Hey, you! Would you like to play the most generic alien shooter you'd expect to see in the background of a sitcom...

that is also written like what an A.I thinks Rick and Morty is like and features the talents of the amazing comedian Justin Roiland constantly yapping in your ear?

No? Yeah, me neither.

This is a game that just makes me sad. Despite its problems, Payday 2 is at the end of the day a fun arcade with a lot of pizazz. At the time I'm writing this review, Payday 3 has neither of those attributes. A boring aesthetic devoid of any personality, gameplay that drops Payday 2's breakneck high action arcade shooter formula for one that more resembles that of Payday: The Heist and its slower, more tactical formula, but without any of the design elements that made it work there and a narrative that, yes, is still picking up steam, but already feels like its just putting together a bunch of shit and hoping that it works.

Now you may be thinking, "janlz, why do you keep comparing this game to PDTH and PD2? You should be reviewing it based on it's own merit!"

But that's the thing.

This game has no own merit. The game is so dull, boring and at times borderline bad, that there's not much of anything to consider on that front. Both prequels had elements that put them above other games like them. This game has nothing, and that's really the whole problem.