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APB Beta Starts Today

The game takes place in a modern-day, fictional city of San Paro where there is a constant battle between "Enforcers" and "Criminals", and the player will need to decide to which Faction they want to belong. The two sides battle out for control of the city, with territory within the city being contested continually 24 hours a day, so that players must concern themselves with both offensive and defensive moves.

distorted_reality5542d ago

/fail, beta has been going on for a while now, the player base is just being enlarged with key give aways etc.

Having said that, can't wait for game time in just under 6 hours!

ProjectVulcan5542d ago

A while? Yeah i been in it nearly six months...

NegativeCreepWA5542d ago

To bad its only up for 4 hours today, glad im in both betas. US beta has longer play sessions then the EU beta.

distorted_reality5542d ago

The playtime for the EU beta will get extended bursts pretty soon imo. I'm not too fussed, i'm gaming from Oz so i'd have terrible ping difficulties if I tried doing any PvP missions, i'll be sticking to the customization stuff for now :) hour and a half to go :)

radyboy5542d ago

how frequent are the play sessions??

and i watched someone gameplay on youtube , it looked alot like GTA online .
has anyone got opinions on the game so far ?
is it like gta ?

NegativeCreepWA5542d ago (Edited 5542d ago )

its a lot of fun, its only four hours because its a stress test for the 25000+ people that just got added.

The EU beta separated into three groups of players based on when they were invited, theirs a playtest that last 3 days starting monday for the first group.

radyboy5542d ago

so what group am i in ???

distorted_reality5542d ago

You should look at the beta forums, gives you all you need to know.

NegativeCreepWA5542d ago

sharpshooters. theirs a link in the playtime section of the community site that explains it.

LKane5542d ago

I thought there was a non disclosure agreement about posting videos and screenshots online? Or does everyone just ignore that lol.

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BannedForNineYears5542d ago

I got into the beta a while ago...But my computer can't run it! :D Wooo.

radyboy5542d ago

but the lagg is so bad you cant drive straight in a car . i saw many people just smashing into things .

lagg is a major problem

wwm0nkey5542d ago

Ive been in the beta for awhile now and I love it! My favorite non gameplay related feature is the music, I love driving by cars and hearing some music (like wolfmother and ect) also when they go by mine they will hear my stuff (I was playing Rise against)

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The Five Most Disappointing Video Games Of All Time

For every game that truly lives up to its potential, there are a couple that absolutely miss their mark. Be it a simple case of over hyping an unfinished product, to game systems that downright are broken, or even just a game being inexcusably horrible, some games just leave a terrible taste in people’s mouths.

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UnHoly_One4253d ago

I still loved Too Human for all of it's flaws.

If only Denis Dyack knew how to keep his mouth shut, the game's reception might have been very different.

Gamer6664253d ago

Agreed, Too Human was flawed, but the story was strong and the RPG elements were strong.

The control scheme was the only real lackluster part of the game... Unfortunately, you are reminded at how flawed the control scheme was in every single level and every single battle in the game...

UnHoly_One4253d ago

I have to disagree about the controls. They were different, but it worked, and made for a unique experience.

I never had a problem with the controls at all.

pixelsword4252d ago (Edited 4252d ago )

Why is it that people always want to put Lair down in a list like that, but when you see comments about it, most people who played the game enjoyed the game? The game wasn't broken, the game wasn't incomplete, the controls just had a steep learning curve, and most of that was basically keeping your controller straight after turning, and 180 turns, both were fixed after the patch.

People hated on this game merely because it was 1080p and (mostly) 60fps, and it came out early in the PS3's life-cycle; certain fanboys masquerading as journalists knew if this game bombed, people wouldn't invest in other games that were that ambitious and that's exactly what happened because after that games were cancelled (8-days) or delayed to the PS4 (last guardian).

Kleptic4252d ago (Edited 4252d ago )

^seriously dude?

I was as excited for Lair as anyone...and omg did it suck...

a story that...i'm not even going into it...the dialogue? ('why don't you try spitting some fireballs at them??' over and over and over)...

sorry man...that game was complete trash...there were plenty of early PS3 games that i feel got very unfair treatment within the media...but a conspiracy against Lair is something i could never agree with...it was just a shitty game...plain and simple...to each their own, though...

hell, i thought Haze was better than Lair...and haze was damn near unplayable...

JasonKCK4251d ago

Too Human is pretty good for an unfinished game. It also has one hell of a dedicated fanbase.

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GuyThatPlaysGames4253d ago

Definitely Too Human. Also, I would add Haze and Duke Nukem.

joe904253d ago (Edited 4253d ago )

Too Human was OK i don't get everyones hate of it. I enjoyed the leveling of the armour and weapons.

APB is still played by the thousands and makes a very steady income from it.

Why no Damnation,Haze,Duke Nukem Forever or Rogue Warrior? They're the worst/over-hyped games i have ever played.

I know this is an opinion piece so it is what it is.

TheEnigma3134253d ago

I think rogue warrior needs to be on here. And why Isn't E.T. on here since we're talking about all time terrible games. That game single handily crashed the video game world.

isarai4253d ago

maybe because it's not "all time terrible games" it's "Most Disappointing Video Games Of All Time" even in commercials and the promise of ET was trash, no one was expecting greatness from that game. but yes Rogue Warrior was horrid compared to what it was meant to be, wasn't even close to it's target

Ghostdogg4251d ago

Rouge warrior was pure garbage and lol@ E.T.

iamnsuperman4253d ago (Edited 4253d ago )

For me Haze. I was interested to play it. That was until I played the demo. Picked it up in a bargain bin later on after its launch and I am glad I did........pick it out of a bargain bin and not pay full price

SuperBlur4253d ago

APB , that game went from having a 100mill dollar budget to bankruptcy so fast , it should be a record on its own

raistra4253d ago

Such a great studio lost to that game :(

KonsoruMasuta4253d ago

No Dude Nukem: Forever? That games had so much hype surrounding it and it turned out to be a steaming pile.

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What APB got right, and why it initially failed

PC Gamer - The action-MMO first known as APB lives on as APB Reloaded. But if your memory serves, you’ll recall that the urban, massively-multiplayer shooter had a quick death: APB shut down just months after launching at the end of June 2010, coinciding with the dissolution of developer Realtime Worlds.