History VideoGame / AllPointsBulletin

* BloodKnight: Tiptoe - She simply loves fighting the Enforcers and causing mahyem, what prevents her from being AxCrazy like Lilith is that she is completely sane and well aware of what she is doing and causing.

** Byeong Lee of the Prentiss Tigers as well, former Deputy Commissioner of the SPPD who was ousted 20 years ago because his suggestions for a more hardline approach to crime got him chewed up by the public[[labelnote:*]]Ironically, his old detractors now call for the same measures to be enacted as the city falls apart[[/labelnote]]. He was also commander of San Paro's SWAT for 8 years.

* NotSoDifferent - Mayor Jane Derren and Luke Waskawi. From what we learn from in-game emails covering San Paro lore, they both want a 'better' San Paro. The difference between the two is that Derren wants to root out corruption and save the current city, while Waskawi wants to tear everything down and start anew.

* NotSoDifferent - Mayor Jane Derren and Luke Waskawi. From what we learn from bonus emails, they both want a 'better' San Paro. The difference between the two is that Derren wants to root out corruption and save the current city, while Waskawi wants to tear everything down and start anew.

* FiringOneHanded - An odd example, only the criminals will fire certain weapons one-handed. Enforcers will always use their other hand to brace the weapon. It's only an animation difference though.

* RummageSaleReject - One of the results of giving players such a wide customization option with their clothes.

One of the most important features is customization. During a presentation on Game Developers Conference, the creators showed lookalikes of [[VideoGame/BlackAndWhite Peter Molyneux]], [[{{Ultima}} Richard Garriott]], [[VideoGame/DeusEx Warren Spector]] and [[SuperMarioBros Shigeru Miyamoto]], complete with logos of their respective companies (or, in Miyamoto's case, the Mario sprite and [[GoofyPrintUnderwear boxers with the 1UP mushroom pattern]]) on their clothing. In a later gameplay, [[GearsOfWar Mark Rein's]] character sports the [[VideoGame/{{Unreal}} U logo]] on his back.

** Some Enforcers have a nasty habit of stunning the Criminals and then killing them. Inversely, some crims will mug random civilians and then shoot them afterwards.

* {{Yandere}} - Charlotte Bloodrose. She's so jealous of Jeung that she set up her perceived rival, Violet Bloodrose, to be killed by another gang. Violet's not at all happy about this now. Neither are [[HeelFaceTurn her new friends from Prentiss Tigers]].

* AwesomeButImpractical - The OSMAW rocket launcher may one-shot ANYTHING if it hits, but it only carries 2 rockets: one loaded in the chamber, one reload. It one-shots most vehicles easily (hitting a moving one can be tricky; but also impressive) - but to one-shot a player you have to directly hit them WITH the rocket. This is... not easy due to [[PainfullySlowProjectile painfully slow projectiles]].
** The LTL weapons might also count. They are harder to use than the regular weapons but there is nothing more satisfying than arresting a crim.

* ArmsDealer - Tyron Sennet and Grayson Fell. Also since the introduction of the Joker Shop in the Reloaded version. Wilde who's family owns Obeya.

** Jeung himself has shades of this aswell, since he thinks he is leading the bloodroses, not realising he is just the face and Michael Simeone is the actual head.

* BoringButPractical: The Joker [=SR15=] carbine and Obeya FBW pistol. Both are semi-auto firearms with 5-shot kills, but still has a reasonably high fire-rate cap and above-average accuracy, allowing for versatile usage. The humble starter STAR 556 is also far from useless.

** Subverted in the full game in which the colors are more diverse and more of a backround theme. Bloodroses still keep to the black and red theme, however G-kings have a mint green theme, Praetorians olive green and Prentiss Tigers yellow.

* DummiedOut - With the newest patch, Pagan Bloodrose and Simon Tran were removed. They used to deliver 'experimental' missions that G1 wanted to test out, but practically no one used them due to a lack of rewards and unlocks.

** To unlock the basic model of [[CoolCar Charge Cisco]], you had to achieve Level 2 in "[[NonIndicativeName Wheelman]]" rank, which required bringing no less than 48 cars to chop shops scattered across the districts (to say nothing that some documentation and in-game text referred to it as the "Car Thief" rank). Every chop shop had a cooldown that disabled it for a couple of minutes and to top it off, when you stole a car, the FARTHEST chop shop from your location was highlighted on the map - but if you knew the city well, you could dump the car in any other chop shop closer to you. And that was the Criminal path - Enforcers had to find vehicles that already have been stolen and bring them back to impound lots. Wanted a better Cisco? Well, you had to steal even more cars to unlock the slotted versions...

* MemeticMutation - Wilson [=LeBoyce=]'s "hey" and "get out of here" comments have become very popular kill themes and appear in many variations.

* UnusuableEnemyEquipment - Not actualy weapons or mods, but clothes. Charlotte Bloodrose, Zombie, LaRocha and Sofia, unlike every other contact or NPC in the game, are not made with the character creator but direct copies of their concept art. As a result their unique clothes can not be used by players.

* ArmsDealer - Tyron Sennet and Grayson Fell.

* BoringButPractical: The Joker [=SR15=] carbine and Obeya FBW pistol. Both are semi-auto firearms with 5-shot kills, but still has a reasonably high fire-rate cap and above-average accuracy, allowing for versatile usage.

* GuideDangIt - Figuring out which contacts and activities unlock what is a major pain in the ass since the official guide (known only to the betatesters) was outdated anyway and the new version is still "coming soon". Thankfully the Reloaded version fixes this. You can hover your mouse for a second to see what rank in contact/badge you need. Also, when talking to contacts you have a list of what you can unlock at certain levels.

* RichBitch - Bonita Benjamin.

* AndYourRewardIsClothes - Gaining standing with organizations and spending time in the clothing editor gives you customizable clothes, while gaining standing with contacts gives you preset ones, in case you're lazy and don't want to fiddle with the editor, but still have something decent-looking on. Preordering also granted you two different sets of clothing, one for Criminal characters, one for Enforcers. Beta testers also got a special shirt called "The Lousy Shirt," which says "I was in the APB beta and all I got was... MULTIPLE BULLET WOUNDS".

* TheScrappy - The Agrotech sniper rifle is this for many players. While it has reduced recoil and a build in silencer, the lower damage which takes 3 shots to kill a healthy player makes it next to useless except for taking out wounded players. It has become especialy disliked with the introduction of the HVR-Scout which has the same damage output but allows players to move freely with it.

* GasMaskMooks - With the newest patch the players can now look like this. Also, [=TipToe=] of the criminals wears one.

* GuideDangIt - Figuring out which contacts and activities unlock what is a major pain in the ass since the official guide (known only to the betatesters) was outdated anyway and the new version is still "coming soon". Thankfully the beta version fixes this. You can hover your mouse for a second to see what rank in contact/badge you need. Also, when talking to contacts you have a list of what you can unlock at certain levels.

* {{Uncanceled}} - APB has been released into a Free To Play Open Beta by [=GamersFirst=].

** Level grinding only exists in the [=GamersFirst=] incarnation as ranking up 'roles' with weapons to unlock better mods.

* ArtificialStupidity - and how! The civilian NPCs have a tendency to run straight in front of your car, your firefight, or call the police... when you are the police.

One of the most important features is customization. During a presentation on Game Developers Conference, the creators showed lookalikes of [[VideoGame/BlackAndWhite Peter Molyneux]], [[{{Ultima}} Richard Garriott]], [[VideoGame/DeusEx Warren Spector]] and [[SuperMarioBros Shigeru Miyamoto]], complete with logos of their respective companies (or, in Miyamoto's case, the Mario sprite and [[GoofyPrintUnderwear boxers with the 1UP mushroom pattern]]) on their clothing. In a later gameplay, [[GearsOfWar Mark Rein's]] character sports the [[{{Unreal}} U logo]] on his back.

* VanityLicensePlate - Fully customizable, allowing for up to eight characters. The plates on Criminal sports car in the concept art actually say "[=STOL3N=]".

* WrenchWench - Chiza. She liked boosting cars for joyrides (and not profit) prior to the formation of the Prentiss Tigers. Ophelia is another, who apparently designed most of the premium cars available in the cash shop. A future update will make Ophelia into a faction-neutral contact, giving out special prizes to both crims and enforcers

* GenericGraffiti - Don't be surprised if you see a Pedo Bear, [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Shinra logo]], TheJoker or [[ItAmusedMe the Awesome Face]] sprayed on a wall or billboard up high.

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''APB: All Points Bulletin'' was a Massively Multiplayer Online Action Game, clearly inspired by the ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto'' series and developed by Real Time Worlds, creators of ''{{Crackdown}}''. The players can play either as [[CowboyCop Enforcers]] or as [[CaptainObvious Criminals]] of [[CityOfAdventure San Paro]] — for each side there are two factions (Prentiss Tigers and Praetorians for Enforcers, and G-Kings and Blood Roses for Criminals), each with its own bonuses and unlockable content.

* DrivesLikeCrazy - Mark Rein's driver in the gameplay mentioned above. The city, as you may see, is designed just so the players can Drive Like Crazy: ramps to jump off from, gaps in highway barriers allowing you to drop to the street below, all sorts of random trash to be run over like in those [='70s=] movies and drainage canals for that {{Terminator}} 2 kind of chases.

''APB: All Points Bulletin'' was a Massively Multiplayer Online Action Game, clearly inspired by the ''GrandTheftAuto'' series and developed by Real Time Worlds, creators of ''{{Crackdown}}''. The players can play either as [[CowboyCop Enforcers]] or as [[CaptainObvious Criminals]] of [[CityOfAdventure San Paro]] — for each side there are two factions (Prentiss Tigers and Praetorians for Enforcers, and G-Kings and Blood Roses for Criminals), each with its own bonuses and unlockable content.

One of the most important features is customization. During a presentation on Game Developers Conference, the creators showed lookalikes of [[VideoGame/BlackAndWhite Peter Molyneux]], [[{{Ultima}} Richard Garriott]], [[VideoGame/DeusEx Warren Spector]] and [[SuperMarioBros Shigeru Miyamoto]], complete with logos of their respective companies (or, in Miyamoto's case, the Mario sprite and [[GoofyPrintUnderwear boxers with the 1UP mushroom pattern]]) on their clothing. In a later gameplay, [[GearsOfWar Mark Rein]]'s character sports the [[{{Unreal}} U logo]] on his back.

** With 1.8.0 you can also now give your guns some preset skins for cosmetics. Almost all are cash-shop only, but a few can be unlocked through ranking progression or finishing a weapon role.

* CarFu - For a good start of Mark Rein's video, someone gets run over for the lulz. The same thing happens in TheStinger for [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTtb2O5J548 PAX'09 trailer.]] This can be surprisingly difficult to pull off due to the flighty driving physics (think {{Halo}} 3), but merely touching someone with a speeding car can kill them.

* GenericGraffiti - Don't be surprised if you see a Pedo Bear, [[FinalFantasyVII Shinra logo]], TheJoker or [[ItAmusedMe the Awesome Face]] sprayed on a wall or billboard up high.

* OfCorsetsSexy - Charlotte and Lilith Bloodrose. Also, most players wear one on their female crims (if not decked out in military-grade tactical gear).

* {{Rebellious Spirit}}s - The G-Kings. Poor ghetto kids who decided to stick it to the Man. And they're backed by the owner of a [[TheSopranos garbage disposal company]]. Well played, Mr Benjamin.