Inspired by the famous game series GTA ( Grand Theft Auto ), APB Reloaded proposes a city scenario of guards and thieves, in which you can choose whether to be criminal or vigilante, with a very aggressive armed confrontation. It is a truly beautiful and addictive multiplayer game, where you play online with friends and against other connected players around the world.
APB Reloaded is free, so you can download it for free and you can play freely and without limitations.
Vigilants are ordinary citizens who collaborate with the police to stop crime and, as the city is in chaos, they have the license to kill anyone caught in carrying out crimes and wrongdoings.
Conversely, outlaws earn respect and points if they do illegal activities, if they rob people, break shop windows, kill civilians and steal cars.
Unlike other shooter games, it is not only played to kill the players of the opposite faction but also to fulfill the missions that are assigned during the game.
You can move freely in the streets of the city of San Paro following the evolution of history.
After downloading APBReloaded via the GameFirst client and registering a free account, you can therefore start with the most important choice: to be criminal or vigilant?
Then you can draw your character with a 3D editor that allows you to choose the appearance of the avatar : weight, height, hair, eyes, body, nose, chin up to completely customize it.
All players start from the same point, depending on whether they are criminals or vigilantes, in a training district where you can basically learn to play by completing some preliminary missions.
During the course of the missions, other items of clothing, weapons and other objects will be unlocked to become increasingly recognizable, stronger and different from the others.
The game is in Italian so you can read the instructions that appear on the screen to learn how to move, shoot and interact with objects and other people.
Basically you move with the AWSD keys, shoot with the mouse and interact with the letter F which is used to talk to people, collect objects, steal cars, rob, draw graffiti etc.
There are parking meters to show the car, Internet points to read the mail, ammunition distributors to reload the weapon, doors to open, stairs to climb or descend and many other special objects to interact with.
Each time a criminal act such as robbery is committed, a circle of progression appears which must be completed.
If the vigilante sees the outlaw during the robbery, he can go to arrest him and take him to the police station to earn points.
The various targets appear in the lower right corner of the GPS indicator, making them easy to reach and not looking for blindly.
Stolen machines can be taken to various bases to receive compensation as well as items taken during robberies or by breaking shop windows.
As mentioned the missions tell stories of degradation and crime so it is not always a question of doing the same things as it happens in many games of this type but we always evolve with different objectives that have very specific purposes.
You can choose when to start an assigned mission by pressing the K button but in the meantime you are free to move as and where you want.
There is no energy bar to indicate the state of health, if you are hit, the view becomes blurred and you have to take cover before being killed.
If you die, you start again from the starting point.
APB Reloaded is a multiplayer game so you will see other players around the city and you will be able to ally in criminal or police gangs.
You can then carry out group missions and you can get in the car in two: one guide, the other shoots.
The city of San Paro where the game takes place is huge and there are three neighborhoods, one financial, one tourist and the social district, quieter than the others where you can also go to listen to music on the premises.
Music never stops playing with so many tracks available and also the possibility to load the mp3 of your pc.
Considering that it is a free game, the graphics are spectacular, with very realistic animations, well-designed machines and very varied scenarios.
In conclusion I would say that APB Reloaded is among the best free games of the year, a game of the "rude" genre similar to GTA, to let off steam and destroy anything you see, for lovers of action and shooters, for all those who they want to have fun with a free video game.
The game is currently still in beta and may have problems with lag (network slowdowns) and bugs that can interrupt the game.
If there is a client update problem (Punkbuster kicked out error message ...), a patch must be downloaded from the Punkbuster website.
Below, the video of the trailer to immediately understand what a spectacular game we are talking about.
