Love the idea of it and it's a vast improvement on the original Payday. But it's still just not as deep as it could be in the way missions play out. Unless this has changed since launch, for example, you couldn't even close doors? There were little design choices that made no sense because they should be basic mechanics. Enrich the different options to tackle missions and you'll have a great game. I think when Payday 3 comes out then it will be another few steps forward and probably reach that.

Great core gameplay loop, lots of cool DLCs.

I spent 11 minutes in this game. Terribly boring. I didn't find anything interesting in it.

Playing it with the lads was a great time. And the various builds made you feel like you brought something to the table.

Extremely fun in concept, until you realize what's going on and everything is rigged on luck and ridiculous AI.

There was a magic time a few years ago where I'd have given this a much higher score (around the release of the Big Bank Heist). I was happy to give $5 for a small dlc because they were improving the game and adding free content. Then kinda simultaneously the business model started getting scummier and our group got too min/max which made it lose all the frenetic tension. I fell out of love and soured on it. I heard the business side got less scummy, so I'd recommend even if I won't go back

An improvement on the original but the concept could still be pushed so much farther.

Fun and very well supported (mostly on PC) co-op FPS. The subtle randomness of in the missions means each new playthrough is just enough of difference to keep players on their toes.