Payday 2

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Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 3970 Ratings

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  1. MacGregor
    Oct 16, 2015
    7
    A few days ago I would have given this game somewhere around an 8 and recommended it. But now Overkill decided to "reward" it's loyal playerbase that spent the last 2 weeks doing in game challenges by implementing a Stat-boosting weapon skin system shamelessly copied from CS:GO. Despite promising not to implement microtransactions 2 years ago. Don't buy this game until theseA few days ago I would have given this game somewhere around an 8 and recommended it. But now Overkill decided to "reward" it's loyal playerbase that spent the last 2 weeks doing in game challenges by implementing a Stat-boosting weapon skin system shamelessly copied from CS:GO. Despite promising not to implement microtransactions 2 years ago. Don't buy this game until these microtransactions are removed.… Expand
  2. redporper
    Oct 16, 2015
    6
    Once proud franchise destroyed by microtransactions. $200 for the entire game, all the DLC for the right to buy even more stuff in game. Chests you can't open without spending $2.49 each.
  3. wuff
    Aug 13, 2013
    7
    Payday 2 is without a doubt a large improvement on the first game, it does everything better but still falls short out of being a real standout shooter that the concept should be.

    The content is there, you have roughly 30+ mission to complete with AI or other players, a huge amount of guns and upgrades to unlock, customizable masks, talent trees, a hideout to decorate and several    Payday 2 is without a doubt a large improvement on the first game, it does everything better but still falls short out of being a real standout shooter that the concept should be.

    The content is there, you have roughly 30+ mission to complete with AI or other players, a huge amount of guns and upgrades to unlock, customizable masks, talent trees, a hideout to decorate and several difficulties to choose from.

    The missions have far greater variation, from bank jobs to attacking rival gangs, assassinations, cooking meth or escaping the FBI after an ambush in the getaway, none feel the same.

    You can tackle most missions differently to suit your playstyle, you can try to be sneaky or go in all guns blazing and the success of each approach is can be affected by your loadout and talent choices, thankfully you can reset your talents at any time.

    The biggest let down and real atmosphere killer are the visuals. The world is completely static, there is no movement in trees, no objects have physics, the engine feels dated,I can't help but imagine how amazing this game would be on the Cryengine.

    The audio does it's job well, the music is once again excellent, creating tension and thrills where it is needed. The SFX are good but lack the quality of other FPS.

    Is payday 2 worth it? If you're a fan of the first one then it is a big YES, if you're new to the payday franchise then it is just yes.    … Expand
  4. ERB
    Aug 13, 2013
    7
    An absolutely excellent game.The story is great,the graphics look good,and especially the game play or the shooter is awesome.This game is a lot of fun.I mean I played this game 4 times in a row and still I keep playing this because it is addicting and fun.So far this year this is one of the best games I played this year.So this game really deserves a high score.Good game!I like it.
  5. moslin
    Aug 23, 2013
    5
    Im glad to see the metascore decline and more negative user reviews reflecting the direction this game and its developers have taken. The game was released with very little content, false advertising was used. Some of the maps are very short and reused and theres not many EPIC heists as the first game. The game has a host of bugs still and Crime net is a bit undesirable. You selectIm glad to see the metascore decline and more negative user reviews reflecting the direction this game and its developers have taken. The game was released with very little content, false advertising was used. Some of the maps are very short and reused and theres not many EPIC heists as the first game. The game has a host of bugs still and Crime net is a bit undesirable. You select missions that appear on a map of a DC metro area rather than just picking what you want. Its a fun game but it feels grindy the point of the game is to farm for experience to gain new levels to access new perks and to get Loot card drops for weapon mods and masks and materials to customize masks that all cost money and you cant customize a mask again after its already been touched. Not that many exciting weapons either and limited slots for weapons and masks.

    The mission variety isnt as stellar as I thought it would be and the worst offense is they plan to complete the game with 5 Dlcs you have to pay for. They sure learned some nasty marketing tricks from David Goldfarb who use to work at EA games notorious for these types of Practices.

    Sorry David, and Almir... the game is not finished by any means. This could of been such a memorable game that would last me well over 100 hours of gameplay. Still The game has given me many hours of enjoyment and beats most 60 dollar games but it didnt live up to the hype.

    I expect the Dlc will take more than a year to be finished releasing and will all be overpriced.    … Expand
  6. Eckaji
    Oct 20, 2015
    7
    This is an alright horde game with with the option of completing some jobs in stealth. It has a lot of DLC, some of which is directly designed so that if you buy it then special enemies that were either there at the start or added later with previous DLCs in mind can be killed with ease. Some would say this is P2W and they'd pretty much be right, but if you look beyond the DLC (you don'tThis is an alright horde game with with the option of completing some jobs in stealth. It has a lot of DLC, some of which is directly designed so that if you buy it then special enemies that were either there at the start or added later with previous DLCs in mind can be killed with ease. Some would say this is P2W and they'd pretty much be right, but if you look beyond the DLC (you don't need to buy DLC jobs to play them, you just can't host them) then you might just find a fun co-op game.

    In short, buy this game when it is on-sale and be the cool kid that doesn't buy a single DLC.    … Expand
  7. Staki9
    Sep 10, 2013
    6
    PAYDAY 2 could have been a perfect game, but some evident laziness (or outright incompetence) on the part of the developers in some areas stopped it from reaching that point.

    I understand this game is intended to be a CO-OP game, but that doesn't mean it should be boring and even frustrating to play alone. The missions are obviously designed for multiple people, playing them alone can    PAYDAY 2 could have been a perfect game, but some evident laziness (or outright incompetence) on the part of the developers in some areas stopped it from reaching that point.

    I understand this game is intended to be a CO-OP game, but that doesn't mean it should be boring and even frustrating to play alone. The missions are obviously designed for multiple people, playing them alone can leave you lugging 6 bags from point A to point B one by one as your AI teammates will not assist you with anything except combat. On the topic of AI, even disregarding the atrocious allied AI, the enemy AI is equally as bad difficulty levels are lazy and don't add anything to the tactics enemy AI use, they simply do more damage and are harder to kill.

    On a positive note, the game is remarkably fun with a few friends, even with the problems with enemy AI. It's fast-paced, exciting, and rewarding. The specialization skill trees are subtle enough to be reasonable and yet still feel like there's a difference in terms of your ability as any particular role.

    Do the cons outweigh the pros? I'm not one to decide that, but this game has glaring issues that should have been addressed prior to launch. However, for a $30 game, it's most likely well worth your money if you have a few friends to play with.    … Expand
  8. vannhiem
    Aug 27, 2013
    6
    This game is unfinished and lacks any real content. Stay well away. Once you get to level 10 there is nothing else. The game is blatantly missing parts. Game also reuses assets to as ridiculous level.
  9. JackLantern101
    Aug 29, 2013
    6
    Jesus Christ Overkill. great job messing everything up with your absolutely genius idea of Crime.net. No one can stand the game cuz of this idea. SCRAP IT ALREADY!
    And what the hell is up with the 100% completely random loot? You think players WANTED that kind of a system? What the ****?
    The game is not horrendous. The actual gameplay is great. But dealing with Crime.net to get into a    Jesus Christ Overkill. great job messing everything up with your absolutely genius idea of Crime.net. No one can stand the game cuz of this idea. SCRAP IT ALREADY!
    And what the hell is up with the 100% completely random loot? You think players WANTED that kind of a system? What the ****?

    The game is not horrendous. The actual gameplay is great. But dealing with Crime.net to get into a match is too damn tedious, and random loot destroys any reward incentive to work for or progress towards in the game.

    The community gave you so many great ideas and not ONCE did anyone EVER suggest something was wrong with the old match making system, OR that a completely randomized loot system sounded like a great idea. That's absurd to even think.

    What could have been one of the greatest games this year was destroyed by these two dumbass features. It was pretty unwise to "experiment" with your second game ever made. Look what you did! Great job guys!
    Stop trying to force this failure of an idea down our throats and telling us "we will learn to like it" and just replace it before the hype dies out and no one will give it a second try.
    Crime.net absolutely SUCKS.
    Random loot systems absolutely SUCK.
    Fix it.    … Expand
  10. Waffleyz
    Aug 29, 2013
    5
    This games gameplay is fun and glitchy. The cop ai iss funky as sometimes even walking through walls and having eyes in the back of their heads

    The games creators skipped on a ton of content that they are going to use for DLC. Currently theres about 9 heists, 3 of which take place in the same bank, and are basically identical.
  11. pc999
    Aug 14, 2013
    5
    I loved the first Payday but in this game they introduced lots of problems.

    1- Bad, small and short levels/heist, with to many screens in between, quite repetitive and few objectives; 2- Worst matchmaking/hosting system I ever saw, you cant even freely choose the game you are hosting, you need to wait till it appear on the system, and wait, and wait...; 3 A somewhat broken    I loved the first Payday but in this game they introduced lots of problems.

    1- Bad, small and short levels/heist, with to many screens in between, quite repetitive and few objectives;

    2- Worst matchmaking/hosting system I ever saw, you cant even freely choose the game you are hosting, you need to wait till it appear on the system, and wait, and wait...;

    3 A somewhat broken rpg/customization system;

    4 unfinished product without some of the announced features (still promised), to many reused assets (even for a indie) and missing enemies (classics from the first, also promised for soon);

    5 Many small things that arent right or small bugs;

    The game have lots of potential, improvements on gameplay, enemy tactics, new stuff/skills, more stealth and planning options, random events/geometry, but lost the great level/heist design and simplicity to start, plan and gear up for a game of the first.    … Expand
  12. SIDEKICKMAN
    Aug 23, 2013
    6
    The game did not ship with all of its promised features and constant updates of over 800 megabytes make it impossible to adapt to the game. Until Overkill can flesh out the undeniable problems that were both present in the beta and not fixed for the finished game.

    PC players of the game are facing poor support from Overkill who refuse to acknowledge to "17 Heists, 30 Stages" promise,    The game did not ship with all of its promised features and constant updates of over 800 megabytes make it impossible to adapt to the game. Until Overkill can flesh out the undeniable problems that were both present in the beta and not fixed for the finished game.

    PC players of the game are facing poor support from Overkill who refuse to acknowledge to "17 Heists, 30 Stages" promise, safehouse customization, and more. Instead, the developer would rather make certain officers even more difficult to kill and release an update that broke multiplayer.

    In addition to these technical flaws, Overkill still has not made a singeplayer mode that is playable. In fact, a recent update made it even more difficult than it already was. Instead of a full team of four, you get two AIs. In addition to the smaller team, the AI cannot pick up loot bags (which the police can), open safes, steal generic loot, place bags, or use any semblance of intelligence to assist you. This state of "offline mode" is completely criminal, especially since the Multiplayer seems to be broken on a regular basis.

    Even after all of that, the game still manages to entertain some vague aspects of cooperative play. You can coordinate with you team, capture hostages, and actually orchestrate the heist.

    However, in the games current state and Overkill's attitude towards development, it will be an accomplishment if they can finish the game and fulfill the promises they made to their fans- even more so if the game can be stabilized.    … Expand
  13. MagSun
    Oct 1, 2014
    5
    After a longer break from this game I've started playing it "casually". Of course, this game is still quite repetitive to grind your way to level max or now to "Infamy" levels, the DLCs cost quite a bit (but got most of them during steam sales quite cheap) and with "The Dentist", Heists have pre-planning, allowing you to mess that up, too, but it is AWESOME! After all this time playing andAfter a longer break from this game I've started playing it "casually". Of course, this game is still quite repetitive to grind your way to level max or now to "Infamy" levels, the DLCs cost quite a bit (but got most of them during steam sales quite cheap) and with "The Dentist", Heists have pre-planning, allowing you to mess that up, too, but it is AWESOME! After all this time playing and still not level max, it is still fun to play 2-4 maps an evening stealthy or loud. The greatest f*ckup in this game is the "connection lost" problem. You've played for an hour on the higher difficulties and get nothing from losing the connection before the final "Payday".

    IF you play this game only to be level max, complain about high DLC prices and -- in compare to this -- crappy gameplay, you should definitely get the last few CoD games.

    Final comment on: "200k for a bigger Magazine!?"
    >> Yes, that is called "Balance buy once items" or did you like to have useless spending money or buy every item like a "consumable" (Bullets, Magazines, Drills, etc.)? Better think about "the Police releases the criminal for a hostage with all his guns, ammo and sh*t.    … Expand
  14. Evil_Smurf
    Oct 16, 2015
    5
    Is it a good game? Well, I did have some enjoyment with it but it can get repetitive / boring quite fast. Which is also a reason why DLCs are regularly releases (usually guns/skins, and some maps) but they are quite costly for the value you pay. Still, I bought a few DLCs (usually in a sale) and even then, I felt I paid a little too much for the added content (which only provides a few newIs it a good game? Well, I did have some enjoyment with it but it can get repetitive / boring quite fast. Which is also a reason why DLCs are regularly releases (usually guns/skins, and some maps) but they are quite costly for the value you pay. Still, I bought a few DLCs (usually in a sale) and even then, I felt I paid a little too much for the added content (which only provides a few new hours of fun before getting stale/ repetitive again).

    But now, the developpers added micro-transactions (because why not...) despite repetively stating in the past they would never do so. So, I am done with this game. It was already too expensive (due to regular DLC releases) to my taste for the enjoyment I had and now, it is simply too much. I shall move on.

    Do I receommend this game? Not anymore. It can still be fun in its own right but for it to stay that way, you need a bunch of DLCs and the total cost exceed the value of the game. There are a lot of better games for cheaper / similar prices.    … Expand
  15. C_Ya_Jack
    Oct 16, 2015
    6
    Well..PD2 has changed to Pay2Win or show like so many other games. During the Crimefest event they added microtransactions for drills to open up Safes that drop at end of Heist. So back in 2013 Almir said no to microtransactions..until now. With 28 DLCs and I own them all and over 1800 hours playing I know what the game is and it always has bugs of some sort. DLC are one thing- youWell..PD2 has changed to Pay2Win or show like so many other games. During the Crimefest event they added microtransactions for drills to open up Safes that drop at end of Heist. So back in 2013 Almir said no to microtransactions..until now. With 28 DLCs and I own them all and over 1800 hours playing I know what the game is and it always has bugs of some sort. DLC are one thing- you sort of know what you are getting, but in a safe - you have a CHANCE at 7-9 items..which you have no idea what which one...you might own them already. Will they make trading the safes at some time? Idnk, but probably not since it does not help Overkill When they update the game - the Modders of Hoxhud or Pocohud have to change their things to make the game 110% more enjoyable. Without them the game is sort of lame....they should have been incorporated a long time ago. Guards can walk through walls, fall through the floor to the next, jump up to the 2nd or 3rd floor ----Wow what power they have - that we do not. Some of the units you fight that do not have armor, but are basically harder to kill than most things- Cloakers and Tasers take way too much damage before going down...even head-shots do not kill them with 2 shots with a normal gun...that would in any other game. Sheilds can move and make you climb on top of their shields....which is really crazy when you see it. Bulldozers -3 different types have been introduced over the last couple years (Green, Black and Skull)...are the beasts to kill...Face plate shooting is paramount in quick kill. Different weapons are always introduced in the 28 DLCs that cost $4.99ea..so yeah, over $139 if paid retail for them. Wait until sale is on though...70% off.
    Co-op players are varied- you can buy the weapon packs and DLCs and get the better guns, but now they added the Pay to buy the drill to open a safe drop - $2.50 each. So now they want more money...on a game that is about to be out of date. They have 1980's computers still on desks, signage from 2013 or 2014 still on the game. Not great graphics at all...only 6 basic car models throughout the game. except on Car Shop..that you can only drive in one heist..and they are not good. Basically the same 14 type people with same old clothes in every heist...doing the same boring things. Once you have the patterns down and the guards patterns - the game is easy - on DW stealth that is.
    Many things could make the game better, but in Summer 2016- Payday 3 is supposed to be out...so I do not see much more coming to PD2.    … Expand
  16. Bmane
    Aug 16, 2013
    6
    Payday 2: over-hyped repetitive grind-fest, or a remarkable fun and enjoyable game? Read on..

    Payday 2 has turned out to be a tremendously successful game. Pre-orders were almost sold-out everywhere while post-sales hit the roof, turning it into a instant commercial success for the small studio. Beta feedback has been positive on some fronts, and post-launch reviews have given the game    Payday 2: over-hyped repetitive grind-fest, or a remarkable fun and enjoyable game? Read on..

    Payday 2 has turned out to be a tremendously successful game. Pre-orders were almost sold-out everywhere while post-sales hit the roof, turning it into a instant commercial success for the small studio. Beta feedback has been positive on some fronts, and post-launch reviews have given the game a high-rating from some of the mainstream critics.

    However it seems Payday 2 is now suffering post-launch blues, and has fallen into that developer trap. More on that later.

    One of the reasons why Payday 2 has been so successful on launch is that it is, indeed, a really fun co-op game. There is no denying it. From that adrenaline rush you get pulling a bank job to the joy of managing to do just one job on full stealth. Payday 2 is surely best played with friends for maximum enjoyment, and isn't the sort of game you want to play with just random players.

    So, why am I rating it a measly 6, then? Well, here's the thing; Payday 2 is a satisfying game on launch, and even after a day or so it still remains a satisfying game, but after the 3rd day you start to notice the faults with the game that creep out at you. It's this very reason why the game has been so successful with critics, and I would imagine they would review it a little differently further down the road.

    To say the game suffers from repetitive play is an understatement. You soon realize that the pace of the game is slightly off whack. It turns into a massive grind-fest due to everything costing money. Fancy that red-dot sight you got in the lootbag dlc? Well, it costs in-game money to attach it to your gun! How about mask customization? Well, that costs in-game money as well. Leveling up? In-game money. Practically anything you do with your characters involves money.

    Now, this wouldn't be so bad if the payouts were a little more balanced, but unfortunately the games current system forces you to grind repetitive missions with little room for change, making even grinding a bore fest.

    Now, lets talk about that dev trap I mentioned earlier. I've seen this in other games, so I'll sum it up. A developer designs a game. It has a good concept, good working mechanics (crime.net, class/skills), a wide range of variety in assets (guns/mods) along with excellent customization (masks/guns) and the core concept relies heavily on repeated plays of maps. However, the developer only designs a few playable maps (7 or 10 I believe minus the safe-house). These maps are relatively small, with the so-called 'huge dynamic changes' as marketed being rather small and not worthy of note. Since the core concept of the game itself relies heavily on the maps themselves, the game becomes a tedious repetitive experience once you repeat the maps.

    At this stage some things become apparent; there is only one bank map. There is only one map featuring stores. There is only one map featuring a jewelry heist. There is only one map of each specific genre of heist. Granted, there is supposed to be 30+ heists in the game, but they all take place on the same maps. It turns into a *steal X item profit* on the same maps, over and over again, with little changes that don't add anything to the game. A vault may be somewhere different. There may be 3 guards around the back instead of 2. All these changes are indeed welcome, but marketing it as huge changes isn't appropriate.

    Playing the same maps over, and over, and over again, wouldn't be so bad if the actual heist mechanics were done right. Unfortunately, that's another area that they didn't design so well. Drills take a large amount of time, so much so that you just end up not drilling after awhile, it becomes a case of "I just can't be bothered to wait 3-4 minutes for this bloody thing", not even taking into account of how many times it breaks down. Repeat this process several times and even the most harden players will start getting bored.

    Payday 2 does do some things right. Crime.net example is a good mechanic, while it suffers from shoving repeated heists down your throat, the idea itself is good and would work really well with more variety of maps/heists. The safehouse seems like a stale introduction, but it seems like Overkill has some plans for this later on, possibly in the form of some dlc.

    However, unless Overkill is planning on introducing rather large map-packs in his DLC plans, I can't see Payday 2 playable longevity lasting long. Only after 3 days of playing I can tell you its become tiresome to play some of the same maps again, with the dreadful repeated soundtrack.

    Payday 2 could have been so much better, but unless your a hardcore grindfest kinda player, you will soon grow tiresome of this rather enjoyable but flawed co-op.

    Summary:

    Graphics 6/10
    Soundtrack 4/10
    Sounds 6/10
    Gameplay 5/10
    Re-playability 4/10    … Expand
  17. Aldrenean
    Nov 20, 2013
    5
    There is a fun game here, if you can find it. You will need three friends who are capable of clear communication and four microphones. Without these things your options are random matchmaking or AI teammates.
    The AI is laughably incompetent and will literally only shoot at cops when you are under siege. They will not carry bags, steal money, take hostages, etc etc etc. So playing the    There is a fun game here, if you can find it. You will need three friends who are capable of clear communication and four microphones. Without these things your options are random matchmaking or AI teammates.
    The AI is laughably incompetent and will literally only shoot at cops when you are under siege. They will not carry bags, steal money, take hostages, etc etc etc. So playing the game solo is basically impossible, except on the easiest of levels or with the most advanced equipment.
    As for randoms, you will occasionally get a decent game, but the vast majority of players never seem to use voice or text chat. The only communication tool the game provides is a single all-purpose button, no voice call-out menu or anything like that. Matchmaking missions tend to devolve into 4 people doing their own thing in the same map, kind of like Monaco but much, much less fun.

    There are other problems: progression is trickle-fed like a heroin drip, with the almost never avoided pitfall of leaving new players with almost nothing. The starter rifle and pistol are wildly inaccurate, and the game mechanics make it ridiculously difficult to pull off a heist without alerting the police while at low level. I appreciate a satisfying skill tree and item progression, but restricting new players into only playing the game one way is not the correct way to do it. So far my time with the game has resembled Left 4 Dead more than Monaco, Hitman or Thief.

    The biggest technical issue is the insane hard drive bloat. The game originally required less than 10gb of space. With the latest DLC, it now takes up just under 25gb. That is bigger than GTAIV, RAGE or RO2. This is completely ridiculous, and could well make the game unplayable for someone who bought it thinking the officially listed requirement of 10gb was accurate.    … Expand
  18. SaintJames012
    Nov 5, 2013
    6
    Before you read this I want to point out the fact that this score is based off playing the multiplayer SOLO, no friends and playing with randoms. This game is fun for the first couple of hours playing with randoms, until you realize the payday community is filled with a bunch of pricks. Basically you will see level 50-60s in a level 1 mission then boot you for being to low a rank. PeopleBefore you read this I want to point out the fact that this score is based off playing the multiplayer SOLO, no friends and playing with randoms. This game is fun for the first couple of hours playing with randoms, until you realize the payday community is filled with a bunch of pricks. Basically you will see level 50-60s in a level 1 mission then boot you for being to low a rank. People will expect you to know what to do right out the gate, and will quit at the slightest hint of the mission not going their way. Also if the host of the mission quits, and they will, the game will shut down completely, and you will lose all the cash, xp, and gear you should have gotten. The missions are also very repetitive. All bank jobs are of the exact same bank, the only difference is what is inside the vault. You will see the same problem repeatedly throughout the game. With friends the game gets an 8/10, but if you play this solo with randoms it gets a 6/10… Expand
  19. ce111
    Jul 31, 2014
    7
    This is a great game...if you have friends to play it with you. The mission's I've played with pugs have to be some of the worst in my entire experience. You can get kicked for nothing and people leaving games at a whim is becoming an epidemic. But if you have some buddies to play with, the game becomes 100% better. The jobs are recycled but you can go for harder difficulties which offerThis is a great game...if you have friends to play it with you. The mission's I've played with pugs have to be some of the worst in my entire experience. You can get kicked for nothing and people leaving games at a whim is becoming an epidemic. But if you have some buddies to play with, the game becomes 100% better. The jobs are recycled but you can go for harder difficulties which offer greater rewards but more risk. Pulling off an incredibly hard job is a great feeling. So if you have a couple friend who will play this game with you then its definitely worth it. Otherwise I'd suggest giving this game a pass. There is a single player mode but no real story to speak of and the AI is awful. More often a hindrance than a help.… Expand
  20. Fr3nchee
    Sep 2, 2013
    5
    A review from a virgin Payday player.
    This game is quite literally "ok", not great, not crap. First the good points: The varying placement of items and such around the level is a nice touch, the jobs that pop in and out of existence, the online with 4 other users is nice because of the speed the job can be achieved with as well a substantial rewards. However this game leaves a lot to be    A review from a virgin Payday player.
    This game is quite literally "ok", not great, not crap. First the good points: The varying placement of items and such around the level is a nice touch, the jobs that pop in and out of existence, the online with 4 other users is nice because of the speed the job can be achieved with as well a substantial rewards. However this game leaves a lot to be desired of it. Offline isn't even worth playing, the AI are beyond awful, apart from shooting they cannot pick up bags and help nor can the be sly once the heist is started. They won't do anything but stick to a 1 metre radius from you which means they will not hold an area unless you are at the centre which makes going back and forth to pick up each bag (because they won't do it) even harder than it needs to be. Then the reward is tiny in comparison to online. Not only that but the reward is split into an "overseas account" (which essentially you cannot touch ever as far as I can tell, I may be wrong) and a pocket money style account which is about 5% of the overall amount earned from the heists. This means it is utterly useless if you want to upgrade your weapons, it took me over 5 hrs of gameplay offline to collect enough for a silencer, which leads me to the next downfall, the add-ons are given to you at random, well I say given, unlocked and then sold at random, I'm yet to be able to customise masks and yet people who are just starting have fully customised ones because they were lucky enough to get a random mask upgrade which was the actual mask (which is very rare in my experience). However none of these are worth avoiding the game for, these are my reasons for avoiding it. Customisation of your "safehouse" is mentioned right at the beginning of the game, you would be able to use the money you have earned to customise. However this is not actually a feature and thus the money stored away is utterly pointless. I have $18million (that's not much if you play online) stashed away but I cannot use it for anything (including buying equipment). This is because this feature was given as a pre-order bonus... it baffles me to think, that was the reward for buying a game. Developers are getting lazier and greedier. Finally the thing that rubbed me up the wrong way and makes the rating so low is that this game would be a 10 (if patches for small details are to arrive) in my book, this game is perfect as a multiplayer game to play with your friends, get the lads round for beers and a gaming session... put the disc in "oh this looks cool" "so there are 4 characters, do we get to choose which ones we want?" OH WAIT! NO SPLITSCREEN!!! This game would be the game of the year for me if it had splitscreen, I'd even forgive just 2 player splitscreen but a 1 player game with 4 main characters is beyond stupid. Online fails to give the same rush of you and your mates shouting at each other in the same room, "You need to blow that safe" "I'm down" "Grab that jewelry!" (This doesn't work if you need to explain over the headset where it is). I know this is done to sell more but I can tell you in my friends group out of 4 (not including me) wanting to get the game, only 1 decided to buy it, do you want to know why? because they wanted a game that meant they could invite their mates round and play, like fifa, COD, Minecraft and many others. Playing over the internet is just not as fun not to mention if you're internet is a little temperamental it becomes a burden. This game is more of a DLC for a full game. it basically is a few set missions that needs you to play online to remotely enjoy it and doesn't allow you to play with mates. This game makes my head hurt, it's the perfect 4-way splitscreen game for you and friends except that it's not possible to do what this game was designed for. So it if you don't mind not being with your friends then yeah it's an average wave of police that you shoot!
    I wanted this game to be amazing but it just falls far too short of a completed game. Hopefully splitscreen will start to reappear in games.
    Why are TVs getting bigger yet 10 yrs ago you could get 4 players on one tine 15" and now you can only get 1 on a 50"? What is wrong with you developers, you'd sell more making it fun than forcing people into it... Please understand this game feels rushed but the mechanics are interesting but not complete. It just has so many let downs in my opinion. The idea of the game is lovely but the outcome is "Meh" as soon as GTA comes out this will die away because it lacks the finished feel of a great game.

    Conclusion:
    Single player: utterly useless (google it, that's everyone's opinion)
    Online: ok, fun but no more than any other online co-op, you'd rather be with mates.
    with friends: would much rather be out having a pint if we can't be in the same place while enjoying ourselves.
    Customisation: looks good, I have all sorts of add-ons which needs parts that are part of a lucky dip and I'm yet to get hold of hence no idea.    … Expand
  21. player6587
    Oct 11, 2014
    6
    This game is nice in graphics and gameplay. but what i like the most is the realisticness.but what i DON't like is those DLC!!!!! you can only play 3/1 of the gamemodes but the other 3/2 is purchased!
  22. kramed
    Nov 20, 2013
    7
    As a big fan of the movie Heat, Payday 2 is unique FPS worth playing for a week or two. First impressions I had were it has a bit of a learning curve and is really geared towards players that like unlock systems (aka Battlefield). I personally like to be able play a game and not be disadvantaged for not having played for 50 hours but I must say Payday is a refreshing change to the FPSAs a big fan of the movie Heat, Payday 2 is unique FPS worth playing for a week or two. First impressions I had were it has a bit of a learning curve and is really geared towards players that like unlock systems (aka Battlefield). I personally like to be able play a game and not be disadvantaged for not having played for 50 hours but I must say Payday is a refreshing change to the FPS genre. I do enjoy the settings and maps. The graphics and game dynamics are also quite good but I found the game is limited by its absolutely horrendous matchmaking and server joining system with the grindfest to unlock any of the cool in game items. I think I will have gotten my moneys worth out of this game at the 10-15 hour range and then drop it forever. Pick it up on sale and dont bother with the DLC. If the host has the DLC you can play, you just cant host games with the DLC maps.… Expand
  23. MaxPay
    Sep 21, 2013
    6
    In short: Payday 2 has it's charm, as well as it's issues.
    PROS: Concept, fun co-op, sound, skill-trees, dynamic map parts, shooting, level of customization.
    CONS: AI, lag, no host migration, losing connections, random loot, partial hitboxes, forced dynamic shadows, sound bugs, no cloaker. If those issues were fixed, would give it an 8. With 10 more heists and overkill 145+ difficulty,    In short: Payday 2 has it's charm, as well as it's issues.
    PROS: Concept, fun co-op, sound, skill-trees, dynamic map parts, shooting, level of customization.
    CONS: AI, lag, no host migration, losing connections, random loot, partial hitboxes, forced dynamic shadows, sound bugs, no cloaker.
    If those issues were fixed, would give it an 8. With 10 more heists and overkill 145+ difficulty, it's a 9. Such a shame it's not there, at least not yet.    … Expand
  24. quantumnerd
    Nov 11, 2013
    5
    This game doesn't really deserve all the praise being heaped on it. It's a fun game-- you, four friends, a heist, plenty of things to shoot, and different ways to complete missions. What's not to love?

    Well, to start, it's grindy. Very grindy. I still don't have the silent drill after many hours of play in the technician tech tree. And I still don't have good mods for my weapons,    This game doesn't really deserve all the praise being heaped on it. It's a fun game-- you, four friends, a heist, plenty of things to shoot, and different ways to complete missions. What's not to love?

    Well, to start, it's grindy. Very grindy. I still don't have the silent drill after many hours of play in the technician tech tree. And I still don't have good mods for my weapons, because they only drop randomly. And you can't trade. And you still have to pay ingame cash for them after they do drop. Yep, that's double-dipping in terms of extending the length of the game. And it goes past that-- there are only a few missions, it's only worth it to play on Overkill difficulty due to only those missions giving enough experience and money, and contracts are very expensive. That means that either you grind for more mission money after being a charity for the three other guys in the party by buying the mission contract, or you wait for an Overkill mission to pop up on the jobs map. And after you get into a mission, hope that you connect, because you'll normally be stuck in a connection loop, or find "lobby full" when you try to join someone else's game. And after you join the game, you have a high chance of being kicked thanks to the uncommunicative and elitist community. Not high level enough? Kicked, even though there's A FILTER FOR THAT they chose not to use. They just want to be dicks to you? Kick you right before the mission ends so you won't get XP or money. But let's assume you get a working, nice crew together. Now you don't know if everyone wants to do the same thing, or has the proper loadout. The game was advertised as one where you'll call up a friend with specialties to perform a specific job. In reality, you don't have that many friends, and never will. You have to rely on randoms. Can you advertise a lobby as a stealth only lobby? Can you make sure you have skills A, B, C and D before you go in? No. You can't. So even if against all odds you get a sane game, you might not have the right team compo. And then there's random other issues. For one, there just aren't a lot of mission types. There are only really about 8 mission types in the game (probably why they have to try so hard to stretch content out). Guns don't sound right, and the shooting feels bad. The soundtrack is kind of awful and repetitive. If your final team member doesn't go to the extraction point, then the rest of you can be shot while he dawdles and then you'll fail the mission (downed members anywhere, including in the extraction point, prevent extraction). There's no proper offline practice mode, because you'll lose ingame currency if you buy contracts in offline mode, and lose money for killing civilians in offline mode.

    So why am I giving this game a 5? What's there good about it? Like I said, it's a four player co-op heist game. It's still pretty fun to play with friends. It might be the only thing your friends will agree on. But friends make everything tolerable-- the game is still pretty bad.    … Expand
  25. UnbiasedOne
    Aug 16, 2013
    5
    *NOTE: THIS REVIEW IS FOR RELEASE 1.0.0*

    After months of playing the first one dry I was more then ready for the second. There are many many more missions and tons of upgrades and weapons. You get to assign skills. However, that's all it has going for it. The severe disappointment is the layout for weapons, upgrades and skills. It is terrible. Each time you level up you get 1 skill    *NOTE: THIS REVIEW IS FOR RELEASE 1.0.0*

    After months of playing the first one dry I was more then ready for the second. There are many many more missions and tons of upgrades and weapons. You get to assign skills. However, that's all it has going for it. The severe disappointment is the layout for weapons, upgrades and skills. It is terrible. Each time you level up you get 1 skill point, for ever 10 levels you get an extra 2. However it costs skill points AND money to upgrade and the price is absurd. Money is nothing like the first. You get two different accounts one goes into an Offshore account and the other is money to spend, on average for every $100,000 you get only $6,000 you get to spend depending on the difficulty.

    The inventory is just as bad. If you unlock an upgrade and have it equipped to a weapon, now you want to remove that upgrade then add it again, you have to PAY AGAIN for it. WHY!? If it's in your inventory why pay for something you already have!? Worse yet you cannot sell spare upgrades! Different armor is new you have a vest that can take 2 hits before your health starts dropping. The better the vest the more hits. While armor does regenerate after time it is worthless on harder difficulties. Flack Jackets which can take 5 hits can only take one on VERY HARD, or OVERKILL, it can only take 3 on HARD and all 5 on NORMAL.

    Difficulties depend on how much money and experience you get. The more experience, the more you can level up. Some missions you get a jackpot (again difficulty and conditions) with over $200,000 spending money and 10,000 experience. Most missions you average 900 Experience and $4,000 spending money.

    85% of the voice acting has been recycled from the first. The only new lines are from Bain and a few from the characters. Now the Co-Op, it is the definition of unstable. 75%-85% of the time you cannot connect to a game, will be dropped from a game, or loose connection to two or more players which shuts the match down. Safe house. What is the point of this? It does nothing. Payday 2 (as of v.1) is addicting but more aggravating then fun, I hope many many patches fix these issues.    … Expand
  26. Dovafox
    Aug 14, 2013
    5
    This game is a really good improvement since the first Payday game.
    In my opinion, they rushed the release. The release made it hard to play with your friends, play without crashing etc. After the first update, it was fixed.
    This game has an irritating civil AI that doesn't listen to you at important times, and most likely aimbot SWATS. The weapon number are kind of low and wasn't    This game is a really good improvement since the first Payday game.
    In my opinion, they rushed the release. The release made it hard to play with your friends, play without crashing etc. After the first update, it was fixed.
    This game has an irritating civil AI that doesn't listen to you at important times, and most likely aimbot SWATS.
    The weapon number are kind of low and wasn't expected to be so few.
    After Level 31 you will never unlock more guns which is total BS.
    Heists are used in the same bank, store and it's kind of stupid to see things all over again.
    But this game is fun right? Of course it is. When you get to level 20, you will play on Overkill difficulty and you will realise how easy it is.    … Expand
  27. Korriban
    Feb 1, 2014
    6
    TL;DR at the end of this wall text.

    I had mixed feelings for this game, for a while I liked it a lot, but with the latest updates and DLCs I eventually made up my mind and uninstalled it. I've seriously grown tired of the company policy, they keep adding stuff and make the game harder without fixing bugs that are well known since the dawn of time. I'm going to explain... Don't get    TL;DR at the end of this wall text.

    I had mixed feelings for this game, for a while I liked it a lot, but with the latest updates and DLCs I eventually made up my mind and uninstalled it. I've seriously grown tired of the company policy, they keep adding stuff and make the game harder without fixing bugs that are well known since the dawn of time.

    I'm going to explain...

    Don't get me wrong, if we look at the gameplay/graphics/sound compartment the game is good, really good. You can customize your masks, your weapons, you can even build your carachter to be whatever you like and the music is damn good. All these things are major improvements over the previous chapter, well... except Hoxton speaking AmE instead of BrE.
    There are, however, some problems that, in my opinion, have been deliberately ignored, some of them are gamebreaking and are the result of poor judgement from the devs.

    I -FIRST- There are 21 missions, but many of them are staged in the same place, there are 5 bank heists that are simply identical, the only difference is the stuff you have to rob. You will play all these missions once and for the rest of the game you will keep playing the same 2 gamebraking heists: "Firesterter", that gives you a huge amount of money, and "Rats", that rewards you with a ridiculous amount of experience points. Since they are so rewarding they must be really hard to finish, right ? Well, Firestarter is quite hard, but Rats is so easy that you can finish it single player on the hardest difficulty in 5 minutes. So, you start farming these 2 missions until you get freaking bored and start thinking ... "why the devs don't give us more missions ?" There are already 3 DLCs, only one of them contains new missions; mission"S", yes with an ironic S, because you have to do the same thing in all of them, you can even consider them as one mission, only the map is different. Also, the game mechanic is always the same for every mission. 1. Open something with a drill, C4 or saw, 2. Grab what's inside, 3. Bring it to the escape point. No wonder this game is called "bag toss simulator 2014". At least Payday 1 had 2 missions with an hostage to escort; in payday 2 there is nothing like that, devs promised kidnapping mission but after 6 months nothing has come.

    II -SECOND- The DLCs of this game gave me cancer. I bought one and it really was a waste of money. All I got was 4 more masks (that need to be dropped except for 1) a few new guns (all useless except one or 2) and the above mentioned "4" missions (with a chance to spawn a random hard-as-hell mission once in a blue moon). This was the first DLC, the second one was a punch in the eye and a spit in the face for every gamer; the devs made the game considerably more difficult with the update, almost unplayable at the highest difficulties, overkill difficulty is ... overkill ok, can't argue with that, BUT they included grenades in the DLC, which you have to pay for, while the infernal difficulty is for free, I see what you did there dear devs. Now, with the third DLC they included a new special enemy for free (increasing the difficulty again) along with the stuff you have to pay for. So... I have to say that this is enough, I know DLCs are optional and If I don't like them I shouldn't pay for them, but here... you're kinda forced to buy at least the granade DLC. Ok, I have to add this bit, the only free, "original" (yes that's irony again) mission is a bank heist, the "GO Bank" ... which is a copy-paste of a map from CS GO.

    III -THIRD- At the end of each mission you get a reward, a random item that can be one of the following : weapon part, mask, mask pattern, mask colour, money, exp. Money and exp are totally useless since the amount given and the drop rate is very low; mask colours, patterns and masks are ... well, some are good while others not so much, so this is ok, i guess. Now, weapon mods are something frustrating, the droprate is so high that you will end up having more mods than weapons, masks, patterns and colours combined. Also, the chance to get an item you want is very, very,very low since there are thousands of items in the game.

    OK enough writing...

    For the TL;DR ppl out there.

    1. Lack of balanced and new unique missions
    2. Almost laughable content inside DLCs; make money policy.
    3. Mmorpg farm / grind style, frustrating drop rates

    NOT worth the price of 30€ let alone 45 (30€+ 3DLCx5€)
    Bought at 17€ + 1DLC 3€ and I kinda regret it.

    This game WOULD BE at least 7/10, it has a lot of potential but the way it gets updated is irritating. It could be much much better if the devs focused on the important things, but for some reason they don't. I'm sorely disappointed.    … Expand
  28. Superficiality
    Feb 7, 2015
    5
    Robbing banks, killing cops, and killing innocent civilians? What message does this repetitive and uninspired game send to all the kids that play it? I hate how you have to do the same thing over and over again to get a new level and get new weapons. Very boring; I was extremely disappointed because my friend told me it was a thrill to play. After shooting at civilians in a bank I fell asleep.
  29. oilreg
    Sep 17, 2013
    7
    Besides the Fact that robbing banksters is fun, this is one of the best games when it boils down to teamplay required. The overall gfx are not too goo, but the overkill team is great with fixing and ptching things, a few weeks after release there is already the No. 11 update out, sweet!
  30. Generaltuber
    Aug 19, 2013
    7
    I've played this game extensively lately trying to make sure I write a good, honest review. I love this game, I really do. It's a great fun game to play and it really is the ultimate criminal virtual reality.

    With that said, there are some parts of this game that they could have spent more time on. The game looks decent but there are a few lousy textures. When you get up close the    I've played this game extensively lately trying to make sure I write a good, honest review. I love this game, I really do. It's a great fun game to play and it really is the ultimate criminal virtual reality.

    With that said, there are some parts of this game that they could have spent more time on. The game looks decent but there are a few lousy textures. When you get up close the floors, tables and a few other things aren't the sharpest. But, they work and they don't look appalling.

    For me, the real problem lies in the levels or the heist themselves. They're so much fun and I really enjoy them but after a while... well you've played all the maps multiple times. By the time I had 10 hours logged I had played every heist multiple times. Yeah, the level design changes a little bit, the vault will be somewhere different or the guards might change but over all, there are no major changes and it's the same lay out. I'm sure they will release more heist and different "maps" but they need to do it quick because the maps are already running stale along with the heist themselves.

    They did a wonderful job with customization. There are so many different weapon mods and perks to discover. You can fully customize your safe house which is a bit pointless but fun to do at the same time. There are a lot of new guns in the game all with unique weapon mods. The "perks" are absolutely amazing and are actually worth it. For $30, I recommend you pick up this game. Just make sure you have people to play with, the AI's are absolutely useless and it's not always fun to play with random people...    … Expand
  31. Viruzzz
    Jun 29, 2014
    7
    the game as a whole is good, it has a few problems though.

    the biggest problem it has is the multiplayer peer-to-peer connections, it results in some incredibly frustrating desync issues, and makes it many times harder to do a stealth mission as a client than as a host. It also is a bit lacking on content, I only started playing it a few months ago, at which time there had already    the game as a whole is good, it has a few problems though.

    the biggest problem it has is the multiplayer peer-to-peer connections, it results in some incredibly frustrating desync issues, and makes it many times harder to do a stealth mission as a client than as a host.

    It also is a bit lacking on content, I only started playing it a few months ago, at which time there had already been several new missions released, I imagine it was much worse at the games release, however the developer is still slowly releasing new content, so this will only get better with time.

    If they managed to fix the desync issues and added content a bit faster, I would bump up the rating to a 9, if they managed to get rid of all the hackers that infest the game, it would be a clear 10.    … Expand
  32. pmart4
    Sep 6, 2015
    7
    I bought this in the Steam Summer sale and left it sat unopened in my library for over a year. That was a mistake. This game is good but it's fantastic with friends and other players. I have come across a few cheaters (something I hate) but as its a co-op game I wasn't disadvantaged.

    Payday 2 is very well executed crime heist FPS. With a few tweaks it could become one of the greatest    I bought this in the Steam Summer sale and left it sat unopened in my library for over a year. That was a mistake. This game is good but it's fantastic with friends and other players. I have come across a few cheaters (something I hate) but as its a co-op game I wasn't disadvantaged.

    Payday 2 is very well executed crime heist FPS. With a few tweaks it could become one of the greatest gamesof all time (or at least that I've ever played).

    The Good:
    * Characters actually have character - great voice acting and styling for each one
    * Multiple modes of difficulty
    * Tracking your takings after each job is fun
    * Massive selection of weapons and gear
    * Regular updates - the game is well supported by its Devs
    * Every heist is very different and has an excellent supporting storyline/synopsis
    * Big sense of reward after completing a long job
    * Fair priced DLC that is only needed by the host of that heist - genius in my eyes

    The Bad
    * Crime.net is the games matchmaking system and it's terrible
    * Crime.net filters don't filter everything
    * Playing alone can take ages to find a good group
    * Cheaters (its a co-op game but still annoying)
    * Updates can take an age to download

    Overall: Buy it in the sale! 7/10    … Expand
  33. kalina
    Sep 24, 2013
    6
    Incredibly immersive cooperative fun, not a flawless experience but it's pretty close. Not the most graphically beautiful game available but it's still attractive. Already sank 100 hours of my life into this game which for a non-MMO is pretty impressive, and I'm not done yet.

    Definitely worth getting if you have a couple of friends to play it with you.
  34. lefiath
    Aug 23, 2013
    7
    A decent game, which sadly just doesn't live up to expectations. Unlike first game, at least half of the missions is shallow and boring, and there simply isn't that much content and certainly not the content creators promised. This game also has it's share of problems like loot system, mission select screen (if you can believe it), random and punishing enemy spawn and countless littleA decent game, which sadly just doesn't live up to expectations. Unlike first game, at least half of the missions is shallow and boring, and there simply isn't that much content and certainly not the content creators promised. This game also has it's share of problems like loot system, mission select screen (if you can believe it), random and punishing enemy spawn and countless little problems. Also, graphics are better than in the first game, but still weak.… Expand
  35. Angell
    Aug 23, 2013
    7
    Its a semi solid game with lots of potential. At first i really liked it but with the last update and the "escape" missions totally killed it. after every mission you must sit with whatever loot from the mission prior and hold back police forces for 5 minutes while not know where the escape vehicle will show up before hand thus not know where to move the loot for an easy escape. I move theIts a semi solid game with lots of potential. At first i really liked it but with the last update and the "escape" missions totally killed it. after every mission you must sit with whatever loot from the mission prior and hold back police forces for 5 minutes while not know where the escape vehicle will show up before hand thus not know where to move the loot for an easy escape. I move the 9 bags i have to 1 corner, by myself because the AI is completely useless, only to have the escape vehicle show up on the complete opposite side. It has potential but it needs work put into it.… Expand
  36. AppleJacks
    Aug 29, 2013
    6
    This game is a blast to play, i had so much fun with it i loved it!... But it has so many flaws its unbelievable. The coop is Great!!! its alot of fun to play with friends but you cant play single player the AI is awful so multiplayer is the only options, But the saddest thing is that they say that there will be like 30 different unique heists, but instead we get very easy, other than oneThis game is a blast to play, i had so much fun with it i loved it!... But it has so many flaws its unbelievable. The coop is Great!!! its alot of fun to play with friends but you cant play single player the AI is awful so multiplayer is the only options, But the saddest thing is that they say that there will be like 30 different unique heists, but instead we get very easy, other than one of them but they said there would be so many heists... nope it sucks they even confirmed these are the only heist(other than dlc) I was really looking forward to all the different heists but sadly there was very few and quick heists. The only thing that OVK confirmed was a cloaker... Really? that's it? All in all this game is fun but OVK lied to us and now we don't have that many heists i had a solid 30 hours but now i'm bored since there is no more heists.… Expand
  37. fn_must
    Jun 22, 2014
    7
    Definitely wouldn't play solo. You'll get kicked after an hour helping your team, I guarantee it. With friends though, the game is an absolute blast. Just don't focus on exp and money, it gets very grindy very fast since there's only a couple of missions you can do to make money/exp relatively fast. And that's a big problem in my opinion: not enough heists. Seriously Overkill, you got aDefinitely wouldn't play solo. You'll get kicked after an hour helping your team, I guarantee it. With friends though, the game is an absolute blast. Just don't focus on exp and money, it gets very grindy very fast since there's only a couple of missions you can do to make money/exp relatively fast. And that's a big problem in my opinion: not enough heists. Seriously Overkill, you got a great game here but we need more heists to keep it interesting. Would recommend for casual co-op but don't make it about exp or money, you'll lose interest in the game quickly. Oh and when you're playing with friends, pick a friend with a solid internet connection to host your game.… Expand
  38. Nosharz
    Aug 26, 2013
    7
    It's a great game, you can do stealth missions, the payday community is awesome, if you don't have friend to play, you can meet new great people in multiplayer. The game is just a little repetitious, this makes the game a little boring after playing a lot of it, Overkill should put more maps by dlc or by updates (free dlc).
  39. HeXagon
    Aug 22, 2013
    7
    After a long debate with myself, whether or not this Payday 2 would be a good game, I finally purchased the game last night. Since that time, I've put in about 6 hours of gameplay in all random join-ins and ~15 heists completed. After contemplating on all my gameplays, I think I'm starting to understand why this game that I was so excited for got such a lower than expected score.

    This    After a long debate with myself, whether or not this Payday 2 would be a good game, I finally purchased the game last night. Since that time, I've put in about 6 hours of gameplay in all random join-ins and ~15 heists completed. After contemplating on all my gameplays, I think I'm starting to understand why this game that I was so excited for got such a lower than expected score.

    This game really is a unique fps/rpg game that fulfills what I always wanted in L4D2; being able to buy new weapons, earning weapon mods, and filling out skill trees. Firing any weapon in this game is powerful and the music really keeps the intensity going. I've always had the fantasy of playing this type of rpg/online fps. However, Payday 2 still stops my dream short...

    Currently, Payday 2 can only be the skeleton of what I've dreamed of playing. I know that there's suppose to be 5 expansions throughout the rest of the year, but why couldn't they have been in the game at the start? From my in-game experience, there are about 7 main missions that the players can choose to do. But even through my 6 hour game session, I was able to play most of the missions (some even several times) and everything seems to seem the same after a while.

    Part of the reason why I say the game gets tedious too is because there are a lot of people who don't play to the objectives. There were plenty of random players who just wanted to shoot up cops and civilians, even though the objective was putting a drill on a vault. If that's the case, then Overkill should implement missions that involve just purely shooting. Let there be more diversity of missions rather than grab this and take it to the van/boat/chopper.

    Bottom Line: Payday 2 is a fun game to play with your friends and it has the high potential to be a superb and unique fps/rpg of 2013/2014... but it still has a long way to go. Let's just hope the expansions make this game what it realizes itself to be.    … Expand
  40. Evilcalyptic
    Aug 31, 2013
    7
    Payday 2 feels a bit incomplete as though its missing jobs and an ability to edit your safe house, or a really good use for your offshore money and the single player is also very useless. The game however does deliver some unique and fun co-op gameplay. I love to play with friends and random people online committing crime and heists. Its your chance to get a taste of what its like to breakPayday 2 feels a bit incomplete as though its missing jobs and an ability to edit your safe house, or a really good use for your offshore money and the single player is also very useless. The game however does deliver some unique and fun co-op gameplay. I love to play with friends and random people online committing crime and heists. Its your chance to get a taste of what its like to break bad and rob a bank or jewelry store without real repercussions. Its even better with a mic. Despite the games lack of a complete feeling, I do firmly believe this was a good purchase on steam and will stand by that. I have been playing the game for weeks now and I could recommend it to anyone looking for a different co-op type FPS.… Expand
  41. Erokk88
    Jun 16, 2014
    7
    grind without fixing the main problem. This game is built like a game that should be free with microtransactions. You get ONE CARD (unlock) no matter how long the heist is (some are 5 freaking days!) sure you get more money from them but what is the point when you havent unlocked what you want to spend the money on and it's completely up to chance what you unlock or if you even unlockgrind without fixing the main problem. This game is built like a game that should be free with microtransactions. You get ONE CARD (unlock) no matter how long the heist is (some are 5 freaking days!) sure you get more money from them but what is the point when you havent unlocked what you want to spend the money on and it's completely up to chance what you unlock or if you even unlock anything at all!! It gets really repetetive and the safes take too long to drill even with the perks that shorten it (lol 10-15% reduction gee wow) if you survive long enough to make it through the first safe door (the drill will break about 3-4 times) then you are met with ANOTHER FREAKING DOOR TO DRILL which again breaks over and over, THEN (one mission in particular) you sometimes have to spend a bunch of time opening about 100 safe deposit boxes (it is SO freaking asanine) and at that point you have multiple sheild guys coming at once that cannot be killed unless you get behind them. Also stealth is mostly just frustrating and not worth the time and effort. The benefits dont outweigh those of just blowing every security guards head off and getting the heist started.

    solid 7/10 but not a decimal better.    … Expand
  42. Myssi
    Sep 17, 2013
    7
    Gameplay is reasonably solid and the idea is interesting and weapons sound gutsy, especially when fired in outside enviroments.
    Some variety in the different heists, not all of them are bank robberies but there is still room for more. Hopefully the devs are planning on new heists but even the ones you've already done have some replay value if you try to do them more stealthy faster or    Gameplay is reasonably solid and the idea is interesting and weapons sound gutsy, especially when fired in outside enviroments.
    Some variety in the different heists, not all of them are bank robberies but there is still room for more. Hopefully the devs are planning on new heists but even the ones you've already done have some replay value if you try to do them more stealthy faster or figure out some other way.

    Several updates have been released in a relatively short time, so at least the game hasn't been abandoned at launch.

    AI is awful though, you really should play this with other people instead of the AI.    … Expand
  43. Ecko69x
    Dec 15, 2013
    6
    Payday 2 isn't a great game nor is it a bad game. It is plagued by awful AI and the graphics are previous generation. The skill tree gives the game replay value as you can test and play different kinds of builds. There are a variety of weapons to choose from, but there could be more. Despite what people say, the maps don't really change. The objectives simply are relocated.
  44. Forgewolf
    Jun 1, 2014
    5
    -3 Points for Endless NPC Horde. There are almost no breaks or pauses in tension when on a Heist. The NPCs seem either OPed or broken, or maybe both? They have WAY too good of aim and knowing where you are located.

    They don't function tactically.. they charge at you like its 1776 and in a Warzone. The NPC variety is lacking. Where are the Swat choppers and Swat vans? Things escalate WAY    -3 Points for Endless NPC Horde. There are almost no breaks or pauses in tension when on a Heist. The NPCs seem either OPed or broken, or maybe both? They have WAY too good of aim and knowing where you are located.

    They don't function tactically.. they charge at you like its 1776 and in a Warzone. The NPC variety is lacking. Where are the Swat choppers and Swat vans? Things escalate WAY TOO FAST.

    Why -3 points? Because this effect a big portion of this game. Because holding down a point, fending off the Police and getting the goods needs really good mechanics... not these **** ones this game has.

    -2 points for the lack of features in other things to do. Why can't I drive away from a crime? Why isn't this game open world? Why is this game so much of a grind fest.    … Expand
  45. Frast2013X
    Oct 26, 2013
    6
    Jedna z ciekawszych gier Coopowych, jedna z najpopularniejszych gier tego roku, a jednak gra naprawdę nie wykorzystana i słaba. Zacznijmy od grafiki. Twórcy użyli dokładnie tego samego silnika co w(już wtedy) słabej graficznie jedynce. Silnik graficzny momentami nie wygląda najgorzej ale często razi w oczy swoimi rozmazanymi teksturami czy jakością wykonanych obiektów. Twórcy wzięli się zaJedna z ciekawszych gier Coopowych, jedna z najpopularniejszych gier tego roku, a jednak gra naprawdę nie wykorzystana i słaba. Zacznijmy od grafiki. Twórcy użyli dokładnie tego samego silnika co w(już wtedy) słabej graficznie jedynce. Silnik graficzny momentami nie wygląda najgorzej ale często razi w oczy swoimi rozmazanymi teksturami czy jakością wykonanych obiektów. Twórcy wzięli się za "kampanię", wybieranie misji wygląda teraz inaczej, ale wcale nie tak lepiej. Nie pomyśleli nad sensowniejszym wytłumaczeniem celu misji, jakąś ogarniętą kampanią czy lepszym systemem wybierania misji. Do minusów gry dochodzi duża ilość bugów, ogólne niedopracowanie i średnia jakość gry. Twórcy nie pomyśleli też o samotnych graczach, boty które zastępują nieobecnych graczy są głupie jak buty. Oczywiście jest teraz więcej misji, misje są ciekawsze, występuje lepszy system levelowania i sklep. Jeżeli ktoś chce pograć w coś ze znajomymi i bardzo chce robić napady na bank, to jest to najlepsza gra dla niego, ale w innym wypadku o wiele lepiej wydać pieniądze na inną grę. Moja ocena 6/10… Expand
  46. Solmyname
    Aug 20, 2013
    6
    [GERMAN REVIEW] Payday 2
    Wer wollte nicht schon mal eine Bank überfallen? Das Adrenalin während man eine Wache eliminiert, der Triumph beim zählen des Geldes! Niemand? Schade....
    Payday 2 handelt wie im Prolog unschwer zu erkennen ist von Verbrechern auf der Jagd nach Reichtum, man stürzt sich alleine oder mit bis zu 3 weiteren Spielern in die Welt der "Masterminds" was dem Spiel wie    [GERMAN REVIEW] Payday 2
    Wer wollte nicht schon mal eine Bank überfallen? Das Adrenalin während man eine Wache eliminiert, der Triumph beim zählen des Geldes! Niemand? Schade....
    Payday 2 handelt wie im Prolog unschwer zu erkennen ist von Verbrechern auf der Jagd nach Reichtum, man stürzt sich alleine oder mit bis zu 3 weiteren Spielern in die Welt der "Masterminds" was dem Spiel wie schon beim ersten Teil ein Tolles Gameplay verschafft womit ich zum Review selbst komme:

    Gameplay: Payday bietet ein wahrlich einzigartiges Gameplay mit verschiedensten Strategien, einem netten Maskensystem und natürlich: Payday! Aber leider sind auch ein paar Macken wie zum Beispiel ein höchst simples Waffensystem wenigen Maps und zu wenig Abwechslung...

    Grafik: Grafisch ist das Spiel scho recht nett anzusehen doch leider nur auf Distanz oder im dunklen denn bei genauerer Betrachtung muss man schnel feststellen, dass mehr als einmal schlampig und unschön gearbeitet wurde auch einige der Masken sowie ihre Träger wirken of "verpixelt" oder einfach unschön was dem Spiel leider schon 3 von 10 Punkten in der Wertung abzieht .

    Bewertung: Trotz vielen Fehlern und Macken habe ich doch immer viel Freude am Spielen, besonders mit einem guten Team oder mit Freunden deshalb bekommt das Spiel 6 von 10 Punkten hoffe es hat euch gefallen, Video-Review folgt LG Sol!    … Expand
  47. TheRustler
    Aug 23, 2013
    7
    *Review as of update 5*

    Payday 2 is breath of fresh air in a games market that is flooded with generic rehashes. Is it worth it for $30? I would say yes I, I have already logged 56 hours into the game which is more than I can say for some full priced games out there. However, connection problems are a big issue. Make no mistake this is a co op game, you will be sorely disappointed if    *Review as of update 5*

    Payday 2 is breath of fresh air in a games market that is flooded with generic rehashes. Is it worth it for $30? I would say yes I, I have already logged 56 hours into the game which is more than I can say for some full priced games out there. However, connection problems are a big issue. Make no mistake this is a co op game, you will be sorely disappointed if you buy this to play by yourself and it's very frustrating when someone leaves mid way through your game and another person drops in and the load time can take a while and you have to just stare at your screen while the game is paused waiting for them to join, totally kills the mood. Also there is nothing worse than doing a 3 day heist and all of a sudden you lose connection to the host, all exp, loot and card drop opportunities wasted. Even joining a game can be a frustrating experience at times and these are the biggest issues with this game right now. I have not played much yet of game update 5 and that is because all these issues are still very much alive in the game right now.

    I did have problems with crashes but since I disabled the steam overlay I have not crashed since so I'm happy about that but this game still needs work and more variety, it doesn't take long to start feeling pretty grindy and cash is no issue once you get to level 30 or so as you can't buy and attachments for weapons you can only get them in card drops which baffles me.

    Stealth is pretty much worthless and not fleshed out at all, and even if you do get lucky and pull that bank heist off without alerting anyone the time you spent doing it would have been better spent going loud from the start and finishing the heist much quicker and moving onto the next one. No incentive or reward for stealth makes the stealth tree next to worthless right now which is disappointing.

    If they can sort out these terrible network issues, rework Stealth so it actually becomes viable and throw in some cheap DLC that adds more variety to the game (a quick example would be that certain masks intimidate hostages more than others no matter what your spec is) this game COULD be well on it's way to being a solid 8/10 but it's just not there at the moment but the potential certainly is. A fun game to play with friends or just jump straight into it with randoms as I do but be prepared for some frustration and not much to do once you have put a decent amount of hours in it    … Expand
  48. Stefanfr15
    Sep 22, 2013
    7
    It's tons of fun to play with friends, but not so much with strangers, if you're lucky you can find some good people, but most of the time you will end up with a bunch of idiots who doesn't know what stealth means.
    It also updates quite often, adding new heists and whatever the developers can think of in the future.
    Throw in some bugs here and there, and you get a 7 out of 10 from me.
  49. jim_mojo
    Sep 27, 2013
    7
    Had alot of probs initially connecting to other players 95% of the time The subsequent patches have more or less fixed this prob Its a slight improvement over the 1st game and cant wait for the incoming dlcs
  50. terorlvl
    Oct 25, 2013
    6
    Great game ,but i give for this game 6,not more.Because I don't like this game. Here isn't good graphic and I think in this game is stupid missions...
  51. DatGamingCritic
    Nov 17, 2013
    7
    PayDay 2 is on a slow course of fixing. Right now i would choose PayDay The Heist over PayDay 2. I dont know why you have to wait for the missions to come up. Its stupid. And the fact that there is 2 stupid AI friends instead of 3 funny clever AI friends like in PayDay 1. However the game play and the menu with the customization is really cool. A lot of the maps are well designed but somePayDay 2 is on a slow course of fixing. Right now i would choose PayDay The Heist over PayDay 2. I dont know why you have to wait for the missions to come up. Its stupid. And the fact that there is 2 stupid AI friends instead of 3 funny clever AI friends like in PayDay 1. However the game play and the menu with the customization is really cool. A lot of the maps are well designed but some are just at bit like. GO THROUGH THERE WE WILL BE FINE. NOT THAT WAY!

    Overall:
    -Great Customization
    -Good Game play
    -Stupid AI
    -Waiting to do missions    … Expand
  52. Pistolz4Pandaz
    Nov 19, 2013
    6
    The game is fun, for a bit. Playing with random people almost always leads to one person telling everyone else how to play, and a lot of the same missions that are good for farming levels and money. This game definitely was released too early, but many recent patches have probably solved all of the early issues. If you are planning to play this game, I would recommend having a group ofThe game is fun, for a bit. Playing with random people almost always leads to one person telling everyone else how to play, and a lot of the same missions that are good for farming levels and money. This game definitely was released too early, but many recent patches have probably solved all of the early issues. If you are planning to play this game, I would recommend having a group of people to play with, as the level of cooperation required to have a good run is pretty high. The shooting mechanics are decent, but don't quite feel as tight as they should be. I really want to like this game, but it quickly turned into playing the same short missions because they were easy money.… Expand
  53. CriticalMedic
    Dec 15, 2013
    7
    Payday 2 is cool. It is fun with it's ability to replicate a bank robbery scenario perfectly like you'd see in a blockbuster film. The costumes are interesting and scary and the Co-op is probably the best thought up idea in recent games. I do believe it came at the wrong time, however. GTA 5 will always blow any game out of the water, and the robbery idea and the masks were immediatelyPayday 2 is cool. It is fun with it's ability to replicate a bank robbery scenario perfectly like you'd see in a blockbuster film. The costumes are interesting and scary and the Co-op is probably the best thought up idea in recent games. I do believe it came at the wrong time, however. GTA 5 will always blow any game out of the water, and the robbery idea and the masks were immediately redundant when playing either one of these games. This game is fun in its play-ability with friends but it got boring for me after a while. But I can say I feel good about my rating at a solid 7 across the board.… Expand
  54. FlyingFish
    Feb 17, 2014
    7
    I have played this game quite a lot in the past few weeks and I can safely say, it is fun. The title offers a much better experience online, rather than with bots(This was meant to be a cooperative game and it's easier with real people). The game is also much easier than the first Payday, so now it's possible to complete Overkill Difficulty missions without high level players. I wouldI have played this game quite a lot in the past few weeks and I can safely say, it is fun. The title offers a much better experience online, rather than with bots(This was meant to be a cooperative game and it's easier with real people). The game is also much easier than the first Payday, so now it's possible to complete Overkill Difficulty missions without high level players. I would most certainly recommend this game to anyone. Remember, the game is being worked on regularly, so any problems in the game right now can be fixed in the future.… Expand
  55. UniCornZ44
    Aug 30, 2017
    7
    Positives: Good Graphics, Good Side Story, Good Missions (Heists)

    Negatives: Too many glitches and bugs, Too many DLC's (About 50)

    Overall Payday 2 is a good game but OVERKILL can fix the bugs and glitches and stop with the damn DLC's
  56. SrPepe
    Oct 30, 2017
    7
    El juego es super divertido. Los golpes y las misiones cuando se hacen con amigos es sinónimo de risas y entretenimiento. Pero por favor, saquen la maldita secuela de una vez y dejen morir este juego.
  57. Captain_Chaos
    Jun 22, 2016
    7
    Some games have by-the-numbers-sequels, offering you more of the same with only tangential alterations to their formula (I'm looking at you, CoD). PAYDAY 2 is not one of those games. Even if you were to judge it solely on the basis of the number of playable levels, PAYDAY 2 blows PAYDAY: The He!st out of the water. And that's before you consider it's much more in-depth and varied skill andSome games have by-the-numbers-sequels, offering you more of the same with only tangential alterations to their formula (I'm looking at you, CoD). PAYDAY 2 is not one of those games. Even if you were to judge it solely on the basis of the number of playable levels, PAYDAY 2 blows PAYDAY: The He!st out of the water. And that's before you consider it's much more in-depth and varied skill and perk system, greater weapon variety and customization, additional playable characters, and excellent musical accompaniment. Regular updates have ensured that this game has earned and maintained a strong following from its players, though it has some of the most ill-behaved and ungrateful examples of such i've ever seen, who a distressing tendancy to auto-kick you simply for having the wrong equipment loadout, as well as other minor "infractions." A means to filter lobbies for either "loud" or "stealth" as a prefered approach is desperately needed. The game also has a bit of an addiction problem with paid DLC, though the fact the other half of the additional content has been completely free is also worthy of note. The game's core experience is very solid, with workable controls and a sense of thrill and challenge, especially with friends along for the ride, and combat that rewards player accuracy and tactical thinking. The game is plagued with bugs and network errors, however, with enemies regularly glitching through walls, famously awkward hitboxes on both the enemies and the players, and regular unexpected disconnects from both lobbies and in-progress games. Nonetheless I must extend Overkill a personal thanks for allowing me to play as Hoxton, my favorite character from the first game, after having to omit him at launch due to Pete Gold having other engagements. Having come from the much-maligned PS3 version of the game and its near-total lack of updates and additional content, the PC version hit me all at once, seemingly doubled in size from what it was at launch. Though a whopping twenty-five levels of Infamy (the game's prestige system, offering a few, paltry rewards for reseting your experience and cash progress) seems just a tad ridiculous, it does certainly seem the kind of game I would play long enough to reset at least once.

    10/16/15 update: Regrettably, Overkill software has made the questionable decision to add loot crates and real-money keys a la Team Fortress 2 and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive to PAYDAY 2, after being quoted more then once they would do nothing of the sort. I believe these sorts of additions (along with the switch to a free-to-play format) ruined TF2 and attracted the wrong sort of players to that game, and I fully expect it to do the same to this game if this change is permanent. I am turning my review negative until this issue is addressed.

    10/20/15: Overkill has responded to widespread complaints and made the drills a possible card drop, meaning the skins can be aquired without spending money. I am pleased with this outcome and am changing my review back to positive, as aside from that I still quite enjoy the game and the other Crimefest 2015 editions.

    6/22/16: There's a good game in here somewhere. It just has too many DLCs is all.    … Expand
  58. UncleEd
    Nov 13, 2019
    5
    Having played and enjoyed the original game, I was very disappointed by Payday 2. Payday: The Heist was fun while it lasted, but the sequel is more like a mindless shooter where hordes of cops rush you non-stop. The majority of levels do not feel immersive. Shooting doesn’t feel right. Last but not the least, the progression depends on grinding and luck (by collecting random cards afterHaving played and enjoyed the original game, I was very disappointed by Payday 2. Payday: The Heist was fun while it lasted, but the sequel is more like a mindless shooter where hordes of cops rush you non-stop. The majority of levels do not feel immersive. Shooting doesn’t feel right. Last but not the least, the progression depends on grinding and luck (by collecting random cards after every mission).

    Payday 2 gets boring very fast. Combined with the fact that its developers have always been more interested in selling DLCs, as opposed to improving the game, I cannot recommend Payday 2.

    4.5/10    … Expand
  59. Deid2
    Dec 26, 2017
    7
    Payday is a good game but... TOO MANY MICROTRANSACTIONS, and... Without face animation. Bad'n'good work.
  60. piscesperiod
    May 8, 2020
    7
    I was addicted to this game for a period of time in 2016-2017, well after the whole microtransaction fiasco (now compare it to today, with EA, Activision and Bethesda leading the industry to a new crash of 1982, thanks to lack of quality and microtransactions).

    I did buy a few cosmetic DLCs and to be honest I wasn't aware at the time about all the promises Overkill had made to the fans,    I was addicted to this game for a period of time in 2016-2017, well after the whole microtransaction fiasco (now compare it to today, with EA, Activision and Bethesda leading the industry to a new crash of 1982, thanks to lack of quality and microtransactions).

    I did buy a few cosmetic DLCs and to be honest I wasn't aware at the time about all the promises Overkill had made to the fans, and the harm that it had done to the fanbase. But it was visible how less and less players were connecting, and how imbalanced it had become. The game itself is very enjoyable, I still like it better than PUBG, CoD etc. The issue here is really one of principle - deliver on what you promise, or don't make promises.    … Expand
  61. 1nvas1on
    Jun 24, 2020
    6
    I have been with this game since its beta release and before that with the first game, its definatly one of my favorite. It was better in the first year after his release after that they turned it into a cash grab with a paid dlc every month or so adding stuff and making it obsolete with the next one.
    At present time the game is for the most part balanced with its content, but still have    I have been with this game since its beta release and before that with the first game, its definatly one of my favorite. It was better in the first year after his release after that they turned it into a cash grab with a paid dlc every month or so adding stuff and making it obsolete with the next one.
    At present time the game is for the most part balanced with its content, but still have a lot of stuff added that has no reason to be used and is a DLC you paid for in time. I like the game but it could have been a lot more than it is.    … Expand
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    Apr 26, 2022
    7
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  63. xZippy
    May 15, 2017
    5
    This game was a lot better than I expected it to be before release. But it has some positives, but has even more flaws and that makes the game mediocre at best. If you find it fun, it will get old terribly fast, and this isn't helped by all the bugs it has. Oh boy, can't forget about those dumb microtransactions. God forbid if you can get everything by buying the game outright.
  64. strangermoon
    Sep 27, 2019
    7
    besides menus little complicated its a left for dead rubbery against swat or rainbowsix. some of the content dump some of fun. 20 dlc and 500 achivements must be genous record but from outside its dump. scarface and jonywick things so dump
    feels like you playing escape to newyork and thing map in metal gear solid as a snake. graphics not good as 2013 game. in the end its dump and much    besides menus little complicated its a left for dead rubbery against swat or rainbowsix. some of the content dump some of fun. 20 dlc and 500 achivements must be genous record but from outside its dump. scarface and jonywick things so dump
    feels like you playing escape to newyork and thing map in metal gear solid as a snake. graphics not good as 2013 game. in the end its dump and much fun. weapon sytem better than rainbow six siege you can customize weapon wery well.    … Expand
  65. Maxill_ZA
    Mar 6, 2020
    7
    Pretty fun.
    Nice co-op.
    Lots of char build options.

    The loot boxes/safes killed a big chunk of the support
  66. death12123
    Apr 22, 2019
    6
    The PC version of Payday is the best but it's really not all that. The heists overall weren't as memorable and the amount of DLC you had to pay for up until the Ultimate Edition? Way too much.

    We never received 7 Day heists, the game is poorly optimized even on a 1070 I'm receiving drops below 60FPS, it's still a buggy mess, microtransactions came out of nowhere, pay to win skins, etc.    The PC version of Payday is the best but it's really not all that. The heists overall weren't as memorable and the amount of DLC you had to pay for up until the Ultimate Edition? Way too much.

    We never received 7 Day heists, the game is poorly optimized even on a 1070 I'm receiving drops below 60FPS, it's still a buggy mess, microtransactions came out of nowhere, pay to win skins, etc. Not one update to actually improve the game either, just to add on to the game.

    Sure there are a few memorable stages but it feels like a grindfest with horde survival gameplay.
    Most of the game is just waiting for something to open. Stealth is just boring too.
    Over 100's of hours poured into this game yet I never felt fully satisfied on what the developers could do. No updates really brought this game to the best it could've been.

    Really only enjoy this game if you have friends and are willing to spend for it. It's not bad but it just feels incomplete and buggy.    … Expand
  67. Glitshy
    Jun 17, 2016
    7
    Ah, PAYDAY 2. My review went from 0 up to 7 because they removed the microtransactions from the game (which influenced the weapon's stats!) and simply because it's a solid PvE co-op game. The gunplay is satisfying (one of my favorite gunplays of all shooters), the skill system allows some depth without beeing too confusing and the highest difficulty is challenging. Yet, there are someAh, PAYDAY 2. My review went from 0 up to 7 because they removed the microtransactions from the game (which influenced the weapon's stats!) and simply because it's a solid PvE co-op game. The gunplay is satisfying (one of my favorite gunplays of all shooters), the skill system allows some depth without beeing too confusing and the highest difficulty is challenging. Yet, there are some cons: The insane ammount of DLC and the feeling of P2W which comes along with DLC only weapons is definitely a downside. Also are we still waiting for some of the content which was promised before release, and the game is out for over 2 years now. And there are balancing problems, yuite huge ones actually, but as it is a PvE game it doesn't impact me THIS much that I would call it unplayable.… Expand
  68. Fikthenig
    Jul 3, 2017
    7
    Even though this game is 4 years old, it still has that same touch that it did when it came out. A series of updates could have perfected this game but instead we got an intro to micro-transactions that they previously promised wouldn't be in the game. Now though I was able to afford the DLC, which surmount to a total of more than 100$, the DLC introduced different weapons and types ofEven though this game is 4 years old, it still has that same touch that it did when it came out. A series of updates could have perfected this game but instead we got an intro to micro-transactions that they previously promised wouldn't be in the game. Now though I was able to afford the DLC, which surmount to a total of more than 100$, the DLC introduced different weapons and types of missions that doesn't change to the main gameplay so much. I wish that they had some sort of tutorial or Payday practice mission that helped me at the start understand how to play. I remember it taking me a while to understand how to do these missions just with AI. Imagine how long before I got a handle of online! Overall great game by 505 Games and I hope to see a more MODERN and FRESH game of this kind anytime soon from them besides new editions of the same game. Good Luck and Good Heist!!!… Expand
  69. hassall
    Nov 28, 2016
    7
    I love this game it is so fun when you play with friends and the mission are Intense and quite Nerve wracking but playing online is the worst, if you make one mistake they will kick you and let me give you some advice Overkill. STOP ADDING DLC IT IS KILLING THE GAME.
  70. FromKanga
    Aug 26, 2017
    7
    Payday 2 is a really fun game.
    I really don't know how to review this game, it's glitchy, a bit repetitive and the shooting mechanic is really mediocre but I would be lying if I didn't said that payday 2 was the most fun I had playing with friends.
    There is no story, however you are asked to do heist missions and they are really fun to do... with friends only, because if you are playing    Payday 2 is a really fun game.
    I really don't know how to review this game, it's glitchy, a bit repetitive and the shooting mechanic is really mediocre but I would be lying if I didn't said that payday 2 was the most fun I had playing with friends.
    There is no story, however you are asked to do heist missions and they are really fun to do... with friends only, because if you are playing this game alone then there is no point in buying it, this is for friends to meet together and have some fun otherwise this game will get old really fast.

    The gameplay isn't really good, the shooting mechanic isn't satisfying like a good shooter, every guns feel the same, the customization isn't really good since you have to pay DLC for it, it falls flat and it gets annoying sometimes with the amount of policeman you have to kill...
    BUT my favorite part of the game are the stealth missions, these missions make this game fun, where you have to communicate with your friends, everyone has an important job to do and when you complete the mission, it is the most rewarding moment for us.

    I know that this game isn't really great, it has a tones of problems, the rating I give doesn't reflect the actual quality I think this game has, this rating just shows how much fun I had, I never had so much fun on an online game, I guess I can call this game a guilty pleasure.    … Expand
  71. Diegochocho
    Jul 5, 2018
    7
    Muy buen juego online, buena banda sonora, y todo los apartados dichos y por haber, pero... DEJEN DE SACAR DLCS HIJOS DE PUTA.
  72. S_sfan
    Aug 13, 2018
    7
    独树一帜的第一人称割草游戏，然而似乎潜入部分做的更出色。

    +优秀的技能树设计 +有趣的卡组 +精巧的关卡设计 +多种多样的武器 +杀时间利器 -花费大量时间，伤肝 -武器改装模块获得困难 -可玩内容相对于漫长的升级过程来说太少了 -DLC地狱 -智障的AI和空气墙 入手建议：喜欢探索，喜欢规划技能和属性并且喜欢背板的，经常开黑的非重度玩家可以考虑入手。 既然这是瑞典蠢驴制作的游戏……那么必然的，优化别想太多，虽然过得去，但远算不上好。而且游戏很多细节没处理好，比如蜜汁空气墙啥的。 这就是这个游戏的尿性：你知道这总体来说是一个好游戏，但是你时不时会被一些细节气得不行。如果是联机，那么问题会更多。    独树一帜的第一人称割草游戏，然而似乎潜入部分做的更出色。

    +优秀的技能树设计
    +有趣的卡组
    +精巧的关卡设计
    +多种多样的武器
    +杀时间利器

    -花费大量时间，伤肝
    -武器改装模块获得困难
    -可玩内容相对于漫长的升级过程来说太少了
    -DLC地狱
    -智障的AI和空气墙

    入手建议：喜欢探索，喜欢规划技能和属性并且喜欢背板的，经常开黑的非重度玩家可以考虑入手。

    既然这是瑞典蠢驴制作的游戏……那么必然的，优化别想太多，虽然过得去，但远算不上好。而且游戏很多细节没处理好，比如蜜汁空气墙啥的。

    这就是这个游戏的尿性：你知道这总体来说是一个好游戏，但是你时不时会被一些细节气得不行。如果是联机，那么问题会更多。

    另外，等到熟悉游戏以后，这游戏就是一个刷刷刷游戏，它的问题就是，它的地图是有限的，哪怕全部带地图的DLC都买，等到你熟悉地图并且对游戏有一定的了解，你就很容易达成全地图最高难度单人潜入。潜入其实靠的无非就是三点：耐心+地图理解+一点点的随机应变。所谓的高难度潜入图无非也就是地图更大，要注意的点更多，需要的准备更充足罢了。游戏的敌人巡逻路线的规律还是很明显的。

    至于突突突，本游戏的枪械手感一般，对于操作的要求实际也没那么高，主要还是靠技能的搭配。而且枪械其实也要看属性加成的。本人是潜入向玩家，但是在二转100级搭配好技能之后已经带ai单刷大多数地图的4星难度无压力（最高6星）。

    这个游戏是一个技能导向性的游戏，这也意味着这个当玩家能够较为有目的性的规划技能树之后，这个游戏的难度基本就减少了一半以上。剩下的，由于面对的敌人都会被智商碾压，因此只要总结规律就好。难度这东西其实可以说是不存在的，没啥是看个攻略还不能“你上你也行的”。那么，这个游戏的后期必然面临着：知道怎么搭配技能了，潜入太简单，突突突总是死不了的尴尬境地。游戏的挑战性没有了以后，玩家黏性必然也随之下降。想要扩展可玩内容，又要另外掏钱了，而蠢驴在完全版之后也停止发售DLC，因此氪金也不能解决这个问题。蠢驴对于这个问题的解决方法只是简单的设置了二十五次转生，但是显然这二十五转不是每一个玩家都有兴趣完成的。    … Expand
  73. Nazar228
    Feb 27, 2018
    7
    The game is unique in its genre. Play better with friends. But, as for me, a lot of missions, especially when it comes to stealth, are monotonous. So it can be bored with time. But play at least one time - you need, because the gameplay is cool and there are many really interesting missions. There is only one big minus - these are cheaters, so-called crooks (minus it's only for those whoThe game is unique in its genre. Play better with friends. But, as for me, a lot of missions, especially when it comes to stealth, are monotonous. So it can be bored with time. But play at least one time - you need, because the gameplay is cool and there are many really interesting missions. There is only one big minus - these are cheaters, so-called crooks (minus it's only for those who want to go missions honestly).… Expand
  74. Nichrome
    Nov 15, 2018
    5
    Used to love this game when it was worth it. Now, microtransactions, boxes/keys and no new content. While it's indeed nice to come back to this game twice a year and play for a week with friends, that's about it. You re-do all same missions over again and you uninstall it.
  75. MrGrubby
    Aug 6, 2020
    7
    I played this a lot back in the day, lots to do and capable of providing a good challenge for up to four players (Bots were useless). I always preferred to go in guns blazing and holding off waves until we had finished the objective, which got really tense at times and made it feel like an accomplishment when you beat a level with max loot. It also had a good stealth side to the game, II played this a lot back in the day, lots to do and capable of providing a good challenge for up to four players (Bots were useless). I always preferred to go in guns blazing and holding off waves until we had finished the objective, which got really tense at times and made it feel like an accomplishment when you beat a level with max loot. It also had a good stealth side to the game, I just never explored it much.

    Team work felt rewarding and there was always stuff to unlock and customize so it kept me coming back for ages, good soundtrack and thought-out characters. I feel like they added a bit too much stuff though as it was scary going back on after long periods of time because of all the changes. Some would see that as a plus. Although they added loot-boxes and micro-transactions after saying they wouldn't which ticked a lot of people off. The game-play is good, but it does feel money grabby now. Shame.    … Expand
  76. mamkerink
    Feb 27, 2019
    7
    Кто бы мог подумать, что из игры которая уже в шутку стала "симулятором DLC" выйдет толковый сюжет, хорошие персонажи и вот это всё? Альмир и его команда упала на само дно, но воспряла как феникс и предоставила миру отличную игру про грабителей, и прекрасный кооперативный шутер. 7/10Кто бы мог подумать, что из игры которая уже в шутку стала "симулятором DLC" выйдет толковый сюжет, хорошие персонажи и вот это всё? Альмир и его команда упала на само дно, но воспряла как феникс и предоставила миру отличную игру про грабителей, и прекрасный кооперативный шутер. 7/10
  77. GoodMorningAss
    Dec 9, 2019
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. ХЗ. играю с 2013, есть недостатки, но так то поебать… Expand
  78. BendyWendy
    Jul 12, 2019
    7
    Unlike most reviews, I quite enjoy the game. I see nothing wrong with Pay-to-win mechanics as long as the game is ONLY PvE, or said P2W mechanics only affect the PvE parts. However, this game is a DRAAAAAAAAAG to achievement hunt for at the end of it's life. 1130 achievements, really? Not to mention you cannot host a BIG majority of missions without the DLC, and some achievements, ifUnlike most reviews, I quite enjoy the game. I see nothing wrong with Pay-to-win mechanics as long as the game is ONLY PvE, or said P2W mechanics only affect the PvE parts. However, this game is a DRAAAAAAAAAG to achievement hunt for at the end of it's life. 1130 achievements, really? Not to mention you cannot host a BIG majority of missions without the DLC, and some achievements, if you're hosting or not, are not obtainable without the DLC. Thankfully, the Ultimate Edition gives you all the DLC excluding the H3 pack for much cheaper than buying all the DLC separately.… Expand
  79. Pardoow
    Sep 8, 2019
    6
    Besides the playtime and dlc’s **** it still is a solid game, but only it were an indie 10 US$ game from its release
  80. EthoRipper
    Jan 19, 2020
    5
    I thoroughly enjoy this game and for £15 ultimate edition with all dlc is a good steal but i would not recommend it for people that do not enjoy heist games
  81. Tomicsavo
    Feb 17, 2020
    5
    He didn't catch me that much, but he's fine.-------------------------------
  82. PanMrkvicka
    Feb 12, 2020
    5
    Its ok i guess. Its an achievement game so theres millions of them and its fun with friends but overall not that good.
  83. demixzz
    Jul 10, 2020
    5
    Very bad game, but I like it.
    Many problems, few advantages, but it is interesting to play.
  84. Eukor
    Jul 19, 2020
    6
    un juego que si bien le metí más de 200 horas tengo que admitir que es malo por el balance de todo más el hecho que hay algunos dlcs que básicamente te hacen díos
  85. DemoLight
    Jul 29, 2020
    5
    Игра сама по себе хорошая, но жадные засранцы с Overkill все испортили своими DLC, если вы хотите впустую потратить деньги, покупайте PayDay 2
  86. Axelle_1
    Sep 6, 2021
    5
    игра очень фановая но только на первые часов 20 а потом рутина и уныние
  87. vova22379
    Dec 18, 2021
    5
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  88. Memessqn
    Dec 13, 2020
    6
    06/10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
  89. Proxodnik
    Jan 11, 2021
    7
    Хорошая кооперативная игра,все проблемы игры - из-за её движка,если есть друзья то можно и поиграть.
  90. GreenPufferFish
    Jan 12, 2021
    6
    its a fun game i suppose but its a little repatative and roughly 80% of the weapons are locked behind a paywall
  91. TiredAlfred
    Dec 30, 2021
    5
    PAYDAY 2 is a four-player co-op shooter that has you sporting the masks of the original PAYDAY gan
  92. marijn2112
    May 10, 2021
    7
    A very replay-able action game with good mods available, the game is frequently on sale, including its DLC at a good price for its long playtime potential.
    What frustrates me most is the developers', OVERKILL's, behavior partially towards its community while it pretends that working with the community is one of its main focuses:
    -Overkill has repeatedly claimed that its updates were    A very replay-able action game with good mods available, the game is frequently on sale, including its DLC at a good price for its long playtime potential.
    What frustrates me most is the developers', OVERKILL's, behavior partially towards its community while it pretends that working with the community is one of its main focuses:
    -Overkill has repeatedly claimed that its updates were motivated by the community even when clearly not the case, as in with CrimeFest 2015's attempt of implementing lootboxes or most rebalances.
    -The newer heists, released in paid DLC have generally been well designed but not optimised at all, the community has released several mods for this, showing clearly Overkill just didn't put effort into it.
    -Overkill's community management is generally poor and inconsistent, I got banned, appealed and the moderator blocked me before I could even respond to the blatantly false allegations.
    -Overkill has put little effort into working with its large modding community in enhancing their experience or reducing the amount of blatant cheat mods.

    Meanwhile PAYDAY's community has probably made thousands of mods fixing bugs, adding maps and guns, rebalancing or overhauling its game mechanics, while most mods are not that major, the game can still be made a lot more replay-able.

    Overall the game is still fun and still has its great replay-ability, but Overkill generally hasn't really improved the game in a long time.    … Expand
  93. F3T1W
    Aug 27, 2021
    7
    An excellent cooperative shooter, one might say a legend, makes you think over the actions of each member of the team
  94. ErixKing
    Jun 3, 2022
    7
    Lo compre a un precio muy bajo en Steam (tanto asi que sus cromos pagaron el juego) y es un juego de lo mas entretenido. nos tocara encarnar a delincuentes y hacer lo que ellos hacen, robar, matar, ETC. el juego es buenisimo y muy interesante, se puede jugar hasta con 3 amigos o con gente online el cual para destacar sigue muy vivo
  95. Doobis
    Apr 3, 2022
    6
    Gameplay is good, amount of paid DLC and the microtransactions are not good.
  96. CodaHensley
    Dec 1, 2022
    5
    A bit of fun gameplay thats heavily marred by repetition and obnoxious microtransactions
  97. Boumouse
    Jun 6, 2023
    7
    I shouldn't have bought it even if I got it for around 5 euros, but I find that it abuses the nervousness of the game compared to a Battlefield, in short I think to uninstall it ...

    404 not found when posting my review = https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/raft

    https://www.twitch.tv/bou_mouse
  98. Greg_
    Nov 16, 2022
    7
    Payday 2 is one of the best co-op Fps games up there with L4D2 in my eyes.

    As the name suggests your trying to get your payday by robbing stores, ripping off dealers, printing money, and even making meth. You do almost everything illegally in order to make money in various different missions with there own unique maps and dialog. However most of the appeal in this game comes from    Payday 2 is one of the best co-op Fps games up there with L4D2 in my eyes.

    As the name suggests your trying to get your payday by robbing stores, ripping off dealers, printing money, and even making meth.

    You do almost everything illegally in order to make money in various different missions
    with there own unique maps and dialog. However most of the appeal in this game comes from the seemingly endless possibilities with the skill tree.

    I'm sure if you've played more then 2 videogames you know what a skill tree is so ill just tell you the interesting part, the way you build your heister completely changes your style of play its no **** watchdogs skill tree.

    For example you can have 4 sentries and turn the game into tower defense or you could not even engage with the cops and go all in on stealth, personally I use a LMG playstyle.

    This game really shines with more then one person as most co-op games do its just not as fun solo
    The lack of online voicechat really dose make it a "Play it with your friends" type of game.

    I should also mention this game is very old and runs on a BAD game engine you will experience a little bug every now and then even in stealth mode.

    I should also mention this game has a limited amount of Heists/missions but I still managed to get 100+ hrs out of the game but if doing the same heist over and over seems boring to you this isn't your game.

    Also the ports SUCK only play it on PC.

    Overall fun with friends, adds replayability through the skill tree, Minor bugs, Good gameplay loop.

    7/10    … Expand
  99. LambdaLocator
    Jul 21, 2023
    6
    Any game is more fun with friends! The only downside of PayDay 2 is the amount of paid DLCs.
  100. ILoveRataouille
    Jun 12, 2023
    7
    It’s ok. I only have it because I got it for free, and thought I am quite ashamed to admit it, I like the Roblox version better.
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#67 Best PC Game of 2013
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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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