Many jobs in Payday 2 can be completed in stealth. After certain days of heists are completed in 'loud' (in which the alarm has sounded) the game may add an escape level, where the players' original escape is thwarted and they must survive to reach their backup getaway. Some contracts in Payday 2 take place over multiple days, with each day represented by a separate level with different objectives.
There are seven difficulty levels: Normal, Hard, Very Hard, Overkill, Mayhem, Death Wish, and Death Sentence, with increased money and experience payouts for higher difficulty levels. The player can pick up an open contract, join a contract another player has started, or buy a contract with in-game money in an offshore bank account. The level selection menu is styled as a fictional website,, where missions pop up periodically as contracts in a map of Washington, D.C. Some of the heists put a large emphasis on stealth, often leading to bonus experience points and money on completion, and certain heists can only be done in stealth. There are heists such as bank robberies, drug trafficking runs, rigging an election, or stealing smuggled nuclear warheads. The game consists of a variety of heists that the player can opt to either carry out by themselves, with the AI, or as part of a multiplayer game. Gameplay Ī screenshot of a player engaging with enemies during an assault wave in a bank heist. Ī sequel, titled Payday 3, is in development and is scheduled for a 2023 release and will be published by Plaion. Payday 2: Crimewave Edition which offers improved graphics, new content and some downloadable content, was released for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in June 2015. The game was profitable from pre-orders alone and received positive reviews. The game differs from the previous by allowing much more customization of the player (aesthetically and gameplay-wise), somewhat improved graphical interface and experience, more variety and playability in levels, and has reworked stealth mechanics.Īn accompanying web series was produced to promote the game. The player can participate in a variety of heists, including but not limited to robberies of banks, shops and armored cars, and producing and distributing narcotics. The player takes control of one of the gang's twenty-two members and can perform heists alone, or with up to three teammates. metropolitan area to perform another heisting spree. Two years after the events of the previous game, the Payday gang comes to the Washington, D.C. A remastered version of the game, subtitled Crimewave Edition, was released for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in June 2015 and for the Nintendo Switch in February 2018. It was released in August 2013 for Windows, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. The game is a sequel to 2011's Payday: The Heist. Payday 2 is a cooperative first-person shooter video game developed by Overkill Software and published by 505 Games.
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