Payday 2 is a multiplatform first-person shooter video game developed by Overkill Software and Starbreeze Studios. The global publisher is 505 Games. In Russia: "1C-SoftClub" (PS3, Xbox 360). The game was released in mid-August 2013. Payday 2 is a sequel to Payday: The Heist.
In 2011, a cooperative shooter named Payday: The Heist was released, which did not gain astronomical popularity but left a mark on players' memories. A little less than two years later, Payday 2 was released - largely the same game, but refined and polished to perfection. The main characters remain four robbers, each wearing memorable masks. These painted pieces of plastic, by the way, can be customized at the "highway robbers' hideout" - yes, the bandits now have their own "lair" where they can thoroughly prepare for the next heist.
The heists themselves are structured roughly the same way as in Payday: The Heist - arrive, kill, rob, leave. But many, if not all, missions can be completed in "stealth mode," although gunfire is still very difficult to avoid. As always, the regular "cops" show up first, followed by various special services, and finally, the military appears. The artificial intelligence has become slightly smarter, so enemies don’t always just rush in; they sometimes try to hide behind cover. Many fighters are wrapped in armor and flaunt bulletproof shields, making them much harder to kill. The game has become a tad more challenging.
Basically, a cooperative shooter is a cooperative shooter, whether it's in Africa or anywhere else. In Payday 2, you can invite your friends, and if none are around, you can join a random game. There are plenty of regular operations in Payday 2. Of course, there are also so-called multi-day heists that are related by a storyline. Naturally, after some time missions start to repeat, but the developers have come up with something interesting - every time the game starts anew, some interior details change, new obstacles appear, surveillance cameras move locations, etc.
The classes presented in Payday 2 have changed, or to be precise, they have changed names and gained additional properties. Thus, the memorable Support class has transformed into Mastermind, not only retaining its old abilities (for example, it can still heal teammates) but also learning to better manipulate the minds of neutral people and enemies. Assault has become Enforcer, finally solidifying as the team's full-fledged breakthrough force (in simpler terms, it has become the "tank"). Sharpshooter has mutated into Ghost, becoming a specialist in silent heists. The Technician's name has not changed, but they have been given a couple of new abilities. This class is responsible for setting up drills and turrets, blowing up C4, picking locks, mining passages, etc.