Payday 2

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4.0

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 3970 Ratings

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  1. Evilmeal
    Oct 26, 2015
    0
    Fun while it lasted. Completly destroyed with dlc's. If you payed for all of them individualy it would be like ~120$ but thats not all. They decided that it would be a good idea to add some microtransactions into the game. But it gets worse. They just copied the idea from CS:GO and thought "Look guys it works with CS:GO! It will be a good idea to add this system into our game! Ah and yesFun while it lasted. Completly destroyed with dlc's. If you payed for all of them individualy it would be like ~120$ but thats not all. They decided that it would be a good idea to add some microtransactions into the game. But it gets worse. They just copied the idea from CS:GO and thought "Look guys it works with CS:GO! It will be a good idea to add this system into our game! Ah and yes lets make the skins boost your stats!" and no they will not remove this system, it has been confirmed. Sadly Overkill is completly **** on the community. Poorly optimized game. The modding community is left behind because of the lack of the developers. Overall don't support this game and Overkill in general. They **** up so hard.… Expand
  2. Deanokiller
    Oct 26, 2015
    0
    Pre-Crimefest this would've been a Solid 9...but Micro transactions and unprofessional standards from OVERKILL makes this Below 0, Do NOT purchase this game
  3. chumpwithnoname
    Oct 26, 2015
    0
    I've bought that game and all DLCs (around 30 of them) and what I've got for that? Weapons were nerfed and now you have to gamble with 2.5 Euro safes to get stats back. Yes weapon skins now have stats, some of them are really OP.
  4. VideoGameMania
    Oct 26, 2015
    0
    The game is fun but DO NOT BUY IT in its current state as the developers have recently added microtransactions and while that may seem like it doesn't affect you, the microtransactions and DLC of over $100 USD have created a Pay to Win system that is just trying to take more of your money. Steer clear of this title, there are plenty of other co-op games that will treat you better as a consumer.
  5. tomtyke
    Oct 26, 2015
    0
    Overkill created an amazing game, one of the only horde based co-op shooters out there.

    But they decided it needed Pay2Win micro-transactions on top of the massive mountain of DLC, even after they promised not to, so they can shove it.

    DO NOT PURCHASE THIS GAME IF YOU VALUE YOUR WALLET, get something worth your money, like candy crush or a crippling gambling addiction.
  6. yumekujira
    Oct 26, 2015
    0
    microtransactions.
    False advertising.
    Amir lied.
    I want you to return the money.
    Don't Buy this Game.
    Is too much to fool the player.
    Exactly Overkill !!!
  7. BrutalSnowBear
    Oct 26, 2015
    0
    When this game started out I fell in love with it, and for a very long time I enjoyed every moment of it. However with each coming update the fun has turned to ash. If you do not own any weapon dlc then you will struggle on higher difficulties. These bits of dlc where were its pay to win nature began and we didn't see it, now we are faced with micro transactions and here we are ripping theWhen this game started out I fell in love with it, and for a very long time I enjoyed every moment of it. However with each coming update the fun has turned to ash. If you do not own any weapon dlc then you will struggle on higher difficulties. These bits of dlc where were its pay to win nature began and we didn't see it, now we are faced with micro transactions and here we are ripping the game to shreds. The developers are ignoring the community and are saying that this is good and what we want. When everyone is saying no, we don't want this. The disrespect that we as a community are being given by the devs is utterly disgusting and foul. Yet according to them the micro transactions are working as intended and this means they are still making money. The main dev even said 'Shame on you' when asked about will this game have microtransactions, now he says 'players seem to be loving it'. So as they are ignoring us we will drop every rating we can and run this games reputation into the ground, because they wont stop trying to take our money and treating us like dirt.… Expand
  8. QuantumWings
    Oct 26, 2015
    0
    Buggy micro-transaction filled mess. So many lies and broken promises from the devs.
    Promised that there would never be micro-transactions but added them anyway.
  9. danu22
    Oct 26, 2015
    0
    This game has been ruined by pure greed on the developers and their refusal to listen to to the community. Excessive DLC and Micro transactions. Stay away. I will never give another penny to these developers.
  10. 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.
  11. pcsmaster
    Oct 26, 2015
    1
    the micro transactions and the stupid dlcs destroyed a great game,in fact is a awesome game but the creator of this game (overkill) destroyed payday 2 with releasing tons of dlcs and putting micro transactions in the game
  12. Kenshiro84
    Oct 26, 2015
    0
    Played for 136 I quit the at infamy I-98 and I do not intend to give another minute or game-play or any Euros to Overkill and Starbreeze.
    With Crimefest 2015 Overkill introduced micro-transaction with a system like the crates of Team Fortress 2 or Counter Strike : Global Offensive. This broke a promise made 2 years prior that MT will never be in the game.
    With this system you can loot a    Played for 136 I quit the at infamy I-98 and I do not intend to give another minute or game-play or any Euros to Overkill and Starbreeze.
    With Crimefest 2015 Overkill introduced micro-transaction with a system like the crates of Team Fortress 2 or Counter Strike : Global Offensive. This broke a promise made 2 years prior that MT will never be in the game.
    With this system you can loot a safe as a reward after a heist. To open the safe you need to buy a drill for 2.50$ or wit a lot you can loot one every week.
    The major problem with this system is that the skin gained that way can give you a bonus to your weapon. It range from a small bonus to a massive advantage.
    To top it all Overkill "rebalanced" the weapon and nerfed a lot of them. But that has nothing to do with the fact they want us to buy skins.
    The game is fun but is FUBAR right now and a lot needs to be done to fix the situation and gain back the trust of a lot core players.
    My verdict : Avoid and look for other co-op FPS.    … Expand
  13. Lascax
    Oct 26, 2015
    0
    It was a fine game when the Devs were not completely greedy. Now it's just another Pay2Win game that will give unfair advantage to those whales going RNG like a freakin' slot machine with microtransactions. It seems that Konami teached them to HIT THE LEVER!
  14. mmuck1212
    Oct 26, 2015
    0
    I am so disgusted by the recent decision making of the developer, that i had to create a metacritic account to rate this game.

    A year ago I would have recommended Payday 2. A month ago the game was still on neutral standing. After massive addition of cross-over marketing disguised as DLC, Overkill now added Pay-2-Win micro-transactions. They believe the addition is a positive thing and    I am so disgusted by the recent decision making of the developer, that i had to create a metacritic account to rate this game.

    A year ago I would have recommended Payday 2. A month ago the game was still on neutral standing. After massive addition of cross-over marketing disguised as DLC, Overkill now added Pay-2-Win micro-transactions. They believe the addition is a positive thing and even advertise the feature as being liked by the community - despite the fact that everyone voices anger.

    I hate it. I hate the game.    … Expand
  15. winterequinox
    Oct 26, 2015
    0
    I actually thought this game was really really good in the past. However after seeing their recent updates and micro-transaction implementation, I can no longer say that this is a game and developer that i'd recommend
  16. duckitron
    Oct 25, 2015
    0
    This game WAS good, but not anymore I'm afraid. All those positive reviews from critics speak about Payday 2 BEFORE new updates were added. The developers lied, and straight up TOLD us they weren't gonna change a thing.
  17. TheSuperpope
    Oct 25, 2015
    0
    This game used to be a solid nine out of ten for me, but then they added micro transactions while having previously promised the community that micro transactions would never become part of the game, they even used this lack of micro transactions in their game as a selling point for the crimewave edition of their game. Now what they've basically said to their community is that they don'tThis game used to be a solid nine out of ten for me, but then they added micro transactions while having previously promised the community that micro transactions would never become part of the game, they even used this lack of micro transactions in their game as a selling point for the crimewave edition of their game. Now what they've basically said to their community is that they don't care about them or their opinion on what they're doing with their micro transactions, which I should mention, actually affects in game stats and effectively renders the game pay to win, and I haven't even said anything about the massive amounts of DLC they push on the community, anyways, they've also implied that their veteran fan base is irrelevant now, and that the new players they're trying to reel in with this micro transaction will give them more money than the veterans will, and therefore the new base matters. They literally could not be any more detached from their community, they have a horrible PR department, they added a pay to win system via micro transactions, they lied to their player base, and ruined the game. They could not care less than their players, this is some Ubisoft tier stuff.… Expand
  18. CaptainLagbeard
    Oct 25, 2015
    0
    As a person with over a 1000 hours in Payday 2 and owning all the DLC for the game, I used to like it and support the developer Overkill Software...

    But now, they care about money more than making a good enjoyable game.

    They themselves at one point said "BUT remember - GREED KILLS!"... Too bad they seem to have forgotten that...
  19. bropug
    Oct 25, 2015
    0
    Their business model slowly got greedier and greedier, until it turned to simply taking advantage of the player base and lying to their faces. I would advise no longer trusting this company.
  20. Deathream
    Oct 25, 2015
    0
    According to their latest statement.
    "We understand that there is a lot of fury, anger and disappointment with us adding this. From an economical standpoint however, completely based on statistics, we can already see that the Black Market update is working as we intended."
    Since the developers which promised no microtransaction added weapon skins with stat bonus into the game and    According to their latest statement.
    "We understand that there is a lot of fury, anger and disappointment with us adding this. From an economical standpoint however, completely based on statistics, we can already see that the Black Market update is working as we intended."

    Since the developers which promised no microtransaction added weapon skins with stat bonus into the game and ignore players' opinion, I don't think I should recommend a game which the developers cared about money more than the game itself or their players. There has been so many examples of a game from developers like that before, and it mostly never goes well.    … Expand
  21. RealSovietDamag
    Oct 25, 2015
    0
    The core game is okay, but the developers are incredibly out of touch with the community. The game is buggy in ways that shouldn't be possible, the developers crap out low-effort DLC on a monthly basis (hey, have a crossbow in your heist game influenced by Heat!), and the game just reeks of apathy. They don't care enough to add necessary voice lines. They don't care enough to fix any ofThe core game is okay, but the developers are incredibly out of touch with the community. The game is buggy in ways that shouldn't be possible, the developers crap out low-effort DLC on a monthly basis (hey, have a crossbow in your heist game influenced by Heat!), and the game just reeks of apathy. They don't care enough to add necessary voice lines. They don't care enough to fix any of the huge bugs. They don't care enough to make sure they don't "accidentally" kill modding with their updates. Then, when the big annual event comes around, they, being ridiculously out of touch with their consumer base, nerf everything but pistols into worthlessness, and, for their "free" update, give you such huge, groundbreaking things as a jump animation (2 years after release...) and microtransactions (which they promised it would never have, but it now "needs" so they can fund their bigger team to keep crapping out low-effort DLC nobody actually wants).

    Avoid.    … Expand
  22. 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
  23. flexible
    Oct 25, 2015
    0
    The developer Overkill stated there would be no micro-transactions. Fast forward and guess what? Micro-transactions. A straight up lie. Don't support these dishonest people.
  24. BDNeon
    Oct 25, 2015
    0
    A game that I once adored, and bought with the promise that microtransactions would not be added. That promise was broken. Stay away from this game.

    I went as far as to permanently delete it. Let this game die, and let its death stand as a warning to all those publishers and developers who wish to abuse their customers.

    Overkill, we'll see you burn for this.
  25. eskimo777
    Oct 25, 2015
    0
    After an onslaught of arguably pay to win DLC packs, Overkill had the brilliant idea of adding microtransactions to the game, not new features that the community has been asking for FOR YEARS (and would probably gladly pay for), but microtransactions! And there's a chance they come with stat boosts!

    Not including the fact they've proven countless times that they don't really listen to    After an onslaught of arguably pay to win DLC packs, Overkill had the brilliant idea of adding microtransactions to the game, not new features that the community has been asking for FOR YEARS (and would probably gladly pay for), but microtransactions! And there's a chance they come with stat boosts!

    Not including the fact they've proven countless times that they don't really listen to their community nor do they care about what they think, replying with apologies after they make a mistake, promising to look into stuff and then not doing anything (Infamy 2.0) or just straight up not delivering promised content (Completely Overkill Pack); people at Overkill clearly take their jobs seriously.    … Expand
  26. Telamoont
    Oct 25, 2015
    0
    This is really bad see such a great game fall so hard because stupid developers mindset.
    They lied, they made alot money grab dlc's and they also disrespect the entire community.
    We all feel the stab when their great deal of Crimefest event shows-up. Microtransactions.
  27. Polyester
    Oct 25, 2015
    0
    They added micro transactions to this game, after they said there would be not micro transactions. This is unacceptable. Please do NOT buy. Sincerely, a fan of the game.
  28. Derek_Icelord
    Oct 25, 2015
    0
    What started as a fun journey of robbing banks has become a broken mess. OVERKILL has displayed repeated disregard for their player base, milking them for cash, breaking promises, and pulling bait & switch advertising.

    Their latest update introduced microtransactions (which OVERKILL swore they would never do, and chastised anyone who thought otherwise) a la CS:GO and TF2 crates.    What started as a fun journey of robbing banks has become a broken mess. OVERKILL has displayed repeated disregard for their player base, milking them for cash, breaking promises, and pulling bait & switch advertising.

    Their latest update introduced microtransactions (which OVERKILL swore they would never do, and chastised anyone who thought otherwise) a la CS:GO and TF2 crates. However, these are not just pure cosmetic items, they give stat boosts, and may not even be for a weapon you own (over half the weapons now are DLC items).

    In its current state, I cannot recommend new players buy Payday 2, let alone any of its copious DLC.    … Expand
  29. canauck17
    Oct 25, 2015
    0
    Loved this game for years sadly its kinda turned into a husk of its former self due to the continual broken promises and now micro-transactions that are here to stay, its a real shame the game was great while it lasted though.
  30. Gatosaurio
    Oct 25, 2015
    0
    PayDLC 2 tuvo sus momentos de gloria, pero hoy puedo decir que ya no está más en esos momentos.

    Un juego con tantos DLC que incluya un sistema de microtransacciones donde se pueden obtener objetos que aumenten las posibilidades de ganar... no es algo que yo pueda recomendar.

    Bien hecho Overkill.
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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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