APB - All Points Bulletin
Been in the beta for this for a while now, they've just started it up again with release 0.6 and I gotta say it's pretty awesome.
There was a lot of hype when the original clips were shown and people were suspicious as to whether it would be as good as they were portraying, especially in regards to the detail of the customization.
Turns out it is exactly as they demo'd, character customization is incredible and by far the best I've seen in a game. The progression system/unlocks really encourage you to play some to unlock 'cooler' stuff for your character.
I love the idea of the gang/clan system too where you can have your logo/emblem on your cars/clothes etc. The 'Designer' for creating custom graphics to apply as tattoo's / decals etc is pretty deep too.
Unfortunately, the beta is plagued with lag, as would be expected I guess but for most of the time it's playable and I've enjoyed what I've played so far. It's a nice take on the MMO genre.
Graphics and environments look good too, character work is great. The only crit I have is that the city can look a little bland and generic, and part of me thinks this is due to the size and scope of the game and the fact it's an mmo, although GTAIV managed it well (although that's not an MMO obviously).
Anyone else looking forward to it? Or playing the beta too?
And if I'm under NDA... oops.
There was a lot of hype when the original clips were shown and people were suspicious as to whether it would be as good as they were portraying, especially in regards to the detail of the customization.
Turns out it is exactly as they demo'd, character customization is incredible and by far the best I've seen in a game. The progression system/unlocks really encourage you to play some to unlock 'cooler' stuff for your character.
I love the idea of the gang/clan system too where you can have your logo/emblem on your cars/clothes etc. The 'Designer' for creating custom graphics to apply as tattoo's / decals etc is pretty deep too.
Unfortunately, the beta is plagued with lag, as would be expected I guess but for most of the time it's playable and I've enjoyed what I've played so far. It's a nice take on the MMO genre.
Graphics and environments look good too, character work is great. The only crit I have is that the city can look a little bland and generic, and part of me thinks this is due to the size and scope of the game and the fact it's an mmo, although GTAIV managed it well (although that's not an MMO obviously).
Anyone else looking forward to it? Or playing the beta too?
And if I'm under NDA... oops.
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I've been waiting for this game since back when they showed that first video with Shiggy Miyamoto in his skivvies.
I'm totally interested in their character customization system.
I often find myself playing a game where the customization is deep and I spend ages on that stage, then get into the game and get bored, but that's not the case here.
I honestly don't know why they're not hyping this game a LOT more. They should be for two reasons, one because it's actually a game that could live up to a decent amount of hype, and two, because if they don't, it's gonna fall by the wayside and lose it's playerbase too quickly.
I can only assume the lack of hype is down to one or both of the following; a) they spent so much on the game already and can't afford the marketing and b)they're gonna overshoot their original release estimate by a long way.
I think they are hoping for a Mid 2010 release but after playing the latest beta release today, they still have a long long way to go I think, I wouldn't be surprised if this gets pushed to like Jan 2011. But then again I'm not really in a position to make estimates like that as I have no idea what is going on behind the scenes at RTW and they may have a lot more done than the beta is suggesting.
I'll just say this though, if you've been excited about it since seeing the trailer, then continue to be excited because even at this stage of the beta, it's shaping up to be an awesome game!
To be honest though, there's not a lot I could give away that hasn't been shown already in released media.
The podcast they ran covers pretty much everything, and from playing the beta, I can confirm that it's just as they show it.
What I like about it is that you can sell your stuff in the game, so say your not the best at the game play, you can become famous by creating really good looking clothes and making your own clothing line etc, also applies to making your own music in the game too. Looks nice.
You can buy 'presets' of clothing / tattoo's etc which have been created by the RTW team to illustrate what's possible and some of the stuff is really pretty amazing, a lot of the shirts/jackets etc could easily be something you'd see worn on the street or in stores.
Well this weekends play session is pretty much over and I gotta say it's really looking promising, I just really really hope it gets a lot of press and publicity nearer release because lack of awareness will kill the game rather than quality of the game itself and it'd be a shame to see that happen to it.
May be best to have the slow build up with word of mouth and that. You could end up with lots of frustrated customers at the start because of not enough servers and lag etc.
If the games good then, they will get the customers, theres plenty of rubbish free to play ones whom have enough customers and they have little advertising.
Be sure to check your spam folder! I came very close to deleting mine.
In case anyone missed it: those keys are actually for the European beta. North American players, European beta.
oh anyone playin this with windows vista 32?
what about we group for today's playtime, as it is longer and with more people?
I'm going to have to make my Windows partition bigger.
Character I was playing looked like the Yakuza son of Christopher Walken.
Maybe the real devs are trapped in the basement underneath and the reason they've had no marketing is because those sales people are lounging around the damn swimming pool.
Wait, I thought an unhealthy amount of Domino's was any amount of Domino's...
Tru dat!