PayDay 2

All right! here's the deal: Go in, drill the door and get the loot. Simple as that! ...or so you think. What could go wrong in a heist with a mask? Well maybe an army of policemen trying their best to stop you from running away with the money!

Today I'll write about Payday 2, the "successor" of the first game;  Payday: The Heist.

It's back, and it's awesome! If you've been missing co-op games like me, you've been waiting for this one for a long time. The Season of games, good Singeplayer or multiplayer alike, is really empty and dry, We are sitting patiently waiting for new games to be released.

Let me tell you about the first game before we go into the sequel.

Payday: The Heist

Payday: The Heist is an FPS "arcade" shooter and it was allright, it had it's few issues but it made it bearable. The only thing that really annoyed me with the game was how hard it was, even the starter missions! 


We actually needed to do headshots to save bullets and never spray around for "suppressive fire" (mostly because there was no such thing in the first game). And the massive armies of police men that came, oh god.

Not only that, but there was so few missions and you actually needed to level up to do the other ones since the starter weapons was too weak for you to beat the next level. So it ended up as a grindfest at best. So doing the same Heist over and over again made it really boring at the end. 

But then again! I had a blast playing this game with friends, even though we had some hard times on certain missions it felt really rewarding getting that cash at the end.

Let us move on to Payday 2!

Payday 2

Dallas, Hoxton, Wolf and chains is back to get more loot! 

2 Years later Payday 2 finally came out, and it's bigger and better! The skill system is simpler to handle and to understand than the original one and the inventory is so much nicer!

Payday 2 is pretty much the same, but with better graphic and AI.

It feels more fluent to sneak around and trying to have a stealth mission instead of just shoot your way through and way couple of minutes until the drill is done. There is so many ways to actually encounter a heist, sometimes it can even go to hell and you just need to go all in!

Now let's look at the Skills and Inventory!

INVENTORY

As you can see the inventory is much better and makes it all tidy and clean! You have a tab for every need!

Primary, Secondary, Armor , Equipment, Mask and the desired Character you want to be in your heist

The information about the weapons can be found at the middle right and you can see the difference between the weapons and the visibility on the top. The weapons are pretty much personal taste on what you think is best. And don't even think about using Silencer on weapons if you don't use the Ghost talent: "The Proffesional" which increased the damage you do with Silenced guns. (It's allright to do on normal/hard-ish missions, but later on, no... just no)

SKILLS

The skill list hast been made so much easier than the previous game so you wont even be in doubt on what thing does, the description is at the right side and is pretty much telling you what skills does and what happens if you "ace" them (Upgrading it).

You have 4 different "classes": 

Mastermind (Medic/hostage dude, skills on pistol)

Enforcer (Tanky dude with skills on Shotgun. can use a SAW!)

Technician (My favorite, Boosting the drill and  can put down sentries and Trip mines) Ghost (the sneaky type, gets increased damage on silenced weapons and reduced fall damage)

You also have "TIER" bonuses which is gained when the desired amount of skill points used in that skill tree, it's hard to see right away, but it's the bar between the tier 1-5 and the skill points needed. AKA 1|01 - 6|40 bar. So in other words it means that you need 40 points spent in one class to get all the Tier bonuses for that class.

Gameplay

At first the "server list" (called Crime.net) looks quite chaotic and messy, but the filter is there for a reason (top right corner if you cant see it). The Filter can easily be fixed so you can either see worldwide, Close or Friends only. I'd recommend sticking it to Close if you're not planning to play with friends only.

Although i do recommend playing this game with only friends, you might get lucky and get good random players that communicate and teamwork, just don't rely on it.

Hosting a game can be a pain at times too, because you first need to find a good Mission you wanna do. if you look at the picture you'll see 2 white "text bubbles" which is the missions you can host, and the circle in it is a timer before it disappear. 

The difficulty is from Normal to Pro Job.

You also have Overkill which is pretty much what it says, It's an overkill of enemies and they wont stop coming... maybe for a 2 minute break or so before hell breaks loose again!

The mission I've found the most fun and rewarding is the Bank Job, a medium sized bank with gives you a lot of cash and challenges at times. 

If you don't pay attention to all the entrances/exits you will have a hard time since they will be going in everywhere, they are like an army of ARMED zombies!

The nice thing about this game compared to it's first is all the interactions you can do, If you need to get a door open, Either Pick lock/drill/saw/C4 it and you're in! (depends on the door though)

Having problems with snipers or people shooting you from the other side of the street? No problem! just Barricade the windows with planks you find randomly stashed around, makes the police assault much easier to handle.

Now then! I will not make a guide about how to solve the missions stealthy or head on, because I don't even have a clue myself right now, I usually just go head on and force them all down to the floor and drilling as fast as I can. AND fending off the cops while i do it! (DON'T FORGET TO GET THEM HOSTAGES ZIPPED!)

The only thing i need now is a Unicorn so I can ride myself into battle! Why?

Because this game is pretty much as unrealistic as you can get when it comes to Bank heist etc. I mean, A full combined tactical west and people don't find that suspicious right away? And how they send in the whole country after you because of a tiny bank with around 500K dollars? 

Nevertheless! I love this game because of the arcade type and the required cooperation and communication with your fellow players to actually do good in this game.

Now this covers most of the information you need about this game, hopefully it answered most of you questions you have! Feel free to comment if there is something missing or alike!

KEEP ON GAMING!