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. Leichenteil
    Oct 17, 2015
    0
    15.10.15 Micro transactions added to a full price game with 36 paid Dlcs at current date.

    Community also got betrayed by Overkill for several times by events which promised certain content, which didn't show at all or after ages and didn't fullfill what was promised. Further they advertised this years Crimefest event with huge awsome updates for free which actually were P2W micro    15.10.15 Micro transactions added to a full price game with 36 paid Dlcs at current date.

    Community also got betrayed by Overkill for several times by events which promised certain content, which didn't show at all or after ages and didn't fullfill what was promised.
    Further they advertised this years Crimefest event with huge awsome updates for free which actually were P2W micro transactions and some cosmetics.

    DO NOT BUY    … Expand
  2. sabihita
    Oct 17, 2015
    0
    Terrible devs. Looks like they don't have eyes or ears to listen to the community whilst saying that they love their community. Beats my ass. Just plain horrible.
  3. Legion495
    Oct 18, 2015
    0
    The game really was great BUT.

    All promises broken, so many DLC's almost all content locked away, mod support dropped in favor of a microtransaction+skin system that even kan make some weapons better!.

    DO NOT SUPPORT THIS GAME!!!
  4. storm1999
    Oct 18, 2015
    0
    The additional of microtransactinos has spilt the community into two - the vocal mass and the vocal minority.

    Obviously overkill knows about it but refuses to take action.
  5. Serfig
    Oct 19, 2015
    0
    Greedy developers who broke the game.
    "There will be NO micro-transactions in PAYDAY2 !" they said
    and now there are expensive skins that boost weapon stats. -.-
  6. urexwife
    Oct 19, 2015
    0
    Micro trans really? When you said there won't be any. Shame on you and everyone that accepted this nonsense. You should know that not only the steam community is mad at you not only is the currently and former players mad at you but players who were thinking of getting the game are mad at you as well.
  7. DaRealFreak
    Oct 19, 2015
    0
    I really liked the game when it got released and still got free, good content, I spent ~1000 hours in the game and I thought it was worth the money.
    But I noticed that less and less dlc's were free or even provided good content, they got overpriced and Overkill broke their promises on a daily basis.
    As a result I stopped played Pd2. After I saw that the dlc's are reduced by 75% I    I really liked the game when it got released and still got free, good content, I spent ~1000 hours in the game and I thought it was worth the money.
    But I noticed that less and less dlc's were free or even provided good content, they got overpriced and Overkill broke their promises on a daily basis.
    As a result I stopped played Pd2. After I saw that the dlc's are reduced by 75% I considered playing again, but as of now I won't touch the game again.
    Payday - The Heist, the predecessor of Payday 2 in comparison is a complete game which is hella fun, better spend your money into buying a good, complete game before you end up paying for an unplayable game, which whole reason is to drain money from the players.    … Expand
  8. Vladsei
    Oct 19, 2015
    0
    Micro-transactions for a 20 USD game with 100+ USD worth of DLC. The micro-transaction skins could be very well behind a DLC wall: you need the DLC in addition to teh skin you just unlocked by chance.
    To make it more "fun": the skins have stats.
    No, thank you.
  9. Ratiasu
    Oct 19, 2015
    0
    The game at its foundation was quite enjoyable. However, the company milked the game by releasing small DLC at very steep prices, screwing over balance for years on end, and not bothering with a (very much needed) anti-cheat unless it is a hack which allows people to play their paid content for free.

    Just now they came back on their decision of not having microtransactions in the game.    The game at its foundation was quite enjoyable. However, the company milked the game by releasing small DLC at very steep prices, screwing over balance for years on end, and not bothering with a (very much needed) anti-cheat unless it is a hack which allows people to play their paid content for free.

    Just now they came back on their decision of not having microtransactions in the game. Basically they copy-pasted the CS GO system, but with stats on each skin. They also ruined any notion of balance the game still had at this point.

    Also, the engine is outdated and incredibly unoptimized. It was from a racing from 2001 - even though it got improved tremendously since then, it still shows.

    Get this game if you can get it (plus most of the DLC) for a few bucks, otherwise don't bother. The game is at the end of its cycle. If you want a game for you to fill this co-op niche, look elsewhere.

    They never bothered revamping any part of their engine since launch, but developing a CS GO box system is no prob all of a sudden. Says plenty about this company's mentality. They WILL try to milk you for your cash!    … Expand
  10. punkfan
    Oct 19, 2015
    0
    I was a player during 2014 with countless DLCs. Invested lot of cash, even supported Hypetrain (one of the fundraising event for free content) as it had a good idea.

    I logged in today just to realize that they have added microtransactions to the game, something I really hated with playing games on my Iphone. Well it's end of Payday 2 I guess.
  11. vloeibarekaas
    Oct 19, 2015
    0
    1/10 is good game bad developers

    Seriously though, no microtransactions means NO MICROTRANSACTIONS.

    Falsely advertised. I still love Payday, but moneywhoring Overkill is dead to me.
  12. DatMeme
    Oct 19, 2015
    0
    The later game updates shows poor quality of content. Patch of day 1 CRIMEFEST is a evidence that the developers does not test the game, an example (as previously stated by others) including the minigun bug. Developer is also extremely greedy.
  13. Sincos
    Oct 19, 2015
    0
    It's Payday fellas -Overkill It's Payday fellas -Overkill It's Payday fellas -Overkill It's Payday fellas -Overkill It's Payday fellas -Overkill It's Payday fellas -Overkill It's Payday fellas -Overkill It's Payday fellas -Overkill It's Payday fellas -Overkill It's Payday fellas -Overkill It's Payday fellas -Overkill It's Payday fellas -Overkill
  14. Don_Qu1Shoot
    Oct 19, 2015
    0
    They added micro transactions and nerfed all weapons. I lost my money, this is not the game i've paid for.
    So don't buy the game, and don't buy also the dlc, they are now useless.
    Seriously, a Bronco, more efficient than a CAL.50 ?

    good night overkill
  15. DoshMans
    Oct 26, 2015
    0
    They made promises which they didn't keep.
    They refuse to make good on those promises after the fact.
    They attempted to siphon money out of their fans to support their bad business decisions.
    They continued to lie/attempt pr **** to justify their greed.
    They do not deserve your money/support.

    Scumbag developers, caught the EA bug.
  16. Anark
    Oct 17, 2015
    0
    Adding microtransactions as a reward for the 4th anniversary after 17 days of goals reached by the community.
    Overkill cupidity got no limits.
    I paid the game 40€, I paid each of the more than twenty DLCs, and now I should pay for weapons skins which provides ingame bonus ? I say no, RIP this game, it was fun but Overkill'cupidity kills it.
    I'll never bought another Overkill game.
  17. 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
  18. TheMaskedSmurf
    Oct 17, 2015
    0
    they ruined the game by adding weapon skins and pay2win stats. no wonder many people wrote bad reviews to the game!! signed up just to write what i think btw
  19. biggrenbeast
    Oct 17, 2015
    0
    now that i think about it, this game is exactly my ex-girlfriend. they lied to me, they cheated me, they took all of my money, they wasted a year and a half of my life, they gave me **** promises and when they are broken, they never apologies, their birthdays are in October, like holy crap when i see the name payday2 the words change to alyssa, i broke up with her, time to brake up with payday2
  20. Whydothat
    Oct 17, 2015
    0
    '' The developer promised NO MICROTRANSACTIONS
    What they do? micros for content that gives you stats and turning it in a pay to win game. And this was released during an event that was suppose to release free stuff.
    I'm done with it.''

    I agree, they ruined the game.
  21. 33ro0
    Oct 17, 2015
    0
    This game was awesome as a concept and in the beginning, before we all realized what it was to become. A desperate attempt to cunningly suck every last penny from us. Some of us realized this after the DLCs started to arrive very quickly and in great numbers. Even at that point I still thought it was ok.

    But then, on the 15th day of October (This is only 2 days later!) they released a    This game was awesome as a concept and in the beginning, before we all realized what it was to become. A desperate attempt to cunningly suck every last penny from us. Some of us realized this after the DLCs started to arrive very quickly and in great numbers. Even at that point I still thought it was ok.

    But then, on the 15th day of October (This is only 2 days later!) they released a reward for us. We didn't expect it, so it hit hard. Micro-transactions. Yes, you read right. Micro-transactions in a game that already has a price to begin with AND NOT TO MENTION WITH A LOT OF DLCS.

    I suggest not to buy the game or even download it during the free-weekend, it is that bad. Everyone is furious about this and that is how things should be. Overkill screwed up and they are going to pay for what they have done. Almir, you betrayed us all.    … Expand
  22. texashokies
    Oct 17, 2015
    0
    Power crawl, microtransactions, aggressive DLC practices, lying to customers, breaking promises, all of these things summarize how overkill treats their game and community. They have no respect for the community as shown by the closing of payday 2 stats a community website that tracked the stats of your character, with the edition of FBI files which was to replace pay day 2 stats and to bePower crawl, microtransactions, aggressive DLC practices, lying to customers, breaking promises, all of these things summarize how overkill treats their game and community. They have no respect for the community as shown by the closing of payday 2 stats a community website that tracked the stats of your character, with the edition of FBI files which was to replace pay day 2 stats and to be created by the maker of pay day 2 stats however this doesn't seem to be the case.… Expand
  23. revan25
    Oct 17, 2015
    0
    -balance problem since day one
    -devs dont listen and dont answer to the community on problems,bugs,broken content and content there community dont want(even things that are there from the release of the game just fix minor things)
    -now they added microtransaction and make the game pay2win -devs make promises they dont keep(like safehousecustomisation that should be in there since beta)    -balance problem since day one
    -devs dont listen and dont answer to the community on problems,bugs,broken content and content there community dont want(even things that are there from the release of the game just fix minor things)
    -now they added microtransaction and make the game pay2win
    -devs make promises they dont keep(like safehousecustomisation that should be in there since beta)
    -dlc got less content at the same price as older ones
    and they lie the community in the face and give them the middlefingers
    the list goes on and on    … Expand
  24. HappyNugget
    Oct 17, 2015
    1
    They sold us a game, we bough it, amazing game, with some flaws (some even game breaking) but we waited patiently for a fix, that never came (Civilians running behind a wall you cant reach and call the cops... a bug that appeared in the beta, 4 years later still there.)
    They sold us DLC with stuff that should have been in the game to begin with (Snipers... Shotguns... grenades...)
    We    They sold us a game, we bough it, amazing game, with some flaws (some even game breaking) but we waited patiently for a fix, that never came (Civilians running behind a wall you cant reach and call the cops... a bug that appeared in the beta, 4 years later still there.)
    They sold us DLC with stuff that should have been in the game to begin with (Snipers... Shotguns... grenades...)
    We bough them too, we wanted to show them we like them, we always wanted their approval.
    But now they have crossed the line, made us worked hard for a FREE update that gave us micro transactions.... you have betrayed us all over kill, you betrayed us all.    … Expand
  25. Pr0pper
    Oct 17, 2015
    0
    They promised no microtransactions and added them "for the great community". Don't help milking this cash cow! The game was fun, but these paid stat-boosting skins ruined the whole game!
  26. Khuldaghr
    Oct 17, 2015
    0
    Up until Oct. 15, 2015, this was my favorite co-op multiplayer experience of all time. I have purchased all but the latest DLC, much at full price and including packs of weapons I have never used, in support of the developers and the product that has brought me more hours of enjoyment than any item in my library. I have enthusiastically recommended this game countless times to friendsUp until Oct. 15, 2015, this was my favorite co-op multiplayer experience of all time. I have purchased all but the latest DLC, much at full price and including packs of weapons I have never used, in support of the developers and the product that has brought me more hours of enjoyment than any item in my library. I have enthusiastically recommended this game countless times to friends and acquaintances, inspiring more than a few purchases. In my professional career, I have pointed to the lack of microtransaction content as a functional business model that respects its audience while providing a constant stream of new gameplay options.

    As of Oct. 15, 2015, I can no longer recommend Payday 2. In the weeks leading up to that date, the developers of the game hosted a series of challenges that, when completed, would unlock new updates that would be free to all owners of the product. On that date, the first of a ten day "Crimefest", the feature revealed to have been unlocked was... microtransactions.

    After completing a mission in the game, the player has always been awarded with a virtual card that is flipped over to reveal a new modification for a weapon, a cosmetic mask, and other unlocks. With the new "free" update, this reward can be replaced with a "safe" object. The safe contains a weapon skin of varying rarity as well as the possibility of unique weapon modifications. Very rarely, these weapon skins can add a statistics boost to the weapon when applied. These safes can be opened with a special "drill" object. The catch is the drill can ONLY be obtained by payment of $2.50 (and up) on the Steam Marketplace. There is NO method of opening a safe outside of this financial transaction.

    As a long time supporter, this is a betrayal too harsh to bear. The game has been uninstalled and I will not be playing, purchasing, or recommending products by OVERKILL or Starbreeze Studios from this date forward. They have lost this once loyal customer and many others with the addition of this "feature".

    TL;DR - Pay-for product contains microtransactions for potentially non-cosmetic rewards - 0/10    … Expand
  27. Prepo
    Oct 17, 2015
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Worst game company ever,betraying over their fan bas over and over again. They promised they will never add microtransactions to the game back in 2013 .2 years later after we bought ton of dlcs they betray us by implementing microtransactions to the game in an event that should give us free content as reward.As i said worst company ever.… Expand
  28. Limb_Legion
    Oct 17, 2015
    0
    Was once a good game but with updates and balances that continue to ignore player feedback along with many promises made to the community as a whole in regards to updates and released features that have not and in no way been meet or talked about by developers. One such instance was the promise of safehouse customization which while in itself isn't much of a big deal the fact it was statedWas once a good game but with updates and balances that continue to ignore player feedback along with many promises made to the community as a whole in regards to updates and released features that have not and in no way been meet or talked about by developers. One such instance was the promise of safehouse customization which while in itself isn't much of a big deal the fact it was stated to be in the game and would be finished with the full release of the game which is now years ago has yet to be implemented. Now this is only one instance to display the disregard for promises and statements made by their own development crew in OFFICIAL statements. Along with the disappearance of a quarter of a million in prizes for last years paydaycon which the community still has no clue where it went. I loved payday and on release despite the heists lacked the same intense driven feel as the original I still loved payday 2 but after a while not only did the quality of updates in general go down but the avalanche of DLC content was carrying the same level of disappointing effort and no real quality to justify their price point. All in all as the game stands and the continued disregard for player input in favor of a more profit driven dlc fest has created a sadly broken game.… Expand
  29. Koromfekete
    Oct 19, 2015
    1
    Stay the hell away from this game AND Overkill. It's really not worthy of your time or attention dear Customer, unless you like being deceived, lied to, ripped off and then politely asked to shut up about it.
  30. Hallian
    Oct 29, 2015
    0
    This game used to be awesome. The reviews that were written before the 15th of october 2015 describe how great it used to be. On this date though, an update was released that just destroyed one of the things that was so great about it. Payday 2 used to be a game with DLC. No pay to win. It took a while to get to the top and unlock all the weapons and modifications. This was one of thoseThis game used to be awesome. The reviews that were written before the 15th of october 2015 describe how great it used to be. On this date though, an update was released that just destroyed one of the things that was so great about it. Payday 2 used to be a game with DLC. No pay to win. It took a while to get to the top and unlock all the weapons and modifications. This was one of those games that made you feel like you had accomplished something. Then 'Crimefest 2015' happened.

    With the last update the game was linked to the Steam inventory and now it is possible to buy 'drills' for 'safes' which can drop different 'quality' weapon skins. On october 15 this game went from a great game to what CS:GO is or what Team Fortress 2 has become with the stupid hats. The microtransactions used to unlock these 'unique weapon skins' are a blunt way of squeezing out the last pennies out of a community that was truely loyal to the game and developers. And we hate them for that.

    There are many great Steam forum posts describing how the community feels about this. For now, you may notice that the game score on Steam, Metacritic and other sources has taken a free fall. This shows how dedicated the community is to preserving all what made this game fantastic. And it shows how repulsive we find the idea of this great game turning into a marketplace for my little pony weapon skins that add 20 accuracy to your AK-47.

    This is our response.    … 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

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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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