Have you gotten tired of being caught in the open, without any cover and seeing your screen turn red as you character is soaking up bullets? Aren`t you sick of finding doors that can`t be opened, and instead you have to go around them? Don`t you just hate it when bridges get blow up right in front of you, forcing you to go another way? If you`ve answered "yes" to any of these questions, then give "Fracture" a try, for alternate solutions to these problems.

Alternate solution to problem number 1: Raise or lower the ground as you see fit with your handy Entrencher gun (but only if you`re standing on dirt, since concrete doesn`t seem to want to help you). Use this to create earth shields that will give you time to recharge your shields and reload your weapon.

Alternate solution to problem number 2: Why go around them, when you can go under them? Lower the terrain and waltz under the door (be sure to give it a good kick in the process, to show it who`s boss).

And finally, alternate solution to problem number 3: If the bridge is blown up, but not disintegrated, there is a way of fixing it. This usually involves creating several lava spikes to raise the bridge to an acceptable level, and maintain it there.

Does this sound like fun? Do you think this makes the levels too easy? Think again, because terrain deformation has it`s good and bad parts, but let`s not get ahead of ourselves.

Seeing as the United States has been divided in two, by rising water levels (who said global warming isn`t an issue?), two sides have emerged: The Atlantic and The Pacific. Each side has its own agenda, with the Atlantic focusing more on technological achievements to advance humanity, while the Pacific is toying with the human gene in order to evolve. Gene modification is soon outlawed by the President, and was shortly ensues.

The story is completely unremarkable, and has you playing as Jet Brody, one of the Atlantic Alliance Armed Forces, member of the task party sent to deal with the leader of the Pacificans, General Nathan Sheridan. Of course this isn`t as easy as it seems, and he`s not prepared to go down without a fight, so there`s no other way but the hard way to solve the problem.

You`re by no means Superman, and you have no special powers, so you might be wondering how one man can fight an entire army. Well, it`s the suit of course . The suit turns you into a mini-regenerating-monster. Apart from the shield regeneration thing that seems to be more and more common, the suit also provides you with increased melee damage, some sort of double jump, by using the Entrencher as well, and other bonuses. These will be received from headquarters (via satellite download), as the game progresses, but I`m having problems understanding why they couldn`t just load me up with all the upgrades and then watch from above as I tear the entire Pacifican army apart.

Leaving the story (a.k.a. Reason for Slaughter) aside, let`s move on to the oh-so-hyped terrain deformation feature. This is probably the most important feature that differentiates Fracture from other third person shooters on the Xbox 360. Unfortunately, it gets old fast, especially since you can`t really use it in combat, where it becomes more of a nuisance. It is however used in most puzzles available in the game, but usually you are shown exactly where to raise the terrain and where to lower it. Hey, we`re not idiots, let us think for ourselves. This seems to be less of an issue as the campaign progresses, but your good old mentor will keep buzzing in to let you know what to do, even before you see the challenge.