Recent reviews by Jay Lay

Adorable and fun. Amazingly written, please, do yourself a favor and buy this.

Updated: 2023 6/11
Old review dates:
Posted: Oct 15, 2015 @ 4:53pm
Updated: Dec 21, 2016 @ 11:42am

You need Epic Games to Play your Steam Game, also ♥♥♥♥ Linux.
Stole my game. Warned ya'll.



To Start off, they have said they would not add microtransactions, and they've even said this personally:

http://www.gamespot.com/articles/payday-2-wont-have-microtransactions/1100-6410303/

http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3127521

https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/app/24240/discussions/0/810924774517838925/#c810925398555174856

Honestly, it's childish for Overkill to look at other games and say
"I wunt dat in mai gayme!"
Then thrust it upon the community that doesn't want it, and in a game where that's absolutely unnecessary, Where's the artistry for this ♥♥♥♥? How the hell do you justify this in any way? These don't fit the game at all. Might I add that having to pay money for another drill to open a safe, of which if you go to the still non-customizable safehouse, is in the garage? Oh wait, this one isn't painted somewhat. Can't be used! Isn't this fun!?

Overkill, nobody, literally, nobody, thought "I wish Payday 2 had an economy!" The most we EVER wanted to the ability to trade masks and weapons to other people, especially if we could sell it for in-game money. Instead you took the more Corporation approach, removed the fun aspect of this, then had real money involved, and from there, it was all downhill.

Now, the next problem, is that this is supposed to be a free update. As in, everyone will be getting this and have a chance to get it, for free. As in, no DLC, nor Microtransactions.
Right out of the gate, they add TF:GO, something no one liked, nor wanted in TF2.

Even better, the other part of this update introduced weapon rebalancing, which they did poorly, but it's worse when you realize that this was the only other part of this update. So, you mean to tell me you had more interest in making money than our interests!? What are you, a modern day gaming company!? What do you mean you only see me as a friend!?

May I remind you that Crimefest is a Community Driven series of free Updates?
As in, we worked for this? This was supposed to be stuff the community wanted? And immedietly, right out of the gate, they want to shove more ways to milk this game, and tell us "You wanted this! You worked for this!" with no explaination as to why you decided to use this update for more ways to milk me dry of money?

What a way to start, hey, wanna start the next crimefest by canceling Firefly Season 2? Because now I'm disinterested in your games/Crimefest. You figuratively took a ♥♥♥♥ inside my computer to start this crimefest, you burned down my childhood home with my childhood dog in front of me to start this crimefest. You ran over my grandma with reindeer to start this Crimefest. And you KNEW, this was going to happen. Isn't that like going to a person who just won the lottery then kicking them in the ♥♥♥♥, them falling over, then proceeding to kick them in the ♥♥♥♥ some more? Then stealing that ticket.

What I'm saying is, we're all pretty much not in the mood for Crimefest anymore, and honestly, would prefer if it was cancelled, this update to be modified/removed, then you never touch the game again. If this is the direction of not only the game, but the Community Driven Free Update "Crimefest", where they really aren't free, and our efforts were for not, and they're only there to benefit you, then I'd prefer if you never touched the game again.
The game is fine on it's own, just let it live on it's own now without ripping it's utters off. You don't need to work on it for another 2 years either.

Oh and if you're a completionist, now you're going to have to pay out of pocket, for a game that doesn't need this cashgrab that no one wanted, in order to 100% it.

Overkill, we sat through your artificially raised pricing for your buggy/lackluster DLC because we trusted you, and we wanted to ignore that blatant fact and enjoy the game.
In order to get the full experience, you need to pay over 120$ mind you there is no Season Pass of any kind. Of which is sort've a thing for people like Overkill who can't help but premature eject 5$-7$ DLC every month.

What I'm saying is, we were willing to look past the bugs, look past the milking, look past the artificially high pricing, and trust you had our interests in mind.
Now though, we don't need to look past it, and we have no reason to keep lying to ourselves and others. We don't see you as "buddy-buddy" anymore.
Payday 2 is mediocre. The Free updates you release, are mediocre, the DLC you release, is pretty much the same situation. Except with artifically high pricing.

And let's be honest, that's the truth. We denied it for you Overkill. But once again, you show your abusive Spouse side and make us lose that trust. Once again.


Think about it, PD2 is going to be F2P for 10 days, but first they added Microtransactions like in TF:GO? Is this supposed to be manipulation? No doubt, people are going to either assume they own the game now, and think "I should buy some skins, they're only 2-3$" Then come to realize that they don't own the game. Even if that's not the case, it's a completely real fact that this is manipulation of the uninformed.

Since it's "normal" for F2P games to have microtransactions, they're going to blindly accept this ♥♥♥♥, without realizing they're going to need to pay for it later. And if they don't, it's even worse since that's even harsher manipulation.

One side note, Goonmod was already capable of making skins for your gun, just like you would for your masks. And you could make some pretty good ♥♥♥♥ with this. Now, BLT and Lua don't work. Hmm? That's annoying. The only way to get my skins now is to go get Overkill's mostly 2 Tone skin with a single logo slapped everywhere. Or even better, a skin that's literally 1 texture. Yeah that's totally worth my time and money.

Compared to what I've made, these skins are like a kid used the gradient tool in Paint.net

https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=489631915

https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=484199053


I'd also like to point out, that these Microtransactions are legit, becoming a thing now. As in, they are going to be apart of this dying gaming industry. The newest Tomb Raider game will have over 300 Micros, and there's a few more that will as well.

Once again, Overkill, decided to childishly, with no regard for anyone else but themselves, add this ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥, because they didn't want to be original. They want to jump on a bandwagon because it makes everyone money. What they didn't calculate, is that they don't have the rep Valve undeservingly does, they can't get away with this. Because now, we're not accepting mediocrity. You haven't done ♥♥♥♥ to deserve anyone's trust, nor did you in the first place, here's looking at you Safehouse customization.

You think your game is worth 120$ + Micros? Well then, prepare for it to be ♥♥♥♥ on, since no one agrees with you. Your game is still buggy and unoptimized, mostly due to the terrible choice of an Engine. You pull the same tactic as every other company, where you basically sell "The other half of the game" DLC. Then you spit on the face of everyone who worked for this free series update, that we seldom get, let alone, seldom get anything higher than 5/10 quality. And you thought this was a good idea to start with? It wasn't. I'm not buying, nor play any of your games anymore. Even if this update is removed, I honestly, don't care. You offered me nothing for years, then proceed to offer me even less.

Legitimately good horror game. Finally a game that doesn't feel the need to put me in a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ castle Amnesia style and instead puts me into a claustrophobic area and let's the atmosphere pound my ass.

You want good horror with 0 jumpscares?
You want a budget horror game scarier than 98% of all horror games?

Then you've come to the right place. Definitely buy, it's legitimate horror at it's finest.

Just a fair warning, I've had to restart 6 times because the save system is abysmal, don't do save backup sometimes, do other, that's the best advice I have, because loading a backup save result in needing a restart, and sometimes not results in having to restart.

Eitherway you're ♥♥♥♥♥♥, and for a game like this? Good lord. At least it's better than the second game.

Original Review:
From the times when the developers knew when to stop ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ updating, and try not to milk the ♥♥♥♥ out of games.

Damn good game, just needs double the maps which won't happen, but it holds up to this day.

Tho you might want some friends, mostly people using trainers play this anymore.

Very fun game, but the ending is absolutely ♥♥♥♥-all.
Challenging, fun, but ♥♥♥♥ dude, the ending is just garbage to even try unless you have upgraded just enough.

Fun.
Smart.
Challenging.
What more can you want from a game? This was one of those rare moments of buying something out of the blue, and genuinely enjoying every moment.

Get this if you want some strategic fun.

60$ for a game released when I was a literal child.

issa good

60$ for a game that literally came out when I was a child.

8/10, will give it a 9/10 if Multiplayer runs good.
Get this game.
Get it now.