Well maybe they shouldn’t have launched their game in a shit state, but I’m screaming into the wind with that opinion.
Geeekaaay
“WHY DON’T PEOPLE LIKE PLAYING OUR BROKEN, UNFINISHED, INFRIOR TO PREVIOUS PRODUCT, “GAME”?!?!?!?
Sicparvismagneto
i could have played 2 games on payday 2 in the time it took for me to give up on trying to figure out why I couldn’t log into my starbreeze account…
MatsThyWit
I looked up Payday 2 once, thinking about getting into the series, and all I saw was page after page after page of paid DLC and paywalled content. I immediately decided screw it. I didn’t know what to bother getting, and what was not worth my money, and I decided that meant none of it was worth my money.
splash_43
crazy idea, but a game that launches in a shit state, with LESS features than the 2nd game kind of makes me NOT wanna play it
MaxStrengthLvlFly
They released a 17 dollar dlc before fixing the game, fuck starbreeze
Crotch_Football
The game is also significantly worse than players expected
Sam-I-Am29
I downloaded it on Xbox (thank you GamePass) and it still wanted my email before I could play. Why? I don’t want your marketing stuff, I shouldn’t need an additional account, I just want to play the game. That alone has kept me from starting it. Which is a shame, because PayDay 2 was a blast.
Wulfger
I bought Payday 3 on launch and had fun with it, but the UI and progression systems were terrible and there just wasn’t a lot of replayability in the heists. I played through it with friends and once you’ve managed to stealth complete all the missions there’s really no motivation to come back again, particularly when you get less XP for playing levels over again since progression is based around completing challenges rather that finishing heists. It doesn’t help that their first DLC was ludicrously priced for a single heist as well.
There’s also the fact that it’s lacking some key features that made Payday 2 a blast, like having multistage heists. The heists in Payday 3 are generally pretty good, but it’s weird that they’re not as intricate as in Payday 2.
andrewgvn
Disappointment of the year for 2023 imo. They had years upon years to do this right, and… they screw it up.
MrAdvisor1
That’s what you get for releasing it with more bugs than bullets.
Paralta
Me and my boy poured hours into payday 2 to grind out enough money for the saw and other stuff. The game doesn’t feel rewarding.
Gamebird8
I’ve played all the heists in Payday 3. They’re fun, but not very deep.
They’ve fixed a lot of my gripes with Stealth in Payday 2, but the heists just don’t really take advantage of them in ways that “Go Bank” for example could.
bgg-uglywalrus
Publisher surprised people didn’t buy a game launched in a barely working state. More info on that at 10. Also, is fire hot? Find out with our correspondent who will stick his hand into a dozen fires to find out.
OldPyjama
That’s what happens when you release faeces.
l_______I
Oh, no! Anyway…
Dyyrin
Who would’ve thought a game that was unplayable literally month of release due to servers and another company making you make an account for another service that didn’t work.
No-Cash-9923
Sure, release broken game first, then hit us with overpriced dlc. Makes perfect sense, right? Brilliant strategy
marniconuke
you don’t say
_Kiaza_
Maybe don’t make and release shitty games..?
MarkWorldOrder
If you bought this I don’t feel bad for you lol. You should have expected this.
MikeTheDude23
The game is shallow as fuck. No personality, none of the previous features and just bare bone experience. If this was a early acess, no problem. But these devs had years to make a game. And this is what they came up with? Real WTF here.
hydronegative
Releasing piles of steaming hot garbage will do that unfortunately
KriptiKFate_Cosplay
Yeah well.. implement VR and I can promise you one more sale. Best I can do.
zarkon18
Good. Fuck em. Hope the studio folds.
Ki11s0n3
Game launches broken with little content and before it’s fixed or more content is added for everyone they release an expensive DLC heist.
It’s not surprising no one is playing. They released a broken game and took to long to fix it and then released paid DLC while the game still runs like crap.
ColdCocking
The quality of your game is significantly lower than I expected
IxNeedxMorphine
Offline mode would have fixed a lot of things at launch but hey, they want a live service game, well, they’ll get it, along with a dead game in 8 more months
bastardoperator
When are these companies developing IP going to learn that the quick cash grab is not how you sustain long term.
Colyer
I was excited to check it out. I enjoyed Payday 2 but never really got super into it. I thought the guns felt nice in the demo/beta thing they did.
Well, gave it a whirl and moved on quickly. Spent a weekend with friends back in Payday 2 and then stopped altogether. The guns do feel nice, and there are a fair few QOL improvements over 2. But the performance, stability, UI design, and relative simplicity of the missions killed it quick for us.
BeautifulWord4758
Dont buy it guys. Make them learn a lesson
gibblywibblywoo
maybe they should have finished the game first. I have no sympathy for them at this point
Towel4
I played the beta, and that was enough to ensure I never spend money on it.
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Well maybe they shouldn’t have launched their game in a shit state, but I’m screaming into the wind with that opinion.
“WHY DON’T PEOPLE LIKE PLAYING OUR BROKEN, UNFINISHED, INFRIOR TO PREVIOUS PRODUCT, “GAME”?!?!?!?
i could have played 2 games on payday 2 in the time it took for me to give up on trying to figure out why I couldn’t log into my starbreeze account…
I looked up Payday 2 once, thinking about getting into the series, and all I saw was page after page after page of paid DLC and paywalled content. I immediately decided screw it. I didn’t know what to bother getting, and what was not worth my money, and I decided that meant none of it was worth my money.
crazy idea, but a game that launches in a shit state, with LESS features than the 2nd game kind of makes me NOT wanna play it
They released a 17 dollar dlc before fixing the game, fuck starbreeze
The game is also significantly worse than players expected
I downloaded it on Xbox (thank you GamePass) and it still wanted my email before I could play. Why? I don’t want your marketing stuff, I shouldn’t need an additional account, I just want to play the game. That alone has kept me from starting it. Which is a shame, because PayDay 2 was a blast.
I bought Payday 3 on launch and had fun with it, but the UI and progression systems were terrible and there just wasn’t a lot of replayability in the heists. I played through it with friends and once you’ve managed to stealth complete all the missions there’s really no motivation to come back again, particularly when you get less XP for playing levels over again since progression is based around completing challenges rather that finishing heists. It doesn’t help that their first DLC was ludicrously priced for a single heist as well.
There’s also the fact that it’s lacking some key features that made Payday 2 a blast, like having multistage heists. The heists in Payday 3 are generally pretty good, but it’s weird that they’re not as intricate as in Payday 2.
Disappointment of the year for 2023 imo. They had years upon years to do this right, and… they screw it up.
That’s what you get for releasing it with more bugs than bullets.
Me and my boy poured hours into payday 2 to grind out enough money for the saw and other stuff. The game doesn’t feel rewarding.
I’ve played all the heists in Payday 3. They’re fun, but not very deep.
They’ve fixed a lot of my gripes with Stealth in Payday 2, but the heists just don’t really take advantage of them in ways that “Go Bank” for example could.
Publisher surprised people didn’t buy a game launched in a barely working state. More info on that at 10. Also, is fire hot? Find out with our correspondent who will stick his hand into a dozen fires to find out.
That’s what happens when you release faeces.
Oh, no! Anyway…
Who would’ve thought a game that was unplayable literally month of release due to servers and another company making you make an account for another service that didn’t work.
Sure, release broken game first, then hit us with overpriced dlc. Makes perfect sense, right? Brilliant strategy
you don’t say
Maybe don’t make and release shitty games..?
If you bought this I don’t feel bad for you lol. You should have expected this.
The game is shallow as fuck. No personality, none of the previous features and just bare bone experience. If this was a early acess, no problem. But these devs had years to make a game. And this is what they came up with? Real WTF here.
Releasing piles of steaming hot garbage will do that unfortunately
Yeah well.. implement VR and I can promise you one more sale. Best I can do.
Good. Fuck em. Hope the studio folds.
Game launches broken with little content and before it’s fixed or more content is added for everyone they release an expensive DLC heist.
It’s not surprising no one is playing. They released a broken game and took to long to fix it and then released paid DLC while the game still runs like crap.
The quality of your game is significantly lower than I expected
Offline mode would have fixed a lot of things at launch but hey, they want a live service game, well, they’ll get it, along with a dead game in 8 more months
When are these companies developing IP going to learn that the quick cash grab is not how you sustain long term.
I was excited to check it out. I enjoyed Payday 2 but never really got super into it. I thought the guns felt nice in the demo/beta thing they did.
Well, gave it a whirl and moved on quickly. Spent a weekend with friends back in Payday 2 and then stopped altogether. The guns do feel nice, and there are a fair few QOL improvements over 2. But the performance, stability, UI design, and relative simplicity of the missions killed it quick for us.
Dont buy it guys. Make them learn a lesson
maybe they should have finished the game first. I have no sympathy for them at this point
I played the beta, and that was enough to ensure I never spend money on it.