Recent reviews by Decline

Being able to tab into this game during my respawn timer in other games has saved me from keyboard bashing on multiple occasions.

If you have time to kill, JUST TRY THE DEMO ALREADY!

I played Payday 2 for 1,350 hours and spent $180 on over 60 DLCs.
The game mechanics of Payday 3 are fun, and the enhancements to stealth are very cool.

I can forgive bugs, abysmal UI, progression, and skills because they will improve over time.
What I can't forgive is the price of their first DLC, and the awful decision to make Payday 3 always-online.
Starbreeze has always been greedy, but this is unforgivable.

As someone who primarily played stealth in Payday 2 and thus played solo for nearly a thousand hours, I can't get enjoyment out of Payday 3 having to deal with ping in stealth and maps built around having multiple people (i.e solo players can't defuse all dye in time)

abysmal user interface.

an otherwise fine tool, which can help you improve.

Get it on sale, your teammates can wait

Honestly - none of my friends own this game, but I'm sure a lot of them would have an absolute blast with this title.
Yes, it takes a bit of time to learn how everything in this game works, but all that really shows is this isn't the 799th ripoff of the most popular adventure-inde game.

Yes, the text based controls take time to get used to and can be a little wonky, yes while the voice acting is usually pretty good - it's not perfect. It has an amount of polish that is a bit beyond what you'd expect for a less-than-popular game currently sold for $5.99.

Personally I found the game legitimately exciting, nerve wracking, even giggling at some jokes, or some silly audio log by some side-character voice actor.

Seriously, I can't promise that you'll love this game, but on average you'd be spending more at your local Starbucks than the developer is asking for a game that they truly put a lot of effort into. If you love the game you'll have no problem buying the season pass, if you didn't care for the game you're not wasting $26 on all 4 episodes - win/win.

if i had spent my ingame hours in a school, statistically by now i'd have two three masters degrees.