{"id":57185,"date":"2013-08-13T10:33:42","date_gmt":"2013-08-13T08:33:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=57185"},"modified":"2013-08-13T10:35:55","modified_gmt":"2013-08-13T08:35:55","slug":"payday-2-review-scores-steal-the-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/57185-payday-2-review-scores-steal-the-show","title":{"rendered":"Payday 2 review scores steal the show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The sequel to the hit bank-robbery-sim is releasing this week, and Payday 2\u2019s goal to raise the stakes has definitely paid off, as the review scores are very flattering of Overkill Software\u2019s thievery extravaganza.<\/p>\n<p>Payday 2 currently sits on Metascores of 79 on PC, while the Xbox 360 and PS3 versions are still awaiting enough scores for an aggregate.<\/p>\n<p>On Gamerankings, the game is still seeking aggregate scores, but as the initial reviews roll in, things are looking positive for the title.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ign.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">IGN<\/a>: 8\/10<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cParts of its presentation are lacking, and the state of its single-player is criminal, but overall, it&#8217;s a deep, addictive co-op shooter that tickled my inner burglar.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/\" target=\"_blank\">Eurogamer<\/a>: 8\/10<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cIt&#8217;s still a long way from being the slick, sophisticated crime thriller it wants to be but, with a little forgiveness from the player, this rough diamond manages to shine.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><a href=\"http:\/\/kotaku.com\/payday-2-the-kotaku-review-1111483357\" target=\"_blank\">Kotaku<\/a>: YES<\/h3>\n<p>&#8216;&#8221;While the heist set-up is novel, and while there are few highs in multiplayer compared to the feeling of having coordinated teammates\u2014something which<em>Payday 2\u00a0<\/em>demands\u2014in a way, some of my enjoyment of\u00a0<em>Payday 2<\/em>\u00a0hinges on what the franchise might become one day. Yes, it&#8217;s worth playing now to see the neat ideas you can&#8217;t find in other shooters; it&#8217;s a great title to pick up to play around with your friends&#8230;but I can&#8217;t help but look forward.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Payday-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-56929\" alt=\"Payday 2\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Payday-2-600x337.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Payday-2-600x337.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Payday-2-267x150.jpg 267w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Payday-2-625x350.jpg 625w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Payday-2.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.joystiq.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Joystiq<\/a>: 8\/10<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cPayday 2 proves that you can&#8217;t plan for everything. No two jobs, despite being of similar set-up, go down in the same way \u2013 and without the help of few friends, you&#8217;ll never survive long enough to reach that tropical paradise.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamerevolution.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Game Revolution<\/a>: 8\/10<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cPayday 2&#8217;s presentation feels plastic, but the rest feels exhilarating and livened by the presence of human players you have to rely on.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.officialplaystationmagazine.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">OPM:<\/a> 7\/10<\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;Payday 2 is fun. Not the kind of slick, cinematic enjoyment you\u2019re expecting, but a messier, anarchic experience bolstered by excellent weapon feedback and a broad choice of approaches. It simulates the botched bank job with unintentional vigour, but its shaky mechanics hold it back from becoming the smooth criminal it so wants to be.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Payday-2-screenshot.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-57187\" alt=\"Payday 2 screenshot\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Payday-2-screenshot-600x337.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Payday-2-screenshot-600x337.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Payday-2-screenshot-267x150.jpg 267w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Payday-2-screenshot-625x350.jpg 625w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Payday-2-screenshot.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.godisageek.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">God is a Geek<\/a>: 8\/10<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cA hugely enjoyable game, and it\u2019s obvious that the developers have thought long and hard about every single aspect of the gameplay, keeping everything that worked from the previous game and doing away with, or improving, all of the other aspects.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamesradar.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">GamesRadar<\/a>: 3.5\/5<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cEven with DOA single-player, Payday 2 offers a lot of bang for a below-average asking price. Debuting at $30 on Steam, its co-op action is gangbusters with the right crew of like-minded individuals. Better AI and a few more clever gameplay flourishes could have pushed it into must-play territory.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-57186\" alt=\"Payday 2 screenshot 2\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Payday-2-screenshot-2-600x337.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Payday-2-screenshot-2-600x337.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Payday-2-screenshot-2-267x150.jpg 267w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Payday-2-screenshot-2-625x350.jpg 625w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Payday-2-screenshot-2.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More gaming news:<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/57153-xbox-one-live-gold-home-sharing-explained.html\">Xbox One Live Gold home sharing explained<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/57146-dota-2-team-wins-over-r13-7-million.html\">Dota 2 team wins over R13.7 million<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/57058-greatest-game-this-generation.html\">Greatest game this generation<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/57063-battlefield-4-multiplayer-gameplay-video-bomb.html\">Battlefield 4 multiplayer gameplay video bomb<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is Overkill\u2019s sequel the perfect heist or just plain criminal?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":196,"featured_media":57188,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_enabled":true,"_sma_x_custom_text":"","_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[21,10977,10964,8524,5570,457,581],"class_list":["post-57185","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","tag-headline","tag-overkill","tag-overkill-software","tag-payday-2","tag-payday-the-heist","tag-review","tag-review-roundup"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57185","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/196"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57185"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57185\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57190,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57185\/revisions\/57190"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57188"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57185"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}