payday: the heist was just announced earlier this month, but swedish developer overkill software had it on display front and center at sony online entertainment's booth. i wasn't sure what to expect from the downloadable co-op shooter; the elevator pitch is that it's left 4 dead where you're stealing things rather than killing zombies, so i sat down with more questions than answers as to how it all worked.

turns out what i found was a surprisingly deep co-op shooter, a game that respects both its heist movie influences and the complicated tangles of co-op multiplayer gameplay. as a shooter, it's not quite as polished or graphically impressive as some bigger budget titles, but for its depth and intelligence, i actually found payday: the heist to be one of the best titles here at e3.continue reading payday: the heist preview: everybody be cool

payday: the heist preview: everybody be cool originally appeared on joystiq on thu, 09 jun 2011 22:30:00 est. please see our terms for use of feeds.




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