APB All Points Bulletin

by Electronic Arts

Product Features

• Next generation co-op action gaming from the makers of Half-Life, Portal, Team Fortress and Counter-Strike
• AI Director 2.0 - Advanced technology dubbed The AI Director drove L4D's unique game play - customizing enemy population, effects, and music, based upon your performance; L4D 2 features The AI Director 2.0 which expands the Director's ability to customize level layout, world objects, weather, and lighting to reflect different times of day
• New melee weapons - axe, chainsaw, frying pan, and baseball bat - allow you to get up close with the zombies
• Four different survivors; new story; new dialogue
• More game, on day one, L4D 2 features more co-operative campaigns, more campaigns and maps for the Versus game modes than L4D 1, plus support for Survival mode out of the box

Product Details

• ASIN: B002BS480M
• Item Weight: 4 ounces
• Media: DVD-ROM
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (28 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #11,883 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

All Points Bulletin (APB) is the next evolution of action games into a persistent online space. Imagine a living, breathing, city but for the first time ever it's online, its streets full of vehicles and thousands of civilians going about their daily life. Introduce 100 players to this online city. Their mission is to gain fame and fortune, and gain them fast. Many will take to a life of crime, feeding on the city, its people and its businesses. Other players, the Enforcers, will feed on the Criminal players. What will the outcome be? Persistent online gaming like never before. View larger. Create your own specific persona. View larger. Design your own imagery usable anywhere. View larger. Extensive vehicle customization. View larger. Story and Gameplay San Paro is a living, breathing, online city, its streets the playground for Criminals and Enforcers. Their mission is to gain fame and fortune, and gain them fast. Criminals take to a life of crime, feeding on the city, its people and its businesses. Other players, the Enforcers, feed on the Criminals. APB’s world is an online sandbox. Players will achieve celebrity or notoriety for their skills and style. Alliances will be formed, rivalries will be bitter. Every player will be unique. Thanks to cutting-edge technology, players can personalize their looks, clothing, vehicles and music. Earn money, clothing, guns, and cars as you play. Become a top-ranking player or clan in leagues that track kills, arrests, mission success rates, and many other competitive stats. Online Multiplayer APB is entirely online and multiplayer. However, it's a unique game unlike other MMOs out there. The game runs on fast, high-quality dedicated servers allowing you to enter cities and engage in a new style of game where your actions bring you into opposition with other players dynamically: there's no waiting in lobbies. You can encounter thousands of other players over a short period of time. Dynamic matchmaking allows solo and group play in missions, against - or with - real people, never an AI. Key Game Features Creativity - APB has an 'expression suite' of in-game customization tools. Any items created with these tools can be traded or sold to other players through the Marketplace Persona - One of the most in depth character creation systems ever seen, allowing players to tweak thousands of parameters, to create physically unique and lifelike characters Designer - Which allows players to create imagery they can apply to pretty much anything they want. Tattoos, clothing, vinyls on vehicles, clan logos, spray tags, etc. Garage - An area where players can customize vehicles to their hearts content. Change the colors, add symbols and imagery, add body kit parts, modify the speaker system, players can even change the exhaust sound Music Studio - A fully fledged sequencer style music studio, allowing players to create their own 'death themes' System Requirements PC Specifications: OS: Windows XP / Vista / 7 Processor: 2.13GHz Core Duo 2, Dual Core RAM: 2 GB RAM Disc Drive: 8 x DVD-ROM Hard Drive: 15 GB or more free space Video Card: 7800 with 256Mb and support for Pixel Shader 3.0, or ATI equivalent Sound Card: DirectX 9.0C compatible Input Device: Keyboard, mouse, headset with microphone required for voice chat Other: Internet connection required for online play. Broadband connection recommended Laptop chipsets may work but are not supported. Updates to your video and sound card drivers may be required. Recommended Spec: 2.4GHz Core Duo 2, quad-core, 4GB RAM and GeForce 8800GT with 512MB or ATI equivalent. Broadband Connection recommended.

Product Description

Welcome to the next evolution of action games into a persistent online space. Imagine a living, breathing, city but for the first time ever it's online, its streets full of vehicles and thousands of civilians going about their daily life. Introduce 100 players to this online city. Their mission is to gain fame and fortune, and gain them fast. Many will take to a life of crime, feeding on the city, its people and its businesses. Other players, the Enforcers, will feed on the Criminal players. What will the outcome be?

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

51 of 52 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Game has closed - do not buy, October 20, 2010

By 

JBK - See all my reviews

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: APB All Points Bulletin (DVD-ROM)

This is a positive scored review so that the top-rated positive review informs customers that the servers for this game are officially closed, and that buying this game will get you a non-functional product. Please select this review as informative so that others do not buy a closed game.

66 of 69 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars COMPANY HAS FOLDED! DO NO PURCHASE!, September 16, 2010

By 

Maurice Windhauser - See all my reviews

= Fun:1.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: APB All Points Bulletin (DVD-ROM)

Amazon needs to immediately remove this game. On Sept. 16, 2010 Realtime Worlds folded and announced this game is no longer available. All servers are shut down. DO NOT BUY!

It was bad anyways. They did nothing to address the hacking.

27 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Developer Bankrupt. Shutting Down servers don't waste $$, September 16, 2010

By 

A. Messuti - See all my reviews
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= Fun:1.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: APB All Points Bulletin (DVD-ROM)

"APB has been a fantastic journey, but unfortunately that journey has come to a premature end. Today we are sad to announce that despite everyone's best efforts to keep the service running; APB is coming to a close. It's been a pleasure working on APB and with all its players. Together we were building an absolutely amazing game, and for that, we thank you. You guys are awesome!"
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