APB or All Points Bulletin is an ambitious MMORPG, which anticipated, and perhaps influenced the appearance of GTA Online. The game shares the title with 1987 arcade, but they are not connected whatsoever. At first, the game costed money to play, then it was shut down, and after the restart, it began to use the format of free-to-play. In the spring of 2017, seven years after the original release, ...
Developer
Deep Silver, Reloaded Productions, The Workshop Entertainment
Publisher
Deep Silver, Reloaded Games, K2 Network
Release Date
2011-12-06
APB or All Points Bulletin is an ambitious MMORPG, which anticipated, and perhaps influenced the appearance of GTA Online. The game shares the title with 1987 arcade, but they are not connected whatsoever. At first, the game costed money to play, then it was shut down, and after the restart, it began to use the format of free-to-play. In the spring of 2017, seven years after the original release, the game was released on the PlayStation 4. The player is offered to join one of the factions: Enforcers or Criminals. Inside the factions, players can form subgroups for joint missions. The game takes place in the modern city of San Paro, in the streets of which there is constant fighting between the factions. Missions are a task for two opposing teams, using a full arsenal of weapons, a fleet of cars and other vehicles. The character is controlled from a third person perspective, weapons and equipment are bought in terminals, similar to vending machines. The primary goal of the game is to be the strongest man in the neighborhood.
