Recent reviews by ActualPie

If you hate yourself and have nothing better to live for then play this game.

To be honest playing this in the beta I thought, hmmm its kinda bland for a Payday game. Then the full release came out. And I felt it was a bit more like Payday The Heist when heists become loud. Solo overkill loud is near impossible.

The new skill system is alright. It keeps things fairly basic.

However the new GRIT, EDGE and RUSH I had to get used to.

The overkill weapon mechanic is a great new addition to the game. Makes things way chaotic.

Going stealth and being able to be more useful in civie mode feels like a godsent. A great addition.

The stealth part of this game is amazing in my opinion. All the new mechanics they added feels fresh. And if you restart codes for example stay the same. It does remove the challenging part of it. But I rather don't see myself failing a heist and then have to learn another code. Cool feature but it does make stuff easier. Even on overkill.

The removal of jokers is kinda a bummer. I liked them a lot but it leaves the table open for newer things.

It does feel getting used when you are in custody and not trade a civie. The countdown is nice. Let's say for example: You ran out of all your resources. 3 of your crewmembers are in custody. Waiting a whole wave out then would be difficult. But surviving a certain amount of time to have a crewmember back with half HP and Half Armor is nice.

Speaking of armor. It took me a few hours to get used to the new armor system. I personally think its a bummer removing it. But I understand the approach they took.

The new favors system is alright but feels low. You are only able to pick 1 favor which could be medkits, armor, ammo or a favor that is only for that heist. I hope they allow for more favors in the future.

On the topic favors, the preplanning phase is completely gone. Which is bad in my opinion. You can’t edit your loadout/favors/music when restarting. You are gonna need to cancel the whole heist to edit your loadout or favors. Changing music is completely gone along with the map. Not a big fan of this change. I hope they change this in the future.

The new enemy ai is good. Makes even hard difficulty sometimes hard. Shield is more group oriented. Nader will block paths and destory equipment. And the new Cloaker is terrifying. Beating the living crap out of you when you are down until someone shoots them. They did remove the medic but who knows if they will add him in the future (please don't). My only dislike on the enemies is the redesign for the dozer. I personally liked a bulky bombsquad guy slowly coming to you.

On the note of AI. The crewmate bots actually are great now. Supplying you with armor, health or ammo when you are low or between each assault wave. Really glad they did this.

Trading hostages for more time before the first assault wave begins is a niche addition! Or even trade them for medkits between a wave. A positive change!

Which also comes to another point. Teamwork is a MUST in loud. Unlike in Payday 2 where most of my matches people would run off at loud to do the objective. Sticking together is important in loud. If you just wonder off on your own. A cloaker can down you and then beat the hell out of you. Or you get stunned by a tazer/staggered by a shield and then get swarmed by cops.

Oh and on a final note the addition of the phone is pretty great! Allowing to place cams, hack cameras and more is a really great addition to the game!

I felt a bit meh/uh towards the game in the beginning but after sinking 14.5 hours in it. I think its a fresh and good turn for the Payday franchise. Especially with adding crossplay making it more possible to play with friends on other platforms. (Screw EGS tho).

Overall I give the game a 8.5/10

Very good game. Got my ass kicked a lot

Good game

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very good game yess. Chop chop wood

good game yes. much toxic russians. good game.

Nice to play with friends