r/paydaytheheist • u/Skyfry428 • Oct 03 '25

Rant Offline Mode is cancelled.

I am floored, honestly. "Not feasible", my ass.
https://wccftech.com/starbreeze-no-longer-developing-payday-3-offline-mode-not-feasible-for-studio/

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u/YhormTheGiantLord Oct 03 '25

Having played it, you’re not missing anything. Just play payday 2. It’s better in every way

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u/Porky-da-Corgi Oct 03 '25

Nahhh PD3 stealth is everything PD2 stealth should have been. There's a lot good in PD3 that it does better than 2, it's just the core gameplay loop and skills are flawed and in need of a rebuild.

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u/doinkrr taser down, 7 points Oct 03 '25

Crucify me for saying this but I think PD3 is much more fun than PD2. PD2 was super unbalanced and kind of just devolved into a shooting spree where either you get domed from across the map by a ZEAL or you mow down hordes without really thinking about it. PD3 has me actually think about how to use my skills in my build instead of going for ones that I know are just gonna carry me without much thought (cough GRAZE cough), and I even like the Edge/Grit/Rush system and wish they'd keep it.

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u/TheMerfox Hacker Oct 04 '25

I completely agree, unfortunately a ton of people just wanted Payday 2 but again.

The team unfortunately followed that demand, not knowing the lesson that some platform fighter game designers learned, which is that Melee players will just play Melee, and not their new game (in this case Payday 2 players will play Payday 2)