Is the Payday 1 story also available in Payday 2?

[dusty]

im finally trying the games out and it seems like some of the levels are in the 2nd game as well but im unsure if they're the same story or just a bonus stage.

[Coldflame]

all of payday 1's levels are available in payday 2 more or less the same

the games don't really have a fixed narrative, the levels don't follow any specific order (with a couple exceptions)

[VerrucktMedic]

The story between both games is different. The PAYDAY 2 form of events is the canon most one.

Such as Green Bridge and Heat Street being related to the Search for Kento event. And the PDTH version of No Mercy implies that the Payday gang starts the events of L4D, while in Payday 2 it does not.

[Dom]

Originally posted by VerrucktMedic:

The story between both games is different. The PAYDAY 2 form of events is the canon most one.

Such as Green Bridge and Heat Street being related to the Search for Kento event. And the PDTH version of No Mercy implies that the Payday gang starts the events of L4D, while in Payday 2 it does not.

Actually, No Mercy in PD2 is a flashback.

[spoiledtill2026]

well kinda but there are some inconsistencys

[RandomTurtle]

Payday: The Heist and Payday 2 have different stories, despite the reappearing stages they have a different context in PD2.

Also with regards to No Mercy:

Payday: The Heist: In this version it's a L4D crossover and starts the events of left for dead, this isn't cannon to the story.

Payday 2: In this version it's a flashback, where the time it takes places is during the Payday: The Heist story. Isn't related to Left4Dead.

[JeanneOskoure]

Originally posted by VerrucktMedic:

The story between both games is different. The PAYDAY 2 form of events is the canon most one.

Such as Green Bridge and Heat Street being related to the Search for Kento event. And the PDTH version of No Mercy implies that the Payday gang starts the events of L4D, while in Payday 2 it does not.

Most of the classics are actually the same thing as PD:TH happening again for a different reason.
I'm pretty sure that in missions like FWB and Heat Street, Bain comments on the fact the same heist has happened twice.

PD:TH No Mercy obviously didn't happen.

[Sunday Driver]

IIRC No Mercy has been framed as people re-telling a tale but hazy on the details.