History VideoGame / Fracture

The ground is your weapon. That sentence pretty much sums up ''Fracture'', a third-person shooter video game developed by Day 1 Studios and Creator/LucasArts for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation3 and UsefulNotes/{{Xbox 360}}. Set in the year 2161, Fracture tells the tale of a xenophobic United States which has been split into two sides, the Pacific and the Atlantic, by rising water levels caused by global warming. The Atlantic is devoted to advancing the technological prowess of humanity ([[CyberPunk cyborgs]]), while the Pacific is devoted to enhancing the human genome ([[BioPunk bioengineering]]). The game's biggest claim to fame is that both sides can manipulate the local environment to their benefit and their opponent's detriment. This is called "terrain deformation," or TD, and it can be as effective as raising the ground to access higher locations or lowering the ground to undermine a structure and cause it to fall. It comes in handy in many ways [[RuleOfCool and also looks pretty damn cool in use.]]

* ClimateChange: Has literally split the country in two along the Mississippi River and has forced humanity to embrace transhumanism to one degree or another in order to cope with the environmental changes.

* ALoadOfBull: The Bolla, a large Minotaur-like monster that throws boulders and charges the player, and just for fun, can only be hit in certain areas.

* GlobalWarming: Has literally split the country in two along the Mississippi River and has forced humanity to embrace transhumanism to one degree or another in order to cope with the environmental changes.