Payday 2

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  1. Banhammer0
    May 31, 2014
    4
    Terrible UI and matchmaking.
    Extremely repetetive gameplay.
    Bad gunplay.
    Strangely slow weapon progression.
    DLCs with weapons
    Lag problems
    The only plus: you feel like a fuking bank robber
    If you are on your payday better buy another game, this is a crappy one.
  2. cavemanwmd
    Aug 27, 2013
    4
    Payday 2 is a decent game at it's core that was released too soon, had content advertised that didn't make it into the game and is doused with bad design decisions. The developers have treated their community poorly with a lack of communication and deleted threads on the steam users forums. With proper actions taken the game has the potential to be a solid 8. however it is doubtful thisPayday 2 is a decent game at it's core that was released too soon, had content advertised that didn't make it into the game and is doused with bad design decisions. The developers have treated their community poorly with a lack of communication and deleted threads on the steam users forums. With proper actions taken the game has the potential to be a solid 8. however it is doubtful this will ever happen. They have stated repeatedly that the game is finished in its current state.… Expand
  3. pflammertsma
    Jul 14, 2014
    4
    I'm sorry to say that I'm frustrated how poorly this game was developed.

    - The AI is beyond awful. The developer tried to account for that by throwing hundreds upon hundreds of cops at you. Your teammates take no objectives whatsoever, instead just lingering around, shooting infinite ammunition. To your utmost frustration, they don't even bother to pick up a bag or flip a switch    I'm sorry to say that I'm frustrated how poorly this game was developed.

    - The AI is beyond awful. The developer tried to account for that by throwing hundreds upon hundreds of cops at you. Your teammates take no objectives whatsoever, instead just lingering around, shooting infinite ammunition. To your utmost frustration, they don't even bother to pick up a bag or flip a switch directly next to them.
    - Stealthiness is limited in unreasonable ways. You have to put dead bodies you want to move into one of your limited body bags, and answering pagers randomly fails.
    - Missions are made challenging in frustratingly dumb ways. Trying to hack a computer? The cops will switch one of three circuit breakers. Of course it's entirely unreasonable to have all three covered, and the cops only need to brush past them to force you to go through the hoops of flipping them and starting the hacking again, all of which takes so much time that doing an entire 3-day job will literally take up to 5 hours.
    - Unlocks. The objective is of course to level up to get unlocks. By limiting the number of body bags you have, or allowing you to reduce the amount of drilling time from ridiculously insanely long, to only insanely long does not a funner game make.
    - Cards. Randomly flipping cards so I can unlock a new mask? Give me a break.

    I'm so frustrated by what this game could have been, that I've only begun to hate it for all it's annoyances. These guys simply don't know what makes a game fun.

    The constant disconnects and the game constantly pausing while peers (re)connect only adds to the general malaise that is PAYDAY 2.    … Expand
  4. Vyii
    Oct 25, 2013
    4
    I really don't know what to rate this game... Gameplay is superfun, cool and challenging. But the game is very poorly made and that spoils then fun most of the time.

    Things that really need to change: - Connectivity errors or random connection dropouts - There is no way to see if the games that are hosted are stealth or rambo. This sucks very hard because if you are looking for a    I really don't know what to rate this game... Gameplay is superfun, cool and challenging. But the game is very poorly made and that spoils then fun most of the time.

    Things that really need to change:
    - Connectivity errors or random connection dropouts
    - There is no way to see if the games that are hosted are stealth or rambo. This sucks very hard because if you are looking for a stealth game you have to join 7-8 games before you find one.
    - There are too much random bugs (like not being able to drop a bag, i.e. bagbug).
    - Single player (bots) isn't playable. The bots can't do anything but being immortal, revive and shoot.
    - Annoying cardsystem with mask-upgrades all the time. Or pesky XP or money boosts. I want weapon mods, I don't care about masks...
    - Offshore cash isn't useful at all. It became sort-off usefull while the birthday of Pay Day was being celebrated, but even then it was pointless: 30 million dollars for one low grade weaponmod? Great... There should be more uses for offshore account.

    - These are no must for the game to be great, only better: Ways to upgrade and customize your own secret hideout. More weapons would be very handy also. I would like a way of customizing armor as well, it's very ugly right now.

    The idea behind the game is brilliant. The execution very, very, VERY bad. Despite all the flaws, bad programming and bugs I rate it a 6 out of 10 because of all the fun I have with it when it works. When the game finally becomes more mature I would rate it higher with no doubt.    … Expand
  5. Jonathan117
    Sep 29, 2013
    4
    Payday 2 is anything but a good Coop shooter. For starters, the voice acting is terrible, so is the mission design. It's an overpriced half finished shooter that does nothing new to re-invent the genre. You might aswell just save your 30€ and pre order GTA V instead.
  6. Squeze
    Oct 19, 2014
    4
    Completely nonsense and unrealistic.
    AI dumb especially if you play solo your fellas dont even pick up loot bag. Cops kill hostages.
    If you aim everything becomes blurry (!) and you can barely see what you are shooting at. Graphic is nice but useless for a game like this. Even more useless without DLC (everything is locked!!). And to be honest i almost feel bad when I kill all those    Completely nonsense and unrealistic.
    AI dumb especially if you play solo your fellas dont even pick up loot bag. Cops kill hostages.
    If you aim everything becomes blurry (!) and you can barely see what you are shooting at.
    Graphic is nice but useless for a game like this.
    Even more useless without DLC (everything is locked!!).
    And to be honest i almost feel bad when I kill all those cops (like hundreds in every mission) and unless you are high level there's no chance to play it in stealth mode.
    45/100.    … Expand
  7. MrSimplyEpicGuy
    Sep 20, 2013
    4
    Some would say Payday 2 feels like a massive improvement to its predecessor Payday: The Heist.

    I, however, disagree. The game graphically is horrifyingly plain; environments lack detail and often have awful textures which for whatever reason were not present in the beta. This makes no sense whatsoever. As if to add insult to injury: the game runs on an ageing engine which pales in    Some would say Payday 2 feels like a massive improvement to its predecessor Payday: The Heist.

    I, however, disagree.

    The game graphically is horrifyingly plain; environments lack detail and often have awful textures which for whatever reason were not present in the beta. This makes no sense whatsoever. As if to add insult to injury: the game runs on an ageing engine which pales in comparison to other games released this year.

    Secondly, the AI is abysmal: in the single player you start with two teammates (not three, strangely) with their only real purpose is to shoot the never ending onslaught on Washington's police force. These AI teammates cannot help you with objectives; can't pick up bags and can't even smash store windows to help you so be prepared to do EVERYTHING yourself. The police AI also pales as well, their basic tactics consist of charging your position all the time tossing smoke bombs and occasionally tear gas as they run into you not being conscientious of their surrounding cover.

    Thirdly; Crime.net is an absolute p***take. In both the online mode and offline mode you have to sit looking at a Google Earth-esqe map of Washington for the minimum of two minutes waiting for the mission that you want to pop up. The most annoying part of this is each mission that pops up has its own set difficulty: so you have to wait for both the mission you want to pop up AND the difficulty you want to pop up. This infuriates me so much. On the side you can select your mission directly, skipping the waiting time for it to pop up; but you have to spend your goddamn in-game money to buy a contract to go stealing money to make a profit again? WHAT.

    Fourth is the overall state of the game itself; the game itself shipped with about FIVE missions originally. The same amount as in the beta I might add. This is a serious lack of content and Overkill have already planned DLC? Fix the bugs first! The levels themselves are not as dynamic as Overkill makes them sound either; there are subtle differences between each time you play the mission but nothing you'll really appreciate as you constantly blast away the police force and constantly repair the goddamn drills that the so-called 'master criminals' have. This seriously makes me question why you can't upgrade your drill unless you do the Technician skill tree? Sigh.

    If you can manage to get into a game with your friends however (there's quite a few connection issues going around; then the game can provide a minor modicum on amusement as your team can actually help you grind through the ranks. The music is pretty good when the assaults start and gets you ready for the next wave of enemies; shame there's barely enough time to do anything productive in between these waves.

    Also, they took out the Cloaker from the original; which is a shame as I enjoyed the mild thrill of trying to shoot the Sam-Fisher like ninja policeman.    … Expand
  8. zingar
    Oct 2, 2013
    4
    they basically took what made payday 1 great and removed it. payday 1 wasnt based around silly RPG nonsense and was known for how tough it was.
    payday 2? you can beat the whole game on its hardest with very low levels without any trouble
    add that to the fact that all the achievements are very dumb and the only "hard" ones are luck based payday 1 took me and my friend (we were just two)    they basically took what made payday 1 great and removed it. payday 1 wasnt based around silly RPG nonsense and was known for how tough it was.
    payday 2? you can beat the whole game on its hardest with very low levels without any trouble
    add that to the fact that all the achievements are very dumb and the only "hard" ones are luck based
    payday 1 took me and my friend (we were just two) around 300 hours to completely beat (hello heat street 145+)
    payday 2? we were done at the 30 hour mark    … Expand
  9. TIE_Breaker
    Oct 16, 2015
    4
    Great Game, Awful Company.

    I've always liked Payday 2, so much so that I could recommend it even with Overkill, its greedy husk of a developer, actively tearing it to shreds. First they started oversaturating the DLC tab, then splitting up what WAS one pack into two separately priced packs, then they started strongarming us into buying DLC with new and ridiculous enemies like the SWAT    Great Game, Awful Company.

    I've always liked Payday 2, so much so that I could recommend it even with Overkill, its greedy husk of a developer, actively tearing it to shreds. First they started oversaturating the DLC tab, then splitting up what WAS one pack into two separately priced packs, then they started strongarming us into buying DLC with new and ridiculous enemies like the SWAT turret van. Nothing, though, can keep me recommending it now.

    They're trying to actually introduce skins. Yes, P2W skins that completely unbalance the already crippled checks and balances of the weapons in this game. Do NOT buy this game, nor any game from this disgusting developer. The people who made Overkill good are gone, all that's left are disgusting frauds who are simply in this to steal your cash.

    The irony of a game about robbery trying to rob us blind is too much for me to handle. Avoid this, avoid OVERKILL's Walking Dead, avoid any games by this disgusting developer. You've been warned.    … Expand
  10. TsukasaHiiragi
    Jul 13, 2015
    4
    This review is based on the single player experience - Basically, it has little to no working single player elements. The bots do not do anything to help the player, many of the missions are practically impossible because of it, because lets face it - the Payday franchise was always crafted around the multiplayer co-op.

    If you purchase this game thinking its got a viable solo player,    This review is based on the single player experience - Basically, it has little to no working single player elements. The bots do not do anything to help the player, many of the missions are practically impossible because of it, because lets face it - the Payday franchise was always crafted around the multiplayer co-op.

    If you purchase this game thinking its got a viable solo player, you're going to be heavily disappointed. Now lets go to the Multiplayer side of the game, I don't deny the game is fun and fast paced, however the community is extremely toxic, the community makes even the worst Call of Duty griefer clans and trolls look good by comparison. The other major problem is DLC DLC DLC-

    Payday 2 is best purchased these days when its heavily on-sale, and you've got alot of friends who are willing to run you through the game as such. Do not play with randoms...ever. Also, if you don't intend to play co-op then avoid this series, the single player barely functions at all - consider it a tutorial, a crappy one at that.    … Expand
  11. Chvrche5
    Oct 24, 2015
    4
    - Paid Game ($25.00 at full price)

    - More than 20 paid DLCs to date ($5.00-$8.00 each). The most powerful weapons are locked behind DLCs. They've recently rebalanced the weapons to ensure this is the case.

    - Recently introduced micro-transactions involving RNG, so you're never certain you'll get the skin you want ($2.95 for each random drill drop). Also, 80% of the skins look trash.
  12. vectorViridian
    Oct 16, 2015
    4
    Had a lot of fun with this game for a long time. This is the only reason I can give as high a rating as a 4 based on what Overkill has recently done. Adding microtransactions to your game is one of the very best ways to say piss on your veteran players, and to give the impression you only care about making money and new players. Overkill you are terrible and should feel terrible.
  13. gnostechnician
    Oct 16, 2015
    4
    Look, man, I love this game. I really, really love this game. It's tons of fun to play pubs or with friends. Great gameplay, great characters, great action, great presentation. But it's painful how low it's gotten. At the time of this writing, there are 27 pieces of paid DLC for this game, all of which have ingame effects on your performance with weapons, weapon mods, and perks. They'veLook, man, I love this game. I really, really love this game. It's tons of fun to play pubs or with friends. Great gameplay, great characters, great action, great presentation. But it's painful how low it's gotten. At the time of this writing, there are 27 pieces of paid DLC for this game, all of which have ingame effects on your performance with weapons, weapon mods, and perks. They've just added CS:GO-style weapon skin drops, but this time they can have real, ingame effects. They change things on a whim with no community input or pre-announcement. It's a plain buggy game, with developers who have formed a reputation for not caring about their players as anything but wallets. As much as it pains me to say, unless something major changes- don't buy this game. Don't even try the free week. Just, don't.… Expand
  14. saad88
    Oct 24, 2015
    4
    im not buying a million dlc's and paying to open op certain things just to enjoy a rather good piece of gaming.. the game itself is great but not very enjoyable when you can barely buy basic equipment without spending real money from the base game..
  15. nullfather
    Oct 25, 2015
    4
    This is a very disappointing game. Throughout the entire game, I can see flashes of what would be amazing design and amazing gameplay, but it is almost always tarnished or completely broken by poor implementation.

    The multiplayer in this game (the only part worth playing, as the game is designed to be social) is based on a peer-to-peer system instead of a client-server system. While    This is a very disappointing game. Throughout the entire game, I can see flashes of what would be amazing design and amazing gameplay, but it is almost always tarnished or completely broken by poor implementation.

    The multiplayer in this game (the only part worth playing, as the game is designed to be social) is based on a peer-to-peer system instead of a client-server system. While this has the benefits of not requiring a server to be set up to play on, it also has huge drawbacks. The netcode only vaguely shows the position of other players, often having them twenty feet behind their actual positions and making things like passing bags a strange and contentious affair. In addition, the enemy AI is based on the lobby leader, so if they have poor upload speed you will see the AI completely stop randomly. Which you may think is beneficial, but I often miss dead-on shots on still targets due to broken and/or nonexistent hitboxes (if you want to clip someone's arm or leg, you have to install a user mod because there are no arm/leg hitboxes).

    The large variety of weapons are nice, but functionally it boils down to a couple of simple choices due to extremely poor balancing. Want to do stealth? Use a CAR-4 and Gruber Kurz, because you're not going to need anything else. Want to go in loud? Use an M308 and a Deagle. Due to a recent "rebalancing" of the weapons, there are some ridiculous issues. Shotguns are basically bottom-tier weapons, whereas you can basically one-shot elites with a Deagle. There are other very questionable issues as well. For instance, the Fire Axe and the Great Sword do exactly the same thing, whereas a decorative flagpole does the same thing but faster. Another example is the Empty Palm Kata, which has exactly the same stats as the basic Fist. Why? The EPK is a paid melee and is supposed to be a super-deadly martial art. Why does it do the exact same thing as the basic punch?

    The style is all over the place as well. This game can become ridiculous and break its' own tension and theme very easily, whereas the first game maintained a consistent and strong atmosphere. In PD:TH, every heist felt huge and important, like the climax of a heist film - the roots of Payday. In PD2, there is a shotgun blast of heists trying to provide whatever experience people might want, including really dinky and low-effort heists. Very few of the PD2 heists match the hype, tensions and style of the majority of PD:TH heists. In addition to the design of the game itself, the design of the graphics and lighting also changed. In PD2 it's much brighter and almost festive, whereas PD:TH had a hot, washed-out graphical design that sold me the heist atmosphere much more effectively. It felt like I was playing a hardcore heist film back then.

    This "shotgun blast" design is pretty indicative of basically everything they want PD2 to be. They've added in extra characters, way too many weapons and weapon mods (a lot of which make ugly-as-hell combinations), a rummage bin of heists and a couple hundred too many masks. They have been pushing to make this game as varied and attractive as possible to new players while selling the established atmosphere down the river.

    That attitude relates very specifically to the most disappointing element of the game, the recently added microtransactions. The developers had specifically promised the players that microtransactions would never be in the game and that we should be ashamed to even ask the question. Unfortunately, Overkill stopped being the cool guys that the players were willing to believe they were and added paid weapon skins on the first day of Crimefest 2015, which is supposed to be a series of free rewards for the players being seriously dedicated. Instead of giving everyone skins or something like that, they just gave us the option to pay ridiculous amounts of money for skins and gave us incentive to do so with stat-boosting skins. This absurdly scummy move has alienated a good portion of the crowd, but Overkill rolled it out during the free-to-play weekend in order to cover the playerbase drop and smother opinions about the MTs under the talk of casuals playing the game for the first time. Overkill basically sold hardcore players down the river in order to replace us with more willing cash cows.

    But it's not simply that they gave us poor or actively damaging updates; they also give us these updates in place of what one would assume to be incredibly vital updates that one would release immediately after release, if not on day one. One of the later Crimefest updates finally added a jump animation to this years-old game (not that it makes you want to jump on things more, thanks to the sloppy controls that seem to fight you regularly). Combining lack of incredibly obvious quality-of-life updates with game-breaking bugs that exist late into its' life make this a very unsatisfying game to play.

    tl;dr would be a great game if not for terrible design and scummy developers    … Expand
  16. MooseNine
    Jan 22, 2016
    4
    Payday 2 is a co-op mulitplayer game. I spend a lot of time with it (over 1000h) and for this moment i think i can say something about what this game was, and what is it now.

    Assumption of this game is - you and 3 other players are well trained heisters. Your job is to rob banks, steal some valuable stuff and much more. In game you can customize your mask for heists, your weaponry    Payday 2 is a co-op mulitplayer game. I spend a lot of time with it (over 1000h) and for this moment i think i can say something about what this game was, and what is it now.

    Assumption of this game is - you and 3 other players are well trained heisters. Your job is to rob banks, steal some valuable stuff and much more.

    In game you can customize your mask for heists, your weaponry and skills of your character which has big affect in real game.

    At premiere games was very buged, had problems with balance and a lot of server/connections issues . With time Overkill was repairing those problems. Then they started adding new heists - of course for money - as payable DLC. It's nothing wrong with that.
    But yet... even with time passing, there was still a lot of bugs which Overkill just ignored. But i was ok with that becouse somehow i still had fun with this game.
    And then... at the 2015 "crimefest", Overkill added payable "Drills" which can gave us "skins" for weapons. It would be nothing wrong with it if those "skins" doesn't boost up weapons parametrs. But hey, this isn't a player vs. player game. It's co-op game. So it would be ok but... there always is a "but". Not everyone spotted that with those "skins" Overkill added to the game "weapons balance" which was supposed to fix feeling of some weapons. In my opinion that "feeling" was fine. But that patch "weapons balance" lower guns statistics - dmg, accuracy ect. and payable "skins" was rising stats to those before the patch. AND THAT! THAT IS NOT OK. As a gamer and as a consumer i say "NO" - i payed for this game at launch, i bought all DLCs that comes out and then they break my game and tell me that i have to pay for skins so i can fix my weapons? That's some nonsense.
    Later they did another funny thing. They made "Point Break" heist + new playable character. Heist was for cash and character was for free and Overkill announced that "character is for free thanks to the Black Market (those goddamn drills)". Realy? It's from the Black Market Money? Not from "Point Break" movie commercial inside your game? That's how it's done these days. Get paid for commercial "heist" inside your game, and take money for it, then throw some bone (character what was probably included in agreement with guys from "Point Break") and say "it's for free becouse you paid for it earlier".
    The list is long, sad and very hurting becouse PayDay 2 was one of my favorite co-op games ever.
    All of it, what i wrote above, could be somehow understandable if this game would work properly. But now... with new DLC game crashes all the time for me, my friends and a lot of random people. Of course Overkill is doing nothing with it. They probably are busy with counting money from new DLC.
    For that kind of attitude to customer my rating for this game dropped from 8/10 to 4/10. Sorry Overkill but my rate and all similar from another people, YOU brought it on yourself.    … Expand
  17. Raphafrei
    Jun 8, 2017
    4
    This game had everything to be good. It was when released, 2014 this was one of the best games I've played. Overkill one time said that they won't make an almost pay-to-play game. I know that you don't need to consider this a p2p, but this game has a new expansion every month, high-priced skins and paid maps for everything. Microtransaction is killing this game, if one day it returns to beThis game had everything to be good. It was when released, 2014 this was one of the best games I've played. Overkill one time said that they won't make an almost pay-to-play game. I know that you don't need to consider this a p2p, but this game has a new expansion every month, high-priced skins and paid maps for everything. Microtransaction is killing this game, if one day it returns to be good I'll change my opinion.… Expand
  18. Dubinszczak
    Mar 4, 2019
    4
    Boring, with horrible AI (Police acts like zombies in L4D2 - always pushing, always rushing you), solo mode is not entertaining and game is bugged + micro transactions
  19. dan8991iel
    Apr 4, 2019
    4
    To this day one of my all time favorite games. It features a completely unique gameplay experience.
    And a lot of diversified content. The feel and tasks of the different missions sometimes differ so greatly that you might think it is an completely different game but at the same time it doesn't lose its unique PayDay like characteristics. At this moment i have over 480+ hours invested in    To this day one of my all time favorite games. It features a completely unique gameplay experience.
    And a lot of diversified content. The feel and tasks of the different missions sometimes differ so greatly that you might think it is an completely different game but at the same time it doesn't lose its unique PayDay like characteristics. At this moment i have over 480+ hours invested in this unique experience and i am max-lvl 2600( infamy XXV 100) and the gameplay experience is one of the most polished out there.

    But there is a great down side to this otherwise masterpiece of a game and that is called
    micro-transactions and you could even say that there was some kind malicious way they got people to buy all there 40+ DLCS.
    It always starts with a DLC being released. And if you didnt own it you only had the option to play with the standard weapons and perks.
    And the no DLC weapons and perks are like sticks and rocks in comparison to the ones released in the different DLC packs.
    Playing on the hardest difficulty which is "Death Sentence" with the "ONE DOWN" modifier is almost impossible up to straight up impossible with the non pay weapons.
    And every new DLC featured guns that where straight up better than there predecessors.
    However when a new DLC got released the weapons from the previous ones got nerved so much that they either became mediocre, gimmicky or straight up usless and the new weapons became mandatory for the different end game builds.
    So it was like a vicious never ending cycle of buying the new DLC, DLC getting nerved, buying the next new DLC and so on..    … Expand
  20. Wrathzo
    Mar 22, 2022
    4
    Payday 2 is a cooperative first-person shooter video game developed by Overkill Software and published by 505 Games. The game is a sequel to 2011's Payday: The Heist. Two years after the events of the previous game, the Payday gang comes to the Washington metropolitan area to perform another heisting spree. The player takes control of one of the gang's twenty-two members and can performPayday 2 is a cooperative first-person shooter video game developed by Overkill Software and published by 505 Games. The game is a sequel to 2011's Payday: The Heist. Two years after the events of the previous game, the Payday gang comes to the Washington metropolitan area to perform another heisting spree. The player takes control of one of the gang's twenty-two members and can perform heists alone, or with up to three teammates. The player can participate in a variety of heists, including but not limited to robberies of banks, shops and armored cars, and producing and distributing narcotics.… Expand
  21. kezzyhko
    Jun 20, 2021
    4
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  22. shostakn
    Oct 15, 2020
    4
    PAYDAY 2 is a four-player co-op shooter that has you sporting the masks of the original PAYDAY gang – Dallas, Hoxton, Wolf and Chains – as they hit on Washington D.C. for an epic crime rampage. The new CRIMENET network offers a vast array of dynamic contracts - choose anything from small-time store rips, cyber-crime or major bank vaults for that lucrative PAYDAY
  23. Jollyolfun
    Nov 18, 2022
    4
    i played this a lot years ago but honestly its kinda broken and fun for only a short amount of time. its a victim of its time
  24. sanchokobe
    Apr 3, 2014
    3
    According to Steam, I've logged 30 hours of time playing Payday 2. Let me be perfectly honest: I hate this game. I'm impressed I was able to stomach it for 30 hours.

    I hate the last-gen graphics. I hate the horrible AI. I hate the terrible campaign design. I hate the half-arsed storytelling. I hate the cringe inducing voice acting. I hate the problematic hit detection. I hate    According to Steam, I've logged 30 hours of time playing Payday 2. Let me be perfectly honest: I hate this game. I'm impressed I was able to stomach it for 30 hours.

    I hate the last-gen graphics. I hate the horrible AI. I hate the terrible campaign design. I hate the half-arsed storytelling. I hate the cringe inducing voice acting. I hate the problematic hit detection. I hate the confusing gameplay design choices (Why does a body have to be in a bag in order to be picked up? Why are you only allowed to carry two zip ties?) I hate that an awesome soundtrack was ruined by being associated with this train wreck of a game.

    This game could've been something fantastic. It's truly an interesting concept in cooperative shooters. But everywhere you look in this game, it just reeks of lazy design, lazy programmers, and not nearly enough time spent on QA.

    I give it points for being a poorly executed great idea. And I also give it points for having a soundtrack that deserved to be in a better game than this.    … Expand
  25. DurzoBlint
    May 25, 2015
    3
    Payday 2 is profoundly frustrating. There are some cool ideas in there, sure. But most of the game is poorly thought out. The gunplay is horrific, and the curve for unlocking weapons and tools will force you to endure it over and over. It takes too long to get the means to complete any heist efficiently. A lot of time is wasted sitting around if you "go quiet" (as the game oftenPayday 2 is profoundly frustrating. There are some cool ideas in there, sure. But most of the game is poorly thought out. The gunplay is horrific, and the curve for unlocking weapons and tools will force you to endure it over and over. It takes too long to get the means to complete any heist efficiently. A lot of time is wasted sitting around if you "go quiet" (as the game often encourages), because the developer has locked a bunch of essential gear away until you meet an arbitrary amount of time played. Going "loud" is also awful due to the aforementioned gunplay and the bullet sponge enemies. Couple this with ammo limitations, weak guns and poor gun handling, and you have one of the worst games on Steam.… Expand
  26. Ghoster
    Oct 9, 2013
    3
    I really loved 1st game. Cool, refreshing and FUN!!! 2nd part is too complicated. You cannot occasionally play few rounds. You need hours and hours just to learn what to do on each mission. Until then you must survive all hates from other players with more play hours. Even when you learn it's not even close fun as 1st part. Most of the features are totally silly. Etc. when you finish heistI really loved 1st game. Cool, refreshing and FUN!!! 2nd part is too complicated. You cannot occasionally play few rounds. You need hours and hours just to learn what to do on each mission. Until then you must survive all hates from other players with more play hours. Even when you learn it's not even close fun as 1st part. Most of the features are totally silly. Etc. when you finish heist you don't have escape car on map or something. You must search randomly until you learn after few rounds. Who would go to bank robbery without knowing where escape car would be?? Had big expectations, but deleted game. If I want heist, would play 1st part rather!… Expand
  27. xs3ro
    Aug 23, 2013
    3
    Even though the Beta had very few Missions and was capped at Level 25/30, the Game was fun and hopes were very high, but man.. if i had known that the difference between the Beta and the final Game would only be 4 Missions... i would have never bought this game!
    I was so hyped at the beginning of the game and couldnt really believe that Overkill did such a scam on their fans...
    The Game    Even though the Beta had very few Missions and was capped at Level 25/30, the Game was fun and hopes were very high, but man.. if i had known that the difference between the Beta and the final Game would only be 4 Missions... i would have never bought this game!
    I was so hyped at the beginning of the game and couldnt really believe that Overkill did such a scam on their fans...
    The Game is really nice but the missing variety and behavior of their Devs is just sad    … Expand
  28. tw1stedreviews
    Oct 30, 2013
    3
    They improved on everything the original did, but there was some issues such as having the SECOND WORSE COMMUNITY, if you just bought the game the chances of finding a match are incredibly low. I got this on launch of steam and got to level 58 quite easily but whenever i joined a game there was always a new player trying to join and he kept getting kicked because he was too low a level.They improved on everything the original did, but there was some issues such as having the SECOND WORSE COMMUNITY, if you just bought the game the chances of finding a match are incredibly low. I got this on launch of steam and got to level 58 quite easily but whenever i joined a game there was always a new player trying to join and he kept getting kicked because he was too low a level. After this i hosted a new game just for new players. Not all people are dicks but a massive percentage of players are. There is also a massive amount of grinding required. I haven't played this game in a month and i still know the entire layout and tactics. Its not good level design its receptivity.… Expand
  29. angeliux77
    Apr 8, 2015
    3
    Le falta mas coerencia en la simulacion, asi como habilidades de los personajes al no ser tan cuadrado el modo de juego, la inteligencia artificial de los policias es muy ovbia y problemas con la logica de los objetos ya que en ocaciones las balas y los policias aparecen de la nada.
  30. RyudoTFO
    Oct 16, 2015
    3
    The game was actually good, before Overkill added a ton of DLC and micro transactions to an already full price game. I wouldn't recommend it to any one now, as long as Overkill tries to milk more money from it. There are good co-op games out there, that doesn't have micro transactions and not add every little piece of content as paid DLC every 1-2 months.
    If you are looking for a game to    The game was actually good, before Overkill added a ton of DLC and micro transactions to an already full price game. I wouldn't recommend it to any one now, as long as Overkill tries to milk more money from it. There are good co-op games out there, that doesn't have micro transactions and not add every little piece of content as paid DLC every 1-2 months.
    If you are looking for a game to play with friends without sinking over 150$ in it, better look for another game and stay away from Pay2WinDay.    … Expand
  31. vindel361
    Oct 17, 2015
    3
    Unethical business practices. They lied to the community on the issue of micro transactions. After viewing this even after supporting this group since payday the heist I find it difficult to recommend this to any other players.
  32. Ninja-Hamster
    Oct 21, 2015
    3
    Payday 2 was ace. It was great to play. I made new friends in multiplayer.

    However there was a lot of items you had to pay extra to get called DLC items. Which meant you could not have any machine gun, grenades or sniper rifle without paying. These are just the basic weapons. One should be available. Then they created new bad guys that anyone without DLC items struggled to kill    Payday 2 was ace. It was great to play. I made new friends in multiplayer.

    However there was a lot of items you had to pay extra to get called DLC items. Which meant you could not have any machine gun, grenades or sniper rifle without paying. These are just the basic weapons. One should be available.

    Then they created new bad guys that anyone without DLC items struggled to kill without a large group and using nearly all there ammo on this one bad guy. Anyone with DLC could kill him easily.

    Then they provided group activities with offer of rewards. However you had to spend real money called micro transactions to use them. That is not a reward but a bill or invoice.

    They also nerfed my guns practically forcing people to give them money.

    I appreciate the need to make money but don't lie and don't milk the fans for everything you can.

    I now feel like I would be a traitor to all the decent people of the community if I played Payday 2 and that would be the end of the friends I gained if I don't.    … Expand
  33. Bags159
    Aug 28, 2013
    2
    Payday 2 has less content than a lot of $5 indie games I own, unless you count endlessly grinding for unlocks as content. There's about 10 heists, none of which are very grand or interesting as most are just grunt work. Three or so are one day heists, one or two is a two day heist, and three or four are three day heists. Past level 40 there's nothing new to unlock that's level gated.Payday 2 has less content than a lot of $5 indie games I own, unless you count endlessly grinding for unlocks as content. There's about 10 heists, none of which are very grand or interesting as most are just grunt work. Three or so are one day heists, one or two is a two day heist, and three or four are three day heists. Past level 40 there's nothing new to unlock that's level gated. Drops are completely random and you can get the same item you already have, and never unlock what you want for a certain gun. A couple parts of heists are just other maps re-skinned or re-purposed. Classes are also poorly balanced with some talents being useless.

    The gameplay is okay, but the AI is horrendous. Cops will position hostages between themselves and you. Hostages will get up and run during firefights if not cable tied. If you play with allied bots they won't do anything but shoot cops and revive you. The enemy cops are also omniscient. You can't sneak up on them during a fire fight. This doesn't make the game hard, however as they're still fairly easy to dispatch. However, the lines the cops have are pretty hilarious. The only way to make Payday 2 difficult is to stealth missions instead of going guns blazing.

    A lot of features were left out that were promised, like Safehouse customization. The characters also do not talk to each other like in Left 4 Dead (except when you ask for ammo, someone to follow you, etc), something that's a bit off because you're working together on a heist. There's no banter.

    The game is also plagued with a myriad of bugs.

    I'm only giving it a 2 10 instead of a 0 10 because it is still enjoyable with friends. However, after about 20 hours each we're all rater burnt out and bored of farming the same 10 heists over and over. Without friends I do not think this game is worth $5.

    I recommend waiting for a deal, because the game is $30 and DLC is likely to be paid. I think it is very crummy to only include bad heists and then gate the good, epic ones behind DLC (if the DLC is even epic heists).    … Expand
  34. Wuffy
    Oct 16, 2015
    2
    This game had a decent content release model. They thanked us for support and put effort into providing extra content for the player base for keeping them running.

    They used to expand the game with Free DLC because players would buy the paid DLC. The DLC content was great. Then they started releasing weaker and weaker updates. Demanding more money providing less effort and flat out    This game had a decent content release model. They thanked us for support and put effort into providing extra content for the player base for keeping them running.

    They used to expand the game with Free DLC because players would buy the paid DLC. The DLC content was great.

    Then they started releasing weaker and weaker updates. Demanding more money providing less effort and flat out changing their minds on what to do next.

    Now they release Skins. Premium skins with stat changes. No sorry we need to change our Idea on Microtransactions. Just a simple. "Aren't you grateful we now sell these premium items that cost real money and have polluted the already awful droptable?"

    No we are not.    … Expand
  35. nikgtasa
    Oct 16, 2015
    2
    A long time ago there was a company which made pretty awesome game. Bunch of crooks, lots of cops, guns to shoot, people to rob. Plain and simple. Yet enjoyable and i've spent about 300 hours on it. And then the second game was announced. More heists, guns and everything. Of course, i preordered it. And, unlike what Eric Cartman said, i didn't get a huge ♥♥♥♥ in my mouth. I got a game thatA long time ago there was a company which made pretty awesome game. Bunch of crooks, lots of cops, guns to shoot, people to rob. Plain and simple. Yet enjoyable and i've spent about 300 hours on it. And then the second game was announced. More heists, guns and everything. Of course, i preordered it. And, unlike what Eric Cartman said, i didn't get a huge ♥♥♥♥ in my mouth. I got a game that still needed working on. Fix this, add that and it'd be even greater than the first part. But instad we, the players were like a Pavlov's dog or a maid in a hotel. The bell rang and she came. The dlc comes out and we buy it. At first we calmed ourselves:"Just a little dlc. Rather cheap. Devs have to eat too." But then the bell rang more and more, slowly succumbing to buying more ♥♥♥♥. And the ♥♥♥♥ it was. "New guns, melee, masks" were, in fact, just another piece of either useless (because of OP guns) or owerpowered guns that made no sense in using others. Anyway, the guns were a lot, the heisters were a lot, the melee was a lot and the heists not a lot. But, more importantly, despite all dlcs nothing changed ingame. We could count on one hand's fingers the times we had to do something that didn't include tossing bags all over tha map. But as of recent times, dlcs began to be even ♥♥♥♥♥ier, meaningless than you'd imagine. And then the striking blow we got. Brutus finally stroke us in the back with the blade of microtransactions (which are not totally them, but still it's ♥♥♥♥ed up mechanic). Buying useless skins for a cost of few dlc's. And that's while there are entire mod communities that made skins, weapons and suits for the characters for free. But nooooo. Now you have to buy the game itself, dlcs, weapons skins and all that nonsense. I think developers should be remembered that this is a game of ROBBERY, HEISTS and not golden guns, pink masks and greeny-blacky-redy-blue **** as melee. And your common "DON'T BUY IF U DON'T WANT IT, MOIT" does not work here. Because would you like to eat an entire cake? Or only oranges that cake includes, apart from other ingridients (which are quite a lot).

    To be short: game was good, then became worse, and now it's like a money-eating vacuum cleaner.

    DO NOT BUY    … Expand
  36. Killy34
    Oct 31, 2013
    2
    When this game was first released it was fantastic! Sure there was not a whole lot of content, but there was a promise of more and what they had was good. Then they changed how some things worked, like they added finite numbers to things which made the game even more playable and fun.

    Unfortunately with the numbers came the arbitrary artificial difficulty spike in the game. Suddenly    When this game was first released it was fantastic! Sure there was not a whole lot of content, but there was a promise of more and what they had was good. Then they changed how some things worked, like they added finite numbers to things which made the game even more playable and fun.

    Unfortunately with the numbers came the arbitrary artificial difficulty spike in the game. Suddenly armor didn't seem to matter and even the best armor in the game would get 2 shot within a second, and there are places that you CANNOT stealth with this mechanic implemented. The stealth is par at best with certain aspects being incredibly aggravating like sound being heard from suppressed weapons across rooms and through a few walls. But all this could be made up for since it's a co-op game and could have a good community...riiiggghhhttt?

    This game has a terrible community and overkill poorly supports it. It is hard to find good connections to games and when you do if you're low level don't expect to stay. Overkill tries to "help" the community by censoring it. As an example just look at their statement on cheating. In a nutshell it states that if you even mention the word cheating anywhere on their forums even if it would be beneficial towards the community to know what to look for expect an immediate ban from their forums and possibly of anything overkill related and them reporting you to valve as if that does anything.

    I can't even go to their forums anymore for fear if I say anything negative I won't be able to play anything of their's ever again. Hell, I don't know if I'm safe even here. If they look at this review and find me on steam then they may do the exact same thing.

    At first, I felt bad for the backlash their community gave them for some things. Now that they have taken the lower ground I feel no shame in saying that their decisions with the game so far are terrible and I don't see a bright future for it.    … Expand
  37. s4mur41
    Aug 23, 2013
    2
    Game is good at start but after leveling up there is no new content where evidence indicate that there should be some.Yes,you can have some fun with it,but after playing same map (which aren't many to be true) pattern is easy visible.Fun drops to near zero after you get all wanted items and see every possible scenario that game gives you.Changing randomization is either absent or so minorGame is good at start but after leveling up there is no new content where evidence indicate that there should be some.Yes,you can have some fun with it,but after playing same map (which aren't many to be true) pattern is easy visible.Fun drops to near zero after you get all wanted items and see every possible scenario that game gives you.Changing randomization is either absent or so minor that during game-play nearly unnoticed.AI is pretty low,and graphics don't hold up with games for this price.Future DLC promise to deliver some content missing from base game (safe-house customization according to developer will be implicated in future DLC).Not worth your money,unless there is a sale or significant price drop.… Expand
  38. tarble
    Feb 15, 2014
    2
    This could've been a great game but there are too many stupid things about it..

    ..this is a heist game that doesn't let u do heists...civilians instantly call the cops and in less than 2 minutes they swarm in all over the place like a brainless zombie apocalipse at which point finishing the mission is next to impossible on harder dificulties...the stealth part is a joke, as if there is    This could've been a great game but there are too many stupid things about it..

    ..this is a heist game that doesn't let u do heists...civilians instantly call the cops and in less than 2 minutes they swarm in all over the place like a brainless zombie apocalipse at which point finishing the mission is next to impossible on harder dificulties...the stealth part is a joke, as if there is such a thing as robbing a bank in the middle of the day by stealth....for some weird reason your AI teammates can't carrie bags but the cops AI can.....god knows this doesn't make any sense.....there are only 2 banks in this game and they didn't even bother making them realistic... what kind of bank in the civilized world has the vault out in the open where u can see it from across the street because the building has more windows than a school buss?.. ..there are so many stupid things in this game that doesn't make any sense like the drill that opens the vault stopping every 20 seconds and the ridiculous loading time of interacting with items and things....what were they thinking when they designed this game???....is like 50% of the game they've done a great job and the other 50% they totally ruined it....hopefully they're gonna do it right next time because as far as i'm concerned payday 2 is a big epic failure.    … Expand
  39. joesmo122
    Dec 5, 2013
    2
    I really enjoy this game. The graphics are very nice, the game play is fun, and the unlock system is pretty well designed. Overall this game is very entertaining and fun.

    However after following this game for quite a while during development, it's now incredibly frustrating that they're implementing DLC micro-transactions despite stating during development they would not. We were    I really enjoy this game. The graphics are very nice, the game play is fun, and the unlock system is pretty well designed. Overall this game is very entertaining and fun.

    However after following this game for quite a while during development, it's now incredibly frustrating that they're implementing DLC micro-transactions despite stating during development they would not. We were completely lied to by the developers as they are now releasing $7 and $5 add-ons to the game that unlock exclusive weapons and perks. Even though the game is co-op, players now officially gain a significant advantage over others by paying small fees for bonus weapons and abilities.

    I bought the game after believing the developers were on board with users stance against micro-transactions and now I feel cheated out of the money I paid when I thought I was buying a complete game.    … Expand
  40. SSShakuras
    Oct 16, 2015
    2
    Pro : Games is decent and can be fun with friends
    Cons : ovepriced DLC Fest, lying staff , toxic community, atrocious balance, worst patching system ever , sync so bugged you wonder if it's not sabotaged, micro transaction with real cash for stats boost , graphical error , P2P client side server with NO host change on eventual crash and cheaters everywhere.
    In short, decent game crippled    Pro : Games is decent and can be fun with friends
    Cons : ovepriced DLC Fest, lying staff , toxic community, atrocious balance, worst patching system ever , sync so bugged you wonder if it's not sabotaged, micro transaction with real cash for stats boost , graphical error , P2P client side server with NO host change on eventual crash and cheaters everywhere.
    In short, decent game crippled by so many problem it's not worth its price tag. Stay away and sink your hard earned cash elsewhere    … Expand
  41. buffalocustard
    Oct 16, 2015
    2
    I really liked this game. It was fun to play (hence the rating of "2") and an enjoyable way to blow off some steam. However, due to the recent updates introducing game-affecting microtransactions coming at a time when the community was supposed to be rewarded for completing a series of challenges AND after being told microtransactions would never be a part of the game, I just can't trustI really liked this game. It was fun to play (hence the rating of "2") and an enjoyable way to blow off some steam. However, due to the recent updates introducing game-affecting microtransactions coming at a time when the community was supposed to be rewarded for completing a series of challenges AND after being told microtransactions would never be a part of the game, I just can't trust this developer anymore. I'm saddened by the current state of events.… Expand
  42. clamjoust
    Oct 17, 2015
    2
    Firstly, I'd like to say that I've never been motivated to post a review of a game before. But never before have the discussion threads been so overwhelmingly censored, to the point where the threads are now mostly positive. If you are new to Payday2, please read the reviews but don't trust anything under the control of the developers (such as the main forum boards).

    Now: a review of    Firstly, I'd like to say that I've never been motivated to post a review of a game before. But never before have the discussion threads been so overwhelmingly censored, to the point where the threads are now mostly positive. If you are new to Payday2, please read the reviews but don't trust anything under the control of the developers (such as the main forum boards).

    Now: a review of Payday2.
    I was previously tempted to write a review, but there is no "sort of" recommend function in steam, however recent developments have firmly pushed me off the fence regarding this game. I would not recommend that anyone buy this game unless they are young, clueless and with too much pocket money, and only then because it will mean they're less likely to spend it on crack.
    The base game comprises of a limited weapon set and a few heists, with very few weapon mods. You'll have to join "the community group" for a few freebies, but even then you will have to do without grenades, machine guns, sniper rifles, RPGs, miniguns, bows, thrown weapons, any sort of incendiary, etc, etc, etc.
    Roughly 1/3 of the weapons are available to purchase without DLC.
    And this is where the game shows its colours; There are around 30 DLC packs for you to enjoy, assuming that you have the cash, from £1 for a music track to £5 or so for anything with a new weapon or heist. These DLC have been enjoying a "power creep" for the last couple of years, apparently, to a point where a non-dlc player is at a very clear disadvantage.
    Combine this with new enemies who are extra-vulnerable to the special DLC weapons and a clear pattern starts to emerge, whereby pay-to-play is becoming pay-more-to-win.
    All of which I could ignore simply by avoiding playing with minigun-wielding 10 year olds. But the things I can't ignore are still there regardless of whether I play solo or online, most notably the bugs & poor netcode. There are bugs from the first release of the game which have not been fixed in two years. There are promised features which have not been delivered for two years. And yet the devs still find time to release 1 DLC pack per month.
    The most recent development (apart from the aforementioned forum censorship) is the introduction of microtransactions to gain stat boosts for weapons. This in a game that's not free-to-play, and which requires 2 or 3 different DLCs to fully upgrade even the most basic weapon, and which has 30 DLCs. Not acceptable, imho.

    The biggest problem here is that once you've bought the game, you'll probably like most of the gameplay. It's far from perfect, but enjoyable. I've had some fun with it. What ruins the experience is the cash-hungry, rip-off way that the devs are "supporting" the game. And if you like the game, you'll be tempted to start spending more cash . . . . . just DON'T. Don't start, 'cos you'll end up disappointed like so many others. if the £100+ price tag for the completed game doesn't put you off, all the extra microtransactions will. Or perhaps the constant power-creep of the DLCs will get to you. Or maybe being lied to by the devs will get to you. Or maybe having your comments censored will get to you. Or maybe being sniped through a floor, or being kicked through a wall will get to you. Or being disconnected from a game on day 3 of a 3-day heist will. Or the incredible lag (even between PCs on a LAN). And you'll be £100 poorer.

    With decent bugfixes, and "developer support" that does not make me feel like I'm bending over crying "Take me! Take me!" while I throw cash into an incinerator, I could recommend this game. But not as the game is today.    … Expand
  43. fakebait
    Oct 19, 2015
    2
    I had 400 hours of super fun with the game, but since day 1 we (the community) asked for a netcode/desynch fix. This problem is irritating but haven't been fix and will never be. Lately Overkill, the company behind the game decided without consulting the community inserting micro-transaction in the game (they said they will never do that 2 years ago).

    The community is mad at Overkill,    I had 400 hours of super fun with the game, but since day 1 we (the community) asked for a netcode/desynch fix. This problem is irritating but haven't been fix and will never be. Lately Overkill, the company behind the game decided without consulting the community inserting micro-transaction in the game (they said they will never do that 2 years ago).

    The community is mad at Overkill, Overkill don't want to talk about it... I'm really disappointed.

    I feel like they try to milk out what left of the community.    … Expand
  44. Kompakt
    Oct 21, 2015
    2
    This game had variety. HAD. With the amount of Micro transactions, this game is robbing you instead of you robbing banks. The AI in this game is terrible. They don't have human behavior. I mean the concept is cool. This game is not worth getting.
  45. Davidvm1
    Oct 22, 2015
    2
    Dont buy this game if you want to see my reasoning look at the steam payday rating page im bunny now i have to fill the 150 character word count oh look im done
  46. NeOX
    Oct 24, 2015
    2
    Payday 2 was really good. But now it's just a pay to win with micro-transactions ! (In 2013, Overkill promised that it won't be any micro-transactions)
  47. Byrdinator
    Oct 28, 2015
    2
    First off: Buy this game only for PC (console versions keep freezing the whole system, you get sent back to the main menue when in the middle of the heist for NO reason, AI keeps walking through walls, cops are able to shoot you through walls and the updates..... what updates?)
    Started off as a fun game a few years ago, but the greed of the devs is incredible. Overpriced DLCs, not kept    First off: Buy this game only for PC (console versions keep freezing the whole system, you get sent back to the main menue when in the middle of the heist for NO reason, AI keeps walking through walls, cops are able to shoot you through walls and the updates..... what updates?)
    Started off as a fun game a few years ago, but the greed of the devs is incredible. Overpriced DLCs, not kept promises by the Devs and FINALLY IT IS HERE... Something we have all waited for.... Pay2Win. The weapons that are in the game just got a complete overhaul and are softair guns now. But if you want them to be the way they ALWAYS were .... you can buy stat boosts for those weapons :) They only cost betreen 2,99 and 70€.
    Yes, 70€. For a single Gun.
    It's such a great game.....    … Expand
  48. AlbertVedibeda
    May 23, 2018
    2
    Обидно, когда ты покупаешь игру, покупаешь более 30 dlc, идешь на поводу у разработчиков, лишь бы не забросили такой перспективный проект: монополиста и лидера игрового рынка в своем жанре, а через некоторое время игра становится полностью бесплатной и со всеми dlc по 20 рублей. Замечательно, просто, бл*ть, замечательно.

    Мы терпели кейсы, потому что нам давали надежду ивентами, которые    Обидно, когда ты покупаешь игру, покупаешь более 30 dlc, идешь на поводу у разработчиков, лишь бы не забросили такой перспективный проект: монополиста и лидера игрового рынка в своем жанре, а через некоторое время игра становится полностью бесплатной и со всеми dlc по 20 рублей. Замечательно, просто, бл*ть, замечательно.

    Мы терпели кейсы, потому что нам давали надежду ивентами, которые действительно были очень интересные, казалось, что игра не заброшена. Простили дополнения с мечами и луками, это даже добавляло некий угар в происходящее: грабить банки с луками wtf?¿?¿
    Но, уж простите, тысячи токсичных, руинящих игру, дядь, которые увидели f2p... кто такое простит? Зачем саму игру было делать бесплатной? Ладно, пускай эти идиотские дополнения были бы дешевыми или бесплатными, но зачем игру было трогать? На распродажах ее цена не превышала 200 рублей, разве это много? Нонразумистов хватало, а сейчас физически невозможно играть с рандомным подбором, потому что всегда найдется гений, который на стелс-миссию возьмет гранатомет. Почему бы и нет?
    Ведь были надежды, было же интересно играть. Определенный шарм заключался в прохождении заданий по стелсу, а не с пулеметами на перевес. Да, есть карты, где необходимо залетать только с рпг и шестистволкой, но когда есть выбор, то он всегда падал на стелс, ибо интереснее и сложнее, ведь как шутер, будем честны, PD2 очень слаб, физика оружия резиновая, фальшивая и фарсовая, это никуда не годится, а разве кто-то жаловался? Это, несомненно, минус, но, еб*нный в рот, БЫЛ ЖЕ СТЕЛС, НА МЯСО ВСЕМ БЫЛО ПЛЕВАТЬ. Что сейчас? Стелс убит, все перки и навыки сгинули в небытие, они вам уже не понадобятся. Да, именно, не ослышались. Все билды, умелое распределение очков в дереве и сочетания разных билдов в команде уже не нужны. Зачем? Сейчас ты просто покупаешь хороший пак с оружием за 29рублей и рашишь любой банк - миссия выполнена. Сколько было разнообразия.. все пропито на деньги комьюнити.    … Expand
  49. Vulfie
    Dec 18, 2015
    2
    I'm getting real tired of seeing reviews with people saying "This used to be a great game". Payday 2 was never a great game. It was never even an acceptable game.

    From its constant desync, to endlessly recycled maps with minor changes in objectives and slow updates (Both from Overkill and the community modders), to its horrendous playerbase of unreliable, half-blind fools with no    I'm getting real tired of seeing reviews with people saying "This used to be a great game". Payday 2 was never a great game. It was never even an acceptable game.

    From its constant desync, to endlessly recycled maps with minor changes in objectives and slow updates (Both from Overkill and the community modders), to its horrendous playerbase of unreliable, half-blind fools with no reflexes or sense of awareness, to its never-ending flood of overpriced DLC that you MUST buy, unless you want 75% of the games content to be locked out for you. This game was rubbish from day one. It had potential, sure, but it never lived up to it. Overkill showed us what path they were going to take with this game pretty early in its life and they never tried to hide it.

    These microtransactions are bad, yes. People are hurt about the broken promises and I completely understand why this is the breaking point for a lot of people. Personally I couldn't care less about those stat bonuses on skins, because you already have to pay more than what the game is worth, in DLC packs, just to keep up with other players anyway. The game always has been "Pay to win". But my father always thought me that you don't break your word to someone. If you make a promise to somebody, you keep it. Overkill are on record as having said at least 3 or 4 times that they would never add microtransactions to PD2, one time even saying "Shame on you if you thought otherwise", but they didn't keep their word. I don't know how things are in Sweden, but I can safely say that in most places on Earth, your word, your promise about something, means a lot, and if you break a promise to somebody they are going to be upset. Now, combine that with how upset the PD2 community already was about the DLC releases. Every time one was released, the PD2 Steam Group would get bogged down with angry comments and spam from people who clearly have been very unhappy with Overkill for a long, long time. Payday 2 has hit rock bottom here, as well as in Steam reviews. This is what happens when you break promises, keep brushing aside community complaints and adding new systems people don't want. I call it “Star Wars Galaxies Syndrome”.

    I realize the game was different to other shooters, and it still is somewhat unique, but that doesn't make it a good game. It was built on an unstable base, and it has been falling apart for a long time now. Personally, I gave up on the game back with the Hypetrain event. Do you remember that? When Overkill promised that we'd all get free content if we BOUGHT ENOUGH DLC DURING THE EVENT? Including a $20 DLC pack that was released just for that event! Don't forget all the masks that don't cover your face anymore, the particle effects Ala TF2, the Overkill pack adding a Minigun and an RPG-7, and even a mission to steal nuclear weapons to sell to terrorists. The sense of being a classy bank robber, a James Bond turned evil character, is long dead in favour of the sense of being a low-moral terrorist. That was the moment the game died for me and my only regret is that some people still don't see how bad the game was before these microtransactions were added.

    Summary: This game was never great. If I had a drill for every time a cloaker one-shot me through a wall or a floor, or for every time I've been pinned by a tazer when he had no line of sight with me, I'd have enough money to buy Overkill.    … Expand
  50. Iamthetony
    Jan 14, 2016
    2
    Cant even start the game without 3 hours updating of a new dlc that I will never buy it. Also I saw that OVERKILL is just staying with Payday2 and nothing new from them exept the dlcs that are becoming worse every single day and what kind of a serious game will add a GOAT heist.
  51. Antonchick
    Mar 10, 2016
    2
    THE BEST DLC SIMULATOR! (0/5) Donate guns (0/5) Shooter (3/5)
    Do not buy it, does not waste your money!
    OVERKILL this is the "Fu@%ing sputnik" is not a game!
    OMG what OVERKILL do with this game... ;(
  52. PetyaBiszeps
    Aug 25, 2022
    2
    I can't say this game is so bad but can't say it's good either. It gives you some fun of playing it with friends but it could be much better in, pretty much, every aspect. Plus for that there is a lot of promises being forgotten. Like 'Payday 2 will never have microtransactions'.
  53. alilsneaky
    Oct 16, 2015
    1
    The game has p2p multiplayer (no dedicated servers).

    It also has more dlc than you can shake a stick at and with the latest patch they made it pay2win by adding gambling boxes that contain stat boosting weapons. (and to add insult to injury they initially sold the game on the promise that they would never add stat boosting microtransactions or dlc, to gain goodwill from the community)    The game has p2p multiplayer (no dedicated servers).

    It also has more dlc than you can shake a stick at and with the latest patch they made it pay2win by adding gambling boxes that contain stat boosting weapons. (and to add insult to injury they initially sold the game on the promise that they would never add stat boosting microtransactions or dlc, to gain goodwill from the community)

    Even before the patch dlc weapons were already pretty much a requirement to be able to complete the harder missions (good luck without explosive ammo on certain enemies) but now they're simply gone all the way.

    My advice is to play literally any other multiplayer game out there, it's going to be hard to do worse than payday 2.
    Payday2 is just a bottomless microtransaction pit.    … Expand
  54. Diaboliquin
    Oct 28, 2015
    1
    Inacceptable that a company change their position about microtransactions "because reasons". They claim that made things based on community but seems that the money is the real reason behind.
  55. SInvicem
    Aug 28, 2013
    1
    Lack of promised Content, It was stated in many reviews to have 30 heists Split between multiple days. The devs now claim that each day of a heist counts as 1 heist. Even so there aren't 30. Constant reshuffling of abilities for each class, with seemingly no direction as to what each class is attempting to achieve. 0 content past level 40. At the end of the day you're sold 11 missions withLack of promised Content, It was stated in many reviews to have 30 heists Split between multiple days. The devs now claim that each day of a heist counts as 1 heist. Even so there aren't 30. Constant reshuffling of abilities for each class, with seemingly no direction as to what each class is attempting to achieve. 0 content past level 40. At the end of the day you're sold 11 missions with 100 levels to grind repeating the same 11 missions over and over and over. By the time you realize there is no more missions to unlock you have already done every mission 30 or 40 times.… Expand
  56. Simzen
    Aug 14, 2013
    1
    The graphics aren't amazing, and it still lags a ton even in 800x600, and the same computer runs almost every game in at least 1280x768 with all settings high and no lag at all.
    I love Payday, but this game is just so optimized that I can't even play it.
    Still giving it a 1 because it LOOKS like a fun game.
  57. Aelius
    Oct 26, 2015
    1
    I used to really enjoy this game. It was one of the best co-ops out there.
    There was a lot of promised content they never delivered on but it still managed to be a fun game.
    Even though it's always had its issues with bugs and (at points) game breaking glitches. With every update, the game got worse and worse. Some things got fixed, whilst other things broke completely. I don't think    I used to really enjoy this game. It was one of the best co-ops out there.
    There was a lot of promised content they never delivered on but it still managed to be a fun game.
    Even though it's always had its issues with bugs and (at points) game breaking glitches.

    With every update, the game got worse and worse. Some things got fixed, whilst other things broke completely. I don't think I've even witnessed a stable version of this game. Let's just say, It was half baked on release.

    Since then the devs have been making countless terrible DLCs to try and fill it out, demanding too much money for too little. Their answer? To just keep making more and more low quality DLC.

    Just when you thought they couldn't do any worse, they announce Microtransactions on top of it all.
    At least they're staying true to the name of the game. They're sure getting their Payday and much more.

    I now feel bad having this game in my list. As I do not support poor DLC and Microtransactions.
    Disgusting.    … Expand
  58. Bakunin
    Aug 18, 2013
    1
    The only reason why I'm giving this game any points at all is because its not 100% broken. This game crashes constantly in the middle of missions, has a horrible mission select screen which forces you to wait for hours for one mission to appear, has a community of brain-dead morons, and gets pretty boring after you realize that just about every mission has one of two objectives: Find bagsThe only reason why I'm giving this game any points at all is because its not 100% broken. This game crashes constantly in the middle of missions, has a horrible mission select screen which forces you to wait for hours for one mission to appear, has a community of brain-dead morons, and gets pretty boring after you realize that just about every mission has one of two objectives: Find bags and load them into a van or wait for a drill to finish and return to the van. This is an complete waste of money and I strongly advise you steer clear of this unfinished excuse of a game.… Expand
  59. Cotroneo
    Nov 1, 2015
    1
    When good devs go bad.

    Would have rated this game an 8/10 (8 because of its repetitiveness) before, but OVERKILL has become one more publisher/developer that has been corrupted by the trend of microtransactions. I am just praying that something super catastrophic happens within the gaming world that sparks a big enough outcry for people to completely boycott (or boycott to the point    When good devs go bad.

    Would have rated this game an 8/10 (8 because of its repetitiveness) before, but OVERKILL has become one more publisher/developer that has been corrupted by the trend of microtransactions.

    I am just praying that something super catastrophic happens within the gaming world that sparks a big enough outcry for people to completely boycott (or boycott to the point of companies losing money).

    Until then, blame little kids dishing out all of their allowance on microtransactions in games.    … Expand
  60. Styke
    Nov 29, 2015
    1
    Years ago i gave this a 9 and boy, what a way to tank a franchise. Poor developer decisions abound, and patch after patch further splits the community in this online-only game.
  61. jesusc
    Aug 15, 2013
    1
    so after dropping 30 bucks for this game i've learned that overkill hates improvement

    a ton of the gameplay showed that payday 2 was a rushed out the bum game, things from the older game were removed like cloakers and some weapons,some customization not in the game, and worst of all a problem that haunts me and wants to make me go back in time to prevent myself from buying it the    so after dropping 30 bucks for this game i've learned that overkill hates improvement

    a ton of the gameplay showed that payday 2 was a rushed out the bum game, things from the older game were removed like cloakers and some weapons,some customization not in the game, and worst of all a problem that haunts me and wants to make me go back in time to prevent myself from buying it
    the online didnt work for ****
    every single game i join either they cant connect to me or i cant connect to the host. overkill sure love using some peer 2 peer horse**** for its online making connection impossible
    AI is bat**** awful and i cant stress this enough, if your going to stealth then turn off ai because they are so stupid and dumb that they will do things such as shoot civillians, kill hostages, and ruin your stealth run by firing a bullet

    IN ALL YOU PROBABLY SHOULDN'T BUY THIS GAME EVEN IF YOU THINK IT WILL RUN ON YOUR GODDAMN COMPUTER    … Expand
  62. david-d
    Aug 23, 2013
    1
    Great idea, would be tons of fun if... The game was not let down by the *worst* server browser (Crime.NET) ever made. A horrible XP curve that makes grinding very painful to level up. Loot system that makes you tear your hair out trying to get unlocks. And the worst of all, the devs keep patching the game to make grinding and missions longer with less rewards. The game is lacking inGreat idea, would be tons of fun if... The game was not let down by the *worst* server browser (Crime.NET) ever made. A horrible XP curve that makes grinding very painful to level up. Loot system that makes you tear your hair out trying to get unlocks. And the worst of all, the devs keep patching the game to make grinding and missions longer with less rewards. The game is lacking in content and features that were promised but then later "clarified" to be something different than advertised. Stealth is near worthless as the AI can detect through walls. Overall stay away from this game.… Expand
  63. Ghackt
    Aug 25, 2013
    1
    The game is not honestly worth the money..But has many concepts compared to Payday: The Heist, Comparing missions from the old Payday to the new one. Payday original took a lot longer. The missions on the new one are a whole lot faster pace compared the the original payday. Everything is unlocked at level 40...what is the point to get to level 100. Nothing changes when you hit levelThe game is not honestly worth the money..But has many concepts compared to Payday: The Heist, Comparing missions from the old Payday to the new one. Payday original took a lot longer. The missions on the new one are a whole lot faster pace compared the the original payday. Everything is unlocked at level 40...what is the point to get to level 100. Nothing changes when you hit level 100...just like you do a mission make almost half a million on payout and draw a cash loot card...pointless. I am sure I am not the only one with 417 million in my safe house and nothing to use it on. Speaking of safe house what happened to the safe house customization? seems to me the game was rushed out to soon and loads of stuff is missing..despite all the bugs that could of been fixed during the whole purpose of "beta access" they were not so on release you have tons of people complaining about all the bugs..sounds to me like overkill were jacking off during the whole beta access. The game is not "noob" friendly at all. People like to kick because you are level "1" and everyone is level 30+...if you want to be an ass hat and kick people because of level why don't you set a level requirement or set a private match...idiots...This game could of been way better if release was held a month longer. Knowing this game is not grand theft auto..why is there not a mission where you actually get to "drive" the getaway van with your team? So many things that could be better about this game but probably never will be. I would not recommend this game unless you just like to spend 30 dollars and get bored of it within 3 days of playing...… Expand
  64. amyu
    Aug 29, 2013
    1
    The developers pulled a bait and switch with their advertising. They clearly hyped players up by indicating "30 heists". But in reality, you got 11. Two are duplicates and both can be done in under 1 minute, another under 4. A few of the heists also have multiple days, and some of those days can be done under 1-3 minutes. And every so often, they will throw an generic Lego-like escapeThe developers pulled a bait and switch with their advertising. They clearly hyped players up by indicating "30 heists". But in reality, you got 11. Two are duplicates and both can be done in under 1 minute, another under 4. A few of the heists also have multiple days, and some of those days can be done under 1-3 minutes. And every so often, they will throw an generic Lego-like escape mission at you. They promised "Dark Souls" worthy difficulty, yet instead a 4-man team can idle around a majority of the maps waiting for cops. And the rest of the maps? Expect your team to idle around as your ghost or mastermind players do the map for you.

    It's a complete mess compared to payday 1, which had a proper "dark souls" difficulty level, proper teamwork, and large grandiose heists with PROPER escapes.

    It's half of a game with the other half as a 5 part DLC series. So I can only recommend avoiding this game and checking it out again after a year or two.    … Expand
  65. Somerandomguy1
    Mar 26, 2014
    1
    PAYDAY 2: the game where you and other 3 players kill mindless swarms of cops while always doing the same objectives.

    It was funny for the first 30 hours. Then I realized I wasted $30 usd on an arcade shooter of killing retarded cops for the sake of lvling and getting enough money for doing "Infamy", which is almost the exact thing that "Prestige" from CoD. You loose all your money,    PAYDAY 2: the game where you and other 3 players kill mindless swarms of cops while always doing the same objectives.

    It was funny for the first 30 hours. Then I realized I wasted $30 usd on an arcade shooter of killing retarded cops for the sake of lvling and getting enough money for doing "Infamy", which is almost the exact thing that "Prestige" from CoD. You loose all your money, your level is reset to 0 and you can start lvling again. All for a mask and a supposed "buff" that gives you nothing.

    It's not funny. The whole game is based on hooking you to grinding exp and money. Heists are boring, limited and repetitive, with re-used maps and repetitive objectives. There used to be a simple stealth system that was rather fun and gave actual replay-ability to the game. You could challenge yourself and solo-stealth missions on the highest difficulty just by being level 35 or so and by having the right gear. After Update 24, the "Death Wish update", stealth and low levels got almost completely ruined. You can't solo stealth most missions now (and there aren't many missions), hell, you can't stealth most missions now, period. Low levels got ruined because of the new exp system, which is BS.

    Want more BS? There's no anti-cheaters protection. This game is swarmed by hackers. But I personally don't care. They actually enhance the game rather than annoy the community. They give tons of money and can make you lvl up fast if you're good to them, plus they can start custom game modes like pvp or a boss fight with a powerful Bulldozer and his henchmen.

    OVERKILL keeps saying they care about their community, but the proof they give is different. They keep releasing weapon pack DLCs with items that should have been included in the game and they barely release new, innovative maps. Grenades, which come in the "Gage weapon pack #1" and are very useful, are worth $5. And you buy that pack only for the grenades, the other content sucks. It makes me wonder sometimes if this is a p2w game and if they ruined stealth in purpose so you would go loud and buy their DLCs.

    Overall, this is not the big game of robbing big banks with lots of preparation, planification, etc we were promised. This is the lvling game. You play a lot to level up, or you hack and become bored when you find out there's not much to do on the game when you're level 100.    … Expand
  66. shamon
    Jul 5, 2015
    1
    brainless fps shooting at its finest forget call of duty....payday 2 makes serious sam look like a strategy game

    this game will kill your brain cells faster than whiskey
  67. whatever523
    Dec 9, 2018
    1
    UPDATE: The game now has pay2win micro transactions. Previous rating was 8, but screw that. The other major annoyance is that half the content is only accessible if you join their stupid Steam community group.

    Payday 2 is somewhere between frustrating and great, because there are many things that should be better, but with the right team it's an awesome game and it only gets better the    UPDATE: The game now has pay2win micro transactions. Previous rating was 8, but screw that. The other major annoyance is that half the content is only accessible if you join their stupid Steam community group.

    Payday 2 is somewhere between frustrating and great, because there are many things that should be better, but with the right team it's an awesome game and it only gets better the more you play. Good:

    * With the right team and good communication, it's one of the best coop experiences.
    * Many different possibilities to do missions and the game mechanics generally work great. When everything comes together and you pull off the perfect heist, it's very rewarding.
    * Nice customization options (masks and weapons).
    * Great soundtrack.
    * Shooting feels and sounds very good.
    * Cool back story, they even made some movie clips. There's not much of a story in the game itself, but it works.

    Most players suck at the game though, because it can be quite difficult and requires more than shooting, and that really drags the whole experience down as you'll find very few enjoyable public games on the higher difficulties. Bad:

    * The loot system is completely randomized and it's retarded. I've played over 30 hours, am level 50+ and only got one of the weapon mods I need.
    * Connection problems when too many players are online.
    * The game browser keeps crashing and you have to restart Steam to fix it.
    * There's an XP penalty for playing the same mission too many times. When some missions are played more than others, it's because of bad mission balance, so they should work on that.
    * Many missions are too difficult for public groups, that's why players only play the easier ones. Sometimes there are way too many enemies and you can't really do anything, more so when you're unlucky with loot drops and have crap equipment. Especially on multi day missions, the last mission is often too difficult and all the time spent on the mission is lost when it fails.
    * Most of the weapon and armor stats are displayed with rounding errors and/or the math behind it is just weird, which makes the game bad for theory crafting.
    * When you get disconnected before a game ends, you get nothing. Which leads directly to the next point: the game doesn't have host migration. If the host disconnects, it's over.
    * Sound gets stuck often when a game ends.
    * There are many "hold down F key" events. These should be triggered by tapping the key once. Pressing it down for several minutes is really lame.

    Also, props to the developers for releasing free content. I just wish they would concentrate their efforts on fixing some of these problems.    … Expand
  68. Alpacalypse
    Mar 27, 2014
    1
    I really think that CoD had combat right compared to this. HORDE AFTER HORDE of near invincible enemies attack you, with 1 minute breaks inbetween. The combat is repetitive, boring, uninspiring, and left a sour taste in my mouth. Difficulty changes randomly, with certain missions being easy one day, and impossible on a LOWER difficulty rating the next (real time. Not in-game days). TheI really think that CoD had combat right compared to this. HORDE AFTER HORDE of near invincible enemies attack you, with 1 minute breaks inbetween. The combat is repetitive, boring, uninspiring, and left a sour taste in my mouth. Difficulty changes randomly, with certain missions being easy one day, and impossible on a LOWER difficulty rating the next (real time. Not in-game days). The ONLY reason it isn't at 0, is because it's fun when it isn't broken. Other than that, the entirety of the game is a flop.
    Combat is worse than CoD and WarZ having a baby, with L4D2 staring at them from a chair in the hospital room. You have mobs of cannon fodder enemies who die in 2-3 hits. Then, you have enemies who take 3 entire magazines to kill, and can kill you in UNDER A SECOND.
    Here's a list of the special enemies:
    Shielder: Annoying enemy with a riot shield. Use teamwork and hope it doesn't aimbot-lock onto you.
    Tazer: Stuns you, causes your gun to go off spazmastically, and impairs the ability to look. When you're attacked by 7 at once (which usually happens), you can't do jack ****
    Cloakers: They jump in through vents, or exploit the game's pathetic physics and spawn behind you. They have this magically ability to start sprinting at over 40 MPH, and instantly down you. This is like a tazer, but worse, as they spawn more, more health etc.
    Bulldozer: Your standard juggernaut. Except that he, statistically, has over 100X more **** health than you. I've checked. He can also kill a fully armored character with max stats and perks in 5 hits, with a fast enough RPM to shoot 3 times per second.
    What I am trying to say is that this game is pathetically unfair, the combat is absolute **** the stealth is unrealistic with enemies and cameras that have X-Ray vision (Could be another of the MANY glitches), and no driving factor to keep playing. Most levels are copy-pasted with only a name that is changed. (There are about 5 levels, all with a different title, that are the same down to the VEHICLE PLACEMENT.)
    This game is a frustrating borefest not even worth 5 **** dollars. You MIGHT like it if you enjoy horde-type games where every enemy has more health than you, but if not, you're better off buying Ride to Hell.    … Expand
  69. Jehky
    Mar 21, 2014
    1
    The game was good till update 23. My friends and I had a lot fun, playing for hours without a break. But now... after Death Wish (update 24) it became unplayable, at least for me (in my way to play). Overkill / Starbreeze are trying to fix what they screwed up... but it is too late. "Play our way or get away" it is their thought now. So, I get away.
  70. Enigmonkey
    Mar 22, 2014
    1
    This game was trash. uber trash, ultra trash, all kinds of trash.

    Enemies got clipped inside walls and could shoot through all terrain, the tutorial explained nothing, the stealth aspect is non-existent, The game is impossible when trying to play with any less than three players, The cops are an endless spawn of zombie-like swat troopers. Do not play this even for free, minutes of    This game was trash. uber trash, ultra trash, all kinds of trash.

    Enemies got clipped inside walls and could shoot through all terrain, the tutorial explained nothing, the stealth aspect is non-existent, The game is impossible when trying to play with any less than three players, The cops are an endless spawn of zombie-like swat troopers.

    Do not play this even for free, minutes of your life are worth more than this. Why god why, games like this should be banned from release.

    The premise was good. The idea of planning and orchestrating bank-heists is interesting, however this game does nothing right, NOTHING.    … Expand
  71. Maluko
    Apr 18, 2014
    1
    The game wants you to do all the missions the same way. which is basically fight the waves while you wait for something to happen. There is stealth but with every update they add something to make stealth harder, ppl usually get tired of failing and go to the hold your ground strategy.

    The after-mission prizes are useless, imagine you being at lv100 with 10million cash and the, after a    The game wants you to do all the missions the same way. which is basically fight the waves while you wait for something to happen. There is stealth but with every update they add something to make stealth harder, ppl usually get tired of failing and go to the hold your ground strategy.

    The after-mission prizes are useless, imagine you being at lv100 with 10million cash and the, after a 2 hour stealth mission you get a card that gives you 70k cash.

    There is already 3 DLC with useless content, that alone makes me rate this game bad.

    Don't buy this **** but if you do, don't EVER buy any DLC.    … Expand
  72. Ankmastaren
    Nov 14, 2015
    1
    What was once a great game that you could pour hours into with your friends has been drove into the ground by the shortsightedness of its developers… The promise given when purchasing this title has been reneged upon…
  73. abrowne
    Mar 3, 2015
    1
    I'm not going to criticize the games AI, the presence (or lack of) of bugs, or the sophistication of the engine. I hesitated between giving the game a score of a 1 or a 2, and I settled on a 1. I haven't played the original Payday. I'm just a casual gamer who happened across the title through word of mouth, and if you're anything like me, you would look at a title on the basis of whetherI'm not going to criticize the games AI, the presence (or lack of) of bugs, or the sophistication of the engine. I hesitated between giving the game a score of a 1 or a 2, and I settled on a 1. I haven't played the original Payday. I'm just a casual gamer who happened across the title through word of mouth, and if you're anything like me, you would look at a title on the basis of whether it offered good replay value. I bought the game because it contained co-op multiplayer and was looking for a blast. Unfortunately, the game offers very little replay value. The heists are limited in scope and flexibility. Very quickly they become tiring because there is so little to do heist-wise. Take out a camera, pick that lock, drill that safe, collect that jewellery or tie up that hostage. In the end you end up doing the same things over and over. If you screw up the heist you get to shoot your way out, which again becomes boring and repetitive, because you've done it all before. If the devs could have done anything to save the game, it would be the possibility of making the success of heists dependent on greater stealth, the implementation of which was intrinsically linked to the success of a heist. This would have possibly enabled a greater co-operative experience. Unfortunately this is absent in Payday 2, so you get the notion that whether a heist is performed through stealth or brute force, it doesn't really matter. And since most heists online do go wrong pretty quickly, it just becomes a shoot-your-way-out action game, with a few heist related activities available for show. That just makes it repetitive, and it gets old pretty quickly. 1/10 from me.… Expand
  74. AbyssalSora
    Oct 16, 2015
    1
    Just another game that fell into the micro-transactions pit.. It was fun for the time when it was an honest game, but that time is long gone. I suggest trying to get a refund if you currently have it. Steam will willingly refund it, considering the company lied about it's game and the criminal practices it's company is currently taking part in.
  75. pcsmaster
    Oct 26, 2015
    1
    the micro transactions and the stupid dlcs destroyed a great game,in fact is a awesome game but the creator of this game (overkill) destroyed payday 2 with releasing tons of dlcs and putting micro transactions in the game
  76. dgrftrs
    Oct 16, 2015
    1
    They added micro transactions, in a game where a non pay 2 play model would stand. Not cool man, Not cool.

    Amir lied, they created a hostile community and got a highly respected fan site shut down.
  77. sjitz
    Oct 16, 2015
    1
    2/10 is bad game

    Seriously though, no microtransactions means NO MICROTRANSACTIONS.

    Falsely advertised. I still love Payday, but moneywhoring Overkill is dead to me.
  78. the__martyr
    Oct 16, 2015
    1
    Developers are liars and treat there players as garbage, and turned the game into a microtransaction game. You can't play this game withouth microtransactions.
    STAY AWAY FROM THIS!
  79. feeshsticks808
    Oct 16, 2015
    1
    I have 500 + hours in in Payday 2. This game was once my favorite co-op. Ever since the Crimefest update (10/15/15), to me this game became more of player competition than teamwork.
  80. PsychoPurple
    Oct 16, 2015
    1
    Others will have said it better. Some will have said it with less "tact". The point is the same, the game may well be in a swan dive at this point. I only joined this community during the last free weekend, but within a couple of days, I felt my investment had been made back and then some. I can say what Overkill are doing has undone that, but nor can I say I'd have felt the same way aboutOthers will have said it better. Some will have said it with less "tact". The point is the same, the game may well be in a swan dive at this point. I only joined this community during the last free weekend, but within a couple of days, I felt my investment had been made back and then some. I can say what Overkill are doing has undone that, but nor can I say I'd have felt the same way about this game had I picked up now, as I did then.

    One of the strongest aspects of Payday 2 is it's community. Coming in, I was told it was hardcore and difficult to drop into at this late stage. I refute everything about that. If you are a level-headed and polite, the community would embrace you, and not let you drown. The game is brilliant because of it's community, secondary to the, then, superb developer's, who responded to community feedback. The latter changed, and as a result, the former is dissolving.

    Until Overkill make this community whole by restoring ethics and a "community first" approach to their development of this game, I cannot recommend to get in now. You may well find yourself out of pocket, on a sinking ship. You can't even get yourself a coke, and you're about to drown. That is what Overkill has done. Ensured you drown, thirsty.    … Expand
  81. H0pp4k33
    Oct 16, 2015
    1
    Great game. Community rotten to the core. Majority of playerbase are self-centered spoiled brats.
    I guess Overkill got fed up of them too after they supplied the community with everything they asked for.
    People dragging RPG's and sniperrifles to simple jewelry heists. Getting kicked and verbal abuse is common. Statwhoring and dead fotm's. Useless DLC is not necessary to play the game as    Great game. Community rotten to the core. Majority of playerbase are self-centered spoiled brats.
    I guess Overkill got fed up of them too after they supplied the community with everything they asked for.
    People dragging RPG's and sniperrifles to simple jewelry heists. Getting kicked and verbal abuse is common. Statwhoring and dead fotm's. Useless DLC is not necessary to play the game as intended. Only useful for above group of players. I give a negative because of the community alone.    … Expand
  82. inhibited
    Oct 16, 2015
    1
    Loved the game before, gameplay is still solid, but recent changes have made me want to deter from purchasing dlc's and content in the future. I played the game from the start talks of free updates and future heists were a very attractive feature making me want to see the game succeed. Then dlc's came and free updates were a thing of the past and it has gotten to the point of basicallyLoved the game before, gameplay is still solid, but recent changes have made me want to deter from purchasing dlc's and content in the future. I played the game from the start talks of free updates and future heists were a very attractive feature making me want to see the game succeed. Then dlc's came and free updates were a thing of the past and it has gotten to the point of basically paying a monthly fee just to keep up with game changing weapons and perk decks to ensure you and your crew do well on each heist. So after 500 some odd hours i took a break from the game seeing as i didn't want to pay a monthly fee for games. I decided to take it back up with persuasion from friends, start getting into it again and give in and buy a few of the dlc's, start doing all the goals with the community to unlock more crimefest rewards and come to find out there has been a weapon 'rework'. Seeing the skins with stats on it just to make them viable guns in the game is sad. If the stats were taken off and had just cosmetic skins, it would be acceptable but it seems with many of the negative reviews you have displeased the community.… Expand
  83. Ind3gL0
    Oct 16, 2015
    1
    I will change this review when Overkill alters their latest changes to my satisfaction.

    My main problem with the latest change is the cost to get into the game and to use this new change fully. On top of that, some bad decisions and behavior on Overkill's part have come to light as a result of all of this. Keeping the modding community out of the loop is shameful, and not being    I will change this review when Overkill alters their latest changes to my satisfaction.

    My main problem with the latest change is the cost to get into the game and to use this new change fully. On top of that, some bad decisions and behavior on Overkill's part have come to light as a result of all of this. Keeping the modding community out of the loop is shameful, and not being transparent with everyone until the day you implement changes is even more so.    … Expand
  84. KRISPEYKREME
    Oct 16, 2015
    1
    Pay to win, micro transaction, paywall. They nerfed the game and to recoup gun and player stats you have to spend money to gamble on buying drills for almost $4 and you open a safe that contains really cheap skins with really bad prefix's and you might, just might get a legendary or a stat boost that was stolen. The game even goes so far to mocking the community that they will have noPay to win, micro transaction, paywall. They nerfed the game and to recoup gun and player stats you have to spend money to gamble on buying drills for almost $4 and you open a safe that contains really cheap skins with really bad prefix's and you might, just might get a legendary or a stat boost that was stolen. The game even goes so far to mocking the community that they will have no choice but to accept it.

    We were promised by everyone involved this would never happen, but over time the game has become nothing but a billboard of sell out advertisement with nothing to do with the game as well as turning away from krew canon and letting every schmuck into crime net with a gun. If you want to be scammed like EA and Ubisoft, this is their love child. Good luck getting enjoyment after they have killed mods and modding in favor of the mighty $$dollar$$.    … Expand
  85. MylittleElephan
    Oct 17, 2015
    1
    Tnx for Payday 2 CS GO edition
    More skins
    More balance
    More bugs
    More dlc
    More pay2win content pls
    Thank you for the unique incomparable example of the annihilation of the game that everyone loved so much , I suspect that the next step will be paid UNIQUE glow in the dark mask which will need to make a unique achievement in the unique maps of DLS using weapons of DLS .Oh wait , it already is
  86. MurdockSF
    Oct 17, 2015
    1
    I have played this game for quite a while, in fact, i pre-ordered it, and now, after two years of playing, buying DLC and putting up with all the bad decisions they had, the devs have the gall to put MICROTRANSACTIONS on a PAID GAME with almost 30 DLC, and those microtransactions, they boost certain stats, but not all of them, only the rare and expensive ones do. After this update, i canI have played this game for quite a while, in fact, i pre-ordered it, and now, after two years of playing, buying DLC and putting up with all the bad decisions they had, the devs have the gall to put MICROTRANSACTIONS on a PAID GAME with almost 30 DLC, and those microtransactions, they boost certain stats, but not all of them, only the rare and expensive ones do. After this update, i can only say that i hope that Overkill rolls it back and issues an apology, or that payday 2 just dies, no buts or ifs, if a develolper does what Overkill did, they should be ridiculed for such an idiotic decision.
    This was a good game, had meh developers, now it is a p2w game, with bad developers.
    Goodbye Payday, it was good to play you, now it is time do end you.    … Expand
  87. Bloxxy
    Oct 17, 2015
    1
    As most know, Payday 2 is a sequel to Payday The heist. That game was a good one. Optimized really good compared to Payday 2. Graphics are pretty much the same. Game play is some what different but still the same.

    Payday 2 has a skill tree. You only get 120 points. Payday: The Heist you get all the trees. You just have to complete objectives and stuff just to get reputation up.    As most know, Payday 2 is a sequel to Payday The heist. That game was a good one. Optimized really good compared to Payday 2. Graphics are pretty much the same. Game play is some what different but still the same.

    Payday 2 has a skill tree. You only get 120 points.
    Payday: The Heist you get all the trees. You just have to complete objectives and stuff just to get reputation up.

    Payday 2 you can buy the weapons and modify them to hell. Making them like home brew toys.
    Payday:The Heist you actually use guns that robbers would use. If they added a different sight for each gun like a red dot then it would be perfect in that category.

    Payday 2 has more customization.
    Payday: The Heist you are more focused on the game than customization.

    Play Payday: The Heist. I could go on forever. Like Payday 2 is a money grabbing game from OVK and just is horribly optimized.    … Expand
  88. HappyNugget
    Oct 17, 2015
    1
    They sold us a game, we bough it, amazing game, with some flaws (some even game breaking) but we waited patiently for a fix, that never came (Civilians running behind a wall you cant reach and call the cops... a bug that appeared in the beta, 4 years later still there.)
    They sold us DLC with stuff that should have been in the game to begin with (Snipers... Shotguns... grenades...)
    We    They sold us a game, we bough it, amazing game, with some flaws (some even game breaking) but we waited patiently for a fix, that never came (Civilians running behind a wall you cant reach and call the cops... a bug that appeared in the beta, 4 years later still there.)
    They sold us DLC with stuff that should have been in the game to begin with (Snipers... Shotguns... grenades...)
    We bough them too, we wanted to show them we like them, we always wanted their approval.
    But now they have crossed the line, made us worked hard for a FREE update that gave us micro transactions.... you have betrayed us all over kill, you betrayed us all.    … Expand
  89. artBomber
    Oct 17, 2015
    1
    They went on record to say that they would not add microtransactions.
    So what did they do?
    They added microtransactions.
    Good job.
    One point, because when the game didn't suck, it was pretty good.
    But that's all in the past.
    They did an excellent job screwing the pooch.
  90. nofun
    Oct 17, 2015
    1
    Payday2 used to be a good game. Then I got screwed over many times by the developers. This time it was the last time. Adding microtransaction in a game allready full with dlc? overpriced p2win skins? Lying? hell no not going to play this game anymore untill overkill is going to revert their microtransactions
  91. r4mp
    Oct 18, 2015
    1
    p2w skins RIP

    A game filled with bugs, DLC's and now micro-transactions.
    Avoid buying this, just buy anything else, it's better.
    Falsely advertised. I still love Payday, but moneywhoring Overkill is dead to me.
  92. Koromfekete
    Oct 19, 2015
    1
    Stay the hell away from this game AND Overkill. It's really not worthy of your time or attention dear Customer, unless you like being deceived, lied to, ripped off and then politely asked to shut up about it.
  93. efersis
    Oct 20, 2015
    1
    PAYDAY 2 used to be a great game,it had a few issues but the developers ( OVERKILL ) listened to the community and for a time everything was going pretty well,however as time passed this started to change,at first the developers started to distance themselves more and more from the community,they broke promises,made some very questionable things and flooded the game with DLCs,by the timePAYDAY 2 used to be a great game,it had a few issues but the developers ( OVERKILL ) listened to the community and for a time everything was going pretty well,however as time passed this started to change,at first the developers started to distance themselves more and more from the community,they broke promises,made some very questionable things and flooded the game with DLCs,by the time i´m writing this the game has over 20 paid DLC packs,many of those DLC packs have weapons and other items that are required if you want to stay relevant in the game,but things get worse.… Expand
  94. istvan
    Oct 20, 2015
    1
    progression from an amazing coop shooter to a pay2content
    in the beginning free and paid dlc were balanced now its garbage
    with the original game itself you dont have access to like 75 % of the weapons ? with some of them being game changing (he shotguns, sniper etc...)
  95. Jbcdu87
    Oct 20, 2015
    1
    Look, a lot of us got over the fact that Overkill decided to spam mediocre DLC every couple of weeks, but micro-transactions? Screw you, not only did you promise from the start that there will never have micro-transactions. Disgusting, absolutely disgusting.

    I'm not even angry with Overkill anymore, I'm just straight up disappointied.
  96. Overshrill
    Oct 20, 2015
    1
    This game is amazing. Who knew that micro transactions were such a god idea! That's not all, overkill has TONS or great ideas. Their best idea is all their lies and broken promises. Why do what you say when you can just screw over your community and lie to their faces? brilliant ideas, I tell you. i also love the brain dead A.I. and the unbalanced guns. the weapon skins are great too, letThis game is amazing. Who knew that micro transactions were such a god idea! That's not all, overkill has TONS or great ideas. Their best idea is all their lies and broken promises. Why do what you say when you can just screw over your community and lie to their faces? brilliant ideas, I tell you. i also love the brain dead A.I. and the unbalanced guns. the weapon skins are great too, let those peasants with no money have bad guns! overall i give it a 0/10 fantastic game… Expand
  97. bv728
    Oct 21, 2015
    1
    If Crimewave safes and drills were 100% free, dropped every match, this would still be bad, because the safes are not smart loot. Game is now pay to play, pay to dlc, and pay to win.
  98. TheLegacy
    Oct 22, 2015
    1
    Originally, I would have given this game a 8 or 9 out of 10. However, the date of October 15th, 2015, is a date which will live in infamy. On this day, they released Microtransactions, on a $20.00 game with 27 paid-for DLC's, ranging from $3.00 to $7.00. In addition, the Microtransactions unlock gun skin mods which actually give a boost to its stats, which makes the game pay-to-win. Thus,Originally, I would have given this game a 8 or 9 out of 10. However, the date of October 15th, 2015, is a date which will live in infamy. On this day, they released Microtransactions, on a $20.00 game with 27 paid-for DLC's, ranging from $3.00 to $7.00. In addition, the Microtransactions unlock gun skin mods which actually give a boost to its stats, which makes the game pay-to-win. Thus, the game's lost many customers, and I may very well join that number. At the absolute least, I'm never paying for a single DLC from them ever again.… Expand
  99. JimmyDeSouza
    Oct 24, 2015
    1
    Payday The Heist was and still is amazing.

    Payday 2 was fantastic in the beta, but has got worse and worse and worse over time through shoddy business practices aimed at exploiting an incredibly rabid section of the fanbase at the expense of the game. They have reached a ridiculous lowpoint where they have crammed blatant microtransactions and pay to win (CS:GO cases and skins with    Payday The Heist was and still is amazing.

    Payday 2 was fantastic in the beta, but has got worse and worse and worse over time through shoddy business practices aimed at exploiting an incredibly rabid section of the fanbase at the expense of the game.

    They have reached a ridiculous lowpoint where they have crammed blatant microtransactions and pay to win (CS:GO cases and skins with stat boosts combined with an overall rebalance (and nerf in many instances) of the basic guns)).

    505 and Almir destroyed overkill. Damn him, damn them, damn this whole situation.    … Expand
  100. nora345345
    Oct 26, 2015
    1
    **** MT's... and all the **** that they bring, it's just utter bull****.. No one in the gaming world likes MT's other than the bull**** game companies that see their loyal fanbase as nothing more than wallets... I would have given 0 as a score, but since I have hundreds of hours playing up till now i'll give them 1
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 51 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 40 out of 51
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 51
  3. Negative: 0 out of 51
  1. GRYOnline.pl
    Oct 9, 2013
    80
    PayDay 2 is one of the nicest surprises of the year. Overkill Software understands the atmosphere of gangster movies and wisely improves these pieces of gameplay, that might have been disappointing in the first game. The sequel is better in almost every way - you can play a thief and enjoy good character development and shooting systems. I really hope, that PayDay 3 will be even better.
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  2. Pelit (Finland)
    Oct 5, 2013
    86
    Payday 2 is an excellent co-op shooter - a vast improvement over the first one. [Sept 2013]
  3. Hyper Magazine
    Oct 3, 2013
    80
    A unique and captivating multiplayer experience that rewards team work over personal glory. But make sure you bring friends for the true experience. [Nov 2013, p.62]
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