It’s been a rollercoaster yr for co-op hypercrime FPS Payday 2. After a gutsy choice in summer season to present away 5 million copies of the bottom sport at no cost, a re-launch because the Ultimate Edition heralded the top to the piecemeal DLC mannequin of the sport in favour of a single buy of the brand new Ultimate Edition getting you all however probably the most questionable cross-promotional content material for the sport.
There’s been a number of free updates for the sport for the reason that re-launch, however probably the most thrilling of the yr has been saved for final. You may wish to mud it off for one more spherical, as a result of the newest free replace has introduced a positively nostalgic heist to the sport, in an official crossover with Reservoir Dogs.
Befitting a Tarantino tribute, the two-part Reservoir Dogs heist begins on the finish, after every thing has gone unbelievably badly incorrect. In this parallel universe, the Payday gang (at all times consummate professionals, even when their physique rely is excessive) swoop in on the final minute to guarantee that issues don’t finish in a bloody and self-destructive mexican standoff, however issues are nonetheless fairly messy.
Once the aftermath is all wrapped up, the sport cuts again to the principle occasion. The gang are in LA to help within the iconic diamond retailer heist from the film, and for probably the most half issues go easily, however the last little bit of radio chatter could also be an thrilling little twist for veteran Payday followers. Your long-time mission co-ordinator Bain thinks he’s lastly near one thing massive, however you lose contact with him simply after he places you underneath the command of South African mercenary-turned-career legal Vernon Locke.
If the dialogue on this heist is to be believed, this may increasingly sign the potential starting of the top for Payday 2. Bain’s disappearance appears to be constructing on prime of an ARG-spawned thriller that gamers have been selecting away at within the run-up to the sport’s launch, however by no means appeared to fairly pan out within the completed product. Now that Payday 2 is again and totally in Overkill’s fingers, it’ll be attention-grabbing to see what the following main replace to the sport brings.
Thinking again, Payday 2 has seen plenty of crossovers because it was first launched. A robust argument may very well be made that now John Wick, Hardcore Henry, Scarface, Point Break and Reservoir Dogs are all shared canon now, with Hotline Miami and Goat Simulator mentioning the flank. I can’t assist however surprise how way more they’ve deliberate earlier than the curtain inevitably falls on this long-lived sport.
