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Score: 9.0/10  [1 review]
4 out of 5
ProdID: 4991 - Payday 2
Developed by Overkill Software

Payday 2
Price:
$69.99
Available:
August 2013

Payday 2 product reviews

PAYDAY 2 is an action-packed, four-player co-op shooter that once again lets gamers don the masks of the original PAYDAY crew - Dallas, Hoxton, Wolf and Chains - as they descend on Washington D.C. for an epic crime spree.

The new CRIMENET network offers a huge range of dynamic contracts and players are free to choose anything from small-time convenience store hits or kidnappings, to major league cyber-crime or emptying out major bank vaults for that epic PAYDAY. While in D.C., why not participate in the local community and run a few political errands?

Up to four friends co-operate on the hits and as the crew progresses the jobs become bigger, better and more rewarding. Along with earning more money and becoming a legendary criminal comes a new character customization and crafting system that lets crews build and customize their own guns and gear.

Features:
    •  CRIMENET - The dynamic contract database lets gamers pick and choose from available jobs by connecting with local contacts such as Vlad the Ukrainian, shady politician "The Elephant" and Mexican drug trafficker Hector, all with their own agenda and best interests in mind. CRIMENET features dozens of varied, exciting jobs and as the player progresses, new contacts with new jobs become available.
    •  Choose Your Profession - As players progress they can invest in any of four special professions: the Mastermind, the Enforcer, the Ghost and the Technician. Each features a deep customization tree of associated skills and equipment to master and they can be mixed and matched to create the ultimate heister.
    •  PAYDAY Loot - Finishing a job isn't just an accomplishment to be proud of. After a successful heist gamers will also earn rare and powerful new equipment such as masks, weapons mods, mask modifications and a variety of other accessories.
    •  Weapons and Modifications - A brand new arsenal for the serious heister covering everything from sniper and assault rifles to compact PDWs and SMGs. Once players have settled for a favourite, they can modify it with optics, suppressors, fore grips, reticles, barrels, frames and stocks - all of which will affect the performance of their weapon. There are also purely aesthetic enhancements - why not go for the drug lord look with polished walnut grips for your nine?
    •  Mission Assets - Every job has a set of purchasable assets that can alter and enhance the heist such as a faster escape car, blueprints or even inside help.
    •  Character Upgrades - The signature PAYDAY mask can now be customized into tens of thousands of different combinations, colour and material variations and there is a bigger selection of gear to wear for the discerning high-fashion heister.
    •  Multistage Jobs - Many contracts feature several separate stages allowing for mission forks and different outcomes depending on what the players accomplish in each individual stage.



Tags:
bank robber   heist   payday
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Review by: mizim (Miriam)
Dated: 7th of January, 2014

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This Review: 9.0/10
Value for Money:
Score 8 out of 10
Immersion Factor:
Score 9 out of 10
Sleepless Nights:
Score 9 out of 10
Replayability:
Score 10 out of 10

When this came out it quickly headed to number one on the most rented games list at our local video shop, so when it was finally in my husband quickly grabbed it off the shelf and was most disappointed when he had to return it.

Crimenet is Facebook for thieves. Jobs blink randomly across a map of Washington DC, from bank heists to robbing art galleries, each offering a unique challenge. No two jobs are the same, either, which makes the game even better. The game is randomized each time that you play it, from who hires you, to who your enemy is (numbers, weapons etc.), the position of security cameras, or whether certain doors are locked. The greater the risk, the bigger the payday, start off small and build you way up to bigger and better jobs.

You can play Payday 2 solo, but it's really all about co-op. The game is quick to revive you if you're downed, but is otherwise pretty useless as it can't pick up loot, tie up civilians, or drill safes, so if you like a good co-op game then this is the one for you. Heists are unpredictable, and will change when you least expect it. The getaway driver might be arrested, for example, forcing you to find another way to escape, alarms could suddenly go off and so forth.

RPG character progression and a class system give it surprising depth. You can build your character to excel at different schools of thievery: the stealthy Ghost, the intimidating Mastermind, the powerful Enforcer, the gadget-loving Technician - or a mix of all four. There can be some problems with weapons, but the money you earn doing jobs can help to buy what is needed to help fix the issue.

My husband rated this game upon what it seems to be made for, its co-op play, with the right people you can rule the world, or at least make off with millions of dollars.

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