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Making crime pay for you: APB at E3

Realtime Worlds' freshman game, Crackdown, managed to spin the action genre on its head when it was released. Now, two years later, Crackdown showed off its next title, A.P.B. (All Points Bulletin), at E3, and the game looks like it could be one of the Next Big Things when it comes to MMO games.

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Christopher5448d ago

But it seems to have the same gameplay concept as The Agency. Only thing is I'm not really into playing bad guys vs. better guys in this type of environment. Never was into a GTA4 MMO, essentially. I think the spies of The Agency and their striking differences are calling to me more.

Though, DC Online and Star Wars: The Old Republic are blowing both of those out of the water for me :p

Can't wait to hear more info.

Kushan5448d ago

This came about way before "The Agency" was ever announced.

Christopher5448d ago (Edited 5448d ago )

The Agency was originally announced in 2005, a year after EQ2 was released. It also had in-game footage back in 2007.

Just to be clear, I'm not talking about Agent, the Rock* game that was just announced at E3, but The Agency by SOE.

mintaro5448d ago

Can't wait to play this on 360.

Christopher5448d ago

Just FYI, Currently only in development for the PC. They are hoping to get it on the 360 and the PS3. They'll announce if they can do the latter two at a later time.

Gun_Senshi5448d ago (Edited 5448d ago )

- http://n4g.com/NewsPending-...

Kindly report news to mods maybe it makes it past as its already failed due to sony slave and why dis spamming duplicate when its clearly not

Gun_Senshi5448d ago

I will stop spamming until mods take action against fanboys and approve the news.

mintaro5448d ago

That's not news, it's a youtube video.

Find an actual article about Natal being an Eyetoy rip-off and then you've got a case.

Gun_Senshi5448d ago (Edited 5448d ago )

people are allowed to post youtube video of gameplay or sites that just link to youtube, but I am disallowed to give link.

that facism

Also Its WAY better quality then HHG and shows FACTS only.

PotNoodle5448d ago

Either way, its a very, very old video - posting old news isn't allowed on n4g, especially news that old.

Kain815448d ago

what a video with Natal in it is a old Video
thats new for me
have you actually looked at the Video???

PotNoodle5448d ago

Yes i watched the video, and i mean the footage inside the video - the eyetoy footage.

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MajesticBeast5448d ago (Edited 5448d ago )

i dont know if the agency is gonna be fun or this but my bets are on dc online kotor the opening cinematic made me cream my pants and ff14 but i wanna know was ff11 turn based? Wasnt that impressed by apb especially when ncsoft still has 2 mmos in works ff14 is getting released in 2010 kotor hopefully 2010 you can play only 1 of these games anyway. Mmo genre is getting flooded.

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Undersubscribed – How long before all MMO’s go free to play? (Graph)

Just how long do MMO’s last before going free to play? GameKeysNow takes a look

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The Five Most Disappointing Video Games Of All Time

For every game that truly lives up to its potential, there are a couple that absolutely miss their mark. Be it a simple case of over hyping an unfinished product, to game systems that downright are broken, or even just a game being inexcusably horrible, some games just leave a terrible taste in people’s mouths.

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UnHoly_One3852d ago

I still loved Too Human for all of it's flaws.

If only Denis Dyack knew how to keep his mouth shut, the game's reception might have been very different.

Gamer6663852d ago

Agreed, Too Human was flawed, but the story was strong and the RPG elements were strong.

The control scheme was the only real lackluster part of the game... Unfortunately, you are reminded at how flawed the control scheme was in every single level and every single battle in the game...

UnHoly_One3852d ago

I have to disagree about the controls. They were different, but it worked, and made for a unique experience.

I never had a problem with the controls at all.

pixelsword3852d ago (Edited 3852d ago )

Why is it that people always want to put Lair down in a list like that, but when you see comments about it, most people who played the game enjoyed the game? The game wasn't broken, the game wasn't incomplete, the controls just had a steep learning curve, and most of that was basically keeping your controller straight after turning, and 180 turns, both were fixed after the patch.

People hated on this game merely because it was 1080p and (mostly) 60fps, and it came out early in the PS3's life-cycle; certain fanboys masquerading as journalists knew if this game bombed, people wouldn't invest in other games that were that ambitious and that's exactly what happened because after that games were cancelled (8-days) or delayed to the PS4 (last guardian).

Kleptic3852d ago (Edited 3852d ago )

^seriously dude?

I was as excited for Lair as anyone...and omg did it suck...

a story that...i'm not even going into it...the dialogue? ('why don't you try spitting some fireballs at them??' over and over and over)...

sorry man...that game was complete trash...there were plenty of early PS3 games that i feel got very unfair treatment within the media...but a conspiracy against Lair is something i could never agree with...it was just a shitty game...plain and simple...to each their own, though...

hell, i thought Haze was better than Lair...and haze was damn near unplayable...

JasonKCK3851d ago

Too Human is pretty good for an unfinished game. It also has one hell of a dedicated fanbase.

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GuyThatPlaysGames3852d ago

Definitely Too Human. Also, I would add Haze and Duke Nukem.

joe903852d ago (Edited 3852d ago )

Too Human was OK i don't get everyones hate of it. I enjoyed the leveling of the armour and weapons.

APB is still played by the thousands and makes a very steady income from it.

Why no Damnation,Haze,Duke Nukem Forever or Rogue Warrior? They're the worst/over-hyped games i have ever played.

I know this is an opinion piece so it is what it is.

TheEnigma3133852d ago

I think rogue warrior needs to be on here. And why Isn't E.T. on here since we're talking about all time terrible games. That game single handily crashed the video game world.

isarai3852d ago

maybe because it's not "all time terrible games" it's "Most Disappointing Video Games Of All Time" even in commercials and the promise of ET was trash, no one was expecting greatness from that game. but yes Rogue Warrior was horrid compared to what it was meant to be, wasn't even close to it's target

Ghostdogg3851d ago

Rouge warrior was pure garbage and lol@ E.T.

iamnsuperman3852d ago (Edited 3852d ago )

For me Haze. I was interested to play it. That was until I played the demo. Picked it up in a bargain bin later on after its launch and I am glad I did........pick it out of a bargain bin and not pay full price

SuperBlur3852d ago

APB , that game went from having a 100mill dollar budget to bankruptcy so fast , it should be a record on its own

raistra3852d ago

Such a great studio lost to that game :(

KonsoruMasuta3852d ago

No Dude Nukem: Forever? That games had so much hype surrounding it and it turned out to be a steaming pile.

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What APB got right, and why it initially failed

PC Gamer - The action-MMO first known as APB lives on as APB Reloaded. But if your memory serves, you’ll recall that the urban, massively-multiplayer shooter had a quick death: APB shut down just months after launching at the end of June 2010, coinciding with the dissolution of developer Realtime Worlds.