze look like it deserves a Emy!
Skor @ Jun 1st 2008 11:02PM
I wonder if there'll be any differences in sales between West coast and East coast demographics. That would be interesting.
More interesting than the plot, OH BURN!
Rowdehaj @ Jun 2nd 2008 4:39AM
What about international sales? Good luck selling such a typically self-centered American game in Europe, buddy.
(I'm not your bu-.... etc)
Mr.ESC @ Jun 2nd 2008 11:28AM
I think the plot is more like "No matter what side you choose U.S soldiers and Citizens will die".
I see this game being popular everywhere in the world except in the U.S.
differented @ Jun 2nd 2008 12:48AM
In direct response to the news post, it should surely be clear by now that the Lucasarts which "imbues their games with fantastic storytelling" well and truly died by the turn of the century. The few Lucasarts games since then to have great storytelling (such as Knights of the Old Republic) have been developed by other companies, and merely published by Lucasarts. Lucasarts haven't developed a unique or captivating game in around a decade.
My first impressions of fracture were the same as my impressions of this trailer: Generic. There is not a smidgen of unique character here, and it's unique character more than anything that once made Lucasarts great developers. Sure, people like blowing stuff up, and a terrain deformation gimmick is always going to be entertaining for a little while, but a bit of tech doesn't have the power to rescue a game from the bland vision of unoriginal writers and designers.
I'm really tired of generic future sci-fi universes and the action gameplay that takes place in them. I've been avoiding games like this for years, and there's little to no chance I'll end up playing this one.
differented @ Jun 2nd 2008 12:57AM
So, on closer inspection, it turns out that despite this being 'original IP' for Lucasarts, it's not even developed by them. Is Lucasarts turning solely into a publisher? A samey one at that? There used to be something special about every LEC licence. Alas, there is now nothing special about any of them.
zeh @ Jun 2nd 2008 3:49AM
horrible voice acting
horrible plot