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Release Date: NA 29 June 2010
EU 1 July 2010
UK 2 July 2010
Developers: Realtime Worlds
Reloaded Productions
Publisher: Realtime Worlds
K2 Network (acquisition)
Genre: Action-adventure, Third-person shooter, Sandbox
Platforms: Windows PC
Players: Online
Rating (ESRB:( M (Mature)
Number of DLC:N/A

Synopsis
APB, developed by Realtime Worlds (Crackdown) is an open world urban MMO, where each of the two action areas are isolated segments of a city, and each is capable of housing up to 80 players at any one time. It's a third person shooter based on the age-old game of cops and robbers, where you're either a reckless criminal or an enforcer trying to put a stop to them. It's one of the few MMOs released that is almost entirely player-versus-player centric, in that it relies on players on both sides of the law to be active for any real conflict to ever occur.

Gameplay
APB has the basic gameplay of cops vs. robbers. You can do an amazing amount of stuff in the game though. Ram raids, mugging, story missions, online missions, fencing, etc.
The way it works, you choose either enforcer (cop) or criminal (robber) at the start when you make your character, and go from there. Other players cannot attack you unless they witness you committing a crime, or you are in a mission that they are in. All in all, it has really fun gameplay considering it is a free game.

Rating
8.5

Graphics
The graphics in APB are kind of weird, it almost looks like a very very slight amount of fog wherever you look, but for a free MMO, they are pretty dang good graphics.

Rating
7

Characters
In APB there is two "factions" enforcers and criminals, they are pretty self explanatory. The enforcers are corrupt police allowing them to kill civilians too. So, if you are an enforcer and you witness a criminal doing a crime, you can choose to go and arrest him, or kill him. The criminal will then run, or attack. If you get your noteriety up to 5, then every player on the enemy team will see you on there map and will get an extra bonus for killing you.
Rating
6

Final Thoughts
Although APB is a very fun game, the concept it comes with is very known (GTA, Saints Row etc.) If you have the time, definitely try it out since the game itself is free.

Final Rating
7.5