PAYDAY 3’s New Heist Has a Serious Design Problem

PAYDAY 3 Update 18 is here, introducing the Shopping Spree heist, skill balance changes, tougher enemies, and retroactive heist updates. Here’s my honest breakdown of what works, what doesn’t, and why this mall heist feels underwhelming.

In this video, I go over everything new in Update 18, including the Shopping Spree heist objectives, RNG variations, favours, stealth vs loud gameplay, and the removal of Wi-Fi circles from Touch the Sky. I also cover the new skill balance pass, enemy health and armour changes, and why bulldozers now feel significantly more dangerous.

While Shopping Spree has some great ideas, it also suffers from locked-off areas, repetitive looting, and design decisions that hold the heist back from being truly great.

Let me know what you think of PAYDAY 3 Update 18 and the Shopping Spree heist. Have you run into the same issues, or are you enjoying it more than I am?

0:00 Payday 3 Update 18 is here
0:37 There's no new Weapons
1:50 Skills 2.0 Changes
2:48 Enemy Changes
3:49 Touch The Sky (No more Circles!)
5:02 Shopping Spree is...
5:31 Narrative Setup
5:56 Main Objectives
6:16 Repetitive objectives
7:58 Soundtrack
8:20 CORVO Objective
9:15 MUSKET!!!
9:54 A little unambitious & lifeless
12:08 Design oversights
14:21 Favours
17:38 Is the heist good?
18:26 Stealth
19:18 I was hoping for more
19:41 Escapes
20:14 Closing thoughts

I hope you enjoy!
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