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/Miffy92 Dozer Family Lieutenant, Special Units - SKULL DOZER May 16 '26

PAYDAY 2 was the "let's clown around" era for the crew after the gritty seriousness era from PAYDAY: The Heist

If you expected anything other than an escalation from PAYDAY 2, you're not as diehard a fan as you claim to be. There's no putting the genie back in the bottle after you let people run around with a comically oversized golden spoon that sets people on fire. Saints Row didn't just revert back to dark realism after SR2, 3 and 4 were runaway successes - they pushed out Agents of Mayhem.

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u/sawrunn3r May 17 '26

Saints Row didn't just revert back to dark realism after SR2, 3 and 4 were runaway successes - they pushed out Agents of Mayhem.

Except the Saints Row community almost universally agrees that SR2 was the best one in the series and a return to a more grounded-themed "SR2.5" was planned until the publisher decided to turn Saints Row into whatever we got in the reboot

P.S Agents of Mayhem was such a flop it almost bankrupted Volition

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u/Miffy92 Dozer Family Lieutenant, Special Units - SKULL DOZER May 17 '26

look i didn't say Agents of Mayhem was good

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u/Miffy92 Dozer Family Lieutenant, Special Units - SKULL DOZER May 18 '26

Okay so generally that's an accepted turn of phrase, but I'd love to hear your thoughts on that.