Payday 2

 PC
User Score
4.0

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 3970 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1,313 out of 3970
  2. Mixed: 450 out of 3970
  3. Negative: 2,207 out of 3970

Review this game

  1. Your Score
    0 out of 10
    Rate this:
    • 10
    • 9
    • 8
    • 7
    • 6
    • 5
    • 4
    • 3
    • 2
    • 1
    • 0
    • 0
  1. Submit
  2. Check Spelling
view
per page
  1. Mother_Flowers
    Oct 17, 2015
    0
    Ready to play some Payday 2: Counter Fortress Safe Opening Simulator? Ready to play some Payday 2: Counter Fortress Safe Opening Simulator? Ready to play some Payday 2: Counter Fortress Safe Opening Simulator?
  2. chara
    Oct 17, 2015
    0
    Pay 2 Win day 2
    More skins in the new update and more bugs
    It's pay to win now, as the skins cost money to buy and have stat boosts
    It already had DLC content over $100
  3. hrax
    Oct 17, 2015
    0
    Don't buy this game. It is 100+ EUR with all DLCs and developer now introduced microtransactions even though the promised not to, trying to get even more easy money from the customers.

    They asked players to support the developer by buying 20 EUR "special" DLC which content still have not been delivered after 1 year. 90% DLC that was released was bugged, there is no proper QA. Some    Don't buy this game. It is 100+ EUR with all DLCs and developer now introduced microtransactions even though the promised not to, trying to get even more easy money from the customers.

    They asked players to support the developer by buying 20 EUR "special" DLC which content still have not been delivered after 1 year.

    90% DLC that was released was bugged, there is no proper QA. Some bugs are ignored for long time.

    This studio just want to make quick and easy money and is selling you something you might never get.

    Trust me, you can invest those kind of money into games and studios that deserve it. I am regretting ever supporting Overkill.    … Expand
  4. Rudy1234
    Oct 17, 2015
    0
    Overkill is for me worst game company in the world they lie dont keep promises beg for money and ban their fans with thousands of hours of gameplay it was nice WAS dont buy it
  5. Youqi
    Oct 17, 2015
    0
    Spent money on DLC's to support them and keep the game alive for years. Sure, microtransactions do work, but not like this. The skins give advantages. Also promised no microtransactions, but oh well. Lying is a thing. I'd be lying if I'd say this is a good company. The game isn't what is's used to be.
  6. PjoepieOeguu
    Oct 17, 2015
    0
    Joining myself in the crusade of a statement we want to bring to Overkill: **** you Overkill!!!
    On the first day of the crimefest event 2k15 was supposed to be free content, but it was a free update with a copy pasted cs go skins and the micro-transactions that it brings.
    What less people discussed is also the weapon stats has gone totally overboard and is totally rushed and not well    Joining myself in the crusade of a statement we want to bring to Overkill: **** you Overkill!!!
    On the first day of the crimefest event 2k15 was supposed to be free content, but it was a free update with a copy pasted cs go skins and the micro-transactions that it brings.
    What less people discussed is also the weapon stats has gone totally overboard and is totally rushed and not well tested at all.
    TL:DR Literally skincancer

    Thanks Overkill for not lubing me up 8/8 best f**kup yet    … Expand
  7. Hirons
    Oct 17, 2015
    0
    It used to be good then came the characters dlc every other day and the paid buffed skins. Choke in it greedy devs. Tgen to make people buy skins they nerfed certain weapons. 2 years ago the lead dev said that they would never do microtransactions. Well we know better now.
  8. Torgo
    Oct 17, 2015
    0
    A delightful fun time, until the developers added microtransactions that changed weapon stats, then nerfed the weapons to the point that without microtransactions, weapons are useless. Do not play.
  9. UrHighness
    Oct 17, 2015
    0
    The OVERKILL crew wants to get ALL your money by all means. 100$ + micro-transactions for skins that change weapon stats is the worst marketing idea ever.
    Playing the game be ready to deal with desynch that makes coop stealth impossible, bugs, and disbalance (coz DLC weapons are 200% better than vanilla).
  10. Macropod
    Oct 17, 2015
    0
    Negative review.

    Because **** microtransactions in PD2 world. Overkill promised us a game without any weapon skins and microtransactions. Time has passed, director of the game has changed and now developers are spitting on us, forgetting their promises.

    PD2 is dead for me.
  11. Battlescars
    Oct 17, 2015
    0
    This game has become a blatant cash-grab by the developers. You need to purchase the base game, then over $100 in DLC, and now they've introduced stat boosting micro-transactions so you can feed them more money in an attempt to to "pay 2 win".
    The game used to be fun, particularly in co-op with friends, but recently the quality and content is going down hill (lots of bugs that don't get    This game has become a blatant cash-grab by the developers. You need to purchase the base game, then over $100 in DLC, and now they've introduced stat boosting micro-transactions so you can feed them more money in an attempt to to "pay 2 win".
    The game used to be fun, particularly in co-op with friends, but recently the quality and content is going down hill (lots of bugs that don't get fixed, item's clipping through characters, attempts at weapon re-balancing that did the opposite etc) and the company spends more time developing ways to get more money out of you than adding new and interesting content. Don't waste your money or time.    … Expand
  12. Haagis
    Oct 17, 2015
    0
    I used to like this game but after all those lies I just simply have to do this. I don't like what you have done to this game. You killed payday 2 mod culture and replaced it with microtransactions that you promised to keep out of this game. And after all those dlcs' I bought.
  13. XFabulousX
    Oct 17, 2015
    0
    The developer promised NO MICROTRANSACTIONS yet they still have them
    It was a good game but not it has microtransactions.
    Please remove or the review will stay the same
  14. MrAlves
    Oct 17, 2015
    0
    Overkill crossed the line. They shouldn't have lied, they shouldn't have put micro-transactions the way they did it. But as a greedy developer they've become, they had to do it. Was it worth it? Was it worth pissing all your community? Surely they think it was, but when their other games come along, the internet will remember what they did with Payday 2 and it won't be pleasant.
    The    Overkill crossed the line. They shouldn't have lied, they shouldn't have put micro-transactions the way they did it. But as a greedy developer they've become, they had to do it. Was it worth it? Was it worth pissing all your community? Surely they think it was, but when their other games come along, the internet will remember what they did with Payday 2 and it won't be pleasant.
    The internet remembers and definitely does not forgive easily ;)    … Expand
  15. roflord
    Oct 17, 2015
    0
    Developers aren't putting effort into this game anymore, in fact, the developers are actually trying their hardest to sink it with microtransactions that affect the game balance and half-assed content whilst ignoring the users.
    Don't buy this game, don't buy their DLC, don't even think of giving them a single penny from your hard-earned money until they undo all their wrongdoings.
  16. Janitorus
    Oct 17, 2015
    0
    We were promised in 2013 that this game would never have microtransactions. A couple of days ago that promise was broken and microtransactions were added to the game.

    We paid full price for the game. We paid full price for the DLC's. We paid full price for the Overkill support pack. And now they introduce microtransactions: weaponskins with stat boosts. And they introduced these    We were promised in 2013 that this game would never have microtransactions. A couple of days ago that promise was broken and microtransactions were added to the game.

    We paid full price for the game. We paid full price for the DLC's. We paid full price for the Overkill support pack. And now they introduce microtransactions: weaponskins with stat boosts.

    And they introduced these microtransactions as a reward for Crimefest, an event that is supposed to give the community free reward for earlier completed community tasks.

    This is the final straw.    … Expand
  17. violincaster
    Oct 17, 2015
    0
    While this game was very good in the past, recent updates have brought it down further than I had ever thought possible.

    Let's get the positives over with. This game fills a niche market; a game where you get to play as a criminal with very specific skills and profiles. I know you may be thinking GTA at the moment but Payday is very different. Not being an open world game, Payday    While this game was very good in the past, recent updates have brought it down further than I had ever thought possible.

    Let's get the positives over with. This game fills a niche market; a game where you get to play as a criminal with very specific skills and profiles. I know you may be thinking GTA at the moment but Payday is very different. Not being an open world game, Payday focuses on the jobs and heists themselves. You and a four person crew work together to hold off police forces while accomplishing goals and gaining assets. There is also a fleshed out skills system in which you customize your characters abilities and fighting style. For a long time this was the best game for anyone who loves heist movies and wanted to experience the thrill of criminal enterprise without all the jail time.

    Now for the negatives. This game has always been buggy and the graphics are below average at best. The AI has always been awful, demanding that you play with other people; any hopes of playing by yourself will be quickly shut down. While these were relatively minor issues, because Payday 2 is constantly being updated, problems have cropped up. One can easily spend over one hundred dollars on DLC for this game, some of which is needed to stay competitive. DLC's show no sign of slowing with a new one being introduced nearly each month. Micro-transactions are also part of the game costing $2.50 for a gamble on a new weapon mod each time. One can't help but wonder if the studio has squandered all its profits on a hugely successful game and are now bailing out a sinking ship. The point is that Payday 2 certainly looks to be on the decline and isn't worth consumers' funding any longer.

    As another note, any potential buyers should understand that the older any reviews are, the more unreliable they get, due to the nature of this constantly updated game. The newest reviews are all going to be the most accurate to the game as is it right now.    … Expand
  18. followthepro
    Oct 17, 2015
    0
    The developers are lying sacks of moneygrabbing **** I bought this game full price and most of its DLC so i spend over 120 euros and now i need to pay2win for skins WHICH THEY PROMISED WOULD NEVER BE IN THE GAME IN FORM OF MICROTRANSCATIONS! no thanks... They should just make a dlc called we want money for 500 euros if they want to show us that all they want is to make money, they dontThe developers are lying sacks of moneygrabbing **** I bought this game full price and most of its DLC so i spend over 120 euros and now i need to pay2win for skins WHICH THEY PROMISED WOULD NEVER BE IN THE GAME IN FORM OF MICROTRANSCATIONS! no thanks... They should just make a dlc called we want money for 500 euros if they want to show us that all they want is to make money, they dont have to ruin the game...

    payday 2? More like Pay2WinDay : Global Offensive    … Expand
  19. DTS147
    Oct 17, 2015
    0
    This is (or rather, was) a great game. The devs said they would never introduce microtransactions. Then, in a single update, they brought in a weapon crate skin system (akin to CS:GO/TF2) in which the skins affect weapon stats, and introduced a weapon 'rebalance' in which they entirely broke some weapons and made others ridiculously overpowered. The community complained, and the devThis is (or rather, was) a great game. The devs said they would never introduce microtransactions. Then, in a single update, they brought in a weapon crate skin system (akin to CS:GO/TF2) in which the skins affect weapon stats, and introduced a weapon 'rebalance' in which they entirely broke some weapons and made others ridiculously overpowered. The community complained, and the dev response was 'thanks for your feedback'. And they threw some free masks at us. They're gonna have to do more than that.… Expand
  20. mayaraken
    Oct 17, 2015
    0
    It was a good game. Until the dev team turn it in the **** pay-to-win game I've ever seen in my whole life. It doesn't worth anyones money, cause the only thing they want is to win more and more money and don't give any content for it. Promises for safe-house customization are being made since 2013. DO NOT BUY THIS GAME.
  21. Gjones18
    Oct 17, 2015
    0
    Paid way too much money supporting what I thought was a great company making a good game. Got backstabbed by microtransactions instead, even after the developers explicitly stated multiple times that there would be no microtransactions in their game. Overkill has proven themselves to be the kind of developers that don't care about and can't be trusted by their playerbase. Stay away fromPaid way too much money supporting what I thought was a great company making a good game. Got backstabbed by microtransactions instead, even after the developers explicitly stated multiple times that there would be no microtransactions in their game. Overkill has proven themselves to be the kind of developers that don't care about and can't be trusted by their playerbase. Stay away from this game and its developers, you and your wallet will be happier for it.… Expand
  22. BeastieBoys
    Oct 17, 2015
    0
    Lying Dev's adding in micro transactions after saying that they wouldnt, very very VERY pay to win (dlc is more than the game by a LOT, pay to have fun/expand the game, the community even has the nerve to try to defend overkill saying they're right and we're the ones to the wrong
  23. navossoc
    Oct 17, 2015
    0
    I used to like to play this game, but the direction the Overkill came taking is affecting the game.

    All we get are more and more paid DLC, some being totally clueless (maybe funny?).
    Now they added micro-transactions in the game and they had promised not to.

    If I could ask for a full refund, I would.
  24. Gowenny
    Oct 17, 2015
    0
    a bust. im glad i left the game when i did. may the devs responsible for this eat their shirts.a bust. im glad i left the game when i did. may the devs responsible for this eat their shirts.a bust. im glad i left the game when i did. may the devs responsible for this eat their shirts.
  25. h1158871
    Oct 17, 2015
    0
    Okay, so I put in a thousand something hours into this game, and I enjoyed it. It was great. Wonderful game. Really solid gunplay, amazing music, interesting theme, and engaging level design. Never have holding off waves of enemies been such a fun experience. Usually doing that in games is boring and/or frustrating as all get out, but PAYDAY 2 found a way to make it work, and work REALLYOkay, so I put in a thousand something hours into this game, and I enjoyed it. It was great. Wonderful game. Really solid gunplay, amazing music, interesting theme, and engaging level design. Never have holding off waves of enemies been such a fun experience. Usually doing that in games is boring and/or frustrating as all get out, but PAYDAY 2 found a way to make it work, and work REALLY well.

    So what happened to get this negative review? Long story short: the updates. People began to note that with each passing DLC there was a sort of power creep going on. A pay to win system. Now the latest update promises weapon rebalances to fix this issue as part of this massive community event where we completed challenges for free rewards. What happened instead? Weapons were further nerfed and a microtransaction model was implemented. Get a safe at random and then pay a fee of real world money to get a drill to unlock the safe to get a random skin. Sounds familiar? CSGO and TF2 did the same thing with their key system. Only difference here is that the skins enhance your stats.

    So what did this update the community have to work for and were promised a free reward turn out to be? Your guns are rendered useless and the only way to buff them back to where they were before, which means still a power creep and paid DLC guns are still superior, is to spend even more money to have a CHANCE at fixing your loadout. That's BS. What is also BS is that prior to release the company stated in an interview when asked if PAYDAY 2 will have microtransactions, "No. No. God, I hope not. Never. No." But wait, that came from someone who left the company! I hear you, I understand. Here's a link to a statement from Almir Listo, who is still at Overkill and working as the unofficial PR guy because Overkill won't hire a real one for some reason. http://i.imgur.com/wQCwAyd.png This update has turned them into liars.

    "Wait wait wait," I hear you saying. "Not all the guns were nerfed. Some of them were buffed." Indeed, buffed to ridiculous extremes. For example, pistols are now doing three times the damage shotguns are. This is its own problem. As stated earlier, there was a powercreep going on. It has gotten so much worse now, with specific items at least. The balance has been thrown out the window. So how do you catch up your nerfed weapons to be back where to were, much less on par with the other weapons that were buffed to high hell? Skins! Pay up and MAYBE you'll see your gun marginally improve.

    Nerfing weapons to hell and putting buffs to them behind a gambling paywall is wrong.

    Buffing weapons to the point that the game is completely unbalanced and Bulldozers, this game's version of COD MW's Juggernauts, are able to be killed in 3-5 headshots and the effect where their mask flies off from the damage taken simply doesn't work anymore is also a game killer. You don't really have a game anymore. Just something to throw money at.

    Was this game great at one time? Absolutely.
    Is it worth your money now? Heck no. Stay away. You'll just end up having to spend even more of it anyways.    … Expand
  26. KurosawaShirou
    Oct 17, 2015
    0
    It was a fun game.

    WAS

    The developer doesn't care about the community as much as they care about their own wallets. They outright lied, and when the backlash happens, they didn't give any news or reaction.

    I was one of the long playing gamer, got 550 hours on my steam, and here i am giving 0 score.
  27. xvyx
    Oct 17, 2015
    0
    Once upon a time I used to play this cool game about bank robbers.
    Then some DLCs were added.
    That was more content so I was happy about it and bought them all. Unfortunately, the quality of new DLCs started to drop quickly. That was not a problem for me since I could just ignore them. Now an update was released, that completely breaks the game. But guess what; at least, as a    Once upon a time I used to play this cool game about bank robbers.
    Then some DLCs were added.
    That was more content so I was happy about it and bought them all.
    Unfortunately, the quality of new DLCs started to drop quickly.
    That was not a problem for me since I could just ignore them.
    Now an update was released, that completely breaks the game.
    But guess what; at least, as a consolation, you can BUY SKINS!!!

    GG WP Overkill.
    You used to have standards and a fanbase ready to spend their last dollar for you.
    What went wrong?
    Why did you lie to us by adding microtransactions?
    I was done with this game anyway, but I would still recommend it if it were a few months ago.
    Now, with what happened, I can't stand for this game anymore.
    Not with those greedy bastards trying to squeeze every penny out of it.
    You're better off playing L4D2 or any other game of this type, which is not riddled with **** DLCs, microtransactions and imbalance.    … Expand
  28. woifx
    Oct 17, 2015
    0
    microtansaction/10

    liar/lazy/money greedy developer ever
    never keep promise, never care about their customer.

    The game is fun but it's getting worse every update
  29. SizzlesGaming
    Oct 16, 2015
    0
    I had to buy the game again because they refused to support the older-gen port.
    Then, I bought the COPack to keep the game's policy at a state of "Paid DLC is necessary" and "We do Free DLC as often as we can"
    I also bought it knowing that Overkill was an indie dev, had new concepts like Safehouse Customization, and wouldn't have microtransactions. Currently, all of those are wrong.    I had to buy the game again because they refused to support the older-gen port.
    Then, I bought the COPack to keep the game's policy at a state of "Paid DLC is necessary" and "We do Free DLC as often as we can"
    I also bought it knowing that Overkill was an indie dev, had new concepts like Safehouse Customization, and wouldn't have microtransactions.
    Currently, all of those are wrong.
    Don't forget grinding to unlock "free" content which was really paid.
    Or having to sell ourselves out like a mobile game to unlock content.
    When that backfired, they called the community out on not liking that, and claimed that even though I "Didn't donate, I supported" them, I didn't REALLY understand how much the Voice Actors did for Payday 2.    … Expand
  30. bamzooki2
    Oct 16, 2015
    0
    Tnx for Payday 2 CS GO edition
    More skins
    More balance More bugs More dlc More pay2win content pls Thank you for the unique incomparable example of the annihilation of the game that everyone loved so much , I suspect that the next step will be paid UNIQUE glow in the dark mask which will need to make a unique achievement in the unique maps of DLS using weapons of DLS .Oh wait , it… Expand
Page:

Awards & Rankings

67
#67 Best PC Game of 2013
5
#5 Most Discussed PC Game of 2013
6
#6 Most Shared PC Game of 2013

Critic Reviews

All reviews »
Metascore
79

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.
    Read full review
  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]
See all critic reviews »