Payday 3 (Jacket) | § [Livestream]
1Payday 3 is a 2023 cooperative first-person shooter game developed by Starbreeze Studios and published by Deep Silver. The game is a sequel to Payday 2, and is the third installment in the Payday series. It was released for PlayStation 5, Windows, and Xbox Series X/S on 21 September 2023.
The game released to overall negative reviews, most due to the frequent server issues the game had during its first week. The PlayStation 5 version released as a beta build lacking much of the content in the final game, prompting more negative reviews. The game initially reached a “Very Negative” rating on Steam at 31%, until rising a few weeks later up to a "Mixed" 40%.
As of the Fear & Greed DLC and the September 18th - 24th sale, PAYDAY 3 reviews on Steam have remained Mixed, with recent reviews adding up to Mostly Positive.
PAYDAY 2 is a co-operative first-person shooter action game developed by Overkill Software, and the successor to PAYDAY: The Heist. It was released on August 13, 2013, for Windows, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 via digital distribution and retail. A SteamOS and Linux version was released on March 21st, 2016.
An enhanced version (PAYDAY: Crimewave Edition) for the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 was released on June 12th, 2015 for Europe and June 16th for North America. Subsequently, an even more expansive edition called PAYDAY 2: The Big Score Edition was released on September 8th, 2016 for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One owners, which includes all of the Crimewave version's content and additional DLCs released up until the end of 2015. In April 2017, a Nintendo Switch version of PAYDAY 2 announcement was made, with its release in February 27th of 2018. As part of the Winds of Change announcement by the company, on the 9th of December of 2019, the Nintendo Switch version is announced to cease future content development due to performance and optimization issues.
Lastly, all pre-2019 content updates for PAYDAY 2, save for the H3h3 Character Pack, will be made free with the release of PAYDAY 2 Ultimate Edition (later renamed PAYDAY 2 Legacy Edition) on June 8th, 2017. All DLCs save the aforementioned one were delisted and made unpurchasable after this date.
Following the full acquisition of the PAYDAY IP by Starbreeze in May 2016, the developers have announced an extension for their content support for the game, with it now ending in late October 2018 and the confirmation of PAYDAY 3, though PAYDAY 2 itself will be maintained at least for the foreseeable future.
Overkill announced on the 25th of October 2019, development of PAYDAY 2 will begin once again, bringing both free content, and paid DLC, on future content updates. Additionally, Ultimate Edition has been renamed into 'Legacy Edition', which includes all content pre-White House.
PAYDAY 2 was announced when very little information was shared, other than Overkill Software would work on the sequel and 505 Games would publish it. In March, Overkill began showing previews of the game to major gaming publications.
PAYDAY 2 is a cooperative first-person shooter with RPG elements. Up to four players can cooperate in a heist.
The base game featured 12 heists, some of which take place over multiple days and locations. Overkill has released new heists through free or paid DLC, bring the total number of unique heist locations to over 70.
Similar to the original PAYDAY, heists have many dynamic events. For example, guards may have different patrol routes, safes and vaults may be in different locations, and the amount of cash and loot may be different. Some heists, such as Bank Heist, have different variants depending on the goal (i.e., cash, gold, deposit boxes).
In each heist, players are required to complete objectives, usually in an effort to steal cash, intel, or valuables.
During the heist, the police will assault with waves of enemies in an attempt to eliminate the players. The players must overcome them and complete the objectives before escaping. For some of the heists, a stealth option is available, allowing players to finish a heist without police intervening. But should the alarm be sounded, the police will begin their assault.
The Skills system featured in the original PAYDAY has been more fleshed out, and has been compared more to an RPG-like leveling system, with five classes, and further 3 categories per class, that players can choose to specialize in:
Broadcasted live on Twitch -- Watch live at https://www.twitch.tv/dboozy
#payday
#shootergames
#money