APB Reloaded recently went into open beta, I’ve been playing it a bit, as both an Enforcer and as a Criminal.
The game has the exact same issues that ruined the game for me the first time it was released, which is a shame, as it still has the best customisation of any MMO going.
Problems that come to mind include, and not limited to:
Vehicle handling is off, cars seem too “floaty” and prone to major oversteer, and they generally feel sluggish, compared to how they were before, it’s gotten worse.
Weapon imbalance is a serious issue, this is Pay2Win at it’s most blatant. Your default weapon has very poor range, power and accuracy, so you need to fork out to get something with a bit more guts in it.
Objectives are still as imbalanced as ever, if you’re attacking, good luck, once the defending team gets there, it’s nigh on impossible to take the objective, especially if…
… They’re aim botting. I’ve seen far too many times someone run into a room, and perfectly aim and shoot at 3 people in 3 completely different directions with no hesitation. Theres being good, and theres being a cheat, I believe this is the latter.
The perspective is all wrong, it’s a third person shooter, but it’s designed like a first person shooter. All too often I see my shots not hitting the target because they’re hitting the wall i’m hiding behind, a proper cover system like GTA4 or Rainbow Six: Vegas should’ve been implemented.
Would probably clear up the issues with imbalanced Defense/Attack objectives, making a massively open world twitch based shooter doesn’t work, lag factors into the game far too often, the pace needs to be slowed down considerably. The amount of times I’ve been in a team of players who jump around constantly like its Quake Live is daft, the weapons have a lethality that should force people into cover, but since the cover mechanics don’t really work, it becomes a grenade spam fest with a few frenzied close range shootouts inbetween getting sniped by people who’ve paid for a better weapon out of their own pocket.
Note: I am aware you can purchase weapons with currency you gain in game, but the prices are so immense, you really can’t keep up.
A few tweaks would make this game perfect, and as the game runs on UE3, it’s more than possible, but as it stands, I can’t really recommend the game to anyone, it’s a shame the majority of the character customisation options are locked until you make enough progress with the various faction NPCs, otherwise you could’ve played with that, sold some custom items and bought guns that way.
I know I’m not the best shot in the world, but I’ve never been so frustrated with a shooter before, I admit I’ve “ragequit” matches several times, but I keep coming back after each patch hoping things have improved.
Anyone else playing? I’ve got a Criminal on Patriot or an Enforcer on Obeya if you got a clan going!
Anyways, here’s an amusing video, ’tis a bit NSFW mind.
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