Recent reviews by Kuryaku

Still unoptimized after more than a month.
While the game really delivers on the atmosphere, it is unplayable. For all that the trailers saying "We're real gamers" was worth, it doesn't feel like they know how to make proper games.

Requires game bar and Xbox as well as a Microsoft account to play. Disappointing, the game was pretty good.

An upgrade in many aspects compared to The Forest. Shame there is still so little furniture.

Online-only should be altogether dropped because of abandonware. Aside from this;

Quality of life:
NO MATHCHMAKING FILTERS! This is a big step down from PD2 where you could matchmake for stealth/loud or any mission of a certain difficulty. All of that is gone now, and the lobbies take an awful time to fill up because of it.

Gameplay:
Accuracy feels like crap compared to PD2's (bloom is terrible), the gunplay is much less pleasant.
Weapon variety is pretty bad (where are all the secondaries??), no singlefire toggle or laser for hipfire.
Many glitches still present ("Ready" being locked in lobbies, phone spam preventing normal gameplay...).
No indicator of last down, you straight up die.
The "stand in the circle" or "find a QR" objectives are repetitive and mind numbing.

Progression:
Some skills are just blatantly overpowered and are locked behind the awful challenge progression system.
You get 0 rewards from playing your favorite weapon or heist because of said challenges. To add oil to the fire, the devs are very defensive of their decision despite repeated calls to change it.


The positives:
The minigames are a nice addition to an otherwise "hold the button" interaction.
The music seems like it will be as good as PD2's.
The maps are very well crafted for both loud and stealth.


Conclusion:
Overall, not worth 40$ considering there will be DLC spam, maybe 20$. Devs have not learned much from the 10 years of payday 2 updates released, or from the need for community feedback.

The lore is nice, but why on earth does this game look worse than its 10 year predecessor? All you had to do was work with the existing game. Please just put the servers back online.

After completing the game thrice for all endings, I feel like my review will be more accurate.
Breaking the game into 2 categories: PVE and PVP.

PVE
The bosses are challenging enough to force you to change your build and the way you play. The customization has more depth than most games on the market, and the weapon choices are very varied. You have to carefully balance your loadout to reach max performance, which is reminiscent of MechWarrior games.
The story is a solid 8/10, with well written characters, great voice acting, and a morally gray theme. Depending on your choices during missions (complete the mission or accept a counteroffer), you will unlock new endings.
The music is pretty lacking compared to previous title and even the Daemon X Machina 'ripoff' though.

PVP
This is where the game is pretty lacking. The lack of matchmaking, progression tracking and rewards, host ping display, statistics, and more chat options are making this part of the game less satisfying. There will always be people using dirty builds, but you can counter any build with your own. Also a definitive plus is the recent balance changes released that nerfed the shotguns.

Despite the concerns previously mentioned, it is well worth the full price tag.

Massive memory leak that makes the game unlaunchable
Despite being in EA, this keeping up for one month is more than i can handle.

L'une de mes meilleures expériences avec un jeu, mon premier jeu steam aussi!
L'histoire est vraiment immersive, on en veut plus même après la fin; Les puzzles sont vraiment bien pensés et vous force à travailler sur la solution; Le coop est fun (risques de trolls par contre);
Le système du workshop permet une replayabilité quasi infinie.
Bref, un prix super pour un jeu génial.

Génial! Juste génial!
Ce jeu peut être considéré comme le juste succésseur de Super Meat Boy étant donné la qualité de production.
On retrouve les mêmes morts idiotes et drôles de ce jeu, mais avec une customisation beaucoup plus étendue.
De plus, il existe de nombreux modes de jeu incluant des ballons, des chevaux, des fantômes...
Je recommande fortement cet excellent jeu.

Firing an RPG = Server Crash
10/10