APB is a classic case of great concept done very poorly. After watching it "evolve" over time I have come to this conclusion about APB and its design. I will try to stay the concise points for easy reading.
- Designed to promote negativity between players (yes the game is PVP however they make no genuine effort to promote teamwork and community building between players)
- Missions are 50% easily one sided, 25% one sided based upon player tallents, and only 25% resonably balanced based on the objectives themselves.
- Developement is focused more toward re-releasing the original game content for a cash fee than resolving long standing issues and design flaws.
- They have been gradually improving the player threat system so it more accurately reflects a persons skill.
- The one truly good feature for the game is the character and vehicle design system that allows a high level of customization of look by use of symbols.
- Vehicle driving and performance is what you would expect from any game.
- Gun mechanics are sloppy and often glitchy. They add unneeded features in a failed attempt to balance weapons.
- Limited options for PVP play, you either do missions which have a standard theme or do Fight Club which is basically a moshpit of players killing players with a mission objective of some basic sort.
- Developement has issues with breaking things when adding or making "improvements" slow to never fix issues and glitches.

Overall the game is poorly maintained, poorly developed, and has a good concept with a few nice features. It earns a 4 out of 10

**update 11/20/2015** READ THE AGREEMENT BEFORE YOU INSTALL!!! (all examples provided are paraphrased) Pando part talks about how they are not liable for anything that happens even if it is their fault. Punkbuster part clearly states they have full rights inspect the contents of your Hard Drive, RAM, etc while it is running and even take screenshots which they can use publically. Before that they state it is always running and updates without giving any notice to you which btw anyone who has installed APB before knows it installs a punkbuster windows service that runs all the time in the background unless you manually disabled it. That is but a small taste of what is in that agreement..

I WILL NEVER INSTALL APB AGAIN! I also advise for the safety of your PC and data that you also never install this game!

APB is a classic case of great concept done very poorly. After watching it "evolve" over time I have come to this conclusion about APB and its design. I will try to stay the concise points for easy reading. - Designed to promote negativity between players (yes the game is PVP however they make no genuine effort to promote teamwork and community building between players) - Missions are 50% easily one sided, 25% one sided based upon player tallents, and only 25% resonably balanced based on the objectives themselves. - Developement is focused more toward re-releasing the original game content for a cash fee than resolving long standing issues and design flaws. - They have been gradually improving the player threat system so it more accurately reflects a persons skill. - The one truly good feature for the game is the character and vehicle design system that allows a high level of customization of look by use of symbols. - Vehicle driving and performance is what you would expect from any game. - Gun mechanics are sloppy and often glitchy. They add unneeded features in a failed attempt to balance weapons. - Limited options for PVP play, you either do missions which have a standard theme or do Fight Club which is basically a moshpit of players killing players with a mission objective of some basic sort. - Developement has issues with breaking things when adding or making "improvements" slow to never fix issues and glitches. Overall the game is poorly maintained, poorly developed, and has a good concept with a few nice features. It earns a 4 out of 10 **update 11/20/2015** READ THE AGREEMENT BEFORE YOU INSTALL!!! (all examples provided are paraphrased) Pando part talks about how they are not liable for anything that happens even if it is their fault. Punkbuster part clearly states they have full rights inspect the contents of your Hard Drive, RAM, etc while it is running and even take screenshots which they can use publically. Before that they state it is always running and updates without giving any notice to you which btw anyone who has installed APB before knows it installs a punkbuster windows service that runs all the time in the background unless you manually disabled it. That is but a small taste of what is in that agreement.. I WILL NEVER INSTALL APB AGAIN! I also advise for the safety of your PC and data that you also never install this game!