Payday 2

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4.0

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 3970 Ratings

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

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  1. d4haxor
    Nov 21, 2015
    0
    This dev has completely lost their mind and only cares about pinching their fans for every dime they can, This game went from decent to literally the worst game on earth. STAY FAR AWAY!
  2. onalhurre
    Nov 20, 2015
    0
    this game sucks so hard they are never going to fix anything and it is almost impossible to play the game without buying 150 dlc's and then you can still waste another 20 bucks to gain a skin with stat boost which brings your weapon over the breakpoint.
    going over the breakpoint is insane cause you now only need 1 shot instead of 2 but that's the reason why to spend 20 bucks...
  3. Darkshadows9776
    Nov 20, 2015
    0
    Overkill flat out lied to the player base when they said no microtransactions. We already have more than $100 in DLC on top of the base game, but apparently that's not enough money. Don't get me wrong, this game is fantastic and still one of my favorites, but when the company lies like that, then talks down to the community for being angry, I just have to stop playing. Do not give any moreOverkill flat out lied to the player base when they said no microtransactions. We already have more than $100 in DLC on top of the base game, but apparently that's not enough money. Don't get me wrong, this game is fantastic and still one of my favorites, but when the company lies like that, then talks down to the community for being angry, I just have to stop playing. Do not give any more money to Overkill; they don't deserve any money.… Expand
  4. Pay2winDay
    Nov 20, 2015
    0
    This year's Crimefest checklist:
    a) Free microtransactions update and **** weapon rebalance - shotguns are less worth than dog poop now;
    b) **** masks; c) A port of Brave New World from Cod Ghosts renamed to Aftershock; d) Stealth and Loud filter (meh, i guess day 4 was decent) e) A bipod attachment and a new MG ( MG is fine, but bipod is useless for difficulties like Overkill and    This year's Crimefest checklist:
    a) Free microtransactions update and **** weapon rebalance - shotguns are less worth than dog poop now;
    b) **** masks;
    c) A port of Brave New World from Cod Ghosts renamed to Aftershock;
    d) Stealth and Loud filter (meh, i guess day 4 was decent)
    e) A bipod attachment and a new MG ( MG is fine, but bipod is useless for difficulties like Overkill and Deathwish, where you need to be constantly moving around if you want to stay alive.)
    f) The most overplayed heist from PDTH and drill drops which have a drop chance from nill to slim
    g) Preferred character selection of up to 4 characters. If your favourite character (for example Dallas) is selected it switches to your 2nd one (for example Hoxton). Its good, but it would have been better to just select the character you want while you wait in lobby.
    h) More **** masks and **** turret rebalance.
    i) Slaughterhouse port.I liked day 9. Slaughterhouse is my favourite PDTH heist.
    j) Useless jump animation.    … Expand
  5. ojetemoreno
    Nov 19, 2015
    0
    Overkill makes Bad decisions that f*k a great game. A tons of DLC 's and adding micro transactions made it ( they said they wouldn't). Don't buy it, stay strong.
  6. Nake
    Nov 19, 2015
    0
    Good game, bad developers, liar Almir Listo.
    Hackers, microtransactions, no interest by users and the community, 33 debuff and useless DLCs, no transparency, no one believes them, the game was murdered by the developers.
  7. Tornado130
    Nov 18, 2015
    0
    Very bad game with very bad developers, very bad characters like john wick, very bad microtransactions very bad graphics, very bad everything. You are very bad person if you play this very bad game.
  8. Jammerock2000
    Nov 18, 2015
    0
    This game has been ruined due to lie after lie from the developers. Not only have they ignored the community time and time again, ruined the work of many modders and community members (such as PD2stats), but continued to promise that they would listen to the community. The amount of content in this game blatantly locked away behind DLC is just astounding, and on top of that the game is A.)This game has been ruined due to lie after lie from the developers. Not only have they ignored the community time and time again, ruined the work of many modders and community members (such as PD2stats), but continued to promise that they would listen to the community. The amount of content in this game blatantly locked away behind DLC is just astounding, and on top of that the game is A.) not free (understandable, one-time pay for a game is fine) but also B.) full of microtransactions that don't just affect how weapons look, but also give stat boosts, and chances of exp/money boosts.

    This isn't even scratching the surface of the bad practices the developer has done, and because of it I leave this negative review.    … Expand
  9. Rampage470
    Nov 18, 2015
    0
    Why on God's green earth would they add microtransactions? Seriously, the game is raking the dough as it is, you have to add THOSE as well? Geez. Oh and now of course the thing that cost 20 bucks and was supposed to be cosmetic only has stat boosts.

    **** you, Overkill.
  10. Superior97
    Nov 18, 2015
    0
    This game has completely been ruined by overkills greed and terrible business decisions
    I had racked up over 700 hours into this game but I honestly wouldn't recommend it to anyone
  11. Muuvinki
    Nov 18, 2015
    0
    It used to be such a good game before developers decided to go full retard.
    They added p2w skins to the game which for example makes pistols now stronger than most rifles.

    At its current condition this game should no longer be played or supported in any way. Walk away don't look back.
  12. Kaleson
    Nov 16, 2015
    1
    Good game.
    Used to be. Before Overkill introduced microtransactions and skins that boost guns' stats. Despite claiming they hate them and that they will NEVER cripple their game with MTs. Dick move, OVK, dick move.
    Oh, and there are also DLCs with owerpowered weapons like flamethrower, minigun or RPG.
    1/10 just because it's still fun. Sort of.
  13. Martin1
    Nov 16, 2015
    0
    A good game that has been degraded into a money making scheme by greedy devs. Milking the gamers, first with almost monthly dlc containing the best weapons and perks. Now a crate system which means spending money for a random item that may or may not improve your weapons.
  14. plebbot
    Nov 16, 2015
    0
    Overkill have **** the whole community over with update after update after update. The community outrage has been insane and how do overkill respond? More microtransactions.
  15. Crazy6a3er
    Nov 16, 2015
    0
    Before the **** started, I would highly recommend to everyone to at least try this game because of its awesome Co-op experience.

    Now, I will say stay the hell out of this game at all times! Why the sudden change? Here's the most recent reasons why I give this game a pretty and red "0": - Microtransaction with stat boosts which affect the balance of the game even though it's P2E.    Before the **** started, I would highly recommend to everyone to at least try this game because of its awesome Co-op experience.

    Now, I will say stay the hell out of this game at all times! Why the sudden change? Here's the most recent reasons why I give this game a pretty and red "0":

    - Microtransaction with stat boosts which affect the balance of the game even though it's P2E. Overkill/Almir promised us that there would be NO MICROTRANSACTION in Payday 2(shame on you if you thought otherwise. That rings a bell, huh?). Even the reasons he given couldn't justify what he had done to community(Google it if you really wanna know).

    -The COMPLETELY OVERKILL PACK. This pissed me off the most since I'd paid $20 just to "support" Overkill innocently and what did we get? Only 1 out of 25 weapon skins and every weapon skin is horrendous with stat boosts which Overkill claimed that they were crafted with "love and care" and promised they were only cosmetic. *Double facepalm*

    These 2 most recent cases show how Overkill treat the community with dishonesty and **** I recognize that the purpose of company is to earn profit but this is not how you earn it by lying to your loyal customers and treat them like walking wallets.

    What's done is done, what's done will be done. GG Overkill.    … Expand
  16. Rowdyvds
    Nov 16, 2015
    0
    It's my most played game in steam and I used to love it, but they ruined the game by adding microtransactions which they promised multiple times not to add.
  17. sumsum
    Nov 16, 2015
    0
    It was such an awesome game. I loved playing it and the game was so balanced in the beginning. It was awesome they kept updating the game with new content. But now they have just ruined the game totally, wanting money for everything and the game is so unbalanced that the game is totally unplayable. They have added so many bad things and updates to the game that its not worth playing itIt was such an awesome game. I loved playing it and the game was so balanced in the beginning. It was awesome they kept updating the game with new content. But now they have just ruined the game totally, wanting money for everything and the game is so unbalanced that the game is totally unplayable. They have added so many bad things and updates to the game that its not worth playing it anymore.
    Overkill you have shot yourself in the foot real good, and it seems you just continue to do that.    … Expand
  18. Jozefson
    Nov 16, 2015
    0
    Just a big NOPE after Greedfest 2015, adding MT and the COP dlc fiasco. It's sad that because core game is good, but the **** around it makes it hard to enjoy.
  19. Blonk
    Nov 15, 2015
    0
    Was pretty decent despite engine limitations, until micro transactions and donation begging started. Not to mention the lying about DLC and the inclusion of MT's.
  20. doubleplus
    Nov 15, 2015
    0
    A once decent game let down by developers who are either incompetent or just outright dishonest. If you like the idea of seeing most weapons, heists and masks held behind as DLC on top of microtransactions for skins with stat boosts, Payday 2 is for you.
  21. Ckazochnik
    Nov 15, 2015
    0
    This game supposed to be fun coop shooter. It really was until the devs became lazy **** which released a ton of bagged content and ten tons of paid DLC (€110+ of worth). Like it wasn't enough, they have released a micro-transaction system.

    The 1st, they promised us to don't put the micro-transactions in the game. The golden «shame on you if you thought otherwise!». The 2nd, the    This game supposed to be fun coop shooter. It really was until the devs became lazy **** which released a ton of bagged content and ten tons of paid DLC (€110+ of worth). Like it wasn't enough, they have released a micro-transaction system.

    The 1st, they promised us to don't put the micro-transactions in the game. The golden «shame on you if you thought otherwise!».

    The 2nd, the system is using the casino-style drop-roulette that means you probably will not get the item that you wanted exactly.

    The 3rd, most of items looks like a junk. Give your child a paint spray and a gun and you will get the same result. Moreover, you can scrap your fresh painted gun with a rasp because in the game you will get a random item with the random skin and the random QUALITY. But it's not over yet. If you got a DLC-item, you have to buy this DLC to use this item (remember about €110+).

    The 4th. Weapons that you got with micro-transactions is actually stronger than the regular variant. At this point it started to be Pay 2 Win.

    The 5th. Skins provide for you and your team XP and MONEY BOOST. More guys with the painted guns you have – stronger boost you get. Just think of it: you can be kicked from the lobby for not buying the random **** for your real money. It actually happened.

    We have a good game that ruined buy the lie, greed and sloth.    … Expand
  22. Tsyolin
    Nov 15, 2015
    0
    Want to know what the best example of bad business practices by a game dev is? You're looking at it. Seriously, never before has any game community/dev relationship gone south this quickly... and for a damn good reason.
  23. binarycoder
    Nov 15, 2015
    0
    I purchased the base game, then every DLC up to the BBQ Pack. This is a great game, but at a certain point it just isn't affordable, and now there is more than just the monthly DLC. I am unhappy with the way that Overkill has managed the content updates for this game.

    I will update this review at a point that I WOULD recommend this game.
  24. NinjaSloth
    Nov 15, 2015
    0
    Honestly, not that good, unless you like insane powercreep with lots of DLC's which were essentially microtransactions and now are literally micrtransactions. Do not recommend.
  25. Da_Bozz
    Nov 15, 2015
    0
    They promised to never add microtransactions to the game when they launched it. But Overkill's greed was stronger, and with the last update they added a microtransaction market. It's so easy to destroy a good game.
  26. Falcon87456
    Nov 15, 2015
    0
    ded gaem ded thread

    thx 4 too much dlc and microtransactions

    basically they **** it up, big time. They said no microtranscations, then added microtransactions on top of a heap of DLC. Hope you wanted to spend $150 for the whole game!
  27. CastrolGTX
    Nov 15, 2015
    0
    This feels like shooting my own dog, but Overkill has become every other game studio and can't be treated with kid gloves anymore. Once upon a time there was a small, independent game studio that emerged from Grin which was dicked over by a contract default. They made a successful game, PDTH, and the sequel was more successful than their wildest dreams, making millions in profits byThis feels like shooting my own dog, but Overkill has become every other game studio and can't be treated with kid gloves anymore. Once upon a time there was a small, independent game studio that emerged from Grin which was dicked over by a contract default. They made a successful game, PDTH, and the sequel was more successful than their wildest dreams, making millions in profits by pre-order only. They were successful because they really were the mythical regular-guys developer that actually interacted with its community, and got a big help from that community in word-of-mouth marketing by devoted fans. Fans built this game and this company. They're the ones who got the game started and continued to buy DLC clinging to the small-indepedent-developer line until it became undeniably false.

    Overkill has cashed in every last drop of devotion from the fans who created it. They continued the regular frequency DLC model to manipulate fans into supporting them, then released microtransactions to double dip. They only work on DLC while ignoring simple fixes and bugs, they promise things that take literally years to get a half-♥♥♥♥♥ copout release, if at all, they nerf DLC content after release, and they've rebalanced (nerfed) specific weapons with the sole motivation of creating a wider pool of weapons that people may want to buy skins for rather than actual gameplay reasons.

    Overkill does not care about you. Treat them like EA or Ubisoft from now on.    … Expand
  28. Akuba
    Nov 15, 2015
    0
    The Developers of Payday 2 lied alot to the own community. Even when they promised that they will listen, they managed it to f*ck their own community without lube ...
  29. KrzyzaK
    Nov 15, 2015
    0
    I dont know what to say
    A game filled with bugs, DLC's and now micro-transactions.
    Avoid this game like cancer. Coincidentally cancer and payday 2 are similar now.
    Avoid buying this, just buy anything else, it's better.
  30. Blackjack21
    Nov 15, 2015
    0
    The core game itself is good.However, Overkill has implemented pay2win micro transactions in a game where the base cost of the game plus all additional DLCs exceed that of AAA games.
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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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