Payday 2

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4.0

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 3970 Ratings

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  1. snarkyzard
    Oct 27, 2015
    0
    This is going to be a hard one.

    My story is... I've seen people play this game, and then was gifted a copy of the game, and then caught up on the DLC with it... because it was insanely fun. Like, crazy insane. The game gets compared to Left 4 Dead 1 & 2 in terms of team play... but it's SWAT and special forces, not zombies. It's stealing and heisting and not just trying to survive,    This is going to be a hard one.

    My story is... I've seen people play this game, and then was gifted a copy of the game, and then caught up on the DLC with it... because it was insanely fun. Like, crazy insane.
    The game gets compared to Left 4 Dead 1 & 2 in terms of team play... but it's SWAT and special forces, not zombies. It's stealing and heisting and not just trying to survive, though often times it becomes struggles of survival.

    Lots of choices in terms of cosmetics and of weaponry. Also a skill system that makes things very unique in terms of team play.

    So... the bad review?
    For a game that has a straight up cost out of the gate, then five times that cost in terms of DLC just to make it feel like a full game and help the developers behind the game...
    It's... literally, on the birthday of Payday 2, that Overkill has taken a gift box, and relieved themselves inside of it, then pushed it over to you with warm loving care. With the implementation of micro transaction and features that no one ever wanted in this game.

    This -was- once a game I was begging Dad to play with me, and bought two copies to get friends in on... but now my two friends are turning away from playing the game, just as they were warming up to it a bit.

    Real good job turning an enjoyable pass time of mine into something that nearly makes me relapse into a fit of fevers and illness...    … Expand
  2. mutto233
    Oct 27, 2015
    0
    Previously this game was quite a good time. Quality community, and for once I could play a game with no worries that it would burn an even bigger hole in my pocket.
    Alas, with new micro-transactions and the stat boosts achieved from them, I can not recommend this game to anyone. Do not waste your time on this game.
  3. ironsalad
    Oct 27, 2015
    0
    Promising no microtransactions was as selling point. Now they've gone back on their word and shown they have no respect for their fans unless they're shelling out money on a regular basis.
  4. Lgzxriotz
    Oct 27, 2015
    0
    Overkill made promises they couldn't keep, mods don't work anymore and payday 2 is filled with bugs, DLC's and now micro-transactions...

    Great job overkill
  5. OmeletteKing
    Oct 27, 2015
    1
    Upon launch this game was bumpy but over time they ironed most of it out, albeit in void filled spurts. Now they have turned their back on the community entirely and broken everything we hold dear. Payday2 is now pay to win, they have flagged unreleased DLC as "published" so we can't get refunds on preorder status, they have promised us content if we meet achievements and then taken up toUpon launch this game was bumpy but over time they ironed most of it out, albeit in void filled spurts. Now they have turned their back on the community entirely and broken everything we hold dear. Payday2 is now pay to win, they have flagged unreleased DLC as "published" so we can't get refunds on preorder status, they have promised us content if we meet achievements and then taken up to a year to release it. They miss deadlines and don't care about their playerbase, only money.… Expand
  6. Shogun30
    Oct 27, 2015
    0
    Overkill lied to the community that there would be no microtransaction, Now by putting skin with Payday 2 benefits became Pay2win . Let'go to the GREEDFEST
  7. MTintroSCUM
    Oct 27, 2015
    0
    I give the game a 1 because I really enjoyed playing it for a RIDICULOUS amount of hours.

    Otherwise, I would've given it a zero due to it's current state. Do not buy drills, do not buy safes, demonstrate to Overkill it was a bad investment for them to lie to the community. AND in the future, NEVER PURCHASE ANOTHER OVERKILL GAME AGAIN. They don't care about you. They'll act like    I give the game a 1 because I really enjoyed playing it for a RIDICULOUS amount of hours.

    Otherwise, I would've given it a zero due to it's current state. Do not buy drills, do not buy safes, demonstrate to Overkill it was a bad investment for them to lie to the community.

    AND in the future, NEVER PURCHASE ANOTHER OVERKILL GAME AGAIN. They don't care about you.

    They'll act like their scratching your back, but what you don't know, is that they are scratching it with a knife, waiting for the perfect moment to strike.    … Expand
  8. NotMyWaffle
    Oct 27, 2015
    1
    Game was great, now this microtransaction crap? 100+ dollars in dlc? dont make enough money? bull. I bought this game on sale last year durning crime fest. Was great put in 200 hours with in 1 month. Now, now I barely touch it cause all the dlc that came out made it more pricey. I go out of my way to look for key sites to buy dlc.
  9. steelbeast
    Oct 27, 2015
    0
    Payday 2 is a great multiplayer shooter, however its developers have decided its time to replace the veteran player base with the new one by allowing a 10 day free to play period with 75% off to sucker in a new player base. I'm very happy that the player base has grown but it wont be long until they realize that the new weapon balance nerfs weapons that were already weak and overpowersPayday 2 is a great multiplayer shooter, however its developers have decided its time to replace the veteran player base with the new one by allowing a 10 day free to play period with 75% off to sucker in a new player base. I'm very happy that the player base has grown but it wont be long until they realize that the new weapon balance nerfs weapons that were already weak and overpowers weapons like pistols.

    A good example would be the long sword from the Chivalry Gage DLC VS the Katana from the Yakuza DLC, they both now have the same status except the long sword has a 4 sec charge up and the katana has a 3 sec charge up but the katana swings like mad were the long sword takes a whole second to swing making the long sword utterly useless and now is only used when getting an achievement, after that it may as well be a paper weight.

    If you thought of doing stealth heists with other player on some maps forget it, there's still bugs up the @$$ so your better off solo stealthing negating any reason to play online. And the desync and net-code hasn't improved at all, worst you wont know how bad your connection is with the host because they couldn't be bothered to add a ping display, and when it is bad enemies will phase through walls and shot at you when their either not around the corner or shot at you through the walls when they haven't pulled themselves into view through a window all the way making death-wish impossible for anyone using an armor build.    … Expand
  10. CrashTF
    Oct 27, 2015
    0
    Look what you done OVERKILL...
    You betray all the community by adding micro-transaction bullcrap.
    And what's the worst part? You're not listening your community anymore, because you won't admit the fact that all the bigs fans are so mad because WE'RE BELIEVING YOU! But now, you put us on the trash can and care more about your money. Money... Yeah. Just. Being a douche bag like EA.    Look what you done OVERKILL...
    You betray all the community by adding micro-transaction bullcrap.
    And what's the worst part? You're not listening your community anymore, because you won't admit the fact that all the bigs fans are so mad because WE'RE BELIEVING YOU! But now, you put us on the trash can and care more about your money.
    Money... Yeah.
    Just.
    Being a douche bag like EA. That's why the most video game developers are today. They cares about money than the community.    … Expand
  11. KillerBen
    Oct 27, 2015
    0
    I loved this game dearly, I used to play it damn near every day once I got it. But now, after a friend talked me into reinstalling about the absolute sham that was Crimfest this year, I can't really enjoy it.

    What used to be my go to to play had instantly become the last thing I want to think of when I wanna game, it's truly a shame that they went with this approach, they don't need    I loved this game dearly, I used to play it damn near every day once I got it. But now, after a friend talked me into reinstalling about the absolute sham that was Crimfest this year, I can't really enjoy it.

    What used to be my go to to play had instantly become the last thing I want to think of when I wanna game, it's truly a shame that they went with this approach, they don't need any extra funding, and this is just blatant greediness on their part. There was a time where I would be excited to see an update for this once wonderful game, but now all I can think is "what ugly ass, stat boosting gun skins and horribly unneeded addition to the game are they shoving in our faces now?"    … Expand
  12. TeddyEngivelt
    Oct 28, 2015
    0
    I can safely say that with the addition of microtransactions, this game has become more if a cash grab than it already was. So to my complete displeasure, I have to say that Payday 2 used to be my favorite game since it's first game. But now it has to be my least. 0/10
  13. master_stick
    Oct 27, 2015
    0
    In the past, i would of recommended this game. Now all you get is pay to win microtransactions in a game you already paid for.

    Boycott overkill
    Boycott payday
  14. ProstheticQuilt
    Oct 27, 2015
    0
    Firstly, this game is great. It has been an incredibly enjoyable experience until now. However, the developers at Overkill have now blatantly gone against their promises with the addition of micro-transactions and have stayed quiet on all of the issues the game has had since day 1: flashbangs, arms and legs' hitboxes, no safehouse customization, etc.
    Stay away from this game because the    Firstly, this game is great. It has been an incredibly enjoyable experience until now. However, the developers at Overkill have now blatantly gone against their promises with the addition of micro-transactions and have stayed quiet on all of the issues the game has had since day 1: flashbangs, arms and legs' hitboxes, no safehouse customization, etc.
    Stay away from this game because the developers could care less about the quality of the content and your own satisfaction. As they said, "Your opinion. Our choice."    … Expand
  15. Broccodile
    Oct 27, 2015
    0
    Best thing to reward the community with, on the 4th birthday of PAYDAY:
    Microtransactions.
    I used to love this game, but now; **** this. I'm out
    Cya guys in Vermintide
  16. MrDeeJayy
    Oct 28, 2015
    0
    Once upon a time, I liked this game. Working with friends (and strangers even) to go break into a bank or jewelry store, shooting down hordes of cops or just keeping a room full of hostages on the ground. Alas, the game is ruined by the development team making some very poor marketing decisions.

    To begin with, there is an excessive amount of DLC for the game, with almost every update    Once upon a time, I liked this game. Working with friends (and strangers even) to go break into a bank or jewelry store, shooting down hordes of cops or just keeping a room full of hostages on the ground. Alas, the game is ruined by the development team making some very poor marketing decisions.

    To begin with, there is an excessive amount of DLC for the game, with almost every update only adding new content in the form of DLC. In addition, weapon balance has been all but ruined, and lastly the game has been given an (unoriginal) micro-transaction system ripped straight from CS:GO in almost every aspect. The micro-transactions wouldn't be a problem if it weren't for the fact that they have stat boosts.

    In about 6 months time, I bet you won't even be able to unlock weapon slots for in-game money, that will be a micro-transaction. And re-spawning when in custody? Yeah, if you pay $0.99 USD you can re-spawn instantly.    … Expand
  17. Byrdinator
    Oct 28, 2015
    2
    First off: Buy this game only for PC (console versions keep freezing the whole system, you get sent back to the main menue when in the middle of the heist for NO reason, AI keeps walking through walls, cops are able to shoot you through walls and the updates..... what updates?)
    Started off as a fun game a few years ago, but the greed of the devs is incredible. Overpriced DLCs, not kept    First off: Buy this game only for PC (console versions keep freezing the whole system, you get sent back to the main menue when in the middle of the heist for NO reason, AI keeps walking through walls, cops are able to shoot you through walls and the updates..... what updates?)
    Started off as a fun game a few years ago, but the greed of the devs is incredible. Overpriced DLCs, not kept promises by the Devs and FINALLY IT IS HERE... Something we have all waited for.... Pay2Win. The weapons that are in the game just got a complete overhaul and are softair guns now. But if you want them to be the way they ALWAYS were .... you can buy stat boosts for those weapons :) They only cost betreen 2,99 and 70€.
    Yes, 70€. For a single Gun.
    It's such a great game.....    … Expand
  18. Mary-J
    Oct 28, 2015
    0
    The game itself is very good and i had so much fun when i played, but the company behind this game is awful.
    They lie, they brake promises, and they made dlc after dlc, of course expensive dlc´s.
    As a customer of this game, i feel lied and cheated, and no one wants to feel this way as a customer.
  19. SystemTouch
    Oct 28, 2015
    0
    The developer are not independent, that's the first lie. Than they lied about adding Microtransactions and now we have it. DLC money leeching. DLCs are a joke because they dont fit to the game.

    #Liars
    #Microtransactions
    #Anti community
    #Overpay
  20. racer12343
    Oct 28, 2015
    0
    In the Past it was a good game but now it has microtransactions in a game that you have already paid for. And the Promise there will be no Microtransaction was also a lie. Overkill 0/10
  21. MigolNet
    Oct 28, 2015
    1
    One there was a great game. Then it got stuffed with ton of DLCs. But that wasn't enough, so they added microtransactions. Now it's just a money vacuum.
  22. KingfishTG
    Oct 28, 2015
    0
    This is a fun game to play..at least, that's what I used to tell people.

    I can understand the need for a business to make money. But by making the weapons worse in order to force players to spend money for RANDOM mods is absurd as well as greedy. I didn't have a problem with buying DLC because I could *CHOOSE* the content I wanted and I WANTED to support the company for adding    This is a fun game to play..at least, that's what I used to tell people.

    I can understand the need for a business to make money. But by making the weapons worse in order to force players to spend money for RANDOM mods is absurd as well as greedy.

    I didn't have a problem with buying DLC because I could *CHOOSE* the content I wanted and I WANTED to support the company for adding additional content...see, that's what you do for customers, you give them stuff and they reward your trust, with their money. Our reward for crime-fest completion was...micro transactions, which are also absurd, a MICRO transaction should be less than a dollar.

    If you still continue to play this game, don't buy the DLC, or the Drills. I k now I won't.    … Expand
  23. Froyo101
    Oct 28, 2015
    0
    Pay2Day: Microtransactions Edition is a rip off that you should under no circumstances buy. Once a great game, its developers have since flooded it with countless small dlc packs and most recently microtransactions after promising multiple times that there would be none.
  24. Mankaur
    Oct 28, 2015
    0
    All it could be described as is a world of idiocy. Payday 2 becomes Pay2Win, they absolutely ruined what could and was a pretty excellent game. A sad indictment of the current gaming industry.
  25. Silversteel
    Oct 28, 2015
    0
    Unfortunaly the developers took the road to Greed. This game amazing as it is doesnt warrant anymore support. To betray a hardcore community like this developer did is nearly a crime in it self.
  26. ominos
    Oct 30, 2015
    0
    2 years of broken promises, unfixed bugs, and a basic inability to care about the community means that this game joins the ranks of so many other games with toxic developers. Time after time we have been challenged to do a lot of things for free content, only to find that free content to be Bug Fixes and Quality of Life updates. If that wasn't enough, for an ONLINE MULTIPLAYER game, the2 years of broken promises, unfixed bugs, and a basic inability to care about the community means that this game joins the ranks of so many other games with toxic developers. Time after time we have been challenged to do a lot of things for free content, only to find that free content to be Bug Fixes and Quality of Life updates. If that wasn't enough, for an ONLINE MULTIPLAYER game, the desync is horrible, and the developers refuse to acknowledge it even after having the game out for two years.

    What they do acknowledge on the other hand, is that you have to pay for the base game, pay on average $5 dollars for every one of their 27 DLCs, as well as paying a micro-transaction fee for an RNG change to get a skin so that you can boost guns that have been nerfed SPECIFICALLY to fit the micro-transactions.

    Even if you buy the game and the DLCs at discount, you're still talking about $100 for a bug-filled, money grubbing game, on a completely antiquated engine (about 10 years old), Not only that, but the developers have shown time and time again their inability to connect to the players, or even reality hiding behind such excuses as "The people who complain are a vocal minority" (Because minorities don't matter, right?) and "If you really cared about the game, you'd forget your buggy console version that you bought and buy it again on the PC".

    With the toxic developer, the tripple-dipping of base game fee, DLC and microtransactions, this is a game you should absolutely stay away from. You might not think it when you first get it, but at some point you'll be so tired of being lied to, that you'll be thinking "I wish I never bought this crap".

    Stay Away.    … Expand
  27. 063Anson
    Oct 30, 2015
    0
    I preordered payday: the heist, I preordered payday2, I have every DLCs at some point, I had 100% achievemnt at some point. I supported them all the way. It turns out they dont respect their players.
  28. Auraelus
    Oct 30, 2015
    0
    The developers promised no micro-transactions. Said shame on us for even thinking it!
    Then they added micro-transactions. But not just that! The micro-transactions weren't just for cosmetics, oh no... they gave you stat boosts on your weapons. Oh, and they nerfed all other weapons so you have to pay.

    I hope that greedy pig Almir gets hit by a bus.
  29. imb0red666
    Oct 30, 2015
    0
    i like this game and it has good gameplay, but gets boring pretty fast because it is repetitive. The developers keeps lying and literally told most of the veteran players that its too bad that they lied to us and we can deal with it or just not play. I do not recommend games that developers literally don't give a crap about its players. The veterans were the ones that made this game goodi like this game and it has good gameplay, but gets boring pretty fast because it is repetitive. The developers keeps lying and literally told most of the veteran players that its too bad that they lied to us and we can deal with it or just not play. I do not recommend games that developers literally don't give a crap about its players. The veterans were the ones that made this game good by sending in bug reports, working with devs on balances and etc, and the devs just told us to eff off so don't play this game… Expand
  30. glados0824
    Oct 30, 2015
    0
    When I got this game it was great..... for 5 hours. The game itself is nothing without the $60 worth of DLC they striped from the base game. To make matters worse they have microtransactions.
  31. ihatebarracuda
    Oct 31, 2015
    0
    This is a great game, ruined by mistakes from the developer. Many of these were problems in the first game that they apparently didn't learn from. Some of the more serious ones are new, and seem to indicate a change in Overkill's philosophy.

    -Content that you can miss forever if you weren't around at the right time to get it -Tons of overpriced DLC that you will have to buy to be on an    This is a great game, ruined by mistakes from the developer. Many of these were problems in the first game that they apparently didn't learn from. Some of the more serious ones are new, and seem to indicate a change in Overkill's philosophy.

    -Content that you can miss forever if you weren't around at the right time to get it
    -Tons of overpriced DLC that you will have to buy to be on an even playing field
    -Achievements requiring that you own DLC
    -Achievements that can only be unlocked during Halloween
    -Content that requires you to own other games you might not want on Steam
    -Microtransactions, when it was promised that there would be none
    -A completely broken enemy that one-hit kills you and can move through walls or do pretty much anything else it pleases, that still hasn't been fixed after years

    Essentially the game has just become a big money grab.    … Expand
  32. Maverick13
    Oct 31, 2015
    0
    Trash since even before they introduced the microtransactions that killed the game. Terrible support for fixing glaring game breaker bugs, zero communication to fix said bugs, all while pumping out DLC expecting more money, and finally attaching stat boosts to skins just so you can be competitive and actually win the game. PaytoWin, **** you Overkill.
  33. Lynxo
    Nov 1, 2015
    0
    In short words: DLC infested trash.
    1. They promised us a lot of heists, but instead they recycle the existing 3 day jobs and make them 1 day job, or making the same heist "pro job" so it must be completed in one run.
    2. They sell content that should have been included in the base game, like snipers, shotguns, grenades,... 3. They sell character packs, one of which adds a huge boost to    In short words: DLC infested trash.
    1. They promised us a lot of heists, but instead they recycle the existing 3 day jobs and make them 1 day job, or making the same heist "pro job" so it must be completed in one run.
    2. They sell content that should have been included in the base game, like snipers, shotguns, grenades,...
    3. They sell character packs, one of which adds a huge boost to stealth gameplay.
    4. They shamelessly use payday 2 to promote other stuff, like john wick and hotline miami which are in no way connected to payday 2.
    5. The "free content" they always promise, and which fans use to defend their dlc policy is usually trash.
    6. They give updates as rewards to their community challenge.
    7. Prestiging system is horrible and it gives no rewards.
    8. Bascially the whole leveling system is based on grinding.
    9. Mods and developers are cocky and rude and they constantly lie.
    10. Many more things can be said but I'd have to type untill tomorrow...

    The latest microtransaction drama confirms it all. Community should have rallied agains overkill a long time ago, finally something happened. Developers promised no microtransactions, but here they are.
    They do some damage control and the worst thing is it actually works on some people. I hope this doesn't get swept under the rug like most of overkill's f***ups

    The game is fun if you have friends to play with, public games are horrible. I had fun playing with friends, completing challenges and stuff. I didn't mind buying some dlcs while they were on sales but honestly i'm ashamed that i did. This selling content that should have been included should not be a standard.    … Expand
  34. h2097780
    Nov 1, 2015
    0
    A great game, ruined with micro transactions and expensive never-ending DLCs. If you buy the base game, about 70% of the weapons are locked, DLC only.
    Their goal is to rip off every penny you have with any way possible.
  35. vannidar
    Nov 1, 2015
    0
    The gameplay for this game is currently pretty great.
    The developer has proven, through a pattern of dishonesty and disrespect toward the playerbase, to be untrustworthy deceptive. The future of this game is in jeopardy, and the developers don't care about players' opinions; they're pushing forward, full-throttle.
  36. dufake
    Nov 10, 2015
    0
    Before the crimefest 2 update there were already paid DLCs like small weapon packs and level packs. Most of them are very little contents and not cheap. Then now developers break promises and lie again and again. Worst developers ever.
  37. AR-Siege
    Nov 23, 2015
    0
    Microtransactions... I need to say more?

    Once upon a time, this was a good game. However, we've reached the point where the game costs $130 dollars to buy the base game, plus all the DLCs, and Overkill has the audacity to add microtransactions, going back on a promise where they said they would never include microtransactions. Congratulations Overkill, you managed to surpass both EA    Microtransactions... I need to say more?

    Once upon a time, this was a good game. However, we've reached the point where the game costs $130 dollars to buy the base game, plus all the DLCs, and Overkill has the audacity to add microtransactions, going back on a promise where they said they would never include microtransactions.
    Congratulations Overkill, you managed to surpass both EA and Ubisoft scumbaggery in the span of a day    … Expand
  38. hammer1727
    Nov 23, 2015
    0
    One of the worst, if not THE worst game I have ever played on PC, absolutely shocking and not worth buying even if it was on sale for $1. It has so many bugs in it, it still has bugs from day 1 launch. Don't waste your money on this massive pile of garbage, the developers will **** all over you.
  39. joem3679
    Nov 24, 2015
    0
    Everything to say has been said. The micro-transactions, the abundance of paid DLC and the broken promises were the tipping point for lots of people. At this moment in time the player count on Steam is dropping lower. It's no longer worth the price.
  40. qwee1
    Nov 24, 2015
    0
    (Old Review.) Read All of it to see why my thoughts against the game and overkill has changed.

    Every game has to be like this.. If you're playing this game on Deathwish difficulty everything has to be perfect. Yourself, your teammates, your skills and their skills.Everything has to be in synchronization and Everyone has to be on same page. Even for a second if you stop playing team game    (Old Review.) Read All of it to see why my thoughts against the game and overkill has changed.

    Every game has to be like this.. If you're playing this game on Deathwish difficulty everything has to be perfect. Yourself, your teammates, your skills and their skills.Everything has to be in synchronization and Everyone has to be on same page. Even for a second if you stop playing team game everything will go sideways and trust me ♥♥♥♥♥ gonna hit the fan.

    Also i like the feature that everything is customizable. Masks,Skills,Weapons and your armors. You choose how to play your game are you gonna go silent like a ninja or go BOOM like Rambo its totally up to you.

    Pros
    Decent game that needs teamwork and strategy Totally customizable features, Awesome soundtracks.

    Cons
    No cheat protection (got screwed by hackers once and had to reset my progress way back to level 0 when i was IV-100)
    Still has lots of bugs (Bugs are not annoying they're minor bugs but they're still there)
    Crashs every once a while (I bought a dlc cant play the dlc i bought contacted Overkill about it no one answered.)

    These cons are about Overkill the company that made the game.

    To-do list to successfully become one of the greediest and worst, but still overrated and loved developers on the gaming industry.

    - Create a grindfest with minimal content and charge $30 for it - Check.
    - Never improve the game's mechanics - Check.
    - Cut content from the game, sell minimal stuff and objects that you promised would be included with the game on release as overpriced DLCs - Check.
    - Create one of the worst communities on the gaming industry to support your greedy moves by creating a clan full of proud idiots and deleting/mocking posts criticizing your game (REMEMBER! If the community starts to revolt, release 1 or 2 small free DLCs to appease the rabble. Then you can continue to release paid DLCs) - Check.
    - Create a DLC that requires you to buy another game - Check.
    - Completely ignore your community's wishes that will never make you earn a penny - Check.
    - Never waste resources on something if the community can create it by themselves (e.g. anti-cheaters protection, a decent HUD, better textures, etc.) - Check.
    - Actually, try to always use minimal resources. Building the game using an ancient, outdated engine and making gameplay mechanics even more casual and simplistic than Call of Duty should be your top priority - Check.

    EDIT: It seems some people didn't find this review to be helpful, so I will paraphrase.

    Not a single DLC for PAYDAY 2 has been worth their price. Every single of the content they have released separately should have been implemented with the game at release. They don't improve the game, they don't care about their fans, they continue to sell overpriced DLCs to farm their customers. More than a third of the game's content is sold as DLC, the game's total price is gonna be more than $60 usd when this is all over. PAYDAY 2, a game with graphics from 2006, worse gunplay than CoD, tiny maps and short, repetitive missions is gonna make you pay more than $60 to unlock it's whole content. Do YOU think you should support these kind of developers? When you realize you have to buy another game to unlock the DLC's whole content, do you feel incentivized to buy it? Do you want to keep being scammed by OVERKILL and Starbreeze?

    Overall
    Awesome game with worst developers i have ever seen in my life. Critizing them or anyone related to Overkill in their forums apperently a deadly sin.They say "You're agressive" And lock your thread sometimes they even ban you from forums.Buy the game love the game but dont waste a single cent to dlcs dont support the company.Overkil is the indie version of Ubisoft.

    UPDATE : Banned Permanantly from forums because I spoke my mind. But I am Grateful that some people has finally woken up from their sleep and realized what kind of company overkill actually is. Thank you overkill for achiving the impossible, Because no matter how much I tried I just couldnt get people to understand me, But now They do. You tried to hide your true face by deleting ANY negative comments and critizings towards overkill Just to reveal it yourself. I am the most happy person in the World now. Call Me hater all you like people are finally AWAKE!

    (Taken from Banana Doe)
    Was this game great at one time? Absolutely.
    Is it worth your money now? Heck no. Stay away. You'll just end up having to spend even more of it anyways.
    Should you support this developer? I would suggest the opposite. I would suggest not buying a single thing from Overkill and spreading the word far and wide to others not to pick up anything from Overkill Software ever. I obviously cannot control what choice you make, but this is a suggestion I highly recommend not just for the sake of your finances, but for the sake of the gaming industry as a whole. Do NOT let practices like this continue.    … Expand
  41. pd2hater
    Nov 24, 2015
    0
    Created account just to make this review and give it a 0.

    To the dev team:
    You are a joke [insert ur name if ur a pd2 dev].

    its just funny to see a game going from awesome to crappy in one update, and I expected Runescape to be the quickest game ruining itself by updates, you proven me wrong.
    Good thing about RS devs is that they created RS2007, lets hope they create Payday2lite
  42. CriticalNinja
    Nov 25, 2015
    0
    Well, i'm here to not recommend anything that has to do with this. It was fun for a bit until they started milking it like a fat cow. The DLC cost more than buying the game TWICE. They added micro-transactions after promising they wouldn't and they stuck by it after we said we didn't want that stinky pay 2 win garbage. We don't need stat-changing skins in a co-op PvE game that you need toWell, i'm here to not recommend anything that has to do with this. It was fun for a bit until they started milking it like a fat cow. The DLC cost more than buying the game TWICE. They added micro-transactions after promising they wouldn't and they stuck by it after we said we didn't want that stinky pay 2 win garbage. We don't need stat-changing skins in a co-op PvE game that you need to pay $2.49 for.… Expand
  43. GGasp
    Nov 25, 2015
    0
    I used to love PAYDAY 2. Now is **** 500000 dlcs and if not paying enoth: **** micro transactions that nobody asked for, die in piss overkill. With love, Me.

    PD: If ur plaining a Payday 3, delete files now.
  44. Yaryhus
    Nov 26, 2015
    0
    Definitely a shame. They broke the game with microtransactions. This is not how to treat with your players and I m saying this as a developer rather than a player. Remove microtransactions or you ll become hated forever.
  45. Nintolerance
    Nov 28, 2015
    1
    Game's not unpleasant, but shockingly overpriced and unbalanced. Fun mechanics buried under too many updates.

    Shooting's fun, special enemies are decent. Matchmaking isn't dreadful. Unlocks, microtransactions and DLC work like a free-to-play MMO. Payday 2's turned into the sort of game you need to make your full time job.
  46. ThatEp1cGuy
    Nov 28, 2015
    0
    The game WAS good, the problem was the developers at overkill who lied to the community. Don't buy this game or any game made by Overkill. I paid for all the DLCs (now worth over 100$) and they STILL add microtransactions AND defend them. Payday 2 WAS good and I'm hoping will be again. But until then, this review will stay at 0.
  47. yougoplayer
    Dec 1, 2015
    0
    Overkill please listen to your fans. Please don't make them do this to you. I know you guys are better than this. Microtransactions and surprising your fans with content not approved from the community is a great way to ruin a game. Please don't get greedy with your games.
  48. cbimerrow
    Dec 4, 2015
    0
    Went back on multiple promises not to have microtransactions by nerfing all existing players and adding pay-to-win microtransactions. After already questionable DLC insanity, this was the final straw. Stay away.
  49. BigWillDollaBil
    Dec 6, 2015
    0
    I did not write this, all credit goes to user Bandana Dee on the steam community.

    Okay, so I put in a thousand something hours into this game, and I enjoyed it. It was great. Wonderful game. Really solid gunplay, amazing music, interesting theme, and engaging level design. Never have holding off waves of enemies been such a fun experience. Usually doing that in games is boring and/or    I did not write this, all credit goes to user Bandana Dee on the steam community.

    Okay, so I put in a thousand something hours into this game, and I enjoyed it. It was great. Wonderful game. Really solid gunplay, amazing music, interesting theme, and engaging level design. Never have holding off waves of enemies been such a fun experience. Usually doing that in games is boring and/or frustrating as all get out, but PAYDAY 2 found a way to make it work, and work REALLY well.

    So what happened to get this negative review? Long story short: the updates. People began to note that with each passing DLC there was a sort of power creep going on. A pay to win system. Now the latest update promises weapon rebalances to fix this issue as part of this massive community event where we completed challenges for free rewards. What happened instead? Weapons were further nerfed and a microtransaction model was implemented. Get a safe at random and then pay a fee of real world money to get a drill to unlock the safe to get a random skin. Sounds familiar? CSGO and TF2 did the same thing with their key system. Only difference here is that the skins enhance your stats.

    So what did this update the community have to work for and were promised a free reward turn out to be? Your guns are rendered useless and the only way to buff them back to where they were before, which means still a power creep and paid DLC guns are still superior, is to spend even more money to have a CHANCE at fixing your loadout. That's BS. What is also BS is that prior to release the company stated in an interview when asked if PAYDAY 2 will have microtransactions, "No. No. God, I hope not. Never. No." But wait, that came from someone who left the company! I hear you, I understand. Here's a link to a statement from Almir Listo, who is still at Overkill and working as the unofficial PR guy because Overkill won't hire a real one for some reason. This update has turned them into liars.

    "Wait wait wait, Bandana Dee," I hear you saying. "Not all the guns were nerfed. Some of them were buffed." Indeed, buffed to ridiculous extremes. For example, pistols are now doing three times the damage shotguns are. This is its own problem. As stated earlier, there was a powercreep going on. It has gotten so much worse now, with specific items at least. The balance has been thrown out the window. So how do you catch up your nerfed weapons to be back where to were, much less on par with the other weapons that were buffed to high hell? Skins! Pay up and MAYBE you'll see your gun marginally improve.

    Nerfing weapons to hell and putting buffs to them behind a gambling paywall is wrong.

    Buffing weapons to the point that the game is completely unbalanced and Bulldozers, this game's version of COD MW's Juggernauts, are able to be killed in 3-5 headshots and the effect where their mask flies off from the damage taken simply doesn't work anymore is also a game killer. You don't really have a game anymore. Just something to throw money at.

    EDIT October 20, 2015: As of today, the option to unlock drills from a card drop has been added. Now there is a free alternative to the new microtransactions. However, this does not change the fact that Overkill lied to the community about this in the first place and are still refusing to speak to us about it. Additionally, we were not informed of a droprate for the drills (just because technically we can get one doesn't mean we will. Technically I could win the lottery. Technically I could survive a gunshot) and Overkill has yet to issue an apology on the lie, making this update send more of a message of "Fine then, here's an alternative. Now will you shut the hell up and stop lowering our score and getting us bad press coverage?"

    EDIT October 25, 2015: Almir Listo has made multiple statements today that both the microtransactions AND the stat boosts on skins are here to stay. He has expressed disbelief that people are upset at him for going back on his word and adding microtransactions, and despite the shocking drop into red zone territory on Metacritic and the drop of about 22% score on Steam within a single week, as well as the huge backlash on reddit, the forums, and even gaming media, maintains that the people complaining are a vocal minority. And that "statistically" "from an economic standpoint" the microtransaction update has been very profitable, so it won't be changed. He has just plain out admitted that he doesn't give a damn about the community, all that matters is he's making a quick buck.

    When asked about the issue of safes unlocking skins for weapons that you can't use without spending additional money on DLC (yes, this is a thing), he says it won't be addressed unless the statistics show it's a "common enough" issue. Okay, what constitutes "common enough?" In my book, having an issue happen just ONCE where you have to spend additional money just to use the skin you spent money on, is "common eno    … Expand
  50. silentknight31
    Dec 8, 2015
    0
    After the developer promised not to add micro transactions, they added them anyway! Now the game has become pay to win! The developers have refused to correct their mistake because it is profitable.
  51. Veerkad
    Dec 11, 2015
    0
    the devs killed this game everyone is leaving this game, online will probably be dead soon , dont waste your time or money. .
  52. AiHao
    Dec 11, 2015
    0
    We've made it clear that PAYDAY 2 will have no micro-transactions whatsoever (shame on you if you thought otherwise!)
    Developer is very very greedy liar... do not fal for him dirty tricks..
  53. duduric
    Dec 14, 2015
    0
    omg microtransactions!!!
    Almir lied, they created a hostile community and got a highly respected fan site shut down.
    Do I have to mention that the game have 100$+ worth of DLCs?
  54. Blacklist_Doge
    Dec 15, 2015
    0
    Simply put, micro-transactions which they promised not to put in this game D:

    Liars ><
    And now, it's getting harder to get into lobby coz people kicks you for not having OP skins :< How do I play den?
  55. XenZone489
    Dec 16, 2015
    0
    The game has been having multiplayer sync issues for more than 2 years, But they keep releasing DLCs instead of fixing the base game
    Promised no Microtransactions : added them and made them almost Pay2Win
    5$-7$ DLC every month. Weapons-characters-maps
    Before that, it was fun.
  56. Imadethisfast
    Dec 18, 2015
    0
    I didn't mind all the DLC 100%. It did bug me, admittedly, I never liked staring at a mostly blacked out in-game store of weapons I couldn't get because I didn't own the DLC. But it got worse, so much worse, when they threw in microtransactions and stat boosts. This isn't a freemium game, this isn't a free to play where these kinds of things to support the devs are okay. This is a gameI didn't mind all the DLC 100%. It did bug me, admittedly, I never liked staring at a mostly blacked out in-game store of weapons I couldn't get because I didn't own the DLC. But it got worse, so much worse, when they threw in microtransactions and stat boosts. This isn't a freemium game, this isn't a free to play where these kinds of things to support the devs are okay. This is a game that costs money to buy, then costs more money to have fun later on, and even more money to get things quicker if you're not looking for spending a few hundred hours getting points. I wouldn't recommend this game, it was enjoyable at first but it quickly fell out of the tree, then proceeded to pick up a shovel and bury itself.… Expand
  57. Vulfie
    Dec 18, 2015
    2
    I'm getting real tired of seeing reviews with people saying "This used to be a great game". Payday 2 was never a great game. It was never even an acceptable game.

    From its constant desync, to endlessly recycled maps with minor changes in objectives and slow updates (Both from Overkill and the community modders), to its horrendous playerbase of unreliable, half-blind fools with no    I'm getting real tired of seeing reviews with people saying "This used to be a great game". Payday 2 was never a great game. It was never even an acceptable game.

    From its constant desync, to endlessly recycled maps with minor changes in objectives and slow updates (Both from Overkill and the community modders), to its horrendous playerbase of unreliable, half-blind fools with no reflexes or sense of awareness, to its never-ending flood of overpriced DLC that you MUST buy, unless you want 75% of the games content to be locked out for you. This game was rubbish from day one. It had potential, sure, but it never lived up to it. Overkill showed us what path they were going to take with this game pretty early in its life and they never tried to hide it.

    These microtransactions are bad, yes. People are hurt about the broken promises and I completely understand why this is the breaking point for a lot of people. Personally I couldn't care less about those stat bonuses on skins, because you already have to pay more than what the game is worth, in DLC packs, just to keep up with other players anyway. The game always has been "Pay to win". But my father always thought me that you don't break your word to someone. If you make a promise to somebody, you keep it. Overkill are on record as having said at least 3 or 4 times that they would never add microtransactions to PD2, one time even saying "Shame on you if you thought otherwise", but they didn't keep their word. I don't know how things are in Sweden, but I can safely say that in most places on Earth, your word, your promise about something, means a lot, and if you break a promise to somebody they are going to be upset. Now, combine that with how upset the PD2 community already was about the DLC releases. Every time one was released, the PD2 Steam Group would get bogged down with angry comments and spam from people who clearly have been very unhappy with Overkill for a long, long time. Payday 2 has hit rock bottom here, as well as in Steam reviews. This is what happens when you break promises, keep brushing aside community complaints and adding new systems people don't want. I call it “Star Wars Galaxies Syndrome”.

    I realize the game was different to other shooters, and it still is somewhat unique, but that doesn't make it a good game. It was built on an unstable base, and it has been falling apart for a long time now. Personally, I gave up on the game back with the Hypetrain event. Do you remember that? When Overkill promised that we'd all get free content if we BOUGHT ENOUGH DLC DURING THE EVENT? Including a $20 DLC pack that was released just for that event! Don't forget all the masks that don't cover your face anymore, the particle effects Ala TF2, the Overkill pack adding a Minigun and an RPG-7, and even a mission to steal nuclear weapons to sell to terrorists. The sense of being a classy bank robber, a James Bond turned evil character, is long dead in favour of the sense of being a low-moral terrorist. That was the moment the game died for me and my only regret is that some people still don't see how bad the game was before these microtransactions were added.

    Summary: This game was never great. If I had a drill for every time a cloaker one-shot me through a wall or a floor, or for every time I've been pinned by a tazer when he had no line of sight with me, I'd have enough money to buy Overkill.    … Expand
  58. KrillReaver
    Dec 20, 2015
    0
    PAYDAY for the developers as they vacuum money out your pocket. I'm happy paying full price for a game, pissed when I'm buying partial games and completing them with piece-meal DLC. Microtransactions need to die, I wonder how many great games and communities we've missed out on because of Pay2Win & microtransactions.
  59. BrazenRook
    Dec 25, 2015
    0
    After Overkill went back on their word two years after release, I cannot recommend this game to anyone in its current state. This used to be a fantastic game. Then crimefest came along with its 'FREE' 10 day content event, featuring microtransactions on the first day which were originally stated to never happen.

    Now Overkill have resorted to microtransactions, where players can purchase    After Overkill went back on their word two years after release, I cannot recommend this game to anyone in its current state. This used to be a fantastic game. Then crimefest came along with its 'FREE' 10 day content event, featuring microtransactions on the first day which were originally stated to never happen.

    Now Overkill have resorted to microtransactions, where players can purchase skins for the guns similar to CS:GO. Sounds fun doesn't it? How can that be a bad thing, you might think? Well, unfortunately these skins give stat boosts to the player's weapon. It doesn't matter if you have the same gun with the same modifications as someone else, if their gun is painted purple and yours isn't, they have an advantage.

    A month after crimefest and the microtransactions disaster and what happens? Overkill updates their microtransactions system by allowing some skins to even provide an experience and money boost. Not only that, the boost stacks if other players also have a skin which provides boosters.

    TL;DR: Overkill are not the be trusted. Game is pay to win. Stay away.    … Expand
  60. FrankFS
    Dec 25, 2015
    0
    Sorry, you don't have the "bad review 2.0" DLC, gimme 20 bucks so you can read it.
    Uh, wait. Got it... you shouldn't left your paypal open.

    (Payday 2 in a nutshell)
  61. SheepWolf
    Dec 27, 2015
    1
    There is not much more that I can say that hasn't already been said by those more eloquent than I. My opinion is of the same line of thought as what TotalBiscuit and Jim Sterling having said in several of their videos.
  62. HattyGamer
    Jan 9, 2016
    0
    How to kill a series 101. I mean wooow how can you go from an okay game to crashing and burning. I will tell you how. Micro transactions implemented by a lying, money grabbing developers.
  63. Supreme_God
    Feb 3, 2016
    0
    The game has always been amazing but micro-transactions have ruined it.
    I understand paying and employing staff to make this game involves money. Yet with the ever growing fan-base the introduction of a Pay-to-Win experience like many other games has gone against all that the game had been respected and appreciated for.
    paying full price for an experience that is then hindered by paying    The game has always been amazing but micro-transactions have ruined it.
    I understand paying and employing staff to make this game involves money. Yet with the ever growing fan-base the introduction of a Pay-to-Win experience like many other games has gone against all that the game had been respected and appreciated for.
    paying full price for an experience that is then hindered by paying more just to get an advantage. Not cool.
    We were promised NO MICRO-TRANSACTIONS.    … Expand
  64. POstAL_QueeN
    Nov 23, 2018
    9
    PAYDAY 2 - это тот случай когда хочется хорошего и правильно реализованного кооператива. Первый раз поиграл в ее в 2014 году и в сразу она мне зашла. В особенности игры лежит в первую очередь: хорошее время препровождение с друзьями (реализованный кооператив); одна из ключевых особенностей, это выбор, буквально во всем. Различного рода оружие, их модификации, снаряжение, маски, цвета иPAYDAY 2 - это тот случай когда хочется хорошего и правильно реализованного кооператива. Первый раз поиграл в ее в 2014 году и в сразу она мне зашла. В особенности игры лежит в первую очередь: хорошее время препровождение с друзьями (реализованный кооператив); одна из ключевых особенностей, это выбор, буквально во всем. Различного рода оружие, их модификации, снаряжение, маски, цвета и материалы для масок, навыки, перки и т.д. Хотелось также бы отметить достойную проработку самих ограблений, ибо там тоже есть такое понятие как выбор. Присутствуют как стелс, так и экшн миссии, в некоторых ты можешь воспользоваться выбором и пройти как тебе заблагорассудиться. Может некоторые минусы в плане геймплея и графики присутствуют, но это незначительные погрешности для игры такого уровня, она весьма достойна для своей задумки и своего комьюнити. Тут скорее ее можно советовать, в особенности любителям добротного кооператива, но с выходом различных дополнений она приобрела неплохую масштабируемость. Думаю скорее так, что оценить надо любому геймеру. Лично сам начинал играть с друзьями, теперь продолжаю один, это может означать только одно, что она существенно изменилась и в хорошую сторону. Все это время старалась не утерять своей актуальности.… Expand
  65. Xeculiar
    Dec 23, 2021
    9
    i had fun with this game i don't care if people call it bad i enjoy it and that's all that matters
  66. Jehky
    Mar 21, 2014
    1
    The game was good till update 23. My friends and I had a lot fun, playing for hours without a break. But now... after Death Wish (update 24) it became unplayable, at least for me (in my way to play). Overkill / Starbreeze are trying to fix what they screwed up... but it is too late. "Play our way or get away" it is their thought now. So, I get away.
  67. Somerandomguy1
    Mar 26, 2014
    1
    PAYDAY 2: the game where you and other 3 players kill mindless swarms of cops while always doing the same objectives.

    It was funny for the first 30 hours. Then I realized I wasted $30 usd on an arcade shooter of killing retarded cops for the sake of lvling and getting enough money for doing "Infamy", which is almost the exact thing that "Prestige" from CoD. You loose all your money,    PAYDAY 2: the game where you and other 3 players kill mindless swarms of cops while always doing the same objectives.

    It was funny for the first 30 hours. Then I realized I wasted $30 usd on an arcade shooter of killing retarded cops for the sake of lvling and getting enough money for doing "Infamy", which is almost the exact thing that "Prestige" from CoD. You loose all your money, your level is reset to 0 and you can start lvling again. All for a mask and a supposed "buff" that gives you nothing.

    It's not funny. The whole game is based on hooking you to grinding exp and money. Heists are boring, limited and repetitive, with re-used maps and repetitive objectives. There used to be a simple stealth system that was rather fun and gave actual replay-ability to the game. You could challenge yourself and solo-stealth missions on the highest difficulty just by being level 35 or so and by having the right gear. After Update 24, the "Death Wish update", stealth and low levels got almost completely ruined. You can't solo stealth most missions now (and there aren't many missions), hell, you can't stealth most missions now, period. Low levels got ruined because of the new exp system, which is BS.

    Want more BS? There's no anti-cheaters protection. This game is swarmed by hackers. But I personally don't care. They actually enhance the game rather than annoy the community. They give tons of money and can make you lvl up fast if you're good to them, plus they can start custom game modes like pvp or a boss fight with a powerful Bulldozer and his henchmen.

    OVERKILL keeps saying they care about their community, but the proof they give is different. They keep releasing weapon pack DLCs with items that should have been included in the game and they barely release new, innovative maps. Grenades, which come in the "Gage weapon pack #1" and are very useful, are worth $5. And you buy that pack only for the grenades, the other content sucks. It makes me wonder sometimes if this is a p2w game and if they ruined stealth in purpose so you would go loud and buy their DLCs.

    Overall, this is not the big game of robbing big banks with lots of preparation, planification, etc we were promised. This is the lvling game. You play a lot to level up, or you hack and become bored when you find out there's not much to do on the game when you're level 100.    … Expand
  68. sarx00
    Oct 17, 2015
    0
    Added microtransactions after stating they wouldn't. The devs have, on multiple occasions, lied to the community about actions being taken in terms of balance, Multiple cash-grab style DLCs and the game is massively pay-to-win if you want to do "the best"
  69. MrFlawless
    Oct 17, 2015
    0
    More microtransactions, broken promises.
    We the community never asked for microtransactions. They gave us microtransactions as a part of the CRIMEFEST "free" reward.
    Do not show your support for the game.
    Trolls like SomeStupidIdiot (the name fits)shows the unreasonable fanboyism of their game, probably paid Overkill employees.
  70. chilao
    Oct 17, 2015
    0
    The game WAS fun to play, unfortunately it got screwed up with pay to win micro transactions. I won't recommend. Unless you like paying for tons of DLC's and microtransactions. But I still think you'll be more satisfied on a mobile game.
  71. violincaster
    Oct 17, 2015
    0
    While this game was very good in the past, recent updates have brought it down further than I had ever thought possible.

    Let's get the positives over with. This game fills a niche market; a game where you get to play as a criminal with very specific skills and profiles. I know you may be thinking GTA at the moment but Payday is very different. Not being an open world game, Payday    While this game was very good in the past, recent updates have brought it down further than I had ever thought possible.

    Let's get the positives over with. This game fills a niche market; a game where you get to play as a criminal with very specific skills and profiles. I know you may be thinking GTA at the moment but Payday is very different. Not being an open world game, Payday focuses on the jobs and heists themselves. You and a four person crew work together to hold off police forces while accomplishing goals and gaining assets. There is also a fleshed out skills system in which you customize your characters abilities and fighting style. For a long time this was the best game for anyone who loves heist movies and wanted to experience the thrill of criminal enterprise without all the jail time.

    Now for the negatives. This game has always been buggy and the graphics are below average at best. The AI has always been awful, demanding that you play with other people; any hopes of playing by yourself will be quickly shut down. While these were relatively minor issues, because Payday 2 is constantly being updated, problems have cropped up. One can easily spend over one hundred dollars on DLC for this game, some of which is needed to stay competitive. DLC's show no sign of slowing with a new one being introduced nearly each month. Micro-transactions are also part of the game costing $2.50 for a gamble on a new weapon mod each time. One can't help but wonder if the studio has squandered all its profits on a hugely successful game and are now bailing out a sinking ship. The point is that Payday 2 certainly looks to be on the decline and isn't worth consumers' funding any longer.

    As another note, any potential buyers should understand that the older any reviews are, the more unreliable they get, due to the nature of this constantly updated game. The newest reviews are all going to be the most accurate to the game as is it right now.    … Expand
  72. DTS147
    Oct 17, 2015
    0
    This is (or rather, was) a great game. The devs said they would never introduce microtransactions. Then, in a single update, they brought in a weapon crate skin system (akin to CS:GO/TF2) in which the skins affect weapon stats, and introduced a weapon 'rebalance' in which they entirely broke some weapons and made others ridiculously overpowered. The community complained, and the devThis is (or rather, was) a great game. The devs said they would never introduce microtransactions. Then, in a single update, they brought in a weapon crate skin system (akin to CS:GO/TF2) in which the skins affect weapon stats, and introduced a weapon 'rebalance' in which they entirely broke some weapons and made others ridiculously overpowered. The community complained, and the dev response was 'thanks for your feedback'. And they threw some free masks at us. They're gonna have to do more than that.… Expand
  73. followthepro
    Oct 17, 2015
    0
    The developers are lying sacks of moneygrabbing **** I bought this game full price and most of its DLC so i spend over 120 euros and now i need to pay2win for skins WHICH THEY PROMISED WOULD NEVER BE IN THE GAME IN FORM OF MICROTRANSCATIONS! no thanks... They should just make a dlc called we want money for 500 euros if they want to show us that all they want is to make money, they dontThe developers are lying sacks of moneygrabbing **** I bought this game full price and most of its DLC so i spend over 120 euros and now i need to pay2win for skins WHICH THEY PROMISED WOULD NEVER BE IN THE GAME IN FORM OF MICROTRANSCATIONS! no thanks... They should just make a dlc called we want money for 500 euros if they want to show us that all they want is to make money, they dont have to ruin the game...

    payday 2? More like Pay2WinDay : Global Offensive    … Expand
  74. Rudy1234
    Oct 17, 2015
    0
    Overkill is for me worst game company in the world they lie dont keep promises beg for money and ban their fans with thousands of hours of gameplay it was nice WAS dont buy it
  75. theking9957
    Oct 17, 2015
    0
    Microtransactions are the worst thing that Overkill could have added. Not that they are bad in principle, but when they offer STAT BOOSTS?!? That is where I draw the line. I will not play the game again until they are only cosmetic or removed entirely
  76. GuyGamer
    Oct 17, 2015
    0
    Micro-transaction BS was added. The game is Payday 2 GO. DO NOT BUY THE GAME. DO NOT BUY DRILLS TO OPEN SAFES. DO NOT BUY DLC FROM OVERKILL. If you see this add another negative user review.
  77. KillersApproved
    Oct 17, 2015
    0
    Overkill has wrecked the game with the so called Black Market update, it is an point of no return - the big gaming presses knows about their blatant lies.
  78. spthcl
    Oct 17, 2015
    0
    Sorry but the game is waste of money, a lot of microtransactions. Dev screwed all players who actually paid for all stuff. Don't buy, don't support jews.
  79. robotosis
    Oct 17, 2015
    0
    Ive been playing for awhile and really did enjoy the game. And usually updates are a great thing, but they kept adding $5 after $5 after $5 dlc's, that really shouldve been free. Now microtransactions? No thanks.
  80. Jerot
    Oct 16, 2015
    0
    I've been playing this game on and off since its launch. I don't have nearly the amount of time most of its veterans do, only a meager 200 hours clocked on steam.

    Payday 2 started out as a fairly solid coop-experience, there was stuff to do, things to earn, it was a great game at launch and the several DLCs following. It had a very fair pricing model, only the party leader required to    I've been playing this game on and off since its launch. I don't have nearly the amount of time most of its veterans do, only a meager 200 hours clocked on steam.

    Payday 2 started out as a fairly solid coop-experience, there was stuff to do, things to earn, it was a great game at launch and the several DLCs following. It had a very fair pricing model, only the party leader required to buy the DLC so the whole party could play. But as time went on, and more of the core founders of OVERKILL left, things started looking grim. More paid DLC was pushed through faster, often adding very little to the game. The community events started to take a turn for the worse, focusing on raising money and advertising partnerships instead of celebrating the the fans or improving on the game.

    Ultimately the game became a gigantic grind, a handful of missions were always the best to run to min-max rewards. And when they promised to rework the infamy system once more, all we got were additional levels that served no use in game-play other than to distract the completionists for a few more weeks.

    The final straw was Crimefest 2015, an update touted to be free to play for all, with an event leading up to its release featuring challenges and rewards for the community as a whole to unlock. Instead they chose to add pay to win elements to the game, and not only that. Ones you would have to gamble for. Unlike TF2 or CSGO where skins are purely cosmetic, in payday 2 they have the ability to roll random bonus stats and modifications. There is no trade system and some of the skins are for DLC weapons only, leaving some player stuck with skins they have paid for that they are unable to use unless they shell out more money for the paid weapon packs.

    Rightfully so, the community has been outraged. The developers remain silent instead of trying to resolve the issue or reassure people its being looked into. Given the track record with the current staff of OVERKILL, it comes as little surprise they would do something so controversial. After two of the three founders of the company left to persue other careers there has been a history of lies, half-truths, and selling out the players best interest for every penny.

    Unfortunately between the horrible update design, developer silence, and previous experiences, I will not be playing this game or any other game from Starbreeze studios or OVERKILL software in future. Nor would I recommend their games to you or anyone who will listen. They do not value their players time, devotion, or even money.    … Expand
  81. CriticKitten
    Oct 17, 2015
    0
    Payday 2 is a fun game marred by the greed of a company that thinks it's okay to drop more than $100 in DLC onto its customers on a regular basis, only to then convert their game into a microtransaction-heavy affair where you have to pay money for "skins" that grant better stats to your weapons. Stay away from this game.
  82. SizzlesGaming
    Oct 16, 2015
    0
    I had to buy the game again because they refused to support the older-gen port.
    Then, I bought the COPack to keep the game's policy at a state of "Paid DLC is necessary" and "We do Free DLC as often as we can"
    I also bought it knowing that Overkill was an indie dev, had new concepts like Safehouse Customization, and wouldn't have microtransactions. Currently, all of those are wrong.    I had to buy the game again because they refused to support the older-gen port.
    Then, I bought the COPack to keep the game's policy at a state of "Paid DLC is necessary" and "We do Free DLC as often as we can"
    I also bought it knowing that Overkill was an indie dev, had new concepts like Safehouse Customization, and wouldn't have microtransactions.
    Currently, all of those are wrong.
    Don't forget grinding to unlock "free" content which was really paid.
    Or having to sell ourselves out like a mobile game to unlock content.
    When that backfired, they called the community out on not liking that, and claimed that even though I "Didn't donate, I supported" them, I didn't REALLY understand how much the Voice Actors did for Payday 2.    … Expand
  83. Recyclex
    Oct 16, 2015
    0
    It was a fun game while it lasted. The devs have put in increasingly overpowered and power-crept content every other patch behind pay walls. You'll never be as good as that other guy who sunk his disposable income in this game's DLCs. Just yesterday they added more of this **** Pay them to have a random chance of a skin that offer higher stats than the same weapon in game. There is aIt was a fun game while it lasted. The devs have put in increasingly overpowered and power-crept content every other patch behind pay walls. You'll never be as good as that other guy who sunk his disposable income in this game's DLCs. Just yesterday they added more of this **** Pay them to have a random chance of a skin that offer higher stats than the same weapon in game. There is a possibility of getting skins for DLC weapons you don't own as well, which is just wasted money unless you spend money to buy that DLC, then your money will not be wasted, instead, you spent more money just to use something you bought, with money. Don't play this pay-2-win ****… Expand
  84. eskr
    Oct 16, 2015
    0
    Now you can buy skins to make your weapons better
    Pay to win/10

    We were promised no micro-transactions, and then we got micro-transactions.
    Welcome to Payday 2: global offensive. The event during which the micro-transactions were announced was supposed to contain ALL FREE content. First thing that is released is pay to win.
    would not buy again.
  85. swiftbanana
    Oct 16, 2015
    0
    pay2win in everygame is not tolerable, like really

    its saddening when a PC/Console game going to implement microtransaction in their game, especially when the publisher already said they will not adding micotransaction to game
  86. KurosawaShirou
    Oct 17, 2015
    0
    It was a fun game.

    WAS

    The developer doesn't care about the community as much as they care about their own wallets. They outright lied, and when the backlash happens, they didn't give any news or reaction.

    I was one of the long playing gamer, got 550 hours on my steam, and here i am giving 0 score.
  87. navossoc
    Oct 17, 2015
    0
    I used to like to play this game, but the direction the Overkill came taking is affecting the game.

    All we get are more and more paid DLC, some being totally clueless (maybe funny?).
    Now they added micro-transactions in the game and they had promised not to.

    If I could ask for a full refund, I would.
  88. Janitorus
    Oct 17, 2015
    0
    We were promised in 2013 that this game would never have microtransactions. A couple of days ago that promise was broken and microtransactions were added to the game.

    We paid full price for the game. We paid full price for the DLC's. We paid full price for the Overkill support pack. And now they introduce microtransactions: weaponskins with stat boosts. And they introduced these    We were promised in 2013 that this game would never have microtransactions. A couple of days ago that promise was broken and microtransactions were added to the game.

    We paid full price for the game. We paid full price for the DLC's. We paid full price for the Overkill support pack. And now they introduce microtransactions: weaponskins with stat boosts.

    And they introduced these microtransactions as a reward for Crimefest, an event that is supposed to give the community free reward for earlier completed community tasks.

    This is the final straw.    … Expand
  89. UrHighness
    Oct 17, 2015
    0
    The OVERKILL crew wants to get ALL your money by all means. 100$ + micro-transactions for skins that change weapon stats is the worst marketing idea ever.
    Playing the game be ready to deal with desynch that makes coop stealth impossible, bugs, and disbalance (coz DLC weapons are 200% better than vanilla).
  90. MrDenley
    Oct 17, 2015
    0
    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
  91. Xhadius
    Oct 17, 2015
    0
    Thanks for screwing us all over.
    Thanks for lying to the whole community.
    Thanks for ruining a good game after letting us purchase all of your DLCs.
  92. Snewoe
    Oct 19, 2015
    0
    they said no microtransactions. they added micro transactions that boost stats. gg not to mention that their "rebalancing" actually just broke the game and no longer is enjoyable.
  93. JordanF96
    Oct 18, 2015
    0
    Lying scumbag devs. False advertising, pretending to care when all they really care about is those last few pennies in your wallet. Microstransactions in a fully priced game. Beyond a **** joke.
  94. btzimmermann
    Oct 24, 2015
    0
    Meme masks for the reward for the final day of a community event? seriously? That kind of braindead **** isn't perpetuated enough? Done. I'm out. I'd rather play nothing than support this.
  95. mcbTheVisecta--
    Oct 17, 2015
    0
    payday has now added micro-transactions to a pay to play game a 20 dollar game, along with over 100 U.S dollars in DLC and "balancing" all the weapons which **** up all shotguns and made everything other than pistols and a few special weapons obsolete and very hard to use. and as of October 17,2015 the community is incredibly upset about this to the point of several thousand playerspayday has now added micro-transactions to a pay to play game a 20 dollar game, along with over 100 U.S dollars in DLC and "balancing" all the weapons which **** up all shotguns and made everything other than pistols and a few special weapons obsolete and very hard to use. and as of October 17,2015 the community is incredibly upset about this to the point of several thousand players quitting the game entirely.… Expand
  96. Russell89
    Oct 19, 2015
    0
    Once upon a time there was a nice game called Payday 2. It was the sequel of a really cool concept named Payday: The Heist, and it improved so much over the original game that millions of people bought it. Sadly, that game is nowhere to be found now, as evil minions of chaos spirited away the original devs and added microtransactions (yes, the very same things that the original devs sworeOnce upon a time there was a nice game called Payday 2. It was the sequel of a really cool concept named Payday: The Heist, and it improved so much over the original game that millions of people bought it. Sadly, that game is nowhere to be found now, as evil minions of chaos spirited away the original devs and added microtransactions (yes, the very same things that the original devs swore to keep away from their beautiful game)

    There was a nice game here. It's gone now.    … Expand
  97. Hukkie
    Oct 19, 2015
    0
    This game has always had its faults, with massive amounts of paid DLC, but Overkill Studios has again and again promised that no matter what, Payday 2 would never see the slightest hint of microtransactions.

    Guess honesty is not something Overkill practices given that it was just announced.Going the CSGO way of releasing skins in safes that can only be unlocked by using drills that cost    This game has always had its faults, with massive amounts of paid DLC, but Overkill Studios has again and again promised that no matter what, Payday 2 would never see the slightest hint of microtransactions.

    Guess honesty is not something Overkill practices given that it was just announced.Going the CSGO way of releasing skins in safes that can only be unlocked by using drills that cost 2.5 euro/dollars and have to be bought specifically from Overkill. This is despicable, not only because of the previous promises of no microtransactions, but also because these skins unlike in CSGO make weapons BETTER.

    So basically now anyone that wants to have the best weapons in the game needs to pay Overkill and hope to get the right skins, wich is dependant on alot of luck, but also once they get them run around the game with weapons that looks like childrens toys.

    I will not tell anyone NOT to buy this game, that is a choice people have to make on their own, but I will advice everyone considering it to read up on the events of Crimefest 2015. The lies and deceit from the developer prove that they hesitate at no turn to screw over their customers if it makes them another buck. It makes me sad to see the game go this way, since I have played well over 1000 hours and had alot of fun, and now it has come to an end and the company is even trying to tell everyone that "it is a reward, you should be happy that we are **** you in the ass without lube using a barb-wire wrapped baseball-bat", although I will admit that they might have used slightly different wording.

    Hopefully the staggering amounts of negative criticism from the community makes Overkill realize their misstakes before it is far to late, because at this rate the game will soon be dead.    … Expand
  98. OVKCoverup
    Oct 19, 2015
    0
    This company has been toying with the players via the CRIMEFEST event, one easliy see that. Microsanctions are released on day 1, then further free content follows on other days and the community would forget and support OVK even if they've been doing dishonest (lying) bussiness.
  99. riticulus
    Oct 19, 2015
    0
    PAYDAY 2 used to be a a grat game. I loved to Play it together with friends. I did not min the DLC, however the last update indroduced Microtransactions, that made this game to a pay2win title.

    I am done with it
  100. Gaettusk
    Oct 18, 2015
    0
    I only have 500 hours put into this game,but my desire to support Overkill is nonexistent at this point. They have followed the path of EA, and for that, **** them and their micro-transactions.
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#67 Best PC Game of 2013
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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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