Here you go, a wall of text and the only reason, I am doing this, is the stupid community badge...

I think it's kinda funny to read all these negative reviews, coming from people with over 1000 hours on this game. I mean, seriously, all those terrible things they are talking about, which makes the game unplayable for them, have been there forever. But for some inexplicable reason, they kept playing this f***ing game for so long. Weird, huh? Maybe this game isn't that bad at all.

So, instead of wasting time reading reviews telling more about the people writing them, than the game itself, you could just download and try it. It's F2P, so the worst thing that can happen, is you wasting 2 hours of your life. Just a warning though, if you think you will rock this game, because you've played CS for 5 years, well it's not gonna happen. It takes months if not years to become a decent player.

So, after dying a lot and losing most of the missions you will probably rage quit after a week. It's ok though, nothing wrong with that, but please don't become one of these frustrated folks, who quit and make poor excuses (cheaters, P2W, lags), instead of admitting, that they really suck at this game, because that's just pathetic.

Community:

APB has a "toxic" community, bla, bla... I read this a lot. It means, that all these amazing, nice and friendly people suddenly turn into complete ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ after playing this game for a while (which is complete ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ btw.). But, if you are reading this and think, that's what happened to you, let me be clear on this: "Dude, you were already an ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ before you even touched this game".

You can't expect Eve Online community here. APB is a shooter, so yeah, you get the idea. But it's not as bad as some people say it is. The good thing is, if you are some stupid ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ with anger issues, you don't have to worry about the community at all, because you will fit right in and you will make ton of friends really quick. There are even whole clans for people just like you. And if you are one of the good guys, you don't have to worry neither. It may take a little longer, but you will make a lot of friends, too.

Oh, and let's talk about insults, because it's a big part of the game, like raging and hating this game (everyone will hate this game at some point). Sooner or later people will start hackusating and insulting you with the most insulting things you can imagine. But don't worry or be mad, because it's actually a good thing. It's a sign of recognition. What these poor creatures are trying to say is, that they really admire your skill, they hate losing against you and they wish they were half as good as you are, but fail horribly in doing so, no matter how hard they try.

P2W/Cheaters:

It's not P2W and it's not full of cheaters.

Most of the weapons you can buy for cash are the same weapons, with identical stats you can get for ingame money. They only look different, have different firing sound and different mods. That's all. But, you can't just beat a guy, who is better than you, because you spend x bucks on this game. He will compliment your new shiny weapon, kill you with a starter pistol and start laughing.

And all these people complaining about cheaters... You would think 50% of all players are cheating. In reality it's less than 1% and most of the hackusations are either coming from people, who just started playing or from people who really suck at this game. Just watch the district chat and look who these people actually are, who are complaining there.

Some advise for new players:

• Relax, seriously, it's just a freaking game, if you are angry or in a bad mood, you shouldn't be playing at all, nothing good will come out of this
  
• Find someone nice, you can group up with, someone who can teach you a few things about the game and who doesn't care to much about winning and losing.
  
• Don't call other people cheaters, because it's almost impossible to see the difference if you just started playing and the skill difference between a new player and someone who played for a few months may be huge.
  
• If you are playing against a cheater, just ignore him, go afk for 5 min, grab a drink and wait till the mission is over. It's funny how people always go after a cheater, like they were trying to prove something, end up getting killed 10 times and then start raging.