


One wrong move can turn things into an all-out gunfight (in fact, this is pretty much inevitable except for in a couple of heavy stealth heists), so being able to make your lives easier through stealth is of utmost importance in higher level missions.

After all, if you’re going to be wielding large assault weapons in order to gun down as many local and federal law enforcement officers as possible, there better be a fair chunk of cheddar on the other end, right? These missions usually start with some sort of casing phase in which players attempt to find out as much information as possible while being completely stealthy. Payday 2: Crimewave Edition tasks a team of up to four players with a number of devious criminal tasks, all of which have the same basic goal: get money, get paid. When its issues arise, however, it’s the type of game that leaves you staring at a series of menus and game-joining failures wondering where it all went wrong. When it’s firing on all cylinders, Payday 2: Crimewave Edition stakes its case for being the only game that you and your friends play for the foreseeable future. Yes, this is definitely a complete version of the vaunted heist simulator that has stolen countless hours from PC players far and wide, only without the crisp level of polish that Payday fans have come to expect. For every incredible multi-day heist that a squad of masked criminals was able to complete, there were six or seven more that simply never occured due to connection issues. Over the last week, my experience with Payday 2: Crimewave Edition was loaded with incredible peaks and some of the most frustrating valleys I’ve encountered all year.
