Payday 2

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4.0

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 3970 Ratings

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  1. Moogleswarm
    Nov 12, 2015
    0
    The game was a massively fun co op experience with other fellow gamers. However M/T's as well as a lack of communication with the community. This has sorely eaten away at this once amazing title.
  2. PrinceChitin
    Nov 12, 2015
    0
    This used to be a good game, but the company did things resembling extortion of players recently. Do not waste your time on this game, and move on to something else. Nothing to see here.
  3. RoneiAlves
    Nov 12, 2015
    0
    This game used to be quite good and i used to play it, until it turned into CS:GO with the last patch, now the flame was has started and the community is trying to execute Overkill for that patch. (or so it seems)
  4. ajfkfafjkl
    Nov 13, 2015
    0
    disgusting and shameless practices by the developers; dont support this and keep an eye out for the names responsible in future games. they'll break their promises and screw you over for money anytime.
  5. TropicalBag
    Nov 13, 2015
    0
    I would recommend this game in a heartbeat, if only the developers of said game werent so, SO incredibly greedy, introducing microtransactions to a game they advertised as "this game will never have microtransactions", the mentioned transactions are skins for weapons (Yeah, its a straight rip off from the CS:GO skin system) but Overkill thought of a "unique" way of making the skinsI would recommend this game in a heartbeat, if only the developers of said game werent so, SO incredibly greedy, introducing microtransactions to a game they advertised as "this game will never have microtransactions", the mentioned transactions are skins for weapons (Yeah, its a straight rip off from the CS:GO skin system) but Overkill thought of a "unique" way of making the skins "unique"... how? Well, they added stats to certain skins, thus making the game even more pay2win than it already was, they also completely ignored the community outcry, blatantly saying "publicly" that they system is here to stay, and that they will "continue working on it to refine it as much as possible", and thus a big **** you, nobody gives a flying **** about you, all we care about is $$$$$". AND NOW, again, with the introduction of "update 90" they also released EXP boosts attached on the weapon skins, THUS MAKING IT EVEN MORE PAY2WIN THAN IT PREVIOUSLY WAS, they also released the Completely Overkill rewards, which was the biggest **** you along with the middle finger" type of "deal" that they could have thought, giving every Completely Overkill owner a **** ass safe and drill for access to 1 out of 25 "unique my ass" skins which were average at best, previously advertising the secret content (the **** safe and drill) that we waited for 8 whole months for, as "a true payday 2 fan collectible, every single piece will be carefully crafted with care and love for the most hardcore payday 2 fans" lemme tell you, those abominations were NOT carefully crafted with love and care for a "true payday 2 fan", and finally, to try and "deceive" us into thinking they care about us, they also slapped on the **** reward 7 DLCs, which are old as **** and that most of the payday 2 fans already bought before, thus getting literally nothing out of the **** deal. If you dont want this crap to happen to you one day, stay away from this game with a burning passion, i have 559 hours logged in the game, and i would gladly put in another 500 hours, IF, all of this **** wouldnt have happened, i also bought 90% of the 27 (Yup, ****ing 27) buggy as hell DLC, only missing like 4 DLC packs, and i regret all of it, stay away from this cashgrab of a game if you mind your **** virginity.… Expand
  6. DKATyler
    Nov 13, 2015
    0
    How do you take a game rated 8.5/10 by the community and convert it to a score of 3.5? By doing what overkill has done. Adding microtransactions when promising not to. Adding Movie tie-ins in exchange for hundreds of thousands of dollars in essentially donation money. Adding more expensive DLC bringing the full-game price to $150 when originally promising to keep the dlc low costHow do you take a game rated 8.5/10 by the community and convert it to a score of 3.5? By doing what overkill has done. Adding microtransactions when promising not to. Adding Movie tie-ins in exchange for hundreds of thousands of dollars in essentially donation money. Adding more expensive DLC bringing the full-game price to $150 when originally promising to keep the dlc low cost relative to the game.

    Payday2 community has been commented multiple times as one of the worst communities on steam. All of that vitriol however is mostly directed at Overkill for repeated promise breaking. Today it's gotten bad enough that even the moderators have given up.    … Expand
  7. RSGMulder
    Nov 13, 2015
    0
    Overkill screwing the Completely Overkill Pack buyers and adding the safe (crate) gambling killed the game for me. I am not against paid skins (without the p2w), but in the way they do it now is really bad. Buyers should be able to choose what skin they get.

    Remove:
    Gambling
    Pay2Win
    Rarity (let users pick what they want)
    Skin conditions (let user pick what they want)
  8. nero82
    Nov 13, 2015
    0
    Micropayments gehen gar nicht ...

    ... wenn man das Spiel vorher gekauft hat.
    ... wenn sie Vorteile im Spiel bringen.

    Was hier leider der Fall ist.
  9. 88MIKEll
    Nov 13, 2015
    0
    Do not waste your money on this game, first you will think 'Oh wow, a good game that is pretty cheap" but then you will look and see that the other 3 quarters of the games costs over 150$. Not to mention the developers are filthy people.
  10. WMDeeZ
    Nov 13, 2015
    0
    I have nearly 500 hours in the game and have played since the beginning. But with recent updates of Microtransactions and P2W formula, I have to leave a negative review anywhere I can. I want the old OVERKILL back!
  11. fukoverkill
    Nov 13, 2015
    0
    I'd be very very happy if you read the review, just read some of the parts below, that's all I experienced in this game. Thank you very much.

    Me and this game had been quite a journey, a long journey of reviewing. I just can't figure it out if it's a good game or a bad game. I've had it like almost 11 months. This is the first longest review ever. Pros: Soundtracks: Hands straight    I'd be very very happy if you read the review, just read some of the parts below, that's all I experienced in this game. Thank you very much.

    Me and this game had been quite a journey, a long journey of reviewing.
    I just can't figure it out if it's a good game or a bad game. I've had it like almost 11 months.
    This is the first longest review ever.

    Pros:
    Soundtracks: Hands straight down, the soundtracks in this game that's what it keeps live. And then Simon Viklund left.

    More customization: Guns and mods, masks with paintings, are all available for customizing. (Just look at the about the low quality in actual third person models.) It's patched, but bots are still using low quality.

    Stealth features: If you kill/bag a security guard while the other person saw him, or break glass/camera, or you let the civilians stay alone while in stealth, they all will call and bring the cops, and know that there's something wrong. It's really amazing, no games have features like this.

    Mods support

    Development support: The game is updated every 2-3 weeks, which is very great to keep the game fresh and updated. This is why we still keep playing the game.

    Cons:
    Bad Graphics:
    It's terrifying, just look at the third person guns, they're absolute like quake's guns (PATCHED, they partially fixed it, specifically, they added an option for it???). the post process is always on and can't be turned off, and yet it makes THIS game slow
    as a **** Most important of all, maybe it's just not me really, the textures of this game are
    just like GTA SA's textures. I can barely see bad textures like the security guard's sleeveless
    arms, hot dogs arms, atleast add hairy textures. Or the puddle.

    Raped FPS:
    Logically, the graphics is horrible, then how come my PC can't meet the requirements
    of this game? How GTA V ran on my PC so smooth without FPS issues? I'm 100% serious and I'm
    not the only one.

    Downloadable Contents:
    Let's see, since CLOVER + Diamond, or JIRO + Gage Ninja Pack, SOKOL + Golden Grin came out on the same day, they are separated. THEY ARE SEPARATED. I MEAN A NEW CHARACTER IS FIT IN THE NEW HEIST TOGETHER IN THE SAME DAY THEY RELEASED, BUT THEY ARE SEPARATED! Let's not forget that each new DLCs come out every months. Let's talk about what kind of retarded DLCs I've mentioned. One have bows, flamethrower, grenade launcher and swords, shurikens. It gets better. Lethal cards.

    Wait, I thought it's supposed to be a realistic heist shooter? I know what you're probably thinking, me **** Wrong. I own every DLCs except the retarded contents. I'm still buying DLCs.

    Bugs -
    There's ALOT, AND ALOT of bugs that this game I'd embarrassed to label it as "Early Access", I'm not going to list it here because maybe OVERKILL would remove them here in this review. Fix everything god damnit! I'm just very worried what will happen in 2017 when OVERKILL leave. God knows how many cheaters there'll be. I'm very worried.
    Cheaters: There are MANY 6 year olds hackers. Little **** always ruin everything. OVERKILL, it's
    your responsibility to fix these bugs you lazy piece of **** the van will also gets its Overkill icon.

    Host games
    "Player is joining the game". "Connection to host has been lost". I know, thank f***ing God in Payday 2 the loading is now faster than PD:TH. But it's still pretty ♥♥♥♥ing annoying to wait a few seconds while doing objectives then forgot what to do. And now this, whenever a host left, the game lobby is closed forcing everyone to leave. Just remove this feature for ♥♥♥♥s sake. MY POINT IS HERE, make a public party game without local host like in L4D, PLEASE!

    Lack of animations
    98.99% This game is about interacting things like lockpicking, taking money, fixing saw, planting things and opening doors. Bots can do anything like parkour, reviving teammates and even do the infamous Heat speech.

    CRIMEFEST 2015. Obviously.

    Two years ago, you said "We've made it clear that PAYDAY 2 will have no micro-transactions whatsoever (shame on you if you thought otherwise!" And they have lied. This pile of sh!thole micro-transactions introduced on Crimefest 2015 (Specifically, the challenge said four players must loot 4 cards in one game at the end of heist count by 1, and the goal was to reach 5,000,000 loot cards). The micro-transactions is about reskinned weapons, and they have boosted stats. Then, the rewards, we spent many hours of blood sweating, hardworking and waste our lives for challenges to get rewards. We finally have managed to complete all of it. Result for rewards? We recieve 1-2 horrible rewards DAILY. We got a few of unnecessary masks, stronger turret van (We never ask for this.), and bugfixes. IT'S TRUE, some rewards are very small bugfixes like filter stealth or loud and unnecessary weapon re-balances. We never ask for this.
    **** you OVK.    … Expand
  12. isBullets
    Nov 13, 2015
    0
    Payday 2 promised at its inception in 2013 to never include microtransactions within their game, but today they have gone against that and added a CS:GO-like skin feature where you unbox them. This would almost be fine, if it weren't for the fact that these skins that you must pay to get, have better stats. Paired alongside the fact that they have slowly been adding DLCs that includePayday 2 promised at its inception in 2013 to never include microtransactions within their game, but today they have gone against that and added a CS:GO-like skin feature where you unbox them. This would almost be fine, if it weren't for the fact that these skins that you must pay to get, have better stats. Paired alongside the fact that they have slowly been adding DLCs that include weapons better than the base weapons and forcing users to buy it in order to achieve the strongest builds, I will be keeping my review of this game negative until there is a change by Overkill about all of this. It is a fun game, don't get me wrong, but they have slowly been teetering towards a crash they should be able to see from miles away, and is a wake-up call.

    And now, even more fun, as of 11/13/15. As a reward for those players that decided to support them by basically donating 20 dollars, and having to wait months and months and months after each and every setback, they were given, you guessed it, a skin. And this can be horrible quality, while another can be good quality and have ANOTHER stat boost that increases experience and money gained. Most of the skin look horrendous, and somehow it has taken them this long to create them.

    This is how they treat loyal players. They give them everything they don't want as thanks for being here for so long, and feed off of the new players that don't know any betters. As of the writing of this, 3 Steam Mods of the Payday 2 forums have refused to moderate anymore, due to Overkill not listening and due to DEATH THREATS. This is getting out of hand on both sides, and it, again, could have been avoided.    … Expand
  13. Harkenstein
    Nov 13, 2015
    0
    LONG STORY SHORT : Be wise and never buy any game from Starbreeze or Overkill if it's done in recent years or in future. All you get is false marketing and lies.

    Why? Well... This game used to be fun when it came out. Sure, it had it's bugs'n'glitches and quite many features were still missing but devs promised they would come. Years later, there are still bugs and some features are    LONG STORY SHORT : Be wise and never buy any game from Starbreeze or Overkill if it's done in recent years or in future. All you get is false marketing and lies.

    Why? Well...

    This game used to be fun when it came out. Sure, it had it's bugs'n'glitches and quite many features were still missing but devs promised they would come. Years later, there are still bugs and some features are still missing. It would not be that bad, because it used to be fun, but then they sold dozens of DLC's on it. Same thing happened, kinda, as with Killing Floor. But it wasn't so bad. Yeah game's about 30 euros and then you buy over 100 euros worth DLC, don't get everything they promised prior publishing BUT the game was still fun so it was bearable. Barely.

    Then they broke the game and last one of their promises. "There will be no microtransactions", they said. They did introduce it. It was not only cosmetic thing but with stats as well. In the same time they did something they called "weapon rebalance" which actually made all other guns than pistols vain. Shotguns were like throwing peabags to enemies, sniper rifles were vain because you just could use pistol with more ammo, higher firerate and scope, submachine guns were not that good to begin with and they pretty much stayed the same. Even assault rifles and LMG's were worse than pistols. So. They introduced microtransactions through which you could get RANDOM skin for random weapon, some of those skins with statboosts. And those guns, all else than pistols, were pretty much useless. Unless you got atleast bit of statboost which you might get by buying dozens of drills. So you've bought DLC's with many kind of guns, customized you guns for hours and then... it's all futile. You just can't get them work anymore, not even with customization. Devs got lots of negative feedback. Which they completely overlooked.

    But wait! It got even better! They sold these 20 euro worth "Completely Overkill Packs" which supposed to give somekind of nice unique cosmetic token. Guess what you got from them? Some RANDOM weapon skin :D Yeah. 20 euro's worth of weapon skin to, most likely, useless gun. They have lied and deceived their customers for years but this time it's been false marketing and deliberate breaking the game. Like getting the game as hostage.

    So I ended up playing this game, uninstalled it after 800+ hours of playtime, 100+ euros poorer. I'm not bitter, I'm not angry. Sometimes you just pay heavy price for trusting some companies. What can you do when you've learned your lesson? Warn others. Spread the word. I've done so. If you buy this game, or any other game they do, you're going to get ripped and robbed. In that case you can only yourself to blame since there's easily 30k+ angry fans spreading the word. Seriously. Don't buy it, not even in sale.    … Expand
  14. why_payday_why
    Nov 13, 2015
    0
    A really great game. I loved to play it.
    First came the 'rebalancing' that weakened all the dlc weapons. Then came the first wave of micro transactions. Then the second (team stat boosts). And now I'm sad and confused on why they would end their own game this way. I don't get it. Overkill, pull yourself together.
  15. zeldafan06
    Nov 13, 2015
    0
    Unfortunately I have to strongly recommend against buying this game due the recent rolling out of pay to win microtransactions. This, in addition to their piecemeal weapon dlc system, heist dlc, and character dlc despite promising no microtransactions ever, makes payday2 one of the worst pay to play games on steam.
  16. kevingmz
    Nov 13, 2015
    0
    This game is the best example of what lazy greedy developers do, it's worse than Candy Crush in terms of money sucking potential vs. game content, avoid it like the plague. Just to be clear, let me say it again, DO NOT BUY THIS GARBAGE.
  17. daka029
    Nov 13, 2015
    0
    the **** sake microtransaction in a paid game, even worst with tons of dlcs **** overkill u are not ashamed? "We've made it clear that Payday 2 will have no microtransactions whatsoever (shame on you if you thought otherwise!)" almir listo 2013 ;)
  18. s1ash__
    Nov 13, 2015
    0
    A developer of lies and stupidity. Once who added features hours after demanded by their community to constantly digging for wallets. Stay away from this game or the developers.
  19. CrazyOneBAM
    Nov 14, 2015
    0
    The gameplay is quite fun and I have had 1200+ hours of fun in Payday 2.

    The reason for why I score the game a firm 0 is with what the game has become and actions done by the developer Overkill Software. Overkill promised to not put microtransactions into the game, and they did put microtransactions into the game. Microtransactions for weapon skins that have a stat boost. Sure, not a    The gameplay is quite fun and I have had 1200+ hours of fun in Payday 2.

    The reason for why I score the game a firm 0 is with what the game has become and actions done by the developer Overkill Software.

    Overkill promised to not put microtransactions into the game, and they did put microtransactions into the game. Microtransactions for weapon skins that have a stat boost. Sure, not a big deal in a PvE coop, one might think, but the stat boosts can actually push the weapon over critical damage/stability/concealment thresholds. Then they rebalanced the game allegedly not around the stat boosts (but it is around the stat boosts) and into oblivion, so a pistol is more accurate and deals more damage than assault rifles with the proper pistol-skills (there are no damage enchancing skills for assault rifles). In short, microtransactions that make you better in a game is Pay2Win. Once I regarded Overkill as one of the developers that 'got it', now I regard Overkill as one of the most untrustworthy developers out there which also lack insight into what made their games great.

    The latest is that the stat boosts now is reduced and offers a boost to XP and Money for the team of up to four players. Which in turn means that if you find yourself in a lobby where 3 players have XP and money boosts, you are likely to be kicked if you do not have two XP and money boost weapons. That is not a fun game, it is not the Payday 2 I remember. It is exactly a game I do not want to play. Maybe you do, but I do not.    … Expand
  20. WepperPepe
    Nov 14, 2015
    0
    Played a lot this game when it was actually good.Overkill dont give a **** about what the gamers want, so im out. Pathetic servers lag everytime, the skins for the stupid microtransactions are plain stupid and childish, my game takes 4ever to open a **** gun menu. Congratulashuns overkill I promiss that i'll keep playing your game! (like you promissed there wouldnt be microstransactions)
  21. Mufm
    Nov 14, 2015
    0
    I made a metacritic account just so I could give the game a negative review. Used to have lots of fun playing together, now the dev team is creating a culture of paying to win, kicking folks who don't have pay-to-win team boosting stats, at the sacrifice of their previously strong community. The game has lost its vision and gained pay-to-win.
  22. Mattiator
    Oct 29, 2015
    0
    Would have recommended this game heartily in the past. Not any more. Game's been changed into an enormous fee-2-pay game, with a hefty asking price, an enormous amount of DLC, on top of one of the most annoying implementations of microtransactions, a pay-to-win one at that. Avoid.
  23. Diaboliquin
    Oct 28, 2015
    1
    Inacceptable that a company change their position about microtransactions "because reasons". They claim that made things based on community but seems that the money is the real reason behind.
  24. DenzNoble
    Oct 26, 2015
    0
    Grossly amount of DLC's and micro transactions, not even a decent game since you have to grind over 600 hours to have decent equipment and pay for dlcs that has majority of weapons that the base game lack
  25. Dobuch66
    Oct 26, 2015
    0
    Game implemented microtransactions, which actually gives stat boost. i do not recommend that game to anyone. Overkill claim that we love update, so they need to see more steam reviews (from 98 to 73% positive reviews in few days). Almir is just liar which claim that we want more updates like that. See what's happened when we all say NO to any more DLC.
  26. akaeskim0
    Oct 26, 2015
    0
    I loved this game. Been playing since the first payday. When this game released, I was stoked that no micro transactions were implemented. Slowly the developers are going against their words and are starting to implement a micro transaction system.

    You guys might as well move under SEGA's wing. I mean your headed that way anyways.
  27. DumbRiceBucket
    Nov 3, 2015
    0
    greed ruins games, why would you do this overkill, you were the chosen one, you were suppose fight against micro-transactions, not join them. Well at least it had a good run while it lasted
  28. Porontobello
    Nov 14, 2015
    0
    Microtransactions and a p2w model ruined the game for a lot of players and lack of attention to community opinion just makes it worse. This game already was pretty repetitive in the first place, but managed to keep it's charm because of the updates and DLC's that demanded at least some level of work from the creators. Now it's just a cheap way to keep the game alive and make a buck on it.Microtransactions and a p2w model ruined the game for a lot of players and lack of attention to community opinion just makes it worse. This game already was pretty repetitive in the first place, but managed to keep it's charm because of the updates and DLC's that demanded at least some level of work from the creators. Now it's just a cheap way to keep the game alive and make a buck on it. Bad weapon skins giving advantages to the players that able to pay for it.… Expand
  29. InSoM604
    Oct 26, 2015
    0
    Greedy Developers should be taken out behind the shed and executed. May this game die a swift, painful death.
    http://roadfromgreedfest.github.io/Road-From-Greedfest/

    #Greedfest2015
  30. erty_werty
    Oct 26, 2015
    0
    I simply cannot recommend this game to anyone. This year we have seen the highs & lows of developer interaction & communication with fans. Take for instance CD Projekt Red which are a shining example of a dev. who listens to fans & don't try to nickel & dime fans of the series.

    Then you have Overkill Studios. Who will suddenly introduce Micro-Transactions after promising not to, lie    I simply cannot recommend this game to anyone. This year we have seen the highs & lows of developer interaction & communication with fans. Take for instance CD Projekt Red which are a shining example of a dev. who listens to fans & don't try to nickel & dime fans of the series.

    Then you have Overkill Studios. Who will suddenly introduce Micro-Transactions after promising not to, lie over & over, not communicate with fans. Then to shove it in our faces (the poor consumer who support their series) host a Reddit AmA where every single answer was fabricated bullsh*t (why they need money, how they had to hire more employees blah-blah) to justify why they decided to go forward with such a stupid idea in the 1st place.

    i wou recommend this game a year ago, but in October 2015 i just can't support this business decision & would not advise ANYONE to buy this travesty.    … Expand
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Awards & Rankings

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