This game makes me sad. I've played PAYDAY 2 since about 2015-2016 on and off and enjoyed it relentlessly throughout until the end and once I heard the third installment in the sequel was on the way, I was obviously hyped. I pre-ordered the game for 100 euros, told all my friends about it, and had faith in the developers because of how much I loved PAYDAY 2. How did that go?

From playing pre-ordering the game, playing it during early access and actually enjoying the game whilst having few complaints to the game releasing, to the game being completely unplayable on launch, and when it was playable finding games were basically impossible. I queued for a solo stealth game so I could just try to enjoy the game. I waited for 1 hour and 45 minutes before I found a game. Reminder, that game I was trying to find was SINGLE PLAYER. This soured my experience but it also made me realise that my complaints were far too many.

This game isn't finished. At all. This is a soulless attempt to revive the love for a series that made OVERKILL, the developers, millions of cash and fans. This is a true spit to the face to every PAYDAY fan out there and it shows truly how greedy OVERKILL have been. I mean, to even DARE release DLC that costs twice as much as a PAYDAY 2 DLC would cost, with less effort put in, whilst the game is unfinished, buggy and catastrophic is just despicable. Focus on fixing the game before trying to milk everyone.

Speaking of milking everyone, remember I talked about pre-ordering? What I didn't tell you is that if you did pre-order this game, you'd get the trifecta lootbag. A pre-order bonus that gave you a fancy new suit, cool mask, and luxurious gloves. Quite "generous" for a pre-order. Well, guess what? Now that same very pre-order bonus has been released on Steam as PAID DLC. Is this a joke?

And since launch, so many promises were made with so many goals in mind with so much feedback to take in but nothing has been delivered fully. It's just "on the table" according to the developers. Are you kidding me?

PAYDAY has always been a lovely franchise for me but this entry truly disgraces the legacy the PAYDAY games have built up. It's such a shame and it genuinely pains me to write this review but I feel like I NEED to write this review in order to forget I ever blew my cash on this mess. Do not purchase this game at full price, do not even purchase this at reduced price if you can UNTIL this game finally gets the fix it deserves. There's good premisce here that has potential but until OVERKILL gets to work properly and be it more quickly, this game will die out even faster then it's currently doing.

P.S: Knowing that the publisher is Deep Silver too scares me, considering what happened to Saints Row and Volition not too long ago.

This game makes me sad. I've played PAYDAY 2 since about 2015-2016 on and off and enjoyed it relentlessly throughout until the end and once I heard the third installment in the sequel was on the way, I was obviously hyped. I pre-ordered the game for 100 euros, told all my friends about it, and had faith in the developers because of how much I loved PAYDAY 2. How did that go? From playing pre-ordering the game, playing it during early access and actually enjoying the game whilst having few complaints to the game releasing, to the game being completely unplayable on launch, and when it was playable finding games were basically impossible. I queued for a solo stealth game so I could just try to enjoy the game. I waited for 1 hour and 45 minutes before I found a game. Reminder, that game I was trying to find was SINGLE PLAYER. This soured my experience but it also made me realise that my complaints were far too many. This game isn't finished. At all. This is a soulless attempt to revive the love for a series that made OVERKILL, the developers, millions of cash and fans. This is a true spit to the face to every PAYDAY fan out there and it shows truly how greedy OVERKILL have been. I mean, to even DARE release DLC that costs twice as much as a PAYDAY 2 DLC would cost, with less effort put in, whilst the game is unfinished, buggy and catastrophic is just despicable. Focus on fixing the game before trying to milk everyone. Speaking of milking everyone, remember I talked about pre-ordering? What I didn't tell you is that if you did pre-order this game, you'd get the trifecta lootbag. A pre-order bonus that gave you a fancy new suit, cool mask, and luxurious gloves. Quite "generous" for a pre-order. Well, guess what? Now that same very pre-order bonus has been released on Steam as PAID DLC. Is this a joke? And since launch, so many promises were made with so many goals in mind with so much feedback to take in but nothing has been delivered fully. It's just "on the table" according to the developers. Are you kidding me? PAYDAY has always been a lovely franchise for me but this entry truly disgraces the legacy the PAYDAY games have built up. It's such a shame and it genuinely pains me to write this review but I feel like I NEED to write this review in order to forget I ever blew my cash on this mess. Do not purchase this game at full price, do not even purchase this at reduced price if you can UNTIL this game finally gets the fix it deserves. There's good premisce here that has potential but until OVERKILL gets to work properly and be it more quickly, this game will die out even faster then it's currently doing. P.S: Knowing that the publisher is Deep Silver too scares me, considering what happened to Saints Row and Volition not too long ago.