Lead a Team of Mercenaries and Take on High-risk Missions in Fractured Core

Developer Engram Interactive announced that Fractured Core is now available on Steam. This classic turn-based JRPG has players take on the role of Raven operatives looking to join the ranks of the illustrious Athena private military company. They get to experience the life of an elite corporate operator in a cyberpunk world that's full of intrigue, deception, and ruthless competition.

Taking Charge

Fractured Core is set in a world of unrestricted human modification, artificial intelligences, and experimental psionics. Players take control of a special forces prodigy named Michael Jones, who starts his tour of duty with the Athena PMC.

As the newest squad leader, he gets to lead teams of up to three operatives into increasingly dangerous missions under the command of one of Athena’s most renowned commanders. Missions include abducting high-value targets and cleaning up containment breaches and all the way to covering up embarrassing corporate secrets and unraveling megacorp conspiracies. Jones and his team need to peek behind the sleek facades and futuristic streets to see that, as high as technology gets, this is still the same and dog-eat-dog world where nothing is sacred.

Turn-Based Combat

The heart of the game are the turn-based combat forms. It's inspired by classic JRPGs conventions and refines them into an easy to learn but complex system. Each member of the squad is fully customizable and can be tailored to suit the playstyle of the players. This is made possible through a robust catalogue of weapons, armor, and accessories. There's also a wide range of skills, abilities, and items to use on the field of battle. Squad members who have the talent, can combine these with psionic abilities which are divided into the six elements of Fire, Water, Earth, Wind, Light, and Dark.

The thing is, enemies also have access to the same abilities. What this means is that each encounter needs a tactical approach and players have to learn from previous experiences. Each enemy, from the lowest corporate goon, through zombies raised by a corporate biomedical experiment gone wrong, to the most dangerous combat mechs in the corporate arsenals, is defined by the same character system that makes the player’s operatives who they are. Basically, it means that mastering corporate wetwork is not simply about bringing the biggest gun to the fight, but knowing how and when to use it.

Slice of Life

Beyond combat, players also get to experience a slice of life in a future Germany and later Italy. The elegant walkable cities and sustainable lifestyles obscure ugly truths about the human condition and the truth of brutal corporate rule.

Prepare for a new experience and get Fractured Core on Steam now.