APB: All Points Bulletin

Overview

TechSpot Metascore

Based on 29 expert reviews

Excellent:

3
Good:

3
Average:

11
Bad:

12

Pros:

Fantastic customization options let you stand out from the crowd, Occasionally incredible moments of teambased action, The backup system is a great idea, Rewards come at a smooth pace.

Cons:

Fundamental imbalances and flawed matchmaking lead to lots of frustration, Missions get very repetitive, very fast, Shooting and driving are both under par, Broken voice chat.

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Last revision on May 14, 2020

Reviewers Liked

Fantastic customization options let you stand out from the crowd, Occasionally incredible moments of teambased action, The backup system is a great idea, Rewards come at a smooth pace

Reviewers Didn't Like

Fundamental imbalances and flawed matchmaking lead to lots of frustration, Missions get very repetitive, very fast, Shooting and driving are both under par, Broken voice chat

Expert reviews and ratings

At this year's E3, RealTime Worlds' action MMO All Points Bulletin was one of the most promising contenders. Designed by crime game expert, David Jones of Grand Theft Auto fame, it presented us with an action-heavy, stripped down take on the...

By AtomicGamer on August 10, 2010

The thing about APB, is that it's easier to interact with it if you don't think of it as an MMO. At least, not in the traditional sense. Whether you consider it more a 'persistent on-line' shooter, an online design game with a bit of pew-pew thrown...

By Strategy Informer on August 06, 2010

Brilliant design tools, Great concept, Poor driving and shooting mechanics, Tedious...

By VideoGamer on July 14, 2010

Dave Jones is the face behind Grand Theft Auto I, II, and Crackdown. He’s the man who spent his career in the Nineties churning out classic Lemmings titles before becoming the High Muckety Muck of street crime games. For the last five years he’s been...

By Games Radar on July 13, 2010

For years, speculations about a Grand Theft Auto MMO have been buzzing around, enticing fans of open-world chaos. Despite coming up in the rumor mills nearly every other week, the game has never materialized, allowing Realtime Worlds’ All Points...

By GameZone on July 12, 2010

APB delivers periodic awesomeness, but fundamental imbalances and repetitive objectives make this persistent-world shooter a tough sell....

By GameSpot on July 09, 2010

Maybe you’re the kind of person who can play the same Counterstrike map for hours and hours, and you won’t mind paying a little extra every so often for persistent character growth and maps that are much larger than normal. I’m not that person. APB...

By ign.com on July 09, 2010

Don't write the game off quite yet, but this isn't as essential or exciting a game as we originally hoped it would...

By Pocket-lint on July 08, 2010

In my three years of writing for 1UP, APB may be the first game to make me seriously question my sanity. After sitting down with what promised to be an experience full of potential, I walked away from my first few hours a broken man. This was what...

By 1Up on July 06, 2010

Realtime Worlds has been busy. After shipping Crackdown for the Xbox 360, they decided to create something a bit more ambitious. With David Jones, one of the creators of the original Grand Theft Auto, handling lead design duties, the developer has...

By Gamervision on July 06, 2010

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