Review by Andy Hemphill (Bandit):
"Diggers are cool. There's no other way of defining how watching a massive JCB machine tear into the ground and rip massive chunks out of it makes you feel. So how would you feel if you could raise or lower the terrain at will, simply by pointing your arm at it- very cool is the answer.
So we come to Fracture, the latest offering from Lucasarts who are, no doubt, capitalising on the sudden surge in interest as a result of their last release- The Force Unleashed. In that game, far-out force powers was the gimmick, in this one, the selling point is all about two words- Terrain Deformation- the ability to raise and lower the in-game environment at will, and honestly, it pretty much rewrites the rules of third-person shooters."
YouTube’s ‘John GodGames Emus’ has shared some video showing Jurassic: The Hunted, Chaotic: Shadow Warriors and Fracture running in the latest DirectX 12 version of the best Xbox 360 emulator, Xenia. These games came only on consoles and the first two titles appear to be playable in Xenia.
"ZL: The reception was less than underwhelming. Fracture is one of those games that has already been forgotten; “terrain deformation” failed to impress gamers, the struggle between the Pacificans and the Alliance (though I’m not sure who they’re aligned with) inspired no one, everyone hated the main character and the online servers are host to nothing more than tumbleweeds."
We're well into the first week of August, and the summer's hottest days could be just ahead. There's still a debate being waged over climate change policies proposed to help curb its effects, but in some video game that debate is over and the effects of climate change lead to a bleak future. We speak to Dr. David Robinson, New Jersey State Climatologist and Professor in the Department of Geography at Rutgers University, to find out if these video games' vision of a post climate change future holds more fact or fiction.
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Well written, thought provoking and intelligent. Great job to Steven Wong.
