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Release date
13 August 2013
About this game
It’s one heist after another as CRIMENET offers a wide array of contracts ranging from small-time convenience store robberies, to big-time heists! Gather 3 of your friends, put on your masks, and take job offers as a team. Get rewarded with every job done.
- Become a legendary criminal and get to customize your own guns and gear!
- You can also choose your skills as you progress and invest in any of the four special skill trees: Mastermind, Enforcer, Ghost, or Technician. With a new mask system, PAYDAY 2 offers you the ability to craft your own mask however you want it!
- Play it your way with a huge arsenal of modifiable weapons from sniper and assault rifles to compact SMGs.
Will you get the job done? Find out yourself and get PAYDAY 2 today!
Reviews
Payday is simply put the improved, polished and closest experience you’ll find to robbing an actual bank. It’s just legal.
ImpulseGamer
Payday 2 is a wonderful shooter that stands alone in a genre full of me-toos, wanna-bes, and coulda-beens.
Quarter to Three
Bonus Edition/ Limited Edition
The Bonus Edition includes Payday 2 and Payday 2 Armored Transport DLC.
- Payday 2 Armored Transport has 2 additional heists spread over 6 different locations, 3 new weapons, 4 new masks, and new achievements.
Bundle Edition
The Bundle Edition includes Payday 2 and Moon & Borsuk Masks
Collection/ Ultimate Edition
The Collection comes with Payday 2 and all the paid DLC made available up until December 2018 except the h3h3 Character Pack.
- PAYDAY 2: Gage Sniper Pack brings sniper rifles to the game plus 17 new achievements, four new masks, four new materials, four new zip-lines, vantage point assets and the ability to rename and move weapons and masks.
- PAYDAY 2: Gage Mod Courier lets players act as the courier for Gage the weapons dealer. This comes with 28 new weapon modes, 10 new achievements, and the addition of the reticle switches.
- PAYDAY 2: Armored Transport brings 2 additional heists spread over 6 different locations, 3 new weapons, 4 new masks, and new achievements.
- PAYDAY 2: Gage Weapon Pack #01 brings frag grenades to the game plus 3 new weapons, single fire and autofire modifications, increased weapon slots, 4 new animal masks, 10 new achievements.
- PAYDAY 2: Gage Weapon Pack #02 brings back the infamous law enforcer called the Cloaker. This also comes with the Brenner-21 Light Machine Gun, some guns for show and pro knives as well as 4 new masks, four new materials, four new patterns, and 10 new achievements.
- PAYDAY 2: The Big Bank Heist comes with the biggest heist in the history of Payday. This also introduces the Dentist-Giancarlo Esposito who represents a huge clientele. A new weapon called the Falcon Rifle is added, plus 4 new masks, 4 new materials and patterns, and 10 new achievements.
- PAYDAY 2: Gage Shotgun Pack brings shotguns to the game as well as melee weapons and four new ammo types. This also comes with four new masks, four new materials and patterns plus 12 new achievements.
- PAYDAY 2: Gage Assault Pack brings in high-velocity rifles, some old weapons makes a comeback, 4 new melee weapons, four new masks, 4 new material patterns, and 10 achievements.
- PAYDAY 2: Hotline Miami brings in a new heist, 5 new melee weapons, 3 new submachine guns, 8 new maks, 8 new patterns, 8 new materials, 7 achievements, and a lot of mods.
- PAYDAY 2: Gage Historical Pack comes with four historic weapons, four new melee weapons, four new masks, four new materials and patterns, 5 achievements and doubled weapon slots.
- PAYDAY 2: The Diamond Heist brings an all-new heist, 4 new masks, 4 new patterns, 4 materials, 7 achievements and the multi-skill builds.
- PAYDAY 2: Clover Character Pack adds a new player to the game named Clover the Burglar. She comes with a burglar perk deck, a new assault rifle, a new melee weapon, and Clover’s mask.
- PAYDAY 2: The Bomb Heists brings in the Butcher, two new heists, the Dockyard heist, the Forest heist, a new secondary pistol, 4 new masks, 4 new patterns, 4 new materials and 11 achievements.
- PAYDAY 2: Dragan Character Pack comes with a new playable character called Dragan the Infiltrator. This also brings the Infiltrator perk deck, new assault rifle, new melee weapon, and the Dragan’s mask.
- PAYDAY 2: The OVERKILL Pack brings to the game a new minigun weapon, 3 minigun weapon mods, new rocket launcher weapon, new Escape Van skin, 1 Overkill mask, 10 new achievements, and bonus content.
- PAYDAY 2: The Butcher’s Western Pack comes with the Plainriders Bow, Repeater 1874, Peacemaker .45, Dynamite, 4 new melee weapons, 4 new masks, 4 new materials, 4 new patterns and 4 new achievements.
- PAYDAY 2: The Butcher’s AK/CAR Mod Pack includes 10 new weapon mods for the AK weapons, 10 new weapon mods for the CAR weapons, 4 new dinosaur masks, 4 new patterns, 4 new materials, and 8 achievements.
- PAYDAY 2: The Butcher’s BBQ Pack includes the Piglet Grenade launcher, the 12G Steakout Shotgun, Flamethrower Mk.1, Molotov cocktails, 4 new masks, 4 new materials, and 4 new achievements.
- PAYDAY 2: The Alesso Heist brings players to the Gensec arena, 1 new revolver, 4 weapon modifications, 4 new melee weapons, 4 new masks, 4 new patterns, 4 materials and 5 achievements.
- PAYDAY 2: The Golden Grin Casino Heist is the last contract from the Dentist. This comes with a new rifle, 3 new weapon modifications, 4 new melee weapons, 4 new masks, 4 new patterns, 4 materials, and 5 achievements.
- PAYDAY 2: Sokol Character Pack brings Sokol the Grinder as a playable character. It also comes with the Grinder perk deck, a new rifle, three new weapon mods, new melee weapon, and the Sokol mask.
- PAYDAY 2: Yakuza Character Pack adds Jiro the Yakuza as part of Payday plus new perk deck, a new weapon, 5 new weapon mods, a new melee weapon and a new mask.
- PAYDAY 2: Gage Ninja Pack brings in the Pistol Crossbow, Lebensauger .308, Kross Vertex, Poisoned Arrow, Shuriken throwing star, 6 Pistol Crossbow Weapon Mods, 4 new melee weapons, 4 new masks, 4 new patterns, 4 new materials and 4 new achievements.
- PAYDAY 2: Gage Chivalry Pack adds the English Longbow, Throwable Javelin, Light Crossbow, Heavy Crossbow, 4 new melee weapons, 4 new masks, 4 new patterns, 4 new materials, and 4 new achievements.
- PAYDAY 2: The Point Break Heists comes with all new heists from Locke, 6 new songs, a new pistol, new pistol mods, 4 new melee weapons, 4 new masks, 4 new patterns, 4 materials and 10 achievements.
- PAYDAY 2: The Goat Simulator Heist brings a new mission from Vlad which is a two-day heist. This also comes with 2 new songs, a new shotgun, 4 new melee weapons, 3 new masks, 4 new patterns, 4 materials, and 5 achievements.
- PAYDAY 2: Wolf Pack brings back two new classics which are Counterfeit and Undercover jobs. This also comes with 2 new songs, a new secondary grenade launcher, new melee weapon, 4 new masks, 4 new patterns, 4 new materials, and 10 new achievements.
- PAYDAY 2: Biker Character Pack brings in a new Payday character named Rust. It also adds a perk deck, breaker 12G shotgun, weapon mods, chain whip, and a mask.
- PAYDAY 2: Sydney Character Pack adds Sydney, the Anarchist Perk Deck, the Bootleg assault rifle, two new unique mods, Wing the knife, and Sydney’s mask.
- PAYDAY 2: The Biker Heist brings a 2-day heist, the SMG: CR 805B, weapon mods, a throwing axe, 4 new masks, 4 new materials, 4 patterns, music and achievements.
- PAYDAY 2: John Wick Weapon Pack brings 4 new weapons and additional mods, 4 new masks,four new patterns, four new materials, and 4 achievements.
- PAYDAY 2: Gage Spec Ops Pack includes 12 new weapons, new mods, special missions, 4 new achievements, 4 new masks, 4 new patterns, and 4 new material.
- PAYDAY 2: Scarface Heist adds the Scarface Mansion Heist, 2 new weapons, 4 masks, 4 materials, 4 patterns, and 6 new achievements.
- PAYDAY 2: John Wick Heists brings 2 new heists, the Contractor .308 Sniper Rifle, a new melee weapon called the Hook, 4 new masks, 4 new materials, 4 new patterns, and 12 new achievements
- PAYDAY 2: Gage Russian Weapon Pack comes with 3 weapons, 1 melee weapon, 4 masks, 4 materials, 4 patterns, and 4 achievements.
DLC Pack
The DLC Pack includes 36 DLC of the game:
- PAYDAY 2: Gage Sniper Pack brings sniper rifles to the game plus 17 new achievements, four new masks, four new materials, four new zip-lines, vantage point assets and the ability to rename and move weapons and masks.
- PAYDAY 2: Gage Mod Courier lets players act as the courier for Gage the weapons dealer. This comes with 28 new weapon modes, 10 new achievements, and the addition of the reticle switches.
- PAYDAY 2: Armored Transport brings 2 additional heists spread over 6 different locations, 3 new weapons, 4 new masks, and new achievements.
- PAYDAY 2: Gage Weapon Pack #01 brings frag grenades to the game plus 3 new weapons, single fire and autofire modifications, increased weapon slots, 4 new animal masks, 10 new achievements.
- PAYDAY 2: Gage Weapon Pack #02 brings back the infamous law enforcer called the Cloaker. This also comes with the Brenner-21 Light Machine Gun, some guns for show and pro knives as well as 4 new masks, four new materials, four new patterns, and 10 new achievements.
- PAYDAY 2: The Big Bank Heist comes with the biggest heist in the history of Payday. This also introduces the Dentist-Giancarlo Esposito who represents a huge clientele. A new weapon called the Falcon Rifle is added, plus 4 new masks, 4 new materials and patterns, and 10 new achievements.
- PAYDAY 2: Gage Shotgun Pack brings shotguns to the game as well as melee weapons and four new ammo types. This also comes with four new masks, four new materials and patterns plus 12 new achievements.
- PAYDAY 2: Gage Assault Pack brings in high-velocity rifles, some old weapons makes a comeback, 4 new melee weapons, four new masks, 4 new material patterns, and 10 achievements.
- PAYDAY 2: Hotline Miami brings in a new heist, 5 new melee weapons, 3 new submachine guns, 8 new maks, 8 new patterns, 8 new materials, 7 achievements, and a lot of mods.
- PAYDAY 2: Gage Historical Pack comes with four historic weapons, four new melee weapons, four new masks, four new materials and patterns, 5 achievements and doubled weapon slots.
- PAYDAY 2: The Diamond Heist brings an all-new heist, 4 new masks, 4 new patterns, 4 materials, 7 achievements and the multi-skill builds.
- PAYDAY 2: Clover Character Pack adds a new player to the game named Clover the Burglar. She comes with a burglar perk deck, a new assault rifle, a new melee weapon, and Clover’s mask.
- PAYDAY 2: The Bomb Heists brings in the Butcher, two new heists, the Dockyard heist, the Forest heist, a new secondary pistol, 4 new masks, 4 new patterns, 4 new materials and 11 achievements.
- PAYDAY 2: Dragan Character Pack comes with a new playable character called Dragan the Infiltrator. This also brings the Infiltrator perk deck, new assault rifle, new melee weapon, and the Dragan’s mask.
- PAYDAY 2: The OVERKILL Pack brings to the game a new minigun weapon, 3 minigun weapon mods, new rocket launcher weapon, new Escape Van skin, 1 Overkill mask, 10 new achievements, and bonus content.
- PAYDAY 2: The Butcher’s Western Pack comes with the Plainriders Bow, Repeater 1874, Peacemaker .45, Dynamite, 4 new melee weapons, 4 new masks, 4 new materials, 4 new patterns and 4 new achievements.
- PAYDAY 2: The Butcher’s AK/CAR Mod Pack includes 10 new weapon mods for the AK weapons, 10 new weapon mods for the CAR weapons, 4 new dinosaur masks, 4 new patterns, 4 new materials, and 8 achievements.
- PAYDAY 2: The Butcher’s BBQ Pack includes the Piglet Grenade launcher, the 12G Steakout Shotgun, Flamethrower Mk.1, Molotov cocktails, 4 new masks, 4 new materials, and 4 new achievements.
- PAYDAY 2: The Alesso Heist brings players to the Gensec arena, 1 new revolver, 4 weapon modifications, 4 new melee weapons, 4 new masks, 4 new patterns, 4 materials and 5 achievements.
- PAYDAY 2: The Golden Grin Casino Heist is the last contract from the Dentist. This comes with a new rifle, 3 new weapon modifications, 4 new melee weapons, 4 new masks, 4 new patterns, 4 materials, and 5 achievements.
- PAYDAY 2: Sokol Character Pack brings Sokol the Grinder as a playable character. It also comes with the Grinder perk deck, a new rifle, three new weapon mods, new melee weapon, and the Sokol mask.
- PAYDAY 2: Yakuza Character Pack adds Jiro the Yakuza as part of Payday plus new perk deck, a new weapon, 5 new weapon mods, a new melee weapon and a new mask.
- PAYDAY 2: Gage Ninja Pack brings in the Pistol Crossbow, Lebensauger .308, Kross Vertex, Poisoned Arrow, Shuriken throwing star, 6 Pistol Crossbow Weapon Mods, 4 new melee weapons, 4 new masks, 4 new patterns, 4 new materials and 4 new achievements.
- PAYDAY 2: Gage Chivalry Pack adds the English Longbow, Throwable Javelin, Light Crossbow, Heavy Crossbow, 4 new melee weapons, 4 new masks, 4 new patterns, 4 new materials, and 4 new achievements.
- PAYDAY 2: The Point Break Heists comes with all new heists from Locke, 6 new songs, a new pistol, new pistol mods, 4 new melee weapons, 4 new masks, 4 new patterns, 4 materials and 10 achievements.
- PAYDAY 2: The Goat Simulator Heist brings a new mission from Vlad which is a two-day heist. This also comes with 2 new songs, a new shotgun, 4 new melee weapons, 3 new masks, 4 new patterns, 4 materials, and 5 achievements.
- PAYDAY 2: Wolf Pack brings back two new classics which are Counterfeit and Undercover jobs. This also comes with 2 new songs, a new secondary grenade launcher, new melee weapon, 4 new masks, 4 new patterns, 4 new materials, and 10 new achievements.
- PAYDAY 2: Biker Character Pack brings in a new Payday character named Rust. It also adds a perk deck, breaker 12G shotgun, weapon mods, chain whip, and a mask.
- PAYDAY 2: Sydney Character Pack adds Sydney, the Anarchist Perk Deck, the Bootleg assault rifle, two new unique mods, Wing the knife, and Sydney’s mask.
- PAYDAY 2: The Biker Heist brings a 2-day heist, the SMG: CR 805B, weapon mods, a throwing axe, 4 new masks, 4 new materials, 4 patterns, music and achievements.
- PAYDAY 2: John Wick Weapon Pack brings 4 new weapons and additional mods, 4 new masks,four new patterns, four new materials, and 4 achievements.
- PAYDAY 2: Gage Spec Ops Pack includes 12 new weapons, new mods, special missions, 4 new achievements, 4 new masks, 4 new patterns, and 4 new material.
- PAYDAY 2: Scarface Heist adds the Scarface Mansion Heist, 2 new weapons, 4 masks, 4 materials, 4 patterns, and 6 new achievements.
- PAYDAY 2: John Wick Heists brings 2 new heists, the Contractor .308 Sniper Rifle, a new melee weapon called the Hook, 4 new masks, 4 new materials, 4 new patterns, and 12 new achievements
- PAYDAY 2: Gage Russian Weapon Pack comes with 3 weapons, 1 melee weapon, 4 masks, 4 materials, 4 patterns, and 4 achievements.
GOTY Edition
The GOTY Edition comes with the game plus a lot of DLCs of the game which includes:
- PAYDAY 2: A Merry Payday Christmas Soundtrack comes with 14 songs with Karaoke versions so that you can sing along.
- PAYDAY 2: Armored Transport brings 2 additional heists spread over 6 different locations, 3 new weapons, 4 new masks, and new achievements.
- PAYDAY 2: Clover Character Pack adds a new player to the game named Clover the Burglar. She comes with a burglar perk deck, a new assault rifle, a new melee weapon, and Clover’s mask.
- PAYDAY 2: Gage Assault Pack brings in high-velocity rifles, some old weapons makes a comeback, 4 new melee weapons, four new masks, 4 new material patterns, and 10 achievements.
- PAYDAY 2: Gage Historical Pack comes with four historic weapons, four new melee weapons, four new masks, four new materials and patterns, 5 achievements and doubled weapon slots.
- PAYDAY 2: Gage Mod Courier lets players act as the courier for Gage the weapons dealer. This comes with 28 new weapon modes, 10 new achievements, and the addition of the reticle switches.
- PAYDAY 2: Gage Shotgun Pack brings shotguns to the game as well as melee weapons and four new ammo types. This also comes with four new masks, four new materials and patterns plus 12 new achievements.
- PAYDAY 2: Gage Sniper Pack brings sniper rifles to the game plus 17 new achievements, four new masks, four new materials, four new zip-lines, vantage point assets and the ability to rename and move weapons and masks.
- PAYDAY 2: Gage Weapon Pack #01 brings frag grenades to the game plus 3 new weapons, single fire and autofire modifications, increased weapon slots, 4 new animal masks, 10 new achievements.
- PAYDAY 2: Gage Weapon Pack #02 brings back the infamous law enforcer called the Cloaker. This also comes with the Brenner-21 Light Machine Gun, some guns for show and pro knives as well as 4 new masks, four new materials, four new patterns, and 10 new achievements.
- PAYDAY 2: Hotline Miami brings in a new heist, 5 new melee weapons, 3 new submachine guns, 8 new maks, 8 new patterns, 8 new materials, 7 achievements, and a lot of mods.
- PAYDAY 2: Hoxton Breakout Heist is contracted by The Dentist where you must break out Hoston from prison. This comes with a new mask. 4 new achievements and two new songs.
- PAYDAY 2: John Wick Character Pack adds the playable character, John Wick, to the game. This also includes the Hitman perk deck, 2 new weapons, new weapon modifications, Akimbo- dual wield weapons, and 3 new shades.
- PAYDAY 2: Old Hoxton Character Pack lets you play as the gentleman Old Hoxton. This also comes with a 5th skill tree, crook perk deck, 2 weapons, first aid kits, new body bag case, and a new mask.
- PAYDAY 2: The Big Bank Heist comes with the biggest heist in the history of Payday. This also introduces the Dentist-Giancarlo Esposito who represents a huge clientele. A new weapon called the Falcon Rifle is added, plus 4 new masks, 4 new materials and patterns, and 10 new achievements.
- PAYDAY 2: The Charlie Santa Heist is a classic bank job based on Counterstrike: Global Offensive. It comes with a weapon modification, a Santa mask, and 9 new achievements.
- PAYDAY 2: The Death Wish Update brings a new difficulty level, 2 new enemy types, 4 new masks, a free melee weapon, and 35 new achievements.
- PAYDAY 2: The Diamond Heist brings an all-new heist, 4 new masks, 4 new patterns, 4 materials, 7 achievements and the multi-skill builds.
- PAYDAY 2: The Diamond Store Heist is a contract against the Gioielli Di Famiglia jewelry store. This comes with 4 new masks, patterns and materials, the Ilija the Sniper, and 11 new updates.
- PAYDAY 2: The Election Day Heist is a contract from a corrupt politician called the Elephant. This comes with a new pistol, a big stealth update, new asset types, skill changes and 10 achievements.
- PAYDAY 2: The Infamy Update lets players advance beyond level 100, introduce 5 new masks, 4 new materials, 4 new patterns, and 5 new achievements.
- PAYDAY 2: The Official Soundtrack includes 22 music tracks from the game in MP3. The tracks are composed by Simon Viklund.
- PAYDAY 2: The Shadow Raid Heist is a contract from Bain and Gage and it is a stealth heist. You will be stealing an ancient samurai armor. Players will also unlock a new mask and 6 new achievements.
Pack x4 Edition
The pack x4 comes with 4 copies of Payday 2 plus 9 free updates:
- PAYDAY 2: John Wick Character Pack adds the playable character, John Wick, to the game. This also includes the Hitman perk deck, 2 new weapons, new weapon modifications, Akimbo- dual wield weapons, and 3 new shades.
- PAYDAY 2: Old Hoxton Character Pack lets you play as the gentleman Old Hoxton. This also comes with a 5th skill tree, crook perk deck, 2 weapons, first aid kits, new body bag case, and a new mask.
- PAYDAY 2: Hoxton Breakout Heist is contracted by The Dentist where you must break out Hoston from prison. This comes with a new mask. 4 new achievements and two new songs.
- PAYDAY 2: The Shadow Raid Heist is a contract from Bain and Gage and it is a stealth heist. You will be stealing an ancient samurai armor. Players will also unlock a new mask and 6 new achievements.
- PAYDAY 2: The Election Day Heist is a contract from a corrupt politician called the Elephant. This comes with a new pistol, a big stealth update, new asset types, skill changes and 10 achievements.
- PAYDAY 2: The Death Wish Update brings a new difficulty level, 2 new enemy types, 4 new masks, a free melee weapon, and 35 new achievements.
- PAYDAY 2: The Infamy Update lets players advance beyond level 100, introduce 5 new masks, 4 new materials, 4 new patterns, and 5 new achievements.
- PAYDAY 2: The Charlie Santa Heist is a classic bank job based on Counterstrike: Global Offensive. It comes with a weapon modification, a Santa mask, and 9 new achievements.
- PAYDAY 2: The Diamond Store Heist is a contract against the Gioielli Di Famiglia jewelry store. This comes with 4 new masks, patterns and materials, the Ilija the Sniper, and 11 new updates.
Franchise Pack
This Game pack contains Payday 2 and Payday the Heist.
- Payday 2 – It’s one heist after another as CRIMENET offers a wide array of contracts ranging from small-time convenience store robberies, to big-time heists!
- Payday the Heist – The first game in the Payday franchise plays the role of a hardened criminal executing intense, dynamic heists in constant pursuit of the next big score.
Legacy Collection
This Edition of Payday 2 contains the base game and all of the available paid DLCs up until December 2018 with the exception of the h3h3 character pack.
Minimum System Requirements:
- OS: Windows XP SP3
- CPU: Intel Dual Core 2.0 Ghz
- RAM: 2 GB
- HDD: 13 GB
- GPU: AMD Radeon HD 2600, NVIDIA GeForce 8800
- DirectX: 9
Recommended System Requirements:
- OS: Windows XP SP3 / Vista / 7
- CPU: Intel Quad Core 2.3 Ghz
- RAM: 3 GB
- HDD: 13 GB
- GPU: AMD Radeon HD 5850, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460
- DirectX: 9
PAYDAY 2: Gage Sniper Pack brings sniper rifles to the game plus 17 new achievements, four new masks, four new materials, four new zip-lines, vantage point assets and the ability to rename and move weapons and masks.
PAYDAY 2: Gage Mod Courier lets players act as the courier for Gage the weapons dealer. This comes with 28 new weapon modes, 10 new achievements, and the addition of the reticle switches.
PAYDAY 2: Armored Transport brings 2 additional heists spread over 6 different locations, 3 new weapons, 4 new masks, and new achievements.
PAYDAY 2: Gage Weapon Pack #01 brings frag grenades to the game plus 3 new weapons, single fire and autofire modifications, increased weapon slots, 4 new animal masks, 10 new achievements.
PAYDAY 2: Gage Weapon Pack #02 brings back the infamous law enforcer called the Cloaker. This also comes with the Brenner-21 Light Machine Gun, some guns for show and pro knives as well as 4 new masks, four new materials, four new patterns, and 10 new achievements.
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Payday 2, a title developed OVERKIL and acquired by Starbreeze Studios in 2016. As of the the decade old crime and heist co-op action fps game is still going pretty strong, despite a rocky start and puzzling approach by the team.
The game see us as part of a heist gang, completing contracts scattered around the bullettin board, all featuring different type of heist as well as difficulties. Generally speaking the type of heist are divided into 2 big categories: Loud and stealth.
Loud missions are simple gun and loot missions, which often require us defending and complete certain actions to create loot. We are also required to deliver those loot while defending from waves of police officers, all featuring different level of threat, with special units to look out for. Generally speaking these are most most rewarding money and exp wise.
Stealth are as the name says stealth based missions, where we must complete objectives much like you would in a story mission game, without being caught. While there are missions which will shift into a loud mission if we get discovered, it’s usually better sticking to a stealth approach, as certain collectible and customizable are obtain through stealth.
While mission can be divided into multiple days, they also feature a randomized locations of certain objective making it also difficult and at times impossible to complete certain missions as some of the stuff we need will be missing coverting the stealth mission into a loud one (often forcing us to restart). Not to mention some objective are also more prone to be completed at higher difficulties, which obviously in turn make things quite dicey.
The game features several classes, some unlocked by playing while other requiring DLCs packs, all having different playstyle and abilities which make them stand out more regarding the type of mission (loud or stealth). At our disposals we’ll have a main weapon and secondary weapon, a hand-to-hand weapon, utilities grenades as well as extra utilities and an armor to absorb enemy hits (which regenerate after taking cover for a bit). All also influence the level of “visibility” we have with the lower it is the more the guards are unaware of us or take longer to discover us as some dangerous person (it only has a meaning in stealth mission), not to mention each weapon has its own threat level used to scare civilians and weaker cops, using them as exchange tokens in case a friend is taken down too many time (resulting in getting arrested, thus need a hostage exchange to bring him back).
Back to how the game was a few years ago the skill level ceiling has gone up a lot, with a complete rework of the game difficulty exponentially increased, but the game is still quite fun to play, especially after reaching the first infamy level and being experienced enough to take on the more harder and more fun stealth missions, requiring careful planning and coordination between people, thus requiring to be player with friends.
Te biggest downside of the game is probably the need to acquire the DLCs as the most powerful characters and especially weapons are locked behind them, often making the base game pretty barebone. So if it’s up your alley, I’d suggest on getting the bundle packs, especially the legacy collection featuring most of the needed weapons as well the nicer maps.
Payday 2 is an adrenaline-fueled cooperative heist game that delivers an exhilarating and action-packed experience. As part of a team of skilled criminals, players undertake daring heists, from bank robberies to diamond heists, while dealing with intense police resistance.
The game’s cooperative gameplay is where it truly shines, as players must work together and communicate effectively to execute their plans successfully. Each member of the team can specialize in different roles, such as a mastermind, enforcer, technician, or ghost, bringing a unique set of skills to the table.
Progression is rewarding, with experience points unlocking new skills, weapons, and equipment. This sense of progression keeps players engaged and motivated to tackle increasingly daring heists.
Overall, Payday 2 delivers an intense and addictive cooperative heist experience. Whether playing with friends or with the game’s AI-controlled characters, the thrill of pulling off the perfect heist never gets old.
Payday 2 is an adrenaline-fueled cooperative heist game that offers thrilling action and strategic gameplay. With its emphasis on teamwork and planning, players can execute elaborate robberies in various settings. The game’s extensive weapon and skill customization options provide a sense of progression and personalization. However, the repetitive mission structure and occasional AI quirks can be a drawback. Despite that, Payday 2 delivers an immersive and intense heisting experience that keeps players coming back for more high-stakes action.
Fun robbery game, does get stale after a few hundred hours tho
very fun game without DLC is not as easy but still fun