APB Reloaded Review (Vinami)
Sadly there is nothing between "Thumbs up" and "Thumbs down".
Here's a short list of pros and cons about the game:
Pro:
- Really good character costumization
- Different guns with different playstyles with each gun (and not the same assault rifle 10 times)
- Very teamplay based
- Fun competitive aspect
- Not Pay2Win!!!!!111!1!11!!!eleven!11 (I'll come to that later)
Con:
- One of the toxiest community you will probably ever see
- Not beginner friendly at all
- New players have to progress in the game and expand their arsenal to actually have a chance against experienced players
- Anti-Cheat Engine is a joke
- Matchmaking is broken
- "Threat" (basically elo or "skill level") system doesn't work at all (there are tons of people who lose on purpose to play with lower ranked people)
- Regular server lags (seriously?)
- Cash Shop is way too expensive (at least not pay2win)
- Since it's not Pay2Win, you have to grind all the good shit
One of the biggest misconception about the game is that people say this game is very "Pay2Win".
This isn't actually true, since about 70% of the guns are actually reskins of guns you can actually buy with ingame currency. The other 30% are guns, you can also buy with "Joker-Tickets" (which is just a pure daily mission grindfest).
Other things you can buy with money in this game, are just pure cosmetics, better cars, more customization options and stuff like that. Nothing that would actually boost your combat effectiveness.
So it's actually "Pay2GrindLess" or even "Pay2Enjoy" since buying a premium subscription gives you an additional 125% boost (wtf) to the money you gain after each match.
The only reason I can think of why people say it's pay2win is because they suffer from shit matchmaking and get thrown to way more experienced players who are willing to spend 35 bucks for those awesome weapon reskins.
The idea and the concept are really good and this game WOULD be fun if there wasn't all the issues I listed above.