Dan Gril writes:I screw up. Boy, do I screw up. A midget carpenter whose height and career make him perfectly suited to screwing upwards couldn’t screw up more than me.
The game is basically a cut-down multiplayer FPS heist sim, as the name implies. You and three companions have to use your wiles (and guns. Lots of guns) to steal tremendous amounts of money from capitalist running dogs. Since I saw it at E3, the team have introduced levelling to the game, allowing access to all new weaponry and tricks. As sound designer Simon Viklund tells me, “You’re now, er… level 120.” I’m suitably impressed by my progress since E3, I have to admit – I must be good at this. Look at all these new weapons I get! I’d better not screw up. “You won’t have anything to blame if you do, it’s your own fault.”
Free PC games this week include XCOM Enemy Unknown, Payday: The Heist, Aliens vs Predator 2000, Crash Time 2 and more.
In celebration of reaching 1.5 million members on Payday 2's official Steam community group, Overkill is releasing Payday: The Heist completely free for 24 hours starting October 16th, 2 days ahead of the originally planned date - October 18th.
The game will be free to download/keep, and will stay in your Steam library as long as you claim it within the specified 24 hour window.
So last time, the Payday 2 community was just short of 1,000,000 players and we were given 3 months roughly to gain 500,000 more! A rather large and daunting task, one I didn’t believe was possible, I am, however, beginning to change my tune on that.
I'll be glad to see an introduction of MORE infamy bonuses. It's still majorly unfinished.
A PS4 version would of been prime after the Hardline delay, but no one expected that.
It is but CrimeFest might not actually apply to PS4 & X1 so I didn't feel comfortable adding those channels to this article.
Some of it will arrive probably - free DLC, masks etc. But Overkill are being slow on Console DLC's, this might be fought with the CrimeWave Editions (just package the DLC with the base game) - but other things in CrimeFest won't make the Consoles e.g. Free Payday The Heist, that's soley PC I believe so console owners won't prosper from that.
EDIT - correction Payday The Heist IS on PS3 but that still wont reach X360, PS4 or X1 most probably.
Can't wait for this.
I'm so excited for this game....just gotta get some friends to get it too!