

I don’t, and learning those tips is a long process of experimentation and trial and error. Of course, I already know how to shoot, but the game also assumes I know how, where, and when to use each piece of equipment. Payday 2 seems determined not to teach you anything. The unfortunate truth is that Payday2 doesn’t actually want you to be stealthy.įirst, there’s the lack of any tutorializing. Payday 2 feigns interest at first merely by acknowledging that, yes, stealth is possible, but then it does everything it can to trick new players into shooting first and asking questions later. As a possible goal, it encourages us to delay shooting for as long as possible, but in practice, the game is completely uninterested in this alternative. The mere existence of the possibility of a silent robbery is important because it gives us something to strive for other than mowing down an entire city’s police force. You can actually do most robberies without setting off an alarm or even firing a bullet. You and three other crooks break into banks or malls, steal money or jewelry, and then shoot through waves of cops to your escape vehicle.


Payday 2 is a first-person shooter cooperative heist game.
