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Fracture "one of few" pushing PS3 & 360 limits

Not just visually but in gameplay too, says LucasArts
Many games use the current gen consoles to make pretty pictures, but Fracture is "one of the few games" that really pushes the hardware on a gameplay front, LucasArts has told CVG.

Fracture features an innovative Terrain Deformation system that allows players to use various unique weapons and tools to bend, warp and deform the ground below their feet. This, says LucasArts, was a challenge to get working, and pushes the high-performance consoles to their limits.

"We are really pushing the limits of what the Xbox 360 and PS3 can do with Fracture," the developer told us.

"While a lot of games are pushing the limits of what can be done visually in games, we also wanted to push gameplay to levels that literally could not be done on the previous generation of hardware," it added.

"To put it simply, Fracture is one of the few games that really takes advantage of all of the processing power of the new consoles."

Bold words, but how will the final game measure up? Check out a preview here, and look out for the full Q&A later today.

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shame its not pushing the limits of original gaming or style?.... from what i can remember of this game it looked like a very generic third person shooter, with a different gun?...
hollywood111 on 19 Mar '08
Yeah yeah, heard it all before. Let's see what the final game is like before you start crowing about it eh.
wudragon on 19 Mar '08
This games looks very bland. Not hyped for this at all.
Johnny_5 on 19 Mar '08
looks like mass effect to me with waves...take a look

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6708lQMTsj8
roger4000 on 19 Mar '08
shame its not pushing the limits of original gaming or style?.... from what i can remember of this game it looked like a very generic third person shooter, with a different gun?...

Couldn't agree with you more. There making soo much of this "original" terrain altering element but the game as a whole looks very mediocre. I can't see this selling well.
Adam81uk on 19 Mar '08
looks like mass effect to me with waves...take a look

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6708lQMTsj8

yer...but without the awesome character design,....or innovative gameplay... or RPG elements......or.(you see where im going)

Sorry but i cant trust a company that cant make a descent Star Wars game!?... fingers crossed so tightly for Unleashed!!...they almost break!
hollywood111 on 19 Mar '08
looks like mass effect to me with waves...take a look

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6708lQMTsj8

yer...but without the awesome character design,....or innovative gameplay... or RPG elements......or.(you see where im going)

Sorry but i cant trust a company that cant make a descent Star Wars game!?... fingers crossed so tightly for Unleashed!!...they almost break!

could agree more! still cant kill the last boss though Embarassed
roger4000 on 19 Mar '08
Sorry but i cant trust a company that cant make a descent Star Wars game!?... fingers crossed so tightly for Unleashed!!...they almost break!

LucasArts aren't developing Fracture, they're only publishing it. The developer is a company called Day 1 Studios, whose previous games include the MechAssault series and the console ports of F.E.A.R.

BTW a Descent/Star Wars crossover? That'd be awesome! (I think you meant "decent".)

P.S. X-Wing. Tie Fighter. Dark Forces. Dark Forces 2: Jedi Knight.
nb_nmare2 on 19 Mar '08
From what ive seen It just look gimicky. But then its a nod to old days when programmers had creative freedom.
jonnysix on 19 Mar '08
i dont really understand the point of this game, its like theyve tried to think of a cool new feature and just made one that seems really pointless and no one is going to care about

so u can make the ground wobble?

wahey

Rolling Eyes
james17_17 on 19 Mar '08
Sorry but i cant trust a company that cant make a descent Star Wars game!?... fingers crossed so tightly for Unleashed!!...they almost break!

LucasArts aren't developing Fracture, they're only publishing it. The developer is a company called Day 1 Studios, whose previous games include the MechAssault series and the console ports of F.E.A.R.

BTW a Descent/Star Wars crossover? That'd be awesome! (I think you meant "decent".)

P.S. X-Wing. Tie Fighter. Dark Forces. Dark Forces 2: Jedi Knight.

Yes, but how many years ago were they published? Anyway: KOTOR 3 please.
ffcoppolla on 19 Mar '08
The only they feature they mention is terrain deformation. But wasn't this a feature in Sega Rally and to a lesser extent Motorstorm?

Hardly ground breaking is it!
only_777 on 19 Mar '08
The only they feature they mention is terrain deformation. But wasn't this a feature in Sega Rally and to a lesser extent Motorstorm?

Hardly ground breaking is it!

.....or Red Faction. You know the one where you can shoot holes through the walls etc. Unless the developer decided that they didn't want you to shoot through THAT particular wall. In which case no amount of rockets was going to get through. Laughing
niksalt on 19 Mar '08
Fcuk i hope this game isn't awesome.... we're gonna have a sh1t load of humble pie to eat! haha...
hollywood111 on 19 Mar '08
Their last good proper (in-house) game was Escape from Monkey Island and even then some people doubt that...

LucasArts have lost all originality, they're all either Star Wars games, or games they overhype themselves which end up being very average.
almanac2015 on 19 Mar '08
Fire the art team working on this, especially the concept artists. They suck balls. This couldn't be less inspired.
Mogs on 19 Mar '08
This looks pretty s**t....
NG_21 on 19 Mar '08
I smell hypocritical sheep.
boskersrevenge on 20 Mar '08
watch Fracture gameplay here

mmmmm... Dosen't look any better than Mass Effect or Lost Planet, only difference is you spend half your time shooting the ground!

All seems very gimicky to me, raising and lowering the ground to progress is no more groundbreaking than the gravity gun/havoc engine found in Half Life 2 or the whole gravity/puzzle concept of Portal

Am I right or am I right???
Eclipse Dj on 20 Mar '08
^Crystal ball says "meh"^
boskersrevenge on 20 Mar '08
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