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Fractured Soul

Fractured Soul takes the classic platformers of the 80s and doubles the action! Your unique ability to shift between two parallel dimensions allows you to weave through enemy fire, catch opponents by surprise…

71 13 September 2012

Fractured Soul is an adventure developed by Endgame Studios, released 13 September 2012 on Nintendo 3DS and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Fractured Soul is

Fractured Soul is an adventure game developed by Endgame Studios and released in 2012. It is available on Nintendo 3DS and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

You are the Entity, one who is able to shift between realities at will. Your mission is to defend the Typhon Cluster, lifeblood of all existence, from a swarm of invading hostiles. With danger on all sides, it is only your unique power that can give you a fighting chance.
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player. There are 102 achievements to unlock.

How it was received

Fractured Soul holds a critic score of 71 out of 100. That places it above 41% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2012 averaged 70, so it scored about average for its year.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for 1.8 GHz, 512 MB RAM and 3D graphics card compatible with DirectX 9. At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 1GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.

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What it launched against

Fractured Soul launched on 13 September 2012, within three weeks of Batman: Arkham City - Game of the Year Edition, Dark Souls: Prepare To Die Edition, Borderlands 2 and FTL: Faster Than Light. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Batman: Arkham City - Game of the Year Edition, Dark Souls: Prepare To Die Edition, Borderlands 2, FTL: Faster Than Light.

Official trailer

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Quick answers

Fractured Soul — frequently asked questions

When did Fractured Soul come out?
Fractured Soul was released on 13 September 2012 for Nintendo 3DS and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What are the minimum PC requirements for Fractured Soul?
At minimum, Fractured Soul needs 1.8 GHz, 512 MB RAM, 3D graphics card compatible with DirectX 9 graphics, 750 MB available space of storage.
How many GB is Fractured Soul?
The PC version needs about 0.7 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("750 MB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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