So it all started in 2011 when Payday: The Heist was released by Overkill software. This recieved massive amounts of praise from the PC community as there wasn't really any bank robbing games.
Fast forward to 2013 and Payday 2 (or PD2 for short) had dropped onto the world, this is what must have inspired the upcoming GTA V Heists as your heists in Payday, though few, are actually never the same. Little details from civilian placement to the amount of camera's in the building.
In PD2 you have a crew of 4 with the original crew being Dallas, Wolf, Chains and Houston (formerly Hoxton, will be explained later).
The crew caused controversy as everyone who played PD1 hated Houston as he wasn't the 'real' Hoxton from the first game. Hoxton had been arrested by the FBI as he was caught with blueprints of all the previous locations that the Payday Crew had robbed.
This Payday game saw real stealth as in the first game there was no stealth option, but now there was meant people had to start playing smart.
Dallas is the brains of the group, the leader among men, the 'true' patriot. Also known as Mr.Steel, he owns the First World Bank which is the first thing you rob and is (hopefully) getting ported into Payday 2 so we can actually stealth it!
Chains is Dallas' "yang". Chains is an ex-military American known for his braun and heavy weaponry. Chains is a smart man, but he is there to be the groups bruiser. Chains has a connection to John Wick (who makes a cameo in the game).
While Chains is the tough guy of the group, he is tame compared to our Sweedish compadre Wolf. Wolf is, to put it lightly, crazy. Thats why we all love him though (not as much as Hoxton).
Finally, the least favourite character (who is original, sorry John Wick) in the game, Houston. I rarely see people pick him by default, he is just bland and annoying, shame that he is Dallas' brother then. I really dislike Houston and he still has the guts to wear the Hoxton mask...
In 2014, Overkill started the #FreeHoxton campaign by where we got a free mission where we could rescue and the play as 'Old' Hoxton which made almost everyone happy. Got to love that British accent and the British banter.
Before we got to free Hoxton we had the cameo from John Wick (shame no Keeanu Reeves VAing though :C) and we've also got Clover, a female Irish heister who was the apprentice of Hoxton before things went south back in Ireland, and recently we've got a Croatian heister by the name of Dragan.
So if you love heist games but don't own GTA V or just want an experience focused on heists and heists alone, pick Payday 2 up. It is available on X360, PS3 and PC. It will be coming to X1 and PS4 shortly.
My song of the week is Skillet - Not Gonna Die. I love this song, I've been playing it all week though it may not be everyones taste of music I thought I would feature it as my song of the week. Enjoy and see you all next week.
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