APB: Finally, I Can Be A PUNK!

[Ollie]

It's always a bold choice to demo your game with people who don't know how to play.  

Kageru's comment about poor technical performance is a tad worrying, though. The instant people start getting systematically killed because of it, you'll see the core shooter players opting out. It's a demographic that's not really used to paying for its gaming needs, given the amount of free, high-quality frag fun available, and most likely won't stick around in the hopes that things will improve later. The GTA crowd and marginal-interest weirdoes like me are probably more forgiving. Still, I'm sure Realtime Worlds is well aware of the need to deliver a solid shooter experience right out of the gate, so there's no need to rub it in. I hope.

As for there being only two action zones at launch, it remains to be seen whether quality trumps quantity. If the environments are interesting and conducive to compelling gameplay, two zones might suffice to propel the game off the ground. If the title achieves enough traction, more zones should be easy to whip up according to player feedback.

EDIT: Wrote "enough" a million times. Retarded.

[LK]

Video game players are terrible drivers.

[UnSub]

They don't need to be good, given how hitting a street sign will bring the car to a dead halt.

[TripleDES]

Actually, you can run them over.

Anyway, the shooting is kinda iffy. Since there's absolutely no client side prediction or anything, you have to lead your shots, and that without having a clue about latency, since you can't just TAB into the scoreboard and see your ping.

[Sky]

Since there's absolutely no client side prediction or anything, you have to lead your shots, and that without having a clue about latency, since you can't just TAB into the scoreboard and see your ping.

[TripleDES]

Well, it worked for the Battlefield games, but there you could check your ping and try to adjust. Said ping usually stayed stable. Maybe there's a monitor window in APB to figure your lag out.

A BF1942/2/2142 server however is likely way simpler than the APB one, which I assume will fluctuate wildly in latency, too.

[ashrik]

Type /fps and see your ping

You can actually see all commands by clicking on the cog in the chat window

[Signe]

There's thousands of beta keys on Eurogamer now.  I don't think it matters where you're from.

[Engels]

wooters. thanks signe

[HaemishM]

It doesn't matter where you're from. I got in and will be downloading it tonight.

[LK]

Best birthday present ever. I think?

[Sky]

Yay Signe!

[Signe]

oops.  http://gamers.eurogamer.net/giveaways.php?id=87022

[LK]

They are going a lot slower than I expected. I figure they'd be losing hundreds of keys a minute.

[01101010]

oops.  http://gamers.eurogamer.net/giveaways.php?id=87022

Seriously never had this much trouble inputting a password before in my entire interwebs career. 

[Mosesandstick]

I had to make up a new password. Sweet.

[Xanthippe]

There's thousands of beta keys on Eurogamer now.  I don't think it matters where you're from.

You are an angel.

[Ghambit]

Finally!  More people to play with.  Beta had been a lonely place.

[01101010]

Only 1k beta keys are gone from the time I went to work till now. Not sure how I feel about that.

[Signe]

That is kind of weird, isn't it?  Maybe people just believe it's for Europe only and, as we already know, every single person in Europe has at least three of these already.  I don't know.  I haven't even downloaded it yet.  I wonder if you can get into the beta forums once you make your account.  I'm afraid to look.

[01101010]

That is kind of weird, isn't it?  Maybe people just believe it's for Europe only and, as we already know, every single person in Europe has at least three of these already.  I don't know.  I haven't even downloaded it yet.  I wonder if you can get into the beta forums once you make your account.  I'm afraid to look.

Yes. Once you get a key and set up your account, you have access to the forums. I haven't read anything other than the next time the servers will be up.

[Mrbloodworth]

I'm in.

[Stormwaltz]

I'm in.

Are you allowed to say that?

[lesion]

I think it's above board. He could be in the bathroom.

[NiX]

Are you allowed to say that?

Yes.

[tmp]

Hmm got the account made but didn't get the confirmation mail and trying to log in gives "We've encountered an internal communication problem blahblahblah". Not the best first impression, might explain lack of people in the game though  

edit: looks it fixed itself. downloading.

[LK]

I can't decide (when the game ships) whether to go Crook or Enforcer. Crook seems more proactive.

[Stormwaltz]

Are you allowed to say that?

Yes.

All right, then.

I'm in too. :)

[Furiously]

I  the Zombie...

[Ollie]

Damn all you people with your carefree lives and excess free time. 

I couldn't find time for the beta even if I wanted to. The fact that this has been the case with nearly every beta for the past ten years or so in no way diminishes my capacity to be bitter about it.

[tmp]

(edited for the mystery)

[Sky]

In, with the same time constraints Ollie has. Especially with time-restricted betas, my windows for pc time almost never match up with a dev's server windows.

[Mrbloodworth]

You should check the latest announcement again.

[Stormwaltz]

stuff

I'm confident that you can't actually say anything about the beta - what's in it, good or bad, etc. No matter how inconsequential it may seem.

[HaemishM]

In as well.