Payday 3: What’s Changed From Payday 2?

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Payday 3 is here, and that means everyone gets to jump in and have a fun time robbing banks and doing cool stuff. That is assuming the game is working and you aren’t stuck in limbo for hours on end waiting for the matchmaking to work as you slowly go insane listening to the same music on repeat for all eternity, of course. 

That minor gribble aside, Payday 3 is the third game in the series which I am sure comes as no surprise to anyone. This means some things have changed, some things have stayed the same, and we are going to exclusively talk about the former. Let’s dive right in so you can get back to stealing necklaces or whatever. 

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The change everyone should be talking about prior to lamenting is the fact that Payday 3 is always online. Let me tell you, no game squeezed out of the development tube has ever been made better by being online 100% of the time. Not a single one.

Does Payday 3 break the curse? No. Payday 3 mostly works without hitch, but being forced to tether your platform of choice to the internet to play your game – even with bots – is nothing but a hindrance for players. It’s a practice that needs to die. It’s a change though, so it goes on the list. 

Another change worth talking about is matchmaking. Payday 2 had a pretty nippy system where you loaded the game up and then hopped into a game with minimal downtime. Payday 3 abandons that model for matchmaking that takes noticeably longer – even when it’s working as intended. 

Will this get fixed over time? Who knows, but as it stands, the game can be a bit hit-or-miss on getting you into a game quickly. Some sort