APB; Reloaded?
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Soldato
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No one, honestly there was a bit of interest on its re launch here and we had a guild but it died within a couple of weeks.
Put simply the game is 99% awful
Put simply the game is 99% awful
Well ya, the idea is cool, but it is a bit of a pain sometimes. 1 example spray painting, what is it with the systen? Hey I am a criminal, but spray paint only at predefined areas. The symbol designer is cool though, that would be awesome in other MMOs for designing guild signs/
I got the game but i stoped playing it a good 4 months ago. The game is full of hackers and greifers who greif you when your on a mission and they aint. And worst of all/ Full of people that whisper you with insults when you own them.
Did enjoy it for abit. Fun once you unlock wepons. But the missions get old and most end up with 1 team camping on a roof with only 1 way up
Did enjoy it for abit. Fun once you unlock wepons. But the missions get old and most end up with 1 team camping on a roof with only 1 way up
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Its on steam now, might give it a wee crack to bide the time till KOTOR.
I downloaded this on steam to give it a try on friday night 
It seems ok, bit laggy and the missions to me seem pretty random
Once I got into the customisation part and looked on youtube at stuff people have designed on it I started to get into it more
It seems to have so many bad points but somehow draws you in
I'm playing it atm just for a laugh as I got the steam 10day premium pass
My char name is: equk (on the EU1 server)
Add me if you want
It seems ok, bit laggy and the missions to me seem pretty random
Once I got into the customisation part and looked on youtube at stuff people have designed on it I started to get into it more
It seems to have so many bad points but somehow draws you in
I'm playing it atm just for a laugh as I got the steam 10day premium pass
My char name is: equk (on the EU1 server)
Add me if you want
I tried this last night in a drunken haze, but had a pretty good time to be honest. There's clear potential for a great game in here, but some of the above comments in this thread worry me. Meh, I won't know until I play some more. I've done all the tutorial stuff; the tutorial zone is unintentionally hilarious as you watch clueless morons wrestle to control their new cars, heh.
Will probably dive in again tonight. I'd post my character name if I had any idea what it is!
Will probably dive in again tonight. I'd post my character name if I had any idea what it is!
I used to be an avid fan of this UNTIL it went pay-to-play effectivly.
I dont mind people being able to buy guns instead of having to grind for them. Thats fine. Its when they started offering out gear to buy which would NOT be available in the game otherwise.
Add to the fact they keep ramming adverts down your neck for premium at every possible opportunity. The business model is all wrong. The game had so much potential but its now ruined. They should have just kept it as a monthly sub and made sure decent updates were applied regualrly.
Also the masses of hackers that were on the game when I was playing was just silly. Its a shame. I really liked that game, and had some awesome laughs out of it.
I dont mind people being able to buy guns instead of having to grind for them. Thats fine. Its when they started offering out gear to buy which would NOT be available in the game otherwise.
Add to the fact they keep ramming adverts down your neck for premium at every possible opportunity. The business model is all wrong. The game had so much potential but its now ruined. They should have just kept it as a monthly sub and made sure decent updates were applied regualrly.
Also the masses of hackers that were on the game when I was playing was just silly. Its a shame. I really liked that game, and had some awesome laughs out of it.
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Was a great fan even spent 4+ hours making the Metallica logo/text when it was first launched and was gutted when it closed down! Played for a while when it first went F2P, but eventually I started to get really bored and haven't touched it since 
I've not played it for a few nights now
Last time I played it there was some guy who was clearly hacking, driving around shooting everyone and seemingly never got killed
It does seem to be pay to win which is pretty bad also the bugs started to annoy me, trying to run over or shoot someone who is lagging is so annoying on this game so much lag.
The game has so much potential, don't think they will ever sort out any bugs tho.
Last time I played it there was some guy who was clearly hacking, driving around shooting everyone and seemingly never got killed
It does seem to be pay to win which is pretty bad
also the bugs started to annoy me, trying to run over or shoot someone who is lagging is so annoying on this game so much lag.The game has so much potential, don't think they will ever sort out any bugs tho.
looked not bad bit of a grand theftauto blatent rip off mp.
you play with friends which isnt to hard but damn the hit reg is the worst part
punkbuster
you shoot people in face like 13 times then some guy will one shot sniper you from a mile away 
repeat million times then uninstall
always a reason why free games are free
you play with friends which isnt to hard but damn the hit reg is the worst part
punkbuster
you shoot people in face like 13 times then some guy will one shot sniper you from a mile away repeat million times then uninstall always a reason why free games are free
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Pretty good looking game for something free. Pity they dont have helicopters and stuff?
Been playing a little of this over the last week or so.
I notice when you enable /fps it shows the server running at a different frame rate than the client. Client runs at constant 60 but the server runs at 20 :/ Is this a limitation of the Unreal 3 Engine or the way G1 have configured their servers ? Seems pretty low FPS for a shooter.
Overall It's not bad for a freebie. I can see it becoming boring once you've unlocked all the contacts and reach "End game" tho.
I notice when you enable /fps it shows the server running at a different frame rate than the client. Client runs at constant 60 but the server runs at 20 :/ Is this a limitation of the Unreal 3 Engine or the way G1 have configured their servers ? Seems pretty low FPS for a shooter.
Overall It's not bad for a freebie. I can see it becoming boring once you've unlocked all the contacts and reach "End game" tho.
I played a bit more last night and I'm not quite so impressed now, unfortunately. For one thing it's laggy as hell and it certainly isn't down to my PC. It's just so choppy, which makes driving and shooting very difficult when it really spikes. It's immensely frustrating to be wasted on a mission by someone I would've got if things had been more stable.
My other major bugbear is the way the game works. I assumed that enforcers and crims would be constantly at war with each other and that outside of certain designated zones it would be a free-for-all. However in reality what happens is you can only shoot each other when you're on missions. As far as I can tell there's no way of knowing whether an enemy is on a mission or not (feel free to correct me).
However, I think I'll stick with it for a while. If the lag gets cleaned up somehow and I learn a bit more about what various icons mean and how to navigate efficiently I think I'll get some more gaming out of this. It is pretty cool to be cruising the city and suddenly get a mission and get an instant group together to deal with it, all the while knowing the other side are doing exactly the same and racing to stop you completing your mission.
Looks like it might be a bit of a pay-to-win though. We'll see.
My other major bugbear is the way the game works. I assumed that enforcers and crims would be constantly at war with each other and that outside of certain designated zones it would be a free-for-all. However in reality what happens is you can only shoot each other when you're on missions. As far as I can tell there's no way of knowing whether an enemy is on a mission or not (feel free to correct me).
However, I think I'll stick with it for a while. If the lag gets cleaned up somehow and I learn a bit more about what various icons mean and how to navigate efficiently I think I'll get some more gaming out of this. It is pretty cool to be cruising the city and suddenly get a mission and get an instant group together to deal with it, all the while knowing the other side are doing exactly the same and racing to stop you completing your mission.
Looks like it might be a bit of a pay-to-win though. We'll see.