Payday: The Heist (Update! New Left 4 Dead inspired campaign in association with Valve)

tardcore

PAYDAY: THE HEIST

PAYDAY: The Heist is an action filled first person shooter that lets players take on the role of a hardened career criminal executing intense, dynamic heists in constant pursuit of the next “big score”. Load out with an array of weaponry and equipment. Navigate six high-stake heists with three other live or A.I. Co-Op partners in crime.

Time for a PAYDAY - Cash in before you cash out!

Features:
Six High-Intensity Heists
Interactive 4-Player Co-Op play
Endless Replayability
Massive Character Progression Tree
Build Your Skills to Fit Your Preferred Form of Violence
Hostage Trading
More DLC: Additional heists, weapons and equipment means PAYDAY™—a digitally distributed AAA quality title for less than half the price of a retail game—is total OVERKILL

Currently $19.99 (U.S.) on Steam. Also available on the Playstation Network.
http://www.overkillsoftware.com/payday


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkSX9vxFE_4&feature=player_embedded


First look at "No Mercy", a collaboration between Overkill and Valve on a new campaign featuring a familiar hospital from a popular first-person zombie-shootin' game...

Dirtyboy wrote: »

See how long this one stays up:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCVRg_FIiWU&list=UU0bBcqC2ejedkawJ7zoeovQ&index=1&feature=plcp

Igpx407

Gosh darn it. Double post!

Igpx407

It's time for people to start getting excited about this because I need partners in crime. Here's a game play video to help things along:

http://youtu.be/NO_lR29JObo

tardcore

If you're getting it for PC, I'd be down with going in on a 4-pack if we can find two more criminals.

Bursar

I played a bit of this at E3. It kind of looked like fun, but it had a lot of "hey, guys look over there so I can go... watch over these hostages better."

Maybe I'm just bitter; I'm currently being three-way backstabbed in a game of Diplomacy and find it hard to trust people who might have ulterior motives.

Hmm... $15 each for the 4-pack? I might want to go in with you, tardcore. Let me know if you can't find a 4th.

Igpx407

tardcore wrote:

If you're getting it for PC, I'd be down with going in on a 4-pack if we can find two more criminals.

I'm in. My favorite mission in GTA 4 was the bank heist. I'm ready for an entire game like that.

PMAvers

Bursar wrote:

Maybe I'm just bitter; I'm currently being three-way backstabbed in a game of Diplomacy and find it hard to trust people who might have ulterior motives.

Welcome to Diplomacy. If the players don't hate each other and never want to see each other again, you're doing something wrong.

PMAvers

Bursar wrote:

Maybe I'm just bitter; I'm currently being three-way backstabbed in a game of Diplomacy and find it hard to trust people who might have ulterior motives.

Welcome to Diplomacy. If the players don't hate each other and never want to see each other again, you're doing something wrong.

gunwarrior

I had zero interest in this game until I saw the price, I'll definitely give it a shot now.

EVOL

Looks pretty cool. Hopefully it'll focus more on the actual heist than the inevitable blastout while you're escaping.

subedii

Looks interesting, would certainly be willing to read more about it.

But at the same time (and sorry to be a downer), but it's a very rare multiplayer-only budget title that ever lasts beyond a month or two before the players simply disappear.

Tommatt

Thread title already has me sold on this game. Left for dead + heat? L4D is one of my favorite games of all time when you have a group of players that understand how to play as a team.

subedii

Tommatt wrote:

Thread title already has me sold on this game. Left for dead + heat? L4D is one of my favorite games of all time when you have a group of players that understand how to play as a team.

The best mission's going to be the one where we meet up in a coffee shop and talk about our dreams.

Lawndart

subedii wrote:

Tommatt wrote:

Thread title already has me sold on this game. Left for dead + heat? L4D is one of my favorite games of all time when you have a group of players that understand how to play as a team.

The best mission's going to be the one where we meet up in a coffee shop and talk about our dreams.

I will try and maintain the following level of understated professionalism during each round:

From the whole "clown mask" gimmick this game's got, I'd say the heist scene from The Dark Knight is more of a direct influence than Heat, but I may be nitpicking.

Right now I'm cautiously optimistic, mainly since I've been missing Kane & Lynch 2's Fragile Alliance multiplayer and really hope this hits the same marks.

I am curious about gameplay mechanics, like can you betray the other guys on your crew, and what happens if you die (respawn as a criminal, respawn as a cop, sit there and watch for the rest of the round?).

Igpx407

Lawndart wrote:

I am curious about gameplay mechanics, like can you betray the other guys on your crew, and what happens if you die (respawn as a criminal, respawn as a cop, sit there and watch for the rest of the round?).

From what I've read respawns are based on hostages. So if you go down but your group has at least one hostage, you'll be revived in exchange for a hostage. It also has a level up system.

iRevert

Color me interested...

I'll be waiting for reviews and such after the game comes out, unfortunately this is a game that I see (for consoles) having the price drop like a rock quite quickly.

UnbreakableVow

iRevert wrote:

Color me interested...

I'll be waiting for reviews and such after the game comes out, unfortunately this is a game that I see (for consoles) having the price drop like a rock quite quickly.

On consoles it's only available on PSN, so...that price isn't coming down anytime soon, I can almost guarantee

iRevert

I though it also came out on 360 as well, ah well there goes my interest.

iRevert

triple post?

iRevert

double post

iRevert

double post.

Skexis

Lawndart wrote:

subedii wrote:

Tommatt wrote:

Thread title already has me sold on this game. Left for dead + heat? L4D is one of my favorite games of all time when you have a group of players that understand how to play as a team.

The best mission's going to be the one where we meet up in a coffee shop and talk about our dreams.

I will try and maintain the following level of understated professionalism during each round:

At least until the cops get savvy and bring in

So I really want to play this before I buy. I'm a big fan of Kane & Lynch multiplayer as well, but the trailers they have on steam aren't giving me a whole lot of confidence. Is there any chance they'll release a demo soon?

Willeth

I'm going to be grabbing this on PSN - is anyone else here, for multiplayer heistery?

Ah_Pook

i got this thing, if anyone wants to shoot some dudes and rob some things. i tried to get a game going earlier this afternoon... and couldnt. so thats disheartening.

Willeth

I have played the US demo and nothing else because they delayed the EU version and never announced a release date, which is frustrating as all hell.

So I guess I'll see you around Christmas.

Dirtyboy

Bo Anderson of Overkill has posted in Steam forums that the PC version will be out October 20th, 10 am PST.

http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2187540

CheesecakeRecipe

There was probably an entire year of my life spent watching no other movies than Heist ones.

I am so ready for this.

cooljammer00

Of course the first thing my team does when entering the building is start shooting civilians.

Zyrxil

So, it's releasing in 15 mins and I just impulse bought a 4-pack on Steam just in case there was an unshown preorder price-break for the 4-pack too. Who wants in?

Shogun

i'm in if i can pay you the $15 tomorrow

Zyrxil

Sure. Whoever wants in just PM me for my Paypal. I'll tell you if they're gone or still there.

mere_immortal

So anyone put any time into this on PC?

Thinking of getting in on the 4 pack, looks kinda neat and I miss my L4D style fix.

CheesecakeRecipe

PC options are barebones, resolution and brightness slider. No vsync by default and it screen tore like a bitch. Runs solidly enough though. Gunplay feels weird, but I guess in order to fit in the skill trees they needed to make the guns inaccurate from the getgo. The game also takes no time in explaining how anything works, so if you didn't read up elsewhere things can get a bit awkward. Single player is an abomination. The bots AI is incredibly stupid and requires you to take point for everything, this includes trying to push forward through waves of baddies to reach an objective. At one point they refused to move despite me telling them to follow me, and had to get shot down to get them to move and pick me up. I failed the mission later on due to some similar incompetence, only they didn't bother picking me up despite there only being 2 cops in the area and 3 of them.

On the positive side, being able to scope out the bank in the first mission before starting the heist feels badass. The dynamic objective changes are subtle, such as where the manager is. Cop placement, assault times and special cops are different each time as well. In the two different attempts I made, I noticed an abundance of snipers in one window, whereas the next attempt there was only one sniper but had heavier troops come in from the roof. The drill objective also jammed constantly the first time, but the second time it only tripped up once and then finished without issue.

So far I am enjoying myself enough while keeping in mind some of the shortcomings may be bypassed by playing online and furthering my skill trees.

Dirtyboy

Yeah the single player teammate AI is terrible. Was right at the end of bank level with money and cop pulled a DON'T TASE ME BRO on me while teammates just stood around watching me do the electric slide. Co-op is basically the only way you are going to be able to play this game successfully.

On the plus side, it's a pure homage to Heat and other heist movies. Like mentioned above walking into bank and scoping it out while the Heat style music is playing is beyond cool.

Metallikat

Lack of a Vsync option is making my eyes bleed. Fun game, confusing as all hell, hope they patch in some more options for the graphic settings.

Ah_Pook

anyone get this on the ps3?

i did and i literally havent been able to get a game going once yet. so.

Dirtyboy

Metallikat wrote:

Lack of a Vsync option is making my eyes bleed. Fun game, confusing as all hell, hope they patch in some more options for the graphic settings.

Main menu looks slick until you open the video options: http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/612714390019054923/41BF8F33D99ED8BE44FE9A6CCE994C6A2413878D/

Here's what the config file looks like, might be able to add lines in to force Vsync and MSAA:

# All general information about sound (but not the sample itself) from all loaded banks are stored in the default wwise memory pool.
# The more banks loaded and the more sounds in a bank, the more memory is needed here.
memory_wwise_default_pool_size_kb = 8600
# The percent of memory used when wwise will go into low memory mode and ignore less important sounds. Set this
# to 100 to disable the feature and always play everything.
memory_wwise_default_pool_threshold_percent = 90
# Information about currently playing sounds is stored in the lower engine memory pool. More concurrent playing
# sounds require more memory. Use 1MB for 50-80 voices, 2MB for 130-170 voices, roughly.
memory_wwise_lower_engine_pool_size_kb = 8000
# The percent of memory used when wwise will go into low memory mode and ignore less important sounds. Set this
# to 100 to disable the feature and always play everything.
memory_wwise_lower_engine_pool_threshold_percent = 90

[win32]
memory_soft_system_limit = 510
memory_hard_system_limit = 556
[editor]
memory_soft_system_limit = 510
memory_hard_system_limit = 556
memory_lua_limit = 0
memory_physics_limit = 0
[xbox]
nx_hint_collision_speed = false
vsync_interval = 0
vsync_threshold = 100
msaa_samples = 0
msaa_swap_chain = false
srgb_swap_chain = false
tripple_buffered = false
#platform_intensity_scale = 0.65
[ps3]
memory_pretend = 0
memory_lua_limit = 24
memory_physics_limit = 16
memory_sound_cache_limit = 5
memory_soft_system_limit = 237
memory_hard_system_limit = 2048

Toxic Pickle

I don't know about ATI cards, but Nvidia has a Control Panel that you can force certain settings in any 3D application. I've had to force Vsync in Dead Island and Borderlands, and never had a single bit of tearing.

This game seems interesting to me, but with so many other titles just around the corner, I'm keeping my wallet tight for what I really want. What a terrible problem to have.

mere_immortal

Hmmm, the lack of PC options kinda makes me want to wait.

Seem like the kinda game that would be in a big ol' Steam sale.

BionicPenguin

I have some brutal mouse lag. I move the mouse and then it's mirrored in game about half a second later. Pretty much makes it impossible to hit anything that's moving. Fortunately, it seems not everyone has that problem and the developers are aware of it and trying to find the reason. I guess I'll have to amuse myself with Dungeon Defenders until that gets fixed.

EDIT: Fixed the mouse lag by lowering my resolution.

Massena

Played this for about an hour tonight, tried the first bank heist in single a few times and then with the gf. Initial impressions are that single player sucks a bit. The AI is useless, and requires you to do everything in a game that clearly is designed against that. That said, in a group, with intelligent people as teammates, this game is pretty kickass. Gameplay is VERY frenetic, I'm reminded of Left 4 Dead in it's rush moments. Not much of a tutorial, but the gameplay isn't too complicated, this isn't Europa Universalis, it's Left 4 Dead meets Heat. There are some small things that aren't quite as polished as Valve (one of the police types on that map had ski masks like our team, we all thought they were our guys initially), but that stuff is easily overlooked.

Had no problems with mouse-look, tearing, crashes etc. Smooth as could be for both of us playing. Created a lobby and linked to friends on Steam without issue. Only real complaint is that we had to drop it down from normal on our first go (and we play a lot of these types of games) and the AI sucks. I'd imagine a push to talk button would be more important to me if I were going out on pubs, instead of playing with people I hang out with anyways.

Tentative thumbs up.