Payday 2
Payday 2 is an action-packed, four-player co-op shooter that once again lets gamers don the masks of the original crew: Dallas, Hoxton, Wolf and Chains as they descend on Washington D.C. for an epic crime…
Payday 2 is a role-playing (rpg) developed by Overkill Software, released 13 August 2013 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PlayStation 3.
What Payday 2 is
Payday 2 is a role-playing (rpg) game developed by Overkill Software and released in 2013. It was published by 505 Games. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Linux and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Diesel.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Two years after the events of the first game, the Payday gang relocates to Washington, D.C. to carry out a new wave of heists. After proving their capabilities, the crew catches the attention of the Dentist, a powerful middleman who helps them break their arrested member Hoxton out of prison and uncover the informant who betrayed him. As they take on increasingly ambitious contracts, including stealing a mysterious box from a casino vault, their operator Bain is captured by the Dentist and an unknown faction. With help from the mercenary Locke, the gang discovers the conspiracy behind Bain's abduction, frees him, and carries out one final heist: infiltrating the White House to steal…
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action and stealth. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player. There are 1328 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Payday 2 holds a critic score of 75 out of 100. That places it above 46% of the 3,813 rated role-playing (rpg) games in our database, which average 73. Games released in 2013 averaged 70, so it scored 5 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 74, across 519 votes.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for 2 GHz Intel Dual Core 64-bit Processor, 4 GB RAM and NVIDIA & AMD (1GB VRAM). At 4GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 32GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
Payday 2 launched on 13 August 2013, within three weeks of Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons, Papers, Please, Rayman Legends and Saints Row IV. All of them reviewed better. It was a PlayStation 4 launch-window title.
Released around the same time: Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons, Papers, Please, Rayman Legends, Saints Row IV.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Payday 2 yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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Screenshots
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Dlc
Payday 2: Lawless Tailor Pack
Payday 2: Dragon Pack
Payday 2: Federales Weapon Pack
Payday 2: Crude Awakening Heist
Payday 2: Gage Ninja Pack
Payday 2: Gage Spec Ops Pack
Payday 2: Guardians Tailor Pack
Payday 2: Wolf Pack
Payday 2: San Martin Bank Heist
Payday 2: Mega City Tailor Pack
Payday 2: Breakfast in Tijuana Heist
Payday 2: Sokol Character Pack
Payday 2: Southbound Tailor Pack
Payday 2: The Butcher's Western Pack
Payday 2: The Overkill Pack
Payday 2: Cartel Optics Mod Pack
Payday 2: The Butcher's AK/CAR Mod Pack
Payday 2: Biker Character Pack
Payday 2: The Butcher's BBQ Pack
Payday 2: Street Smart Tailor Pack
Payday 2: The Diamond Store Heist
Payday 2: Armored Transport
Payday 2: Gage Weapon Pack #01
Payday 2: The Charlie Santa Heist
Payday 2: The Armored Transport
Payday 2: Gage Weapon Pack #02
Payday 2: The Election Day Heist
Payday 2: Gage Mod Courier
Payday 2: Gage Sniper Pack
Payday 2: The Shadow Raid Heist
Payday 2: The Big Bank Heist
Payday 2: Gage Shotgun Pack
Payday 2: Gage Assault Pack
Payday 2: Hotline Miami
Payday 2: Gage Historical Pack
Payday 2: The Diamond Heist
Payday 2: Clover Character Pack
Payday 2: The Bomb Heists
Payday 2: Dragan Character Pack
Payday 2: The Alesso Heist
Payday 2: The Golden Grin Casino Heist
Payday 2: Yakuza Character Pack
Payday 2: Gage Chivalry Pack
Payday 2: The Point Break Heists
Payday 2: The Goat Simulator Heist
Payday 2: Sydney Character Pack
Payday 2: The Biker Heist
Payday 2: John Wick Weapon Pack
Payday 2: Scarface Heist
Payday 2: John Wick Heists
Payday 2: Gage Russian Weapon Pack
Payday 2: H3H3 Character Pack
Payday 2: Border Crossing Heist
Payday 2: Buluc's Mansion Heist
Payday 2: The Ukrainian Prisoner Heist
Payday 2: Black Cat Heist
Payday 2: Golden Dagger Tailor Pack
Payday 2: Mountain Master Heist
Payday 2: McShay Weapon Pack
Payday 2: Midland Ranch Heist
Payday 2: High Octane Tailor Pack
Payday 2: Lost in Transit Heist
Payday 2: McShay Mod Pack
Payday 2: Hostile Takeover Heist
Payday 2: Espionage Weapon Pack
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