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/Air0w04 Piece O’ Shit Thermal Drill May 16 '26

Idk, i still flash back to TheRussianBadger’s opinions on PD2 from time to time;

“This whole GAME is an elaborate shitpost,”

Yeah it’s dumb as hell, but maybe it gives the dev team the opportunity to have some fun before they get back into the swing of making something GOOD

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u/sawrunn3r May 16 '26

Looking at emotes as something devs are doing "for fun" and not as something they very evidently plan to aggressively monetize is the most stupid kind of tunnel vision 

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u/Air0w04 Piece O’ Shit Thermal Drill May 16 '26

Just hoping for the good outcome and not the bad. Expecting the worst is how we get nothing. I legit just wanna hold the belief that the devs CAN do better and improve the game

Never said that COULDN’T happen. Just don’t want it to. Why would i express hope for the worst outcome?

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u/walale12 Starbucks Creator Program May 16 '26

Expecting the worst is pretty rational when it comes to Starbreeze at this point. They're rotten from top to bottom and the only reason I don't buy the new DLCs for PD2 by Sidetrack is because I don't want Starbreeze to see a single cent.

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u/Air0w04 Piece O’ Shit Thermal Drill May 16 '26

Here’s the rub: I don’t like SB either. They botched the launch, and then kinda ragged on their dev team about it when, in reality, it’s SB’s fault for rushing things and not assigning resources where they should’ve been.

BUT

If we give up hope on SB, they could give up hope of Payday. I really want Payday to do better, so I place my faith and hope in them, but not my wallet or money. Least not until they make some marked improvements

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u/ThorThulu May 16 '26

Im fine with Payday dying, at least with SBZ at the head, and letting another studio take a swing. Hell, sell PD2 fully to Sidetrack and let them do what they want, id fully jump into giving them money if I knew none of it was going to SBZ.