Payday 2

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4.0

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 3970 Ratings

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  1. kezzyhko
    Jun 20, 2021
    4
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  2. 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
  3. Lexius
    Jul 1, 2020
    10
    Eee i want say first game is multiplayer game look at it okay.Then game one important robbery heist game is cause good
  4. shostakn
    Oct 15, 2020
    4
    PAYDAY 2 is a four-player co-op shooter that has you sporting the masks of the original PAYDAY gang – Dallas, Hoxton, Wolf and Chains – as they hit on Washington D.C. for an epic crime rampage. The new CRIMENET network offers a vast array of dynamic contracts - choose anything from small-time store rips, cyber-crime or major bank vaults for that lucrative PAYDAY
  5. Diomantium
    May 30, 2021
    0
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  6. bot1000
    May 22, 2021
    1
    Thankfully i didn't have to buy this as I played it at a friends , why this game took so long is anyone's guess it just has so many bad point's both with bugs and the playability of the game itself.
  7. Izoeros
    Apr 26, 2022
    7
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  8. maestrorogu
    Sep 23, 2022
    1
    voice acting all right .
    game soo monotony.
    have worst animation.
    a ton bugs and unoptimized.
    lore is awful.
    have many useless dlc.
    worse character design.
    too much hacker.
    aı awful.
    unbalanced weapons.
    AVOİD THİS GAME
  9. 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.
  10. 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
  11. Alca
    Feb 9, 2016
    0
    ScamDay 2 : an Almir's heist edition.ScamDay 2 : an Almir's heist edition.
      .    … Expand
  12. Aelius
    Oct 26, 2015
    1
    I used to really enjoy this game. It was one of the best co-ops out there.
    There was a lot of promised content they never delivered on but it still managed to be a fun game.
    Even though it's always had its issues with bugs and (at points) game breaking glitches. With every update, the game got worse and worse. Some things got fixed, whilst other things broke completely. I don't think    I used to really enjoy this game. It was one of the best co-ops out there.
    There was a lot of promised content they never delivered on but it still managed to be a fun game.
    Even though it's always had its issues with bugs and (at points) game breaking glitches.

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

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

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

    I now feel bad having this game in my list. As I do not support poor DLC and Microtransactions.
    Disgusting.    … Expand
  13. 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
  14. whatever523
    Dec 9, 2018
    1
    UPDATE: The game now has pay2win micro transactions. Previous rating was 8, but screw that. The other major annoyance is that half the content is only accessible if you join their stupid Steam community group.

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

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

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

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

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

    Also, props to the developers for releasing free content. I just wish they would concentrate their efforts on fixing some of these problems.    … Expand
  15. 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
  16. JJthis
    Apr 22, 2016
    9
    What I rated 9 before now gets a 1 thanks to developers that lie and alienate their loyal fans.
    This is a big game, with LOTS of DLCs...to add microtransactions to it as well is just being money hungry. Overkill ruined one of the best games of it's time and I won't support them again because of this.
  17. 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
  18. Spectre2112
    Jul 22, 2016
    8
    Overkill has put the blame for the microtransactions on 505 studios, bought them out, sent them packing and removed the microtransactions. We have our game back.

    But because of the many broken promises over the years, it will take time and absolutely no more lies, to fully earn my trust enough to purchase the already announced Payday 3.    Overkill has put the blame for the microtransactions on 505 studios, bought them out, sent them packing and removed the microtransactions. We have our game back.

    But because of the many broken promises over the years, it will take time and absolutely no more lies, to fully earn my trust enough to purchase the already announced Payday 3.

    --------------------------------------------------

    Oct 15, 2015. Never forget.

    I used to love this game. I have almost 1000 hours put in. But Overkill went way overboard and destroyed it.

    Heisters lives matter.    … Expand
  19. MrAnime
    Jan 23, 2022
    10
    This game is really fun to play, but some of the stuff don't I really like... The game is obviously very fun to play with others and some stuff can be annoying as well.

    Thanks to some of the new updates for the game, I haven't really... liked it as I used to when I played it before it got... worse. EDIT: After maybe years of waiting... I can say this might be my favorite stealth    This game is really fun to play, but some of the stuff don't I really like... The game is obviously very fun to play with others and some stuff can be annoying as well.

    Thanks to some of the new updates for the game, I haven't really... liked it as I used to when I played it before it got... worse.

    EDIT:

    After maybe years of waiting... I can say this might be my favorite stealth game ever. The stealth feels great, the music is pretty awesome and it is worth it now more than ever    … Expand
  20. Sonicschall
    Oct 25, 2015
    0
    You know, this game is actually pretty great by itself. It's fun to play especially if you have a dedicated crew, but I wouldn't recommend buying it, atleast not in it's current state - the developers recently added microtransactions despite promising that they would not add them. Even worse: These microtransactions are for weapon skins. And these weapon skins can sometimes increase theYou know, this game is actually pretty great by itself. It's fun to play especially if you have a dedicated crew, but I wouldn't recommend buying it, atleast not in it's current state - the developers recently added microtransactions despite promising that they would not add them. Even worse: These microtransactions are for weapon skins. And these weapon skins can sometimes increase the stats of the weapons, making this game effectively pay to win. Don't buy it.… Expand
  21. Bob23
    Oct 26, 2015
    0
    I enjoyed the game during free play, but the amount of dlcs and now the added microtransactions which they don't intend to remove makes me feel the company only cares about our money.
  22. Luckspeare
    Aug 18, 2016
    8
    Freed from 505's overlordship, the developers have responded appropriately to player discontent and removed the hated microtransactions. Payday 2 is once again a game worthy of a high rating.
  23. AlbertVedibeda
    May 23, 2018
    2
    Обидно, когда ты покупаешь игру, покупаешь более 30 dlc, идешь на поводу у разработчиков, лишь бы не забросили такой перспективный проект: монополиста и лидера игрового рынка в своем жанре, а через некоторое время игра становится полностью бесплатной и со всеми dlc по 20 рублей. Замечательно, просто, бл*ть, замечательно.

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

    Мы терпели кейсы, потому что нам давали надежду ивентами, которые действительно были очень интересные, казалось, что игра не заброшена. Простили дополнения с мечами и луками, это даже добавляло некий угар в происходящее: грабить банки с луками wtf?¿?¿
    Но, уж простите, тысячи токсичных, руинящих игру, дядь, которые увидели f2p... кто такое простит? Зачем саму игру было делать бесплатной? Ладно, пускай эти идиотские дополнения были бы дешевыми или бесплатными, но зачем игру было трогать? На распродажах ее цена не превышала 200 рублей, разве это много? Нонразумистов хватало, а сейчас физически невозможно играть с рандомным подбором, потому что всегда найдется гений, который на стелс-миссию возьмет гранатомет. Почему бы и нет?
    Ведь были надежды, было же интересно играть. Определенный шарм заключался в прохождении заданий по стелсу, а не с пулеметами на перевес. Да, есть карты, где необходимо залетать только с рпг и шестистволкой, но когда есть выбор, то он всегда падал на стелс, ибо интереснее и сложнее, ведь как шутер, будем честны, PD2 очень слаб, физика оружия резиновая, фальшивая и фарсовая, это никуда не годится, а разве кто-то жаловался? Это, несомненно, минус, но, еб*нный в рот, БЫЛ ЖЕ СТЕЛС, НА МЯСО ВСЕМ БЫЛО ПЛЕВАТЬ. Что сейчас? Стелс убит, все перки и навыки сгинули в небытие, они вам уже не понадобятся. Да, именно, не ослышались. Все билды, умелое распределение очков в дереве и сочетания разных билдов в команде уже не нужны. Зачем? Сейчас ты просто покупаешь хороший пак с оружием за 29рублей и рашишь любой банк - миссия выполнена. Сколько было разнообразия.. все пропито на деньги комьюнити.    … Expand
  24. Batilte
    Jan 3, 2016
    1
    Okay; Payday 2 IS a super cool game. BUT it was AWFULLY RUINED by the f*****g developers' greed that led to f*****g microtransactions.
    I'll change this game's score once the microtransactions will be gone.
  25. Setsuna_Agung
    Mar 13, 2016
    10
    nice teamwork game. and nice weapon not long not short, that what i think. and nice game play system :D. and i love we can plan B after fail stealth :)
  26. MooseNine
    Jan 22, 2016
    4
    Payday 2 is a co-op mulitplayer game. I spend a lot of time with it (over 1000h) and for this moment i think i can say something about what this game was, and what is it now.

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

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

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

    At premiere games was very buged, had problems with balance and a lot of server/connections issues . With time Overkill was repairing those problems. Then they started adding new heists - of course for money - as payable DLC. It's nothing wrong with that.
    But yet... even with time passing, there was still a lot of bugs which Overkill just ignored. But i was ok with that becouse somehow i still had fun with this game.
    And then... at the 2015 "crimefest", Overkill added payable "Drills" which can gave us "skins" for weapons. It would be nothing wrong with it if those "skins" doesn't boost up weapons parametrs. But hey, this isn't a player vs. player game. It's co-op game. So it would be ok but... there always is a "but". Not everyone spotted that with those "skins" Overkill added to the game "weapons balance" which was supposed to fix feeling of some weapons. In my opinion that "feeling" was fine. But that patch "weapons balance" lower guns statistics - dmg, accuracy ect. and payable "skins" was rising stats to those before the patch. AND THAT! THAT IS NOT OK. As a gamer and as a consumer i say "NO" - i payed for this game at launch, i bought all DLCs that comes out and then they break my game and tell me that i have to pay for skins so i can fix my weapons? That's some nonsense.
    Later they did another funny thing. They made "Point Break" heist + new playable character. Heist was for cash and character was for free and Overkill announced that "character is for free thanks to the Black Market (those goddamn drills)". Realy? It's from the Black Market Money? Not from "Point Break" movie commercial inside your game? That's how it's done these days. Get paid for commercial "heist" inside your game, and take money for it, then throw some bone (character what was probably included in agreement with guys from "Point Break") and say "it's for free becouse you paid for it earlier".
    The list is long, sad and very hurting becouse PayDay 2 was one of my favorite co-op games ever.
    All of it, what i wrote above, could be somehow understandable if this game would work properly. But now... with new DLC game crashes all the time for me, my friends and a lot of random people. Of course Overkill is doing nothing with it. They probably are busy with counting money from new DLC.
    For that kind of attitude to customer my rating for this game dropped from 8/10 to 4/10. Sorry Overkill but my rate and all similar from another people, YOU brought it on yourself.    … Expand
  27. Star_Wolf
    Mar 8, 2016
    0
    For the past few year OVERKILL has been slowly killing it's own game. Endless DLCs, weapon packs, crates from CS:GO. They just don't understand that DLCs cannot support game for the end of times. Let it go already, PAYDAY is DEAD. It's not as challenging as PAYDAY: The Heist used to be. It's not fun to run around the map and killing thousands of badly programmed bots with your friends, itFor the past few year OVERKILL has been slowly killing it's own game. Endless DLCs, weapon packs, crates from CS:GO. They just don't understand that DLCs cannot support game for the end of times. Let it go already, PAYDAY is DEAD. It's not as challenging as PAYDAY: The Heist used to be. It's not fun to run around the map and killing thousands of badly programmed bots with your friends, it doesn't work that way. CO-OP games should give us a challenge, just like SWAT 4 or R6 Vegas did… Expand
  28. Antonchick
    Mar 10, 2016
    2
    THE BEST DLC SIMULATOR! (0/5) Donate guns (0/5) Shooter (3/5)
    Do not buy it, does not waste your money!
    OVERKILL this is the "Fu@%ing sputnik" is not a game!
    OMG what OVERKILL do with this game... ;(
  29. Shadow1
    Dec 2, 2016
    10
    Payday 2 is one of the best Multiplayer Game in my opinion. Payday 2 is one of the best game of 2013. Payday 2 is the best Bank Thief Simulator. In Payday 2 normal graphics, many good characters and Masks - Dallas, Rust and other, many interesting stealth and shooter missions. I think shooter missions in Payday 2 is much better than stealth missions. Gameplay in shooter and stealthPayday 2 is one of the best Multiplayer Game in my opinion. Payday 2 is one of the best game of 2013. Payday 2 is the best Bank Thief Simulator. In Payday 2 normal graphics, many good characters and Masks - Dallas, Rust and other, many interesting stealth and shooter missions. I think shooter missions in Payday 2 is much better than stealth missions. Gameplay in shooter and stealth missions very good, but in this game there are two minus many not interesting DLC and long update. Very interesting and good game.… Expand
  30. Duskfang
    Mar 25, 2016
    0
    Last played when the game was brand new, decided to give it another go.

    I came back to find a ton of paid dlc (not always so bad) BUT...

    ---> PAY TO WIN stat boosting microtransactions are unacceptable in a game I paid full price for, expecting that I could play it properly in the future.

    ---> What a joke! If I could get any kind of refund now, I would.
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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

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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.
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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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