Payday 2

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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

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  1. MylittleElephan
    Oct 17, 2015
    1
    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 already is
  2. nofun
    Oct 17, 2015
    1
    Payday2 used to be a good game. Then I got screwed over many times by the developers. This time it was the last time. Adding microtransaction in a game allready full with dlc? overpriced p2win skins? Lying? hell no not going to play this game anymore untill overkill is going to revert their microtransactions
  3. mrheadhopper
    Oct 18, 2015
    0
    2.50$ microtransactions on a 20$ game with 100$+ worth of DLC. Even when it's on sale for 75% off, the DLC is still 27$. All in all, this is not a game you'd want to play. You buy the base game and then you realize you gotta spend a pile of cash to have fun.

    I did get to play 700 hours total with it, so if you can go back in time to play before this latest microtransaction update, it's    2.50$ microtransactions on a 20$ game with 100$+ worth of DLC. Even when it's on sale for 75% off, the DLC is still 27$. All in all, this is not a game you'd want to play. You buy the base game and then you realize you gotta spend a pile of cash to have fun.

    I did get to play 700 hours total with it, so if you can go back in time to play before this latest microtransaction update, it's a pretty good game.    … Expand
  4. SuperFatBob
    Oct 18, 2015
    0
    I really liked this game. I've played since day one but celebrating the four year birthday of payday with micro-transactions, best idea ever overkill.
  5. Trollboite
    Oct 18, 2015
    0
    Micro transactions kill the game.

    It is like a middle finger in the face when you pre-ordered the game and supported it from day one to this day.
    Greed kills Overkill.
  6. drugsbunny
    Oct 18, 2015
    0
    Greedy, lying devs, bug-ridden with massive de-syncs, unbalanced weapons, loads of dlcs, micro-transactions, no dedicated servers, cheaters. This game is just a cash grab made by the EA-like Overkill. Stay away!

    ruined what was the best game on steam!
  7. iPabaor
    Oct 18, 2015
    0
    Don't give support to Overkill, they only want your money, and will make you pay for everything, despite they say they wont !

    They broke the game at Crimefest 2015. Liars, you'll pay us.
  8. ThatAFKDude
    Oct 18, 2015
    0
    Greedy, lying devs, bug-ridden with massive de-syncs, unbalanced weapons, loads of dlcs, micro-transactions, no dedicated servers, cheaters. This game is just a cash grab made by the EA-like Overkill. Stay away!
  9. Nataku
    Oct 18, 2015
    0
    Thanks to overkill for killing one of my favourite games.
    Lie to your customers is such a nice marketing strategy, great job *clap clap*
    You are just blowing up an amazing game. The community was already supporting you by getting the DLC..... 27 dlc for this game --- total game cost is around 120 bucks quite enough for you no? But nah you always want more well i don't like being taken    Thanks to overkill for killing one of my favourite games.
    Lie to your customers is such a nice marketing strategy, great job *clap clap*
    You are just blowing up an amazing game. The community was already supporting you by getting the DLC..... 27 dlc for this game --- total game cost is around 120 bucks quite enough for you no?
    But nah you always want more well i don't like being taken for a fool.
    Micro-transactions are really ruining games.
    I really hope you'll have BIG backlash from the entire community.    … Expand
  10. 50CALcium
    Oct 18, 2015
    0
    Developers has made blatant lies in a blatantly manner. Fans continued to get ignored with canned response on day 4.

    Microtransactions is what ruin the game, you can see how people are very angry.
  11. PhoenixRizing
    Oct 18, 2015
    0
    $20 to purchase, over $100 in DLC and now cosmetic skins that also increase your stats? And the skins are randomized so you can unlock a skin for a gun you don't have because you didn't buy the DLC? Are you kidding me?
  12. Liun
    Oct 19, 2015
    0
    Bought the game, all the DLC's that came out month after month knowing that It's fair and now MICROTRANSACTIONS. Play, play, play and get a "reward" that you have to buy keys for half the price of a DLC to unlock a RANDOM skin that gives you some extra stats. And on top of that if the weapon is a DLC one, you have to buy that DLC to use it. Worse company than Ubi and EA combined.
  13. Sythor
    Oct 26, 2015
    0
    Don't buy this game, Overkill is submerged in greed and they don't care about their community, microtransactions and a bucket load of dlc. Pay to win in a pve game, spend your money on something else instead.
  14. nekocrouton
    Oct 26, 2015
    0
    I wanted to like this game, I really did. But when I finally bought it at a friend's urging and started playing, it was kind of disappointing. The game itself is quite repetitive with what you have to do in it, and not very exciting. The AI is quite dumb, both the bots and the enemies. So it's not much of a challenge to take down enemies. The game is also plagued with bugs andI wanted to like this game, I really did. But when I finally bought it at a friend's urging and started playing, it was kind of disappointing. The game itself is quite repetitive with what you have to do in it, and not very exciting. The AI is quite dumb, both the bots and the enemies. So it's not much of a challenge to take down enemies. The game is also plagued with bugs and glitches and just annoyances in general. Why can they not get ladder mechanics right? And why can't these bugs and glitches get fixed?

    Oh right, because they're so concerned with making money off of the metric butt ton of DLC that they want to push on you, and now to add insult to injury, they've also implemented microtransactions in the game. I don't understand why they can't do weapon packs and map packs like other, more respectable games do. Instead they flood you with DLC everywhere, a new gun, a new heist, a new heister... it's all too much. Like someone on my Steam friendslist said in their review, 'EVERYTHING IS BEHIND A PAYWALL.' Granted, I know that I don't need to get every DLC myself, but someone has to buy it if they want to play with it. So if it's not me buying it, one of my friends has to.

    Basically, other than the in-game downfalls, the amount of DLC (and greed from the developers) has really put me off from the game, and I cannot recommend it to anyone. Once I heard about the microtransaction fiasco, I uninstalled the game for good from my PC.

    Oh, and what about the console ports? I heard that those weren't getting any support either, which isn't cool. Seems like there's no options for playing this game, so you may as well not even bother with it.    … Expand
  15. Zominot
    Oct 26, 2015
    0
    "We've made it clear that Payday 2 will have no microtransactions whatsoever (shame on you if you thought otherwise!)" -Payday producer Almir Listo. This game now has microtransactions. I hope this was worth it to them.
  16. TechBuRn
    Oct 26, 2015
    0
    Developer got greedy, lied to the entire community. Don't get me wrong it is a fun game to play with your friends, but if gamers keep allowing this shoddy business practice to happen we will never see change. Stop supporting bad business. Micro-transactions need to stop now. We are not your personal ATMs. We buy the game once and then purchase the DLC we like to keep supporting you.Developer got greedy, lied to the entire community. Don't get me wrong it is a fun game to play with your friends, but if gamers keep allowing this shoddy business practice to happen we will never see change. Stop supporting bad business. Micro-transactions need to stop now. We are not your personal ATMs. We buy the game once and then purchase the DLC we like to keep supporting you. Its bad enough you have 100 dollars worth of DLC. Reversing your decision even now won't save your company Overkill / Starbreeze. You are all liars and will never be trusted again. Think I'm overreacting? Go ahead and spend you money (or your parents money) and support the new age of gouge gaming.… Expand
  17. fox091
    Oct 26, 2015
    0
    Devs promised no microtransactions when game was about to launch, now there are microtransactions for skins that provide stat boosts. Pay2Win garbage
  18. xxfuriousfredxx
    Oct 16, 2015
    0
    They said they were going to rebalance weapons and make improvements to the game....They decided the best way to do this was to add micro transactions!!!
  19. zz_tophat
    Oct 18, 2015
    0
    Fight cops with your credit card! Full priced game with micro-transactions AND DLC that costs more than the main game! All-new dynamic Unboxing mechanics never seen before! The first heist game that steals from you!
  20. Squeze
    Oct 19, 2014
    4
    Completely nonsense and unrealistic.
    AI dumb especially if you play solo your fellas dont even pick up loot bag. Cops kill hostages.
    If you aim everything becomes blurry (!) and you can barely see what you are shooting at. Graphic is nice but useless for a game like this. Even more useless without DLC (everything is locked!!). And to be honest i almost feel bad when I kill all those    Completely nonsense and unrealistic.
    AI dumb especially if you play solo your fellas dont even pick up loot bag. Cops kill hostages.
    If you aim everything becomes blurry (!) and you can barely see what you are shooting at.
    Graphic is nice but useless for a game like this.
    Even more useless without DLC (everything is locked!!).
    And to be honest i almost feel bad when I kill all those cops (like hundreds in every mission) and unless you are high level there's no chance to play it in stealth mode.
    45/100.    … Expand
  21. zingar
    Oct 2, 2013
    4
    they basically took what made payday 1 great and removed it. payday 1 wasnt based around silly RPG nonsense and was known for how tough it was.
    payday 2? you can beat the whole game on its hardest with very low levels without any trouble
    add that to the fact that all the achievements are very dumb and the only "hard" ones are luck based payday 1 took me and my friend (we were just two)    they basically took what made payday 1 great and removed it. payday 1 wasnt based around silly RPG nonsense and was known for how tough it was.
    payday 2? you can beat the whole game on its hardest with very low levels without any trouble
    add that to the fact that all the achievements are very dumb and the only "hard" ones are luck based
    payday 1 took me and my friend (we were just two) around 300 hours to completely beat (hello heat street 145+)
    payday 2? we were done at the 30 hour mark    … Expand
  22. 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
  23. 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 $100 in DLC, and now they've introduced stat boosting micro-transactions so you can feed them more money in an attempt to to "pay 2 win".
    The game used to be fun, particularly in co-op with friends, but recently the quality and content is going down hill (lots of bugs that don't get fixed, item's clipping through characters, attempts at weapon re-balancing that did the opposite etc) and the company spends more time developing ways to get more money out of you than adding new and interesting content. Don't waste your money or time.    … Expand
  24. sirfragger
    Oct 17, 2015
    0
    The game was very good until the developers completely betrayed the community and lied to our faces. They promised no micro transactions then put them in. They also destroyed balance of the game, refuses to even attempt to fix the issue.
  25. ApG_Industry
    Oct 17, 2015
    0
    Overkill engaño a los usuarios e incumplio promesas para sacar mas pasta. Verguenza con este timo colega.Overkill engaño a los usuarios e incumplio promesas para sacar mas pasta. Verguenza con este timo colega.
  26. MZ_Makarov
    Oct 17, 2015
    0
    "NO microtransactions" they said.
    And here we are, two years later. A betrayal from OVERKILL, their word is worth nothing now.
    From an experienced player who pre-ordered the game and saw all its development, from dawn till dusk.
  27. Zeelo
    Oct 18, 2015
    0
    This game is **** since they add microtransaction, it's now PAY2WIN. If u buy this game, u need to pay 100$ for DLCs or just do some normal heist with poor weapons then, buy skins to get more statson your weapons.

    OVERKILL take you for a pig with money
  28. boxracer
    Oct 18, 2015
    0
    OVK lied to us, saying that we won't have microtransactions.

    That was an shame! False promises!

    I'm done with the game so are many of my friends. Uninstalled.
  29. MobiusBE
    Oct 18, 2015
    0
    Spent hundreds of hours in this game. I enjoyed it so much. Now the devs decided to backstab every single person who bought this game by introducing microtransactions to unlock stuff in-game. Microtransactions in a paid game... I feel betrayed. I feel sick. It's disgusting! This game used to be beautiful. Now it is destroyed.
  30. corentin408
    Oct 18, 2015
    0
    Because PAYDAY 2 totally needed micro-transactions.

    OVERKILL and Starbreeze lied to us again by adding weapons skins that is better than base weapons and that you need to pay for 2.50$ per box, or "Safe" as they call it. What's next, PAYDAY 2 goes Free To Play?! It's Greed at it's finest.
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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

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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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