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If you like frustration, this is your gameJun 30, 2009
By Pikminfan
"bobsworld3"
Having played Fracture through to completion, I walked away from the game with very mixed feelings.
On one hand, Fracture is a very competent FPS with rich graphics, strong character designs and fun, fully deformable environments. From a functionality standpoint-there is little to complain about. The controls are spot on and intuitive, the camera is unnoticeable, and it seems to be glitch-free. Everything runs as smoothly and as properly as you would expect from a game of this caliber-and the polish that was put into this game is evident. Fracture is a beautiful game. It can also be fun deforming the environment with your weapon and your grenades and this feature provides a lot of opportunity for creative strategy.
What gripes me about Fracture however-is that the game is just damn frustrating. If nonstop aggravation, frustration and the urge to lob your controller through the tv are your idea of fun in a video game-then by all means Fracture is the perfect game for you.
Enemies miles off in the distance (that you can't reach with your own measly gun) will blast you to pieces in seconds, enemies will also suddenly appear from thin air in a room that you just spent ten minutes clearing-and promptly kill you by shooting you in the back, it's not uncommon either for you to spend a good 20 to 30 minutes getting through an area just to be killed and have to start clear back from the beginning. I cannot count the number of times I must have shouted out loud, "are you *bleeping* kidding me??" These sorts of things, a fun game do not make-and Fracture can be an exercise in sheer video game patience.
The game's length is decent, but I suspect part of that comes from an artificial lengthening due to the amount of times you die and must restart. (Trust me you will die A LOT in this game.) There were sections of Fracture where I felt I must have spent more time dying than playing. And for the coup-de-grace of gripes with Fracture-the final battle is hands down the most frustrating-make you want to rip the hair out of your head, punch a whole in the wall and smash a beer bottle over a chair, cheap boss battles I have ever fought. If it weren't for an insane need to finish the games that I start I wouldn't have bothered. I can't tell you how many times I had to play this same segment, over and over and over again.
Fracture is definitely worth a rental-or a purchase if you can it for cheap-but be warned, your language will not improve while playing this game-nor will your mental health.
17 of 22 found the following review helpful:
Probably going to be a rentalOct 09, 2008
By Patrick J. Leahy
"wakkax2"
Since there are no reviews for this game, I've decided to write one for all the people thinking about playing it. Keep in mind that its been a while since the last time I wrote a review, so here it goes.
To start, I'll just give a number review then explain why. 6.75/10
First off, if you like action third person shooters, then this is definitely a game to check out. There is a constant flow of enemies to take out with plenty of interesting guns and grenades that do some amazing damage. The terrain gun is used primarily for giving yourself cover and also to solve the many puzzles the litter the game. The game also looks amazing in HD, sights and sounds are great. The problem that I had that occasionally might ruin a game for me is story. The story just felt a little boring. But dont get me wrong, the concept of the way we treat this planet cathing up with us was interesting, and the ideas of what might happen to our country in that time were good too, but I just didn't feel for the characters as much as I would have liked. It is first and foremost a action shooter with the twist of a terrain deforming gun. So its worth checking out if this is your type of game. I liked it, but with so much more games coming out in the next two months, this might have to be one of those rentals.
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
fracture overall ratingSep 12, 2009
By J
"Rick"
The game starts by showing how the future is going to be a bad place. Since it's around the 22nd century, the west coast began changing people DNA while the east coast try to use cybernetic instead. You can regenerate your health by taking cover and you can use your guns to change the terrains. you play as Jet Brody and it's up to you to stop the general from taking over the world, as your progressive you'll be shooting wave after wave of enemies while keeping the camera under control. The bad AI make the game frustrating at time, the game is pretty standard for a shooting game. The bosses, story mode, selections of different weapons such as snipers, rocket launchers, machine guns, grenades. You'll drive a futuristic off-road vehicle and challenges makes the game worth playing. There is also team deathmatch, capture the flag and king of hill you can play against friends for fun.
the good:
good soundtrack, multiplayer excavation is fun.
the bad:
cheap deaths and frustration as you get farther on the story mode.
Overall I'll give it a score of 6.8
the story was alright, my favorite weapon was the rocket launcher and the tornado grenade. The explosion is nice and the online was fun to play with friends.
3 of 4 found the following review helpful:
FactureMay 09, 2009
By Jeremy R. Byrd
"Jeremy"
Game play is corny and repetitive at times. But overall I found the online reviews to be too harsh. It is worth buying and a good way to pass time. It is not one of the best games, but it is till fun
This was a great game it was alot like halo 3Sep 23, 2011
By alex I liked this game two problems were that it needed a better story and more peope needed to be online.
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