Payday 3: Will the Heist Sequel Boom or Bust in the Gaming Industry?
Is Payday 3 a boom or bust among the members of the gaming industry? Slated for release on September 21, 2023, this first person shooter game was developed by Starbreeze Studios and published by Deep Silver. This serves as the sequel to Payday 2, which was developed by Overkill Software and published by 505 Games in 2013.
Game Changers
pd3.jpg 580.67 KBWhen Payday 2 was released it was designed as a cooperative first person shooter game that served as the sequel to 2011’s Payday: The Heist. After it was launched in 2013, there was a remastered version of the game titled Crimewave Edition that was released in 2015 for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One consoles. At the time, Starbreeze Studio had yet to acquire the rights of Overkill Software and its intellectual property. After forking out $30 million USD in 2016, Payday 2 also became available for people owning a Nintento Switch console as of 2018.
In March 2021, Plaion pitched in to ensure Payday 3’s development, marketing, and support was there for the game’s launch and post-launch. Currently, Payday 3 has been using the Unreal Engine 4 but there will be an upgrade to Unreal Engine 5 after the game is launched. Because of this, Payday 3’s gameplay will is console versions having the same gameplay mechanics as the PC version.
Boom or Bust?
pd33.jpg 464.86 KBAccording to gamers and reviewers who’ve enjoyed earlier access to Payday 3, the latest edition to the Payday series can be viewed as a great experience or a punishing one. According to one reviewer, the game felt it was far too difficult due to a series of details that took away its entertainment value. However, according to another reviewer, part of the charm was going through a heist that came with a chain of events to make the gaming experience more challenging.
Just like its predecessor, Payday 3 relies on the cooperation of players involved in a heist to work together as a team. Just like real life, if the people involved in the team can’t bring themselves to work together as one cohesive unit, they’re doomed. Everybody involved must be on the same page at all times. Among gamers who excel at teamwork-related tasks, Payday 3 is great.
However, if the gamer lacks patience or is stuck with three other people who behave like noobs, then Payday 3 may not be so entertaining to play. Going solo isn’t an option, either. The game offers eight different heists upon launch. This is less than the twelve maps that came with Payday 2 but each one seems to be more expansive. There are banks, ports, and skyscrapers that dictate the setting of each heist.
Hostages & Negotiations
pd32.jpg 70.26 KBWhat Payday 3 offers players is the opportunity to take hostages and use them as bargaining chips when negotiating with the enemy. In the game’s storyline, the crew from Payday 2 are brought out of retirement against their will to complete at least one final heist, this time in New York City instead of Washington, D.C. Ten years is a long time to be out of the game, so to speak, and much has changed when it comes to banking in the United States. In order to pull off any heist, the team needs to have its “A-game” on.
While gamers wait for the official launch of Payday 3, there are also certain expectations placed Deep Silver and the development team of Starbreeze Studios need to take into consideration. As gamers, people don’t like to be held hostage when it comes to online gaming experiences. This means they’ll want a fully functional game that has as few bugs as possible in it. They’ll also want their voices to be heard each time they gripe about something. As long as those concerns are within reason, then its the responsibility of Payday 3’s support team to ensure each of them are addressed and dealt with properly.
Will Payday 3 be a boom or a bust as a game? As usual, time will tell, as will the members of the gaming community as they never hold back voicing their opinion about something, regardless if its good or bad.
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