RipGore 13 Posted August 30, 2019 (edited) Take the title with a grain of salt. But anything is possible. So how do we make a cops and robbers game become the greatest cops and robbers game of all time? APB was around for 10 years. Lets pretend it didn't linger around that long. Lets pretend that you are just getting started at making the greatest cops and robbers game of all time. Present a checklist: Competitive? Check. Limitless clothing customization? Check. Limitless vehicle customization? Check. Team/Squads? Check. Able to traverse across a big map? Check. Lets not compare to GTA. Why? Because GTA isn't competitive. What's so good about Fortnite? Because everyone likes good competition. APB and Fortnite have three huge things in common. They're both in 3rd person. They're both competitive. They both have spectacular customization. The only big difference between them is that one is more known than the other. Fortnite had first been revealed by Epic Games in 2011. Fortnite was a nobody for years. APB has been released in 2010. APB is getting pretty lonely. The concept of APB is genius. Will it take another game developer, like the ones working on Cyberpunk, to break boundaries? Or will it be Little Orbit? I heard that bigger teams have better luck at making a better game. Build connections? Let me explain how to do it. Cyberpunk is going to trend a lot next year upon release. The crowd will be hooked to its futuristic aesthetics. APB already has that 'punk' vibe. It's even scratching the surface of 'futuristic'. A groundbreaking engine upgrade for APB will attract newcomers. New artwork should showcase those cyberpunkish vibes. Market the hell out of it. Add sporty new cars. Add a new map. Add a map that's similar to Financial district. Look up Tokyo and Shanghai in real life for reference. They have incredible neon lights and they have this vibe that makes you wanna stay there FOREVER. They are incredible cities. The artwork could showcase those city vibes. The artwork that you guys already have are really good. Keep those vibes, but sparkle it up a bit to fit the modern era. Keep updating the map and other things regularly over time just like how Epic Games does it. Time this around the Cyberpunk trend. Keep it in 3rd person perspective. Cyberpunk fortunately only has it in 1st person. Now, here comes the hard question of Battle Royale. I believe you should have three major modes. 1) The mission district mode. 2) Team deathmatch 3) Battle Royale. Fortnite has multiple modes like that. Market the Battle Royale mode alongside the 2 other modes. All 3 modes should be advertised; not just the Battle Royale. APB could become the alternative Cyberpunk.... just as how Apex Legends is the alternative to Fortnite. Cheers. Good luck to you developers. Edited August 30, 2019 by RipGore 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted August 30, 2019 Nice topic and thoughts there, congrats! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VickyFox 352 Posted August 30, 2019 Taking what the OP said and making it TL;DR. A new map with a modern feel that is relatable to today's trends and a new advertising campaign may stand a good change for APB to have a fresh start for new players... Any advertising campaign now however would be a bad idea as APB needs repairs, upgrades and there isn't much new content to entice people since "Be all you CAN'T be". A new map after Engine Upgrade would be the ideal time to do an advertising campaign but that would be quite a time perioud and work load for LittleOrbit, I'd say we'll over a year and a half. The only problem is APB:Reloaded / GamerFirst's previous reputation may still linger to some former players, and it needs to be proven and shown that things have changed in game and with management. That or a change in some of the identity would be needed to distance LittleOrbit from the past (Not going to happen regretibly). Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RipGore 13 Posted August 30, 2019 10 hours ago, VickyFox said: Taking what the OP said and making it TL;DR. A new map with a modern feel that is relatable to today's trends and a new advertising campaign may stand a good change for APB to have a fresh start for new players... Any advertising campaign now however would be a bad idea as APB needs repairs, upgrades and there isn't much new content to entice people since "Be all you CAN'T be". A new map after Engine Upgrade would be the ideal time to do an advertising campaign but that would be quite a time perioud and work load for LittleOrbit, I'd say we'll over a year and a half. The only problem is APB:Reloaded / GamerFirst's previous reputation may still linger to some former players, and it needs to be proven and shown that things have changed in game and with management. That or a change in some of the identity would be needed to distance LittleOrbit from the past (Not going to happen regretibly). Fortnite didn't get hype until 6 years after its release. Nobody saw it coming. They modernized it like crazy so that people kept anticipating the game every day. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VickyFox 352 Posted September 4, 2019 On 8/31/2019 at 12:40 AM, RipGore said: Fortnite didn't get hype until 6 years after its release. Nobody saw it coming. They modernized it like crazy so that people kept anticipating the game every day. Modernise it? Please they hardly changed anything about the game. They saw PUBG was raising in success and added their version of Battle Royale, a move which had PUBG corp considering if there was grounds for legal action against EPIC Games. APB's resurgence (if) would be more like Tom Clancy's Rainbow 6 Siege. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ZoriaDunne 327 Posted September 7, 2019 Talking about APB and Cyberpunk, imagine if APB had the Aesthetic of Ghost in the Shell, damn... APB has potential, too bad no one knew how to boost it to the max. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
