Fracture "one of few" pushing PS3 & 360 limits

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.

[destroyah]

Well. Graphically this game looks pretty bad.

[decapitator]

It doesn't look THAT bad but nothing amazing. Also, considering the game isn't out yet, the graphics might be improved at launch.

[iAmPS3]

We gotta give them something cause nobody tried that terrain transformation before on a shooting game right????

[Skerj]

Nope, unless you count Red Faction's geomod system.

[mindedone]

myself included. Some games push the bar graphically, others utilize processing power in other ways.

[tweaker]

i seriously can't wait for this game. that ground altering gun is crazy.

terrain deformation ftw.

[iAmPS3]

LOL, pushing 360 limits for sure, but PS3?????

Look at MGS4 and GT5P and tell me that "Crapture" is pushing the PS3 limits... LOL

Those devs are embarrassing themselves.

[Sir Ken Kutaragi 3]

...PS3 HAS NO LIMITS!!! ;-D
Yes they are FOOLS!!!;)

[SL1M DADDY]

Yet another dev that says they are pushing the consoles to their maximum... Yay and alrighty then...

[CrazzyMan]

I don`t believe either. =)

[theredfoxisquick]

Yep, don't believe it

[spandexxking]

not a very imformative article. in fact it was pretty useless. game looks ok. pretty cool sounding mechanics but why would we need terrain deforming guns in a shooter? hope im wrong and this game kicks ass, lucas arts are really good devolpers, well, so far their games have been good.

[JHFKDFNFGJKFHDKF]

im still ambivalent

[dale1]

so we can see the ps3 bluray disc filled to its max and having 360 with 3 to 4 discs then with level after level of great game play.NO W.T.F more of the same old sh*t we want them to be the same ,short with more downloads later yep

[iAmPS3]

If you rather spend $100.00 dollars worth of content for a game cause your DVD disc can't fit it all, that is your problem only.

PS3 gamers reserve themselves the right to have a full Blu-Ray disc for $60.00

Good luck with that.

[Salta_nelas]

Its not pushing the CELL limits that´s for sure, i bet its not even using 2 SPE as all MP titles.

[Sir Ken Kutaragi 3]

...using 30% of PS3's power;)
And 100% of xFlops 360's power!!! ;-D

[Noodlecup]

it's pushing one console to it's limits, not too sure about the other one though.

[predator]

of cause you would no better than the devs yeah?

[HighDefinition]

No.

Because, multiple 360 devs have said their beginning to max it out.(PGR4 said 90%)

And all PS3 have said their around 20-30%.

That`s why.

[Jinxstar]

Wardevil anyone? Apparently that game isn't even full potential... Predator you know its true man. There is nothing wrong with that though... It's not about visuals its about gameplay. Look at super smash bros or mario galaxy. Inferior system by far capability wise but gameplay is hands down best I have played this gen along with Call of Duty (Multiplat) and thats about it...

[candystop]

What I find funny is the fact that no matter how powerful you guys claim the PS3 to be the 360 version will more then likely look better regardless of bluray or cell!

[iAmPS3]

If they claim that the 360 and PS3 are being pushed to the max, that proves ignorance enough to guarantee that the 360 version might look better.

They have know idea what the PS3 can do (Killzone 2, GT5, MGS4) and obviously barely know what a SPU is.

[The Closing]

Have you read the majority of opinions on ps3 vs. 360 non exclusives lately or are you just going off of the opinion based on a 1 year old 360, and a brand new ps3? And here I was under the impression some MS pr guy just had a damage control statement on this recently..

[PumPum]

Looks meh IMO.

Hes just trying to hype the game.

[InMyOpinion]

Well, that's his job, isn't it?

also, he said that "Fracture is "one of the few games" that really pushes the hardware on a gameplay front". Gameplay front, not graphical front.

To me gameplay is #1, even if graphics matter as well.

[JoelR]

6.1
I totally agree
Gameplay > Graphics

but graphics are the candy wrapper, the gift wrap as it were. It's hard to sell a great game without great graphics in today's market

(otoh: look at "Sins of a Solar Empire" current best selling PC game)

[JoelR]

I would love to see the SPU profiler on this game...
I place bets that they don't use the SPUs efficiently as of yet (their first attempt at a PS3 game)

[iAmPS3]

That only reinforces my point.

[GutZ31]

If they ever release them, I will be willing to decode them for who ever wants to know if its efficient or not.(ps3 or 360)

[thehitman]

Uh BS nothing with what they are doing is that complex yes a more unique idea, but nothing really pushing the limits especially not for both consoles. When we start seeing real time cgi thats when consoles will start showing what this gen is all about then after thats mastered then we will see things pushing the limits,but all so called attempts are bs.

[squelchy15]

trust me i have played GT5:prologue at play.com live

its really not as nice looking as u psfans make out...seriously

[iAmPS3]

You are entitled to your opinion and I will respect that, but...

you have to agree that there is absolutely no other racing game that matches what GT5 is/will offer, and I mean the full version too, cause will include damage and a lot of more extras.

Just plz don't say that Forza 2 will be better cause then you will get too many "Disagrees".

[doodle]

GT5P makes even your GAYERS 2 look like a pile of sh** not to even mnetion that GARBAGE BOX 3 FIX ME will never have anything to rival UNCHARTED graphically not to even mention KZ2/RESISTANCE 2 etc

[meepmoopmeep]

we'll see about that. i hold firm that Sony's 1st party developers will set the bar on hardware pushing.

[Jinxstar]

Well KZ2 is adding up to be that way... Graphically anyway. I hope God of War offers something amazing. We will see. Game on!

[bigman7387]

GoW III will be the most epic game. Hopefully mid 09 right?

[Skerj]

Push it to the limit,
Walk along the razor's edge,
Don't look down just keep your head and you'll be finished!

Open up the limit,
Past the point of no return,
You've reached the top but still you've gotta learn,
How to keep it!

-

Anyway, art direction in this game is a tad on the mediocre side but I do like the terrain deformation abilities. If it has a halfway decent storyline I might check it out.

[nix]

PS3 games have spoiled me. q: this better be good.

[Bazookajoe_83]

For now it has nothing to show for pushing the limits...

[avacadosnorkel]

Has any game ever looked as generic as Fracture?

[Skerj]

I think Conflict: Denied Ops wins that award.

[khellendros1]

This is one of the games I 'm looking forward to a lot. What I think they are pushing the limits on is their physics engine. Real time deformation can be murder on a CPU. The problem is that because it's multi-plat the PS3 won't be as optimized as it could be. I almost guarantee they are not using the SPE's and if they are it's limited. It doesn't really matter though as long as the PS3 version doesn't suffer from it.

[ThaGeNeCySt]

so then... that would mean the PS3 should look significantly better than the 360 if they are both being pushed to their respective limits... but if they look the same? *rolls eyes*

[tudors]

the PS3's limits? when they don't know the limits themselves, I hate to say this but with the best processors in the world it still does not change the fact that the GPU is already low tec.

[donscrillinger]

this guy might be on to something .

[skynidas]

come on!! Pushing ps3 to the limits at 1 and a half year after it release. i dont think so

[Ri0tSquad]

Doubt it

[headblackman]

they are not pushing the limits of consoles just the limits of their minds and funds, and if you look at this game thats just decent not great, so don't think that this is as far as the systems can be pushed. now when games start to look 3-4x better than gears of war then i'll start believing that garbage claim