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APB Reloaded (All Points Bulletin) is free to play 3D mmotps. In this game players enter into modern world of corruption and join fight between Law and Gangs. After becoming part group, player’s goal is to eliminate opposite faction’s members, complete missions using available methods like driving cars and shooting guns.
Similar to other available f2p mmorpg games, APB offers becoming part of two in-game factions – in this case, enforcers and criminals. Players walk around a map, drive cars, travel through the city when on the mission, shoot to kill. There is possibility of entering to buildings, climb ladders, kick down doors, and whatever else is needed in order to obtain goal. If one tries comparing APB to any title in the gaming universe, he will quickly realize that APB is almost like Grand Theft Auto Online but under completely different name. It doesn’t give freedom on the level of GTA series, but it’s still worth checking out.
Grand Theft…Bulletin
In APB player as part of gang team-ups with other players and start doing various tasks like stealing cars, ride around the town, distribute drugs and many, many other things, which strictly depend on chosen faction. Every mission varies with difficulty and its level depends mainly on opposite side. Usually completing any task is rather tough thing to do, because player has to fight his way through member of other faction. But sometimes criminal or cop may get lucky and complete mission without shooting single bullet into other player. It depends mostly on time and if it’s game’s rush hour.
In order to complete particular mission there are different goals, which are needed to be fulfilled. And by reason of these objectives are placed in various parts of city, it involves into gameplay going from point A to point B. Huge positive is that every goal may be finished using multiple routes. While most games is linear and doesn’t give a lot of freedom, this particular feature keeps game entertaining and it’s one of it’s strongest aspects.
Beauty and Beast
Despite of being mmo, APB has one of the most beautiful graphics in whole genre. It’s mainly thanks to visuals being handled by Unreal Engine 3, which proved its quality plenty of times. APB is no different. Player won’t find advanced options if he wants to change the graphics and the difference between medium and maximum spec is clearly visible.
Most interesting feature of APB is its character creator. Customization options are extremely wide and it’s hard to find something similar and on same quality level as in APB. And it doesn’t include only character, but also creating arts, music, colors of cars…just anything.
Pros:
+ Very high visual quality
+ Nowhere to be found personalization options
+ Fast paced, addictive gameplay
+ Large city to explore
+ Diversified ways of completing missions
Cons:
- Extreme number of bugs
- Not enough amount of content
- Too high prices in cash store
- Pretty hard learning curve
Summary
All Points Bulletin fast-paced gameplay and incredible customization will surely keep most players in front of their displays. Game is basically full price quality in a free-to-play context, which means players are getting a high quality title and there is no need to pay for anything, however it has flaws like lags and loads of different bugs. Additionally, it could use some more content. But before playing it’s good to remember, that game is f2p for a short amount of time.
Other information
Minimum Requirements:
OS: Windows Vista / Windows 7
CPU: Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4GHz
RAM: 4 GB
HDD: 15 GB Free
Graphics Card: nVidia GeForce 7800
Recommended Specification:
OS: Windows Windows 7
CPU: Core 2 Quad Q8600 2.6 GHz or better
RAM: 6 GB or more
HDD: 20 GB or more
Graphics Card: GeForce 8600GT or better
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