Fracture

Fracture is a video game for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 by Day 1 Studios, and was released on October 7th 2008 in North America and on the 10th of October 2008 in Europe.

Story

Global warming and the search for methods of combating its effects have split the United States, and the world, in two. In the east is the Atlantic Alliance, a staunch supporter and leading innovator of cybernetic solutions to the world's problems. Their adversary is the Republic of Pacifica and their Pacific Rim allies in the west. They advocate adapting the human genome to cope with the changing world. Both factions are armed with a new type of tectonic technology that allows armies to raise and lower defenses out of the earth at any location of their choosing.

Gameplay

Fracture's unique selling point is its deformable terrain. For example, the player has futuristic weapons, both in the form of guns and grenades which can raise or lower the terrain. The terrain altering weapons featured are:

• Entrencher - A gun which features the ability to raise and lower terrain
  

• Tectonic Grenade - A grenade which sets off a series of localised shockwaves causing the terrain to rise up around it. THis can be dropped at your feat to grow a mound beneath you
  

• Spike Grenade - A grenade which causes a large spike of crystalised lava to shoot up from beneath the ground
  

• Subsonic Grenade - A grenade which emits low level vibrations upon detonation causing large sinkholes to appear. The pulse also damages enemies
  

• Vortex Grenades - A grenade which creates a magnetic whirlpool at the point of impact which slowly expands, pulling objects and enemies towards the centre before swirling them around and then exploding causing severe damage

Music

Music for the game was composed by award-winning composer Michael Giacchino along with Chad Seiter and Chris Tilton.