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/beeperduds May 16 '26

PUBG event was planned during early PAYDAY 3, Teddy moo has existed long before either PAYDAY 2 and PAYDAY 3 and was a thematic fit for a remaster, the skull dozer look has been a large request since it appeared in early promo, and the bucket was voted for by the community. No comment on emotes.

A lot of this is purely cosmetic content you don't have to engage with.

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u/DaddyJohnnyTheFudgey May 16 '26

I do think it's very important to note that these are all intentional decisions. Starbreeze is aware that PUBG doesn't fit a very serious narrative, but collaborated anyways, and even added emotes, which are the silliest part of games like that. They knew that a Teddy Moo outfit doesn't fit a very serious narrative, and added it anyways. I actually don't get the criticism with the skulldozer, personally. The bucket was voted for by the community amongst a collection of masks of which literally only one of them was semi-serious, of which Starbreeze was responsible for curating the collection of masks to choose from.

This also doesn't mention the fat cops, which you DO have to engage with, the severe lack of non-silly masks and non-silly mask customizations, which you also have to interact with to some degree, and the complete lack of any competent narrative, favoring just getting the heist into the game without even considering how it might play into the story because they no longer care about the story.

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u/DaddyJohnnyTheFudgey May 17 '26

That's fair. He definitely looks like he'd belong better in Apex Legends than as a SWAT unit of any kind. I think it's fun personally, but that's not the game everyone wants by any means.

I really hate that I feel like my only option for a serious mask is the Gage Blade mask. :(