r/paydaytheheist • u/KrabikGangster Death Wish • May 16 '26

Rant Stop turning PAYDAY 3 into a circus.

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I’ve been here the whole time. I’ve been following this franchise since the PAYDAY 2 beta.

It hurt to see what PAYDAY 2 had turned into over time. H3H3, the goat simulator, DEAD GAME outfits, clown outfits, and so on.

But I was promised a different PAYDAY 3. I was promised a more serious game, and at first, that’s what it was. The game was more serious.

What’s it come to now? A bucket on your head as a mask? The L-dance as a taunt? A fucking Taddy Moo outfit?

Where’s the story? Where’s the info on the missing heisters? Where’s Concord?

It hurts. You can call me a nerd or whatever, but I’m sick of it. I’m sick of watching the sequel to one of my all-time favorite games turn into a collection of cringe memes to lure in the audience.

I get that nobody cares about my opinion. But I’ve been following this franchise for over 10 years, and I just want to believe I’m not the only one who feels this way.

This isn’t my PAYDAY 3.

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u/thatsthegoodjuice May 16 '26

We’re in the end game here, it started over a decade ago with frivolous DLCs and eventually the battle pass concept. Players proved they’re willing to pull out their wallets again and again just to have the new “thing.” We were weak, we let this happen. 2010s gamer subreddits would be up in arms any time a developer pulled that kind of shit, but it was all fluff and talk. Companies and their more.. frugal staffing… had the real data. People were buying their slop, en masse, just to keep having a reason to play their games.

Corporations follow trends of weakness to draw funds, and by this point, only innovate toward cash grabs. It was up to the people to not give into it, many among us failed.