Missions are timed, so it's usually a matter of one team delaying the other for long enough that they fail. Most of the time, you'll find yourself matched up against players from the opposing faction who have been "dispatched" to stop you. Basically, you get quests from NPC quest-givers and set out to complete those quests to the best of your ability. Completing missions also increases your rank, though you'll still need to increase your standing with the game's various factions to use most of the best items.ĪPB: Reloaded's Financial and Waterfront districts are mission-based districts. For Enforcers, actions such as killing civilians or killing team-mates will reduce prestige. First, there's "threat", which will have an effect on your mission rewards - higher threat means higher rewards, but it also means there'll be more opponents dispatched against you in missions.Ĭompleting missions and defeating (either killing or arresting) members of the opposing faction will increase your notoriety (criminal) or prestige (enforcer). There are a few elements shared between all districts (save for the Marina). Of course, there's quite a bit to the game that differentiates it from either of those titles, as well.Īfter logging in and selecting your character (fully customizable, of course), you can choose to log into any of five "districts": Financial, Waterfront, The Beacon, Baylan Street Shipping, or the Breakwater Marina. That's pretty much the best description I can give for APB: Reloaded. Unlike criminals, Enforcers also have access to nonlethal weapons, allowing them to take down their foes without killing them. Pretty simple, right?Īs for how the game plays…honestly? Picture Grand Theft Auto or Saints Row as an MMO.
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You can either witness crimes (allowing you to mark a criminal for arrest), or perform missions for the various lawmakers around the city. Engage in drug busts, disable bombs, return stolen property, interrupt heists…you get the idea.
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Your goal is to take down the criminals as quickly and cleanly as possible, making as much trouble for them as you possibly can. Killing civilians and criminals who have already been arrested will have a negative impact on your reputation and mission rewards. In certain situations, you can even receive rewards for killing your own allies.Īs an enforcer, you're a bit more limited. And don't worry about collateral damage kill as many civilians and enforcers as you desire. Steal cars, mug civilians, smash down storefronts with your vehicle, engage in drug trafficking, plant bombs… your missions will generally be centered on causing mayhem for personal gain. GamersFirst describes the title as a sort of online "cops and robbers" game, and they're actually pretty close to the truth in that assessment.Īs a criminal, you can pretty much do… well, anything you damned well please. Playing as either a Criminal or Enforcer, your goal is to aid your faction in either cleaning up or taking over the city.
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In an act of desperation, city officials have essentially given full legal authority to any civilian who desires it, creating a massive band of vigilantes known as the "Enforcers". Powerful gangs that collectively make up the "Criminals" faction have more or less decided that they're above the law, and have started wreaking havoc all across the city. Though it certainly does have a number of (occasionally crippling) bugs and glitches, at its core, there's a surprisingly deep and engrossing experience.ĪPB: Reloaded is set in the fictional city of San Paro, where things have more or less gone straight to hell. So I logged into my press account and started playing.
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A new game based on the original has been in closed beta for quite some time now, as the company's ironed out the bugs with the help of a few lucky testers.ĪPB: Reloaded is now available for PC users, and this past week, I was given the opportunity to give the game a whirl on a premium account granted to me by Gamersfirst, a subsidiary of K2. Others among you might recall that another studio, K2 Networks, purchased the property shortly after its original developer shut down, setting the release date for some time in 2011. Some of you might remember All Points Bulletin, a third-person shooter / MMO developed and produced by the now-defunct Realtime Worlds.