Recent reviews by Thragg

I aint readin all that

the controls are insanely unintuitive

5/10. Mediocre.

Game has been pretty solid.

new review as of May '24. The developers have overtuned the entire game. It was a fun, social game that spread for the former reasoning. Now it has been adjusted into a box that the developers are telling the players is 'fun', not knowing that they've essentially killed the entire reason for players to join. This game is a power fantasy, nothing more, nothing less. A vast majority of players get onto a game to have fun and this is no longer a source of that for 9/10 people, including casual buyers. The game will die, and will never reach 100k players ever again. It WAS fun while it lasted. Uninstalled.

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this is the most fun ive had in years




lots of bugs. no rejoin feature, you will lose about 20-30% of your progress no matter what you do, as your game will crash. You will lose network connectivity, even if the servers are not full or at peak hours. you will join games, and be unable to put a loadout on, your guns will disappear randomly and cause your game to be unplayable, you will suffer from an extremely poor ptt and voice com system, you cannot turn down others volumes, only mute them, you will be forced to used meta loadouts, as you cannot complete higher difficulties without them. I enjoy hard difficulties, but their idea of difficulty is just more armor, not smarter enemies, or a tactical strategy. there is minimal endgame, only a grind to show off your complete set of gear. there is no minmaxing, or stats to be seen. the armors have stats that are shown as unique but provide only negatives and minimal positives at best, teamwork is forced upon you, but most teamwork is punished, not rewarded. there are only two enemy types, and only one primary weapon worth using. this is clearly a beta product, it is fun to play, but once the initial high wears off, it is not worth continuing to play. out of the last 10 games i played, i received enough medals to buy a single cape, and a pack of 25 premium currency (less than a buck worth), as at least half of the games were network connection errors or i was kicked by low levels who wants the samples i carried. The tutorial is sparse at best and leaves a vast majority of players clueless when they begin playing. map design is great, the graphics are good, the optimisation is alright, i play on an ultrawide monitor and it doesnt tear and fills the entire screen. playing with a 4090, i have minimal stuttering on max graphics, and i have only noticed stuttering when players join a lobby.

overall, i would give this game a play for about 50-100 hours. then it isnt worth touching until major updates release, ie new playable enemies, or another 20 or so toys to use, and a major rebalance sweep is necessary to make everyhting other than 2 weapons viable in all tiers of difficulty.

Fun. Sorta simple, little tricks can be learned that basically make the entire game too easy

dont get it if you have an ultrawide, you can barely see anything on the screen

not for me, a bit too straightforward/ on rails. I like build diversity and freedom of growth in my rpg/strategy games.

sorta butt

8 missions that are ok
youll be using the same guns 5 guns for the first 20+ hours
the progression is terrible and slow
the game feels cleaner and looks better than pd2
I spent $90 for essentially ~40 hours of playtime, if i clock in 5 hours per mission

4/10. Pretty blatant cash grab. Zero passion, developer is just here to crank out paychecks.

came back, progression still too slow, no new guns, no goofy builds, dead silent communication, its just payday 2.5