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PayPalThe co-op shooter PAYDAY 2 is now officially available on SteamOS & Linux, yet another popular game! I’ve been waiting on this one as I am keen to play it to see what the fuss is all about. Being the bad guy can be more interesting than being forced to be the hero of everything most of the time.
It’s a shame it got review-bombed after they made some changes recently, but I can’t say if they are good or bad since it has only just arrived for us. We will have our thoughts and a port report up as soon as we can. We had no advanced warning, so it will take time.
It’s also on sale, so now is a great time to check it out! I picked up the GOTY edition myself, and will be checking it out.
About the game
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.PAYDAY 2 is an action-packed, four-player co-op shooter that once again lets gamers don the masks of the original PAYDAY crew - Dallas, Hoxton, Wolf and Chains - as they descend on Washington DC for an epic crime spree.
The new CRIMENET network offers a huge range of dynamic contracts, and players are free to choose anything from small-time convenience store hits or kidnappings, to big league cyber-crime or emptying out major bank vaults for that epic PAYDAY. While in DC, why not participate in the local community, and run a few political errands?
Up to four friends co-operate on the hits, and as the crew progresses the jobs become bigger, better and more rewarding. Along with earning more money and becoming a legendary criminal comes a new character customization and crafting system that lets crews build and customize their own guns and gear.
I really want to buy it on its sale but everything being digital and having 8-50kbps is just not worth downloading 1-15GB.
Genrally slow line or just having problems with Steam downloads?
There are possible workarounds for the later:
http://ein-eike.de/2015/01/02/fixing-download-speed-problems-under-steam-for-linux/
I really want to buy it on its sale but everything being digital and having 8-50kbps is just not worth downloading 1-15GB.
Genrally slow line or just having problems with Steam downloads?
There are possible workarounds for the later:
http://ein-eike.de/2015/01/02/fixing-download-speed-problems-under-steam-for-linux/
Nah it's my internet provider being c*nts in my rural area and we only have two options, this or sattelite which is expensive. ;3 Thanks for the help though.
Johan Lejonborn Mar 22, 2016
also very cool that they put it for free to test for more than a week!!
let's go bank robbing :)
Just wondering if this game can be played cross-platform, since it seems to be a problem with some games. And what drivers are you using?Crossplatform works in terms you can play with windows mates.
Even your characters save works crossplatform, I could continue playing from point where I stopped with wine.
Setup: i5-3570k+670Ti with 361.28.
Last edited by Jarno on 22 March 2016 at 8:56 am UTC
Depth of Field is terrible. Not really my type of game, but bought it anyway to support devs.
View video on youtube.com
System Specs:
Processor:AMD FX-8320 @ 4,4Ghz
Memory:16 GB DDR3 (1866Mhz)
Video Card:Asus 970 STRIX 4GB (3.5GB)
Sound Card:Focusrite Scarlett 2i2
Motherboard:Gigabyte GA-970A-D3
Operating System:Arch Linux 64bit
Kernel: 4.4
Filesystem: ext4
Nvidia drivers: 364.12
Desktop Environment: MATE (1.12) + nvidia's ForceCompositionPipeline = On
Last edited by Xpander on 22 March 2016 at 9:16 am UTC
Have to confess, I disabled the DoF . Never have liked that in games, Blur too if it's an option.
lucifertdark Mar 22, 2016
leillo1975 Mar 22, 2016
How about enabling/forcing Sync to VBlank from your card's control panel?@leillo1975
Set Vsync to 1
Always the same, If I put 0 or 1 I have the same result
I have checked "Sync to VBlank" and now It works. I have about 80fps. Thanks a lot dubigrasu. I don't have issues like this with other games. I never checked/unchecked this option.
Kuduzkehpan Mar 22, 2016
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__GL_SYNC_TO_VBLANK=0 %command%
Played about an hour, uninstalled ... waste of £4.59 - didn't realise the game was a wave shooter and it's nearly impossible to complete missions cleanly in single player. The AI is useless, they don't do anything - they won't break safes, loot, restart drills, cable tie hostages etc. So missions requiring you to carry three bags of loot requires making three long trips to the getaway vehicle, usually straight through a mass of police.
Last edited by GBee on 24 March 2016 at 9:39 am UTC
Played about an hour, uninstalled ... waste of £4.59 - didn't realise the game was a wave shooter and it's nearly impossible to complete missions cleanly in single player. The AI is useless, they don't do anything - they won't break safes, loot, restart drills, cable tie hostages etc. So missions requiring you to carry three bags of loot requires making three long trips to the getaway vehicle, usually straight through a mass of police.
[meme]YOU DO NOT SIMPLY PLAY PAYDAY IN SINGLEPLAYER[/meme]
That sums's it about up. But depending on the mission it's definitely possible to do things cleanly.
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