Another feature, this time about a game I’ve been following lately, namely All Points Bulletin(hereafter APB).
I got my first looks at the game very early on, through some site(not sure where) and thought it looked cool and then I lost sight of it for a while until it popped up about a year or so later on some sites just after they won their E3 nominee awards, I saw the trailer(just below here) and got hooked from that moment on…
Before I continue I’ll show you guys the trailer so you get a better picture as to what I am talking about(and yes, I’m also trying to asimmilate you to get hooked….did I just use the word assimilate? ah well, enjoy)
actually this is not the trailer I saw, but I think this one is even better 😀
ves around this city, San Paro, in which all hell has broken loose, the normal police is a corrupt, shambled force not capable of dealing with the enormous explosion in crime. With the most recent outburst’s startpoint laying in the assassination of late Mayor John Derren by Luke Waskawi. In his footsteps his daughter Jane Derren decided she would try to fill her father’s shoes and continue his work of cleaning up the city. After she was elected she quickly saw that the corrupted SPPD wasn’t up to the job, and as such Mayor Jane Derren issued the City Security Act(CSA) so other organizations can help to try and get the city out of it’s misery and once more into the earthly paradise it used to be.
Almost immediately two different Enforcing organizations stood up, the steadfast Preatorians and the knights-in-blazing-armor Prentiss Tigers, after whom many other, smaller organizations took up arms to defend their beloved city. The Preatorians are a well equipped, somewhat corporate Policeforce, led by the bright Justin Teng. These well equipped enforcers are cleaning out the town whereever they go.
The Prentiss Tigers are the media’s favourite, they like to clean the badguys up with flashy moves and actions, all while staying in the spotlight.
On the other side of the bars you have two major Criminal organizations, the G-Kings and the Bloodroses, these foul gangs are big time players and an twisted example to numerous smaller gangs.
It is believed it is basically between these 4 players that the fight will occur unless the crippled police force can back on it’s feet on time. About these two major gangs there is litle known, but what is known is that the G-Kings are a group of thugs rumoured to be from the Gresty neighbourhood and they are trying to pull down the law and everything doing with government, it is rumoured they are supported by the garbage millionaire Arlon Benjamin, but so far the police has failed to get rigid evidence he actually does so.
The other major gang are the Bloodroses, they are a group of wealthy kids, or so is rumoured, operating mainly in the Waterfront District. They are known for their fast and loud heists of the ports in that district.
The individual enforcers(the players) can create their own organizations to support the bigger players, or remain solo should they choose so. The criminals are known to do the same on their side, pledging to the bigger players for support and protection.
But for the rest, there isn’t much of a story, which is great because it let’s players (and clans) create their own story matching up to the bits of story found around the city.
As you might have guessed from my little background story just there I am already picking the enforcer side(must be my Lawful Good alignment…), to make it even better yet, I’ve already sided myself with a already existing clan of Enforcers the San Paro Sheriff’s Departement.
My character I decided I’m going to make, Howard Merten Wolfe, has a Bio already(which is a first to me, making a char before the game) whom joined the SPSD when the search of his brother and sister became to hard to continue with his meager funds. He had heard through some arrested criminal back in his hometown that there was an influx of criminals moving towards San Paro, with the added note he noticed a clear brother and sister looking a bit like him amongst them. The criminal was a recruiter of sorts who lured young thugs, or hopeless, bored youngsters, to San Paro to live a life of crime. As such he quited his local PD and moved out, living of his savings in search of them. With no luck and his funds running out he looked for a job and found one with the SPSD, still able to make a difference to the crimewave in San Paro. He also quickly rose through the ranks to the rank of Sergeant with his own squad below him.
Now for a bit about the SPSD, they are a light to medium RolePlaying Clan, which means they do encourage RolePlay, but it’s not strict or mandatory. This is their story:
The SPSD was first started in the year 1870, around 20 years after the city of San Paro was founded. The SPSD has always had the jursidiction of the City of San Paro and the surrounding area within the County. When the city grew bigger and bigger the SPSD focused more on the surrounding county as a new police force was erected for the city itself, the SPPD.
In the hours after the assassination of John Derren, the city of San Paro was thrown into chaos, and the SPSD was stepped in to take over basic law enforcement as the SPPD slipped into obscurity. The department was spread thin, and the Sheriff quit and left the city. Sheriff Adams was hired by Mayor Derren, and immediately began a recruitment drive. Today, the SPSD effectively allows the citizenry of San Paro to live their lives in safety.
We are a clan that act as a real Sheriff’s Departement, meaning we will get police uniforms and cruisers when the game get’s opened to the bigger public. But, there is a Closed Beta right now, and those of the SPSD who made it in already set it up and we are rumoured to be one of the biggest, if not the biggest of all, enforcer groups. We are even mentioned in the podcast FortheLore by the developers, Chris ‘Deum’ Collins and Stephen ‘Kitkat’ Hewitt around the 23rd minute. They find it cool too see them pulling up in their uniforms and cruisers when they catch the bad guys.
At this point I’d like to point you to the official site and their podcasts if you want to know more. Maybe I will see you all in game, maybe I won’t. Whatever the case, expect to hear more about it in my blogs as it seems like the perfect game for me, combining FPS with a hint of RPG and a good big spoon of MMO.
Now for some songs(there are too many too name, so I selected quite a few, and most are featured in APB):
First off, it’s the bullys of your sound, the Audio Bullys – Gimme That Punk:
Second one is Johny’s got a Boom Boom from Imelda May;
Third off is Ghost of a Thousand – Bright Lights:
The fourth song I really like is beth Rowley – Beautiful Tomorrow:
Fifth up is Boys Noise – Lava Lava (believe me if I say the song’s not as corny as the name of it)
Sixth off is Clutch – Mercury (awesome rock!)