Recent reviews by R.E.Q.Z

Start playing at 8pm. Suddenly 8am. 10/10 would recommend.

"Stop shooting me, you ♥♥♥♥!"
"Blue on Blue ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥!"
"Support, I need the one that goes brrrrrrt!"

/10 would get shot again.

While not a game for everyone, This is the Police follows the dark and depressing story of a man torn between morality and loyalty, following his last desperate stand as a police chief with nothing to lose, as he watches everything he loves get taken from him. This is the Police is not afraid to (unpleasantly) surprise and sometimes downright humiliate the player and their choices, in a realistic depiction of the harsh consequences of our actions. Although the gameplay is entertaining and the theme comical at times, do not expect to delve into this game for a light-hearted and pleasant experience.

First off, I'm going to add a positive review for this game to balance out all the unfair negative reviews. I want to begin by saying that the actual game itself is an incredible experience.

If you enjoyed Blood Money's massive sandbox expanse, with numerous methods of assassination, then this is definitely going to be enjoyable for you. It is a substantial departure from the linearity of Hitman: Absolution.
However, it is far from the perfect game. I will agree with a lot of the points raised by those who have posted a negative review, which are:
-Always-Online DRM (which intereferes with the loading times and stability when playing with an unstable internet connection)
-Poor PC performance & optimisation (*EDIT: Now much more optimised and runs smoothly)
-Inconsistent AI behaviour and reaction to distractions.

Just keep in mind, that the game itself is not the problem. The game itself is actually incredibly enjoyable, and that is how we will feel about it in a year's time, when the game is complete. (*EDIT: I still 100% agree with this, now all the episodes are out) The issues all arise from temporary issues. (poor optimisation , always-online DRM [which unfortunately will not likely be changed] and the lacklustre business model.) (*EDIT: Which have now been mostly addressed)

TL,DR Summary: While the game isn't perfect, it is still very entertaining and a must-buy for fans of the original Hitman franchise, who enjoyed open levels with interesting NPCs and a backstory of intrigue.

I definitely asked for this.

As a fan of previous title 'PAYDAY: The Heist', PAYDAY 2 has shown a complete overhaul of game mechanics. With David Goldfarb from Battlefield 3 now part of Overkill, the first thing you'll notice about the game is that it is HARD. You will fail when you're a low level. Eventually, as you work your way up the crime ladder, you'll gain the necessary skills to spend, to complete heists a certain way. There's a new stealth system implemented, in which you can carry different weapons with different mods to lower your visibility and be detected slower. Guards can be killed and bagged to move around, but their pagers must be answered. Answering too many pagers will cause the operator to be unconvinced and set the alarm off. Of course, there's always the 'classic' PAYDAY approach.... Weapons have also been overhauled, and feel incredibly satisfying to use. They actually kick and feel like real guns, whilst the sound design suits it perfectly.

This title has a large RPG element, in which you will now level up from getting xp on heists, and gain skill points to spend on skills in four different skill trees: Enforcer, Mastermind, Ghost and Technician. However, differing from the original PAYDAY, you cannot have all the skills in all the trees. As level 100 you can usually Max out 2 skill trees, and have a few in others or you can choose to spend them and become a 'Jack of all trades, but master of none'. Although this new system makes levelling up much more satisfying, it also rewards grinding heists, and as of such, many players simply speedrun heists for xp, (most notably Rats and Ukranian Job).

Overall, it is an amazing game, and although it isn't quite for the casual gamer as the first PAYDAY catered to, it is immensely enjoyable with countless replayability due to randomisation of each heist. One of the best games ever made, especially when playing with friends, it is one of my favourite games of all time. It is being constantly updated with new material, and although all the things promised at launch are not present in the release, they are promised to come by Overkill, one of the few developers out there who don't simply milk money from their customers by releasing an unfinished game, no patches and an abundance of microtransactions. PAYDAY 2 has no microtransactions and all items are obtained in-game. (*Note: there are DLC packs with new heists and weapons, but obviously these are optional. You can also play these heists as long as the host has the DLC)

I definitely recommend this game to fellow FPS and RPG gamers out there, and if you have your doubts, simply pick it up during its next sale!