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The inevitable happened (APB shuts down)

AntimatterAntimatter Devo Was RightGates of SteelRegistered User regular
edited September 2010 in Social Entropy++
http://kotaku.com/5639860/apb-closes-its-doors-after-less-than-three-months
APB has been a fantastic journey, but unfortunately that journey has come to a premature end. Today we are sad to announce that despite everyone's best efforts to keep the service running; APB is coming to a close. It's been a pleasure working on APB and with all its players. Together we were building an absolutely amazing game, and for that, we thank you. You guys are awesome!
I never actually played the game, but it looked neat. Bummer. :C

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  • Viscount IslandsViscount Islands [INSERT SoKo HERE] ...it was the summer of my lifeRegistered User regular
    edited September 2010
    It wasn't very good.

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  • George Fornby GrillGeorge Fornby Grill ...Like Clockwork Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    It was pretty shitty tbh

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  • GeoMitchGeoMitch Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    didn't they spend like, a gajillion million dollars on it that

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  • AbracadanielAbracadaniel Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    We will be holding a wake at NaS' house.

    Free* punch and pie.

    Spoiler
    first you have to buy our punch-n-pie WakeBucks(TM)

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  • AntimatterAntimatter Devo Was Right Gates of SteelRegistered User regular
    edited September 2010
    Really? the reactions I heard from the old thread made it sound really rad. Oh well.

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  • CampionCampion Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    Didn't Hellgate: London last longer than that?

    and H:L is being picked up by someone else to run servers in north america (it's actually still going in Asia).

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  • rockmonkeyrockmonkey Little RockRegistered User regular
    edited September 2010
    I saw an article on this earlier and all I could manage was, "Wow, so, I guess I've never heard of this game before. Wish I'd had the chance to check it out....well if it was any good anyways. Shit, if it's shutting down before I've even heard of it, it can't be all that good."

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  • GeoMitchGeoMitch Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    sucks for the people who actually bought it

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  • WimbleWimble Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    yeah I heard nothing but bad stuff about APB, especially the payment system, so I am not really surprised

    hey campion are you interested in hellgate at all? Did you ever play it? Or did you just want to drop some mad trivia

    I didn't like the demo way back when but I'd like to maybe give it another shot if europeans can get in on the american servers

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  • TheStigTheStig Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    Well that didn't last very long.

    I thought Hellgate was pretty bad. I'd rather just play D2 or torchlight some more.

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  • GeoMitchGeoMitch Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    by people who bought it I mean nobody

    oh snap, crackle, pop

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  • CampionCampion Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    Oh yeah, I really liked Hellgate. It really sucks that the business shut down, I was kind of waiting for them to fix some multiplayer things before I finished the game. The single player as it is hasn't been updated to where multiplayer is, so it's incredibly lame in comparison.

    I don't know about Euros mixing with Americans, I think server joining may be automated.

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  • WimbleWimble Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    well let's hope I can jump the fence and take your demon killing jobs

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  • captainkcaptaink TexasRegistered User regular
    edited September 2010
    Who has pay by the hour for anything anymore? That is why this game failed.

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  • HunterHunter Chemist with a heart of Au Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    captaink wrote: »
    Who has pay by the hour for anything anymore? That is why this game failed.

    That and it was shit from a butt.

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  • GeoMitchGeoMitch Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    if your gonna pay by the hour for something, rent a jetski

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  • captainkcaptaink TexasRegistered User regular
    edited September 2010
    Also a problem.

    I was reading some article about it, and apparently they had ranks or levels or whatever. And higher levels actually made you a lot tougher, do more damage, etc. And then they still have open pvp between all levels. So it was basically newbie curb stomping by a month in.

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  • Macro9Macro9 Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    I was in the beta but I never bothered trying this game. I've heard that it was not fun at all.

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  • captainkcaptaink TexasRegistered User regular
    edited September 2010
    GeoMitch wrote: »
    if your gonna pay by the hour for something, rent a jetski

    or a hooker, which sounds more in line with the game's style

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  • GeoMitchGeoMitch Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    if your gonna spend a jizzilion dollars making something, use it to make it good instead of whatever the fuck they did

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  • Dee KaeDee Kae Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    If someone has the idea of playing Hellgate London, just stop right there.

    I played through it once, like you would any Diablo-eqse game, and used the same weapon I found from the start till the end. I was thoroughly unamused by this, and by how damned glitchy the game was.

    I can't even remember how many times I fell through the world into nothingness, or a quest would just not end/work.

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  • TheStigTheStig Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    the entire game is a sewer level.

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  • [Michael][Michael] Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    I never played it. The customization looked awesome, but the gameplay looked really terrible. I figured it'd die fast, because once you get bored of making cool characters, I didn't see much else to do.

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  • WeaverWeaver Breakfast Witch Hashus BrowniusRegistered User regular
    edited September 2010
    Shit subscription model. Shit character advancement. Shit controls. Areas weren't very large. Horrible mission system.

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  • TheStigTheStig Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    I hope that maybe some day developers will realize that you can't just throw any shitty game online as an mmo and have it be a success.

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  • GeoMitchGeoMitch Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
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  • MichaelLCMichaelLC In what furnace was thy brain? ChicagoRegistered User regular
    edited September 2010
    The marketing/hype for it was crazy.

    I hear more about this than I have about WoW ever. Kind of like those yappy rat dogs compared to a mastiff.

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  • Metzger MeisterMetzger Meister It Gets Worse before it gets any better.Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    i heard the character creation was fucking sick. maybe they'll be able to sell that tech to some interested companies?

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  • ArtreusArtreus I'm a wizard And that looks fucked upRegistered User regular
    edited September 2010
    Everybody was super excited about this and then i played the demo and it was really bad. Other people still loved it but nothing about it was fun to me.

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  • Beef AvengerBeef Avenger Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    Played this in beta, am not surprised in the slightest

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  • SenorTacosSenorTacos Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    Valve should just make a cops and robbers game. HEY GEEK

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  • FirmSkaterFirmSkater Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    I was in the beta and it was pretty shitty.

    My friend bought it though - I bet hes pissed.

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  • PlatyPlaty Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    Aw man, I remember everyone being so excited about this.

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  • FirmSkaterFirmSkater Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    Honestly it was pretty fun for like 10 hours.

    But after that you realize how horrible the character progression was and how most of the fun of the game was in making cool songs/designs/characters.

    Then they announced their retarded plan of "you have to pay real money to trade you creations" and everyone stopped caring about the game.

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  • CampionCampion Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    Dee Kae wrote: »
    If someone has the idea of playing Hellgate London, just stop right there.

    I played through it once, like you would any Diablo-eqse game, and used the same weapon I found from the start till the end. I was thoroughly unamused by this, and by how damned glitchy the game was.

    I can't even remember how many times I fell through the world into nothingness, or a quest would just not end/work.

    I got all kinds of guns and swords and armour, that was fun times.

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  • the cheatthe cheat Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited September 2010
    game woulda been easy to fix if they'd just listened to the beta testers. i still had a lot of fun, though.

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  • MichaelLCMichaelLC In what furnace was thy brain? ChicagoRegistered User regular
    edited September 2010
    the cheat wrote: »
    game woulda been easy to fix if they'd just listened to the beta testers. i still had a lot of fun, though.

    If only there was some way to broadcast a message to everyone at once.

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  • nevilleneville The Worst Gay (Seriously. The Worst!)Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    A good idea with shitty implementation fails. Shocker.

    This is why 99% of the people who want to get into the industry won't or shouldn't: GAME IDEAS MEAN NOTHING.

    Implementation is everything.

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  • Calamity JaneCalamity Jane That Wrong Love Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    they were established though, so taking a gamble on their model is something that could've happened to anybody. shit, as bad as the matrix online was, it dragged on for years

    the model was bad, and the gameplay was shit

    can't fault them for a go at it, though

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  • George Fornby GrillGeorge Fornby Grill ...Like Clockwork Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    neville wrote: »
    A good idea with shitty implementation fails. Shocker.

    This is why 99% of the people who want to get into the industry won't or shouldn't: GAME IDEAS MEAN NOTHING.

    Implementation is everything.

    Really awesome podcast dude asked his listeners to send in their game ideas, however crazy.
    The result was him stringing bits and pieces of it together into a (mostly) cohesive plot and making it a song.
    Robert Ashley owns.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqeEg_KXosg

    Other things he talks about in that episde: The dude with arguably the world's longest dick.

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