APB (All Points Bulletin)

[Nelood]

Pros:
-Good Graphics
-Customization looks more varied than Champions Online (for your car too).
-Design your own symbols and designs for your car.
-Sandboxy with content based on other players (Bad Players rob banks, Good players stop them)
-Crafting seems important and valuable (create music as well)
-Grand Theft Auto in a MMO format
-No levels? (almost strictly skill based action type game)
-Grind money for items?
-Driving combat looks fun as hell
-Releasing soon?
-In game radio from your custom playlists (from music radio websites) that others can hear you blasting in your car.
-Business model appears to be the players are the content.

Cons:
-Combat looks iffy
-100 people per instance (10,000 per server?)
-Never heard of realtime worlds devs
-No monthly fee (microtransactions?)
-More like console action than actual MMORPG.


Videos:
-Character Customization - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icR3LtEMvZI
-Gameplay - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=it_O7JSsIEM and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLLi37y6e14&feature=related
-Car Customization - http://www.apb.com/2009/08/06/apb-podcast-episode-8-spoiler-alert/
-Music Editor - http://www.apb.com/2010/01/26/apb-podcast-episode-16-the-music-editor/
-Trailer - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNGuR8SO9xk&feature=related

[Driko]

This game looks cool, but I feel as though it has the potential to be bad as well. I wasn't the biggest fan of GTA 4's multiplayer so hopefully this turns out differently. Is this game going to be coming out on consoles as well as PC? My current PC is pretty out of date at this point, and I wasn't planning on getting a new one until around the time SWTOR comes out.

[Nelood]

Looks like release date is June 29th.

Customization looks crazy for your character and car.  I'll be picking it up to pass time for something better, but I'll review it after a weekend to let you guys know what I think.

[Nelood]

Check out this forum for latest videos.  Good stuff.

http://www.apbforum.com/forum/social-district/390-pax-official-pax-east-2010-thread.html

[Fartbeast]

Did you get to play any beta?

[Nelood]

Yeah, my official stance on this game is... pass. 

It has awesome features, but the base gameplay I predict will be lacking on release.  The depth is in the customization... but customization is purely cosmetic. 

Weapons and vehicles add some variety, but after that it'll be just a money grind.

I think the gameplay will get old in less than a month.  I also don't get why they would charge a monthly fee for this game since it doesn't feel like a MMO at all.