Payday 2

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4.0

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 3970 Ratings

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  1. Iamsoda
    Oct 16, 2015
    0
    Latest update is crap. You buy a game only to have even more pay 2 win in game transactions. Don't recommend. Check the payday 2 forums people are on a hating **** All the lies and all the injuries Overkill has caused.
  2. exhq
    Oct 16, 2015
    0
    After all the false advertising, Overkill tried to do better. Or so they said. After that never happened, they promised to reward us with Crimefest. The rewards were poor, one was literally a paid advertisement for a movie, and we didn't get the final rewards until almost a year later. Then Crimefest 2 happened. The first reward? CS:GO style weapon crates with skins that conferred statAfter all the false advertising, Overkill tried to do better. Or so they said. After that never happened, they promised to reward us with Crimefest. The rewards were poor, one was literally a paid advertisement for a movie, and we didn't get the final rewards until almost a year later. Then Crimefest 2 happened. The first reward? CS:GO style weapon crates with skins that conferred stat bonuses. €2.50 a pop. For a game with almost £100 worth of DLC already. For a game that the developers said would never have micro-transactions. We were wrong for believing them.… Expand
  3. Theboina
    Oct 16, 2015
    0
    "We've made it clear that Payday 2 will have no microtransactions whatsoever (shame on you if you thought otherwise!)"

    False advertising. Microtransactions are here, the game is on the road to become F2P despite the fact ppl have spend lot of money on vanilla and tons of overpriced DLCs.
    Greedy Overkill SHAME ON YOU!
  4. Ravencrest
    Oct 16, 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!
  5. IronColdX
    Oct 16, 2015
    0
    The developers promised no microtransactions. Microtransactions were introduced in bad faith.

    Not to mention, the game has been in a constant backwards motion for the past year or so. If you didn't already play PD2, don't waste space on your HDD.
  6. GATOR1231
    Oct 16, 2015
    0
    Bugs from release of the game still exist such as NPCs clipping into objects, no arm or leg hitboxes, sounds playing on loop even after you finish a level, Flash bang grenades coming with no warning or reason, no safehouse customization, exploits to finish levels early, hackers instantly spawing money, explosions, and enemies everywhere, enemies hitting through walls the list goes on. AndBugs from release of the game still exist such as NPCs clipping into objects, no arm or leg hitboxes, sounds playing on loop even after you finish a level, Flash bang grenades coming with no warning or reason, no safehouse customization, exploits to finish levels early, hackers instantly spawing money, explosions, and enemies everywhere, enemies hitting through walls the list goes on. And falsely said by a developer "We will never have micro-transactions" only to have them appear yesterday with stat boosting effects. Overall It's gone to hell… Expand
  7. Lagpie
    Oct 17, 2015
    0
    I will never write a bad review about Payday 2 and Overkill (Shame on you if you thought otherwise). No. No. God, I hope not. Never. No............

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  8. Stefanonimo
    Oct 16, 2015
    0
    False advertising.
    They said "This game will never have micro-transactions", and 2 years later they add them... in a game that still costs 20€ and offers nothing, unless you spend money by buying over 25 (TWENTYFIVE!!!) DLCs that are worth over 100€ ON TOTAL and make the game much easier and unbalanced. With micro-transactions, you get reskinned weapons that have boosts over normal    False advertising.
    They said "This game will never have micro-transactions", and 2 years later they add them... in a game that still costs 20€ and offers nothing, unless you spend money by buying over 25 (TWENTYFIVE!!!) DLCs that are worth over 100€ ON TOTAL and make the game much easier and unbalanced. With micro-transactions, you get reskinned weapons that have boosts over normal weapons.

    So, for concluding. You have to pay 120€ for the full game AND you have to spend MORE for having more advantages. And the worst thing is that the game is still full of bugs that never gets fixed by the developers, since fixing bugs are free and they can't earn money.

    This game is a JOKE and their developers are GREEDY LIARS!!!!! Avoid it!!!!    … Expand
  9. Okamisolaris
    Oct 16, 2015
    0
    The game has quickly gone downhill on the day of its birthday. They broke game balance, added micro transactions after promising it would never happen, havent made public comment yet and have left the poor unpaid community mods to clean up and deal with a hurt and angry community. Gone are the days when they cared about community, now is the age of profit. Best it be ended before they can profit.
  10. Archix
    Oct 16, 2015
    0
    DLCs + Microtransactions.

    That;s exactly what this game need. No balance, no anti-cheat system, no bugfixes. More milking money. Overkill, you betrayed us
  11. LazyCloud
    Oct 16, 2015
    0
    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.
  12. IrregularJoe
    Oct 16, 2015
    0
    This was formerly one of the greatest co-op games on Steam, a real time soak that my friends and I enjoyed the hell out of. October 15th, 2015, that all changed. A long-running promise of the head developer, Almir, has always been that there would never, ever be microtransactions in this game. Yesterday, they went back on that promise, completely overhauling the game in such a way that,This was formerly one of the greatest co-op games on Steam, a real time soak that my friends and I enjoyed the hell out of. October 15th, 2015, that all changed. A long-running promise of the head developer, Almir, has always been that there would never, ever be microtransactions in this game. Yesterday, they went back on that promise, completely overhauling the game in such a way that, rather than requiring skill or practice, it's become just another pay-to-win drain on your wallet. When the developers can't be trusted to keep their oldest promise, what's the point?… Expand
  13. olloollo
    Oct 16, 2015
    0
    This game costs over $100 with all DLC's. Now OVK wants to add micro-transactions. OVK promised NO micro-transactions from the start. OVK seem to think gamers are some kind of cash cows.
  14. Payday
    Oct 16, 2015
    0
    So, we've got a game that has promised to never include microtransactions, only to then include microtransactions in their game. Not only that, but they pass it off as though it's no big deal, do not address it and instead force their moderators to do damage control instead of fixing the situation. They claim to add an economy system into the game, however this economy system does notSo, we've got a game that has promised to never include microtransactions, only to then include microtransactions in their game. Not only that, but they pass it off as though it's no big deal, do not address it and instead force their moderators to do damage control instead of fixing the situation. They claim to add an economy system into the game, however this economy system does not prove to be feasibly real, instead all money going straight into Overkill's pockets. They've effectively shown they're greedy, and will only use you for money. They also have a lovely tendency to censor and ban people from their forums and from posting artwork. It's awesome.… Expand
  15. Denver201
    Oct 16, 2015
    0
    2013 a great game was released by a wonderful little developer fast forward to 2015 however and the game is no longer a gem but a cash cow that the greedy developer OVERKILL is drying up for every penny. If you do not like anti consumer practices or are just not an the kind of person who enjoys being seen as a walking wallet then AVOID LIKE THE PLAGUE!
  16. Leistenbruch
    Oct 16, 2015
    0
    this game has micro-transactions now. this is a real shame.
    you lost my respect overkill.

    will never buy something again from u. no new games, no dlc for existing games.
  17. MechaEmperor
    Oct 16, 2015
    0
    At one point I had recommended this game, but that was 5 DLC's ago. While the base game was, at one point, very well made and well thought out, numerous drives to push DLC sales and finally the addition of microtransactions have made me unable to recommend this game any more.

    The long short of it is: - The only free DLCs you receive are ones that drastically increase the difficulty    At one point I had recommended this game, but that was 5 DLC's ago. While the base game was, at one point, very well made and well thought out, numerous drives to push DLC sales and finally the addition of microtransactions have made me unable to recommend this game any more.

    The long short of it is:

    - The only free DLCs you receive are ones that drastically increase the difficulty in the base game, sometimes to near-unwinnable levels, so that you're required to purchase DLC weapons to win.

    - DLC weapons are buggy and generally clones of existing weapons, but with blatantly superior stats such as higher concealment, unique abilities, higher damage, or greater magazine capacity, for no drawback when compared to even older DLC weapons. A good example of this is the Dynamite, which is functionally identical to the Frag Grenades, but cannot be blown up prematurely by enemy cops.

    - Numerous underhanded marketing tactics. The most notable recent ones include the Hype Train event, where you were forced to purchase items to add "Hype Fuel" or the event would be withheld from the community at large, as well as the introduction of in-game Microtransactions during the first day of a promised "Free" community event. This is not getting into shadier tactics, such as copying existing mods and stats websites and presenting them as their own while making the game utterly incompatible with said existing mods and stats websites.

    - All of the above also ended up causing the game to be far more buggy than it was, generally breaking existing gun buffs and abilities. No fix has been in sight for any of this, while on the other hand they were quick to patch up a leak that let people use guns for free rather than pay for the DLC. Generally the quality of game play as went down simply because in-game support is nonexistent unless it would affect their DLC sales.

    - Because of all of the above, you need a ridiculous amount of DLC just to remain viable in the game. Unlike most other games, Overkill's nerfing of several weapons made it essentially necessary to have almost all of the DLCs to remain viable in the game. This comes to well over 100 dollars if you were to purchase them all. And unlike others, the GOTY edition doesn't even cover half of the necessary DLCs and Overkill has no intention of stopping to make DLCs for the game, meaning once you buy in, you have to keep buying or be outclassed after a month.

    - And last but not least, the aforementioned Microtransactions do sell you power. While relatively minor, a few of the skins do provide stat boosts to your guns.This is even more pronounced in the game as, due to the in-game mechanic, you cannot purchase Gun Modifications in any other shape or form, and must wait for them to randomly drop from the game's system.

    In general, do not buy this game, even if it's on sale. The developers have fostered an almost addiction-like atmosphere within the community and the game, so even if you think you can get by on a simple 10 dollar investment, they will start squeezing you one penny at a time.    … Expand
  18. Arkhamdingdongd
    Oct 16, 2015
    0
    I used to be a big supporter of this game. I am a veteran player of PD:TH and bought the pre-order for PD2. Over the years, DLC has been nickel and dime-ing the user base until it all came to a head with update 79. With Crimefest, Overkill has shat upon everything once again, including their own words, and changed the model to P2W. I have zero issue with TF2 and CS:GO models, but when youI used to be a big supporter of this game. I am a veteran player of PD:TH and bought the pre-order for PD2. Over the years, DLC has been nickel and dime-ing the user base until it all came to a head with update 79. With Crimefest, Overkill has shat upon everything once again, including their own words, and changed the model to P2W. I have zero issue with TF2 and CS:GO models, but when you add the addition of permanent stat boosts to weapons...weapons you just nerfed to be worse, requiring paid stat boosts to bring them up to 'normal' damage output, you've gone too far. I don't know what is going on with this game and the thinking behind it, but I'm not sticking around to find out.… Expand
  19. camomatt
    Oct 16, 2015
    0
    I've invested a good deal into this game, both money and time, only to see the developer break their promise of no microtransactions. I cannot recommend this game to anyone who's looking for an honest developer and a game free of microtransactions.
  20. Unit88
    Oct 16, 2015
    0
    Game has Implemented a micro-transaction system similar to CS:GO EXCEPT the Weapon Skins actually modify the stats of the game. Now you need to pay for a good gun, and if you don`t have the dlc you can't use it
  21. Haxtozous
    Oct 16, 2015
    0
    In the past, i would of recommended this game. Instead, now all you get is pay to win microtransactions in a game you already paid for. Stay the hell away.
  22. Matrix101_
    Oct 16, 2015
    0
    This game was originally an amazing game but as of recently the Overkill team has decided that they do NOT want to keep their word and have filled the game with micro transactions and are killing the community as servers are either skins or no skins now.

    The developers are showing that in this work dishonesty is the best policy.
  23. calleponkn
    Oct 16, 2015
    0
    OVK have for some time now been pooping out DLC's to the death and now they have finally killed the game as they have added micro transactions (which they promised they wouldn't do), don't buy unless OVK removes those!
  24. artjon
    Oct 16, 2015
    0
    it has 2 much dlcs and microtransactions
    nothing more 2 say cuz it sucks so much.
    overkill is the worst company the **** lieers some .........................
  25. BludForTehBludG
    Oct 16, 2015
    0
    A P2W grindfest with virtually no redeeming qualities, to be quite honest. Check the more recent scores for something more accurate, the old Payday 2 was a great deal better, so a lot of the positive reviews are outdated.
  26. yhtto2
    Oct 17, 2015
    0
    No **** given to veterans.They make you rich,they show you their love,and you just backstabbed your fans.Wow,just wow.To be honest,it's veteran complete the crimefest challanges,those newbies don't even know how to deal with cooking,cloakers,bulldozers.After veterans complete the crimefest,fanboys and newbies called them "crying 5 years old baby".
  27. Mother_Flowers
    Oct 17, 2015
    0
    Ready to play some Payday 2: Counter Fortress Safe Opening Simulator? Ready to play some Payday 2: Counter Fortress Safe Opening Simulator? Ready to play some Payday 2: Counter Fortress Safe Opening Simulator?
  28. Generical
    Oct 16, 2015
    0
    "Microtransactions will never be put in the game"

    Oh wait, JK!!

    It's bad enough that you made us pay for this **** but my god it's an EXACT COPY OF COUNTERSTRIKE. Nice original ideas, Overkill.
  29. AllahuAkbarr
    Oct 16, 2015
    0
    Constant **** lies, Overkill treating the community like **** ignoring our feedback/suggestions, bugs that have been in PD2 since beta, and on top of that microtransactions which give you power. In a game that already costs like $150 if you want the full experience.
  30. visno
    Oct 16, 2015
    0
    PD2 started out solid, from an independent game studio. that studio has, over time, proved that they don't listen to their player base, extorts their customers with high priced DLC's (each one seemingly more lackluster than the previous) while ignoring problems that have plagued the game since the beginning (or in some cases, addressing fixes by making them part of the paid DLC). nowPD2 started out solid, from an independent game studio. that studio has, over time, proved that they don't listen to their player base, extorts their customers with high priced DLC's (each one seemingly more lackluster than the previous) while ignoring problems that have plagued the game since the beginning (or in some cases, addressing fixes by making them part of the paid DLC). now they've added microtransactions (after previously stating that they would never do this).

    don't waste your time with this one, unless you manage to snag it for like 2 bucks. used to be a fan of this studio, but after a couple years of excuses (and even a 20 dollar DLC that didn't really give you anything, which is essentially a donation to the studio) i have to say the experience has left a sour taste.    … Expand
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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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