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F: Every other map

After 20 hours (including beta time) I have reached over lvl 100, I have bought most heist/weapon dlcs, and kept up with all the blogs, videos, etc. I can confidently say that this game is DISEASED with an out of touch company who have a very small amount of competency for the game they've created.

Here's the short of it

-Gunplay that's SO GOOD I don't know if I'll be able to return to PD2's weapons

-Beautiful animations for guns, characters, and the new contextual ones for objectives

-Interesting setting with a large focus on technology and digital age gadgets/heists

-Cool new cops with updated designs and mechanics

-New "phases" for missions that'll make gameplay more progressive instead of stagnant for the entire level.

Yup, that's all the good.
Ok here's the thing you're here for

-The worst UI I've probably seen from any shooter let alone any game I've played
Like for real THE GUNS AREN'T EVEN SEPARATED BY WEAPON TYPE! SECONDARIES ARE ALSO IN THE SAME SLOT AS PRIMARIES! HOW, HOW DO YOU F​U​C​K​I​N​G DO THIS??

-While the heists are mostly... ok. They don't have multi-day heists, escape heists, no bosses or unique enemies for the level. Most maps aren't randomized like in PD2. Unless you wanna count placement of keycards and minor stuff like that. Also cook-off isn't an infinite heist which blows p​e​n​i​s.

-I'm sure everyone's aware but I'll still put it here anyway. The skill system is dog s​h​i​t and revolves around 3 different modifiers. That being EDGE, GRIT, and RUSH. The idea of these 3 BEING in skills aren't the problem. It's just that the entire skill tree FOCUSES on these solely with like 5 individual skills actually giving you a unique mechanic. Just like the UI, it's super confusing.

-This game, while better than beta, is buggy as f​u​c​k. I promise you I am not suffering from mental r​e​t​a​r​d​a​t​i​o​n when I say I had a moment playing cook-off when the intercom ♥♥♥♥♥ told me to put in a chemical and I even waited for her to confirm it, yknow? Like wait for that second line that comes after it to make sure she didn't mess up the ingredients. I put it in AND THE F​UC​K​I​N​G LAB BLEW UP AFTER ONLY 5 BAGS.

-The team behind it wants to upgrade to Unreal Engine 5, but why? The engine they got now works just fine. Plus WHO WANTS THIS? I've heard literally NOBODY say anything positive about UE5. How about you actually add content?

-Guns are level-up progression now like in COD. It's ok... but I would rather just build my guns than grind for attachments. This locks players out of opportunities in heists because they hafta use a s​h​i​t weapon for 10 hours to unlock something that would make the weapon actually viable.

[LAST BUT NOT LEAST]
Content. Why would I ever play PayDay 3 instead of PayDay 2? it suffers from a lack of Heists, weapons, customization, heisters, mechanics, etc etc etc. To be fair this isn't JUST a PayDay 3 issue, but it's still a valid criticism.

With no roadmap or updates from the devs, I can't say I have much faith in this game. At best it'll be "good" in 5 years after updates and DLCs but most people will forget about it by then.

Save your money.

MFW I shadow drop kino

I really do enjoy everything about this game
- the art
- the soundtrack
- the gameplay

but HOLY F​U​C​K​ that battery mechanic is intrusive in ways I do not enjoy.
The simplest way of fixing this is just to add a grimoire that literally slows the battery drain or something.
I was in the underworld when my battery died and while outside of battle I could not
1. check the map
2. access my inventory
3. change gear
4. access my party
Now I only have an hour in the game so maybe it was something else that caused this BUT, it seems when your battery dies you also lose your party UNTIL you charge it up. Which if I AM correct in my assumption. That's absolutely dumb and wallet checks the player to see if they have a battery in their inventory (which you have to buy) and costs 500 gensokyan YEN to buy. So far im still in early game and I was trying to save my money for upgrades/better gear. Meaning, I'm broke.

If I cannot access my map bc the "Gensokyo Maps" app drains the hell out of my battery life. Then my next complaint would be
THESE DUNGEONS ARE LIKE LABYRINTHS and are super unfun to traverse bc rooms lead to more rooms which have 6 doors that lead to more rooms that have 3 doors that lead to more rooms that have 4 doors then 2 of the doors will lead to a chest, then one of the last 2 doors will lead to long fat hallways that lead to MORE F​U​C​K​I​N​G​ DOORS. Then the last one will lead to a smaller hallway with 2 doors, one being a chest then the other will have a lever you need to pull. THEN AFTER YOU PULL THAT ONE LEVER YOU NEED 3 OTHER LEVERS TO PULL AND DID I MENTION THERE ARE 4 DIFFERENT STAIRS OF THE FIRST LEVEL AND ALL OF THESE STAIRS HAVE 4 FLOORS WITH EVERYTHING MENTIONED BEFORE ON ALL OF THE 4 FLOORS PER STAIRS.

I didn't grow up with old SMT games but I still do want to play this game. Assuming im not getting anything wrong here, I think this game needs some cleaning up.

[EDIT]
Thank you developer for responding to my review so quickly. Very informative!

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We waited 2 years for this?

Papa's pizzeria if it was epic

Im on the 7th mission of this game and I was having a blast but I keep dying in what should be a "level transition" and cannot progress in the elevator. Ive tried looking for guides and videos to see if anyone else has had this issue and have returned empty handed.

Unfortunate it was a really fun game so far

It astonishes me to see this game now sitting at "mixed" reviews when it should still be at "overwhelmingly negative."
The operator system sucks and shouldn't have been a thing
Attachments should be unlockable and apart of weapon progression
The gunplay feels floaty and weak
The maps in this game feel... bland and WAYYY more open with very little points of interest
Of course now they added an ingame store and battlepass
blah blah blah yap yap yap dribble dribble dribble

But now the modern day COD effect is infecting BF with crossovers??? I love dead space but what the f​u​c​k​ is this?
The game may be fixed but it still isn't a Battlefield game. Stop thinking EA will ever learn from their mistakes

GIVE US UNLIMITED DECK SLOTS KONAMI


[OG review 6/2/24
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