The skill trees are varied with different abilities and perks which are a blast to experiment with in conjunction with perk decks. Heists also provide experience that can be used to unlock customization in the skill tree. Weapon modifications are fun to tinker with, giving each weapon a personal touch and feel. Cash rewards are given upon completing heists and are used to upgrade your arsenal of weapons. The beauty of each heist is that certain aspects are dynamically generated, with set pieces such as safe locations changing, keeping each playthrough fresh. Some missions are simply robbing banks, but others are more complicated, such as stealing drugs from a club, parachuting out of a cargo plane to retrieve stolen goods, or even gathering goats scattered throughout the city. Each heist has its own difficulty ranking, with later campaigns ramping up tenfold. Details of each heist are laid out including how much payout will be rewarded for successfully completion. This opportunity to map out your surroundings is useful, though once the chaos begins it sometimes becomes difficult to determine your next course of action which can lead to wandering around aimlessly.Īfter completing the tutorials you’ll be introduced to, the hub that facilitates all of the heists that are available. This allows players to scope out the vicinity in order to discover other possible ways to enter and possible hazards blocking your objective. Before starting a heist, a brief rundown of the objective and a possible way to approach it are given before letting you case the area. The tutorials also lay down the foundation on how the heists themselves work, which do vary substantially from mission to mission. After just a short period of time, everything felt natural and I no longer had to worry about the controls.
Button prompts will spring up during heists at certain events, like when trying to open doors, tie up hostages, or setting up drills to crack safes. These give a complete run down of the controls, which aren’t exactly simple, but do an elegant job of making them easy to understand. While that’s not necessarily a bad thing, a tedious solo experience, horrible AI, and no way to communicate with other players leave this port falling a bit flat.Ī few tutorial heists right off the bat do a wonderful job of teaching players the skills they’ll need to succeed. A perceived importance is put on stealth while pulling off heists, but it quickly devolves into fighting through endless waves of enemies. Joining a strong catalogue of multiplayer games on the Switch, Payday 2 looks to differentiate itself with a strong focus on teamwork and coordination. After casing Nintendo for a number of months, Payday 2 is finally ready to bust down the doors to the Switch to steal some cold hard cash.
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