GETTING CHOKESLAMMED FOR MONEY | Payday 2

Storyline / Premise

• Payday 2 is presented as a repeating cycle where career criminals conduct heists against police and law enforcement.
• Missions focus on theft and destruction, with “jobs” spanning:
  • Simple bank vault cracking
  • Extreme scenarios such as meth production under police assault
  • Rigged elections and nuclear weapons (as referenced by the creator)
• The video frames the action as choosing between:
  • Going loud
  • Staying quiet (stealth)
• Despite the style choice, the core loop is consistently described as “press F on objectives” while surviving worsening police encounters.

Gameplay Highlights

Heist Categories / Approaches

• Stealth heists
  • Depend heavily on timing and quickly responding to pagers after killing guards.
• Loud heists
  • Become chaotic assaults where constant waves of police specials are the primary danger.

Combat and “Special Enemies”

• Cloaker
  • Drops in dramatically (notably from sewers).
  • Threat comes from dangerous crowd-control via beatdowns/insults.
  • Example tip: using a flash (implied by “disposable camera flash”) can create a “cloaker noise”, helping scare or pressure him.
• Taser
  • Shocks you and forces random weapon firing, described as making shots inaccurate.
• Bulldozer
  • A heavy armored unit.
  • Emphasis: you must hit the faceplate/helmet area, or shots may be ineffective.
• Shield / Medics / Snipers
  • Seen as especially annoying and dangerous due to:
    • Shield units providing strong cover
    • Medics enabling healing/pressure
    • Snipers delivering long-range kills
• Difficulty-dependent variants
  • Mentions variants like Skulldozer and Zeal Dozer.
  • Enemies have different behaviors based on difficulty.

Civilians and the Custody Mechanic

• Killing civilians causes money loss due to cleaning costs.
• Civilians are tied to a “custody” system:
  • If you go down too many times or bleed out without a medic bag, you can be put into custody.
• Hostages can be traded so your team can bail you out (compared to a “get out of jail free” effect).
• Hostages may include SWAT members as well (joked as “ask any lawyer”), giving additional leverage during assaults.

Winning Condition / Mission Flow

Success is framed as depending on:

• Knowing when to switch between stealth and loud
• Understanding enemy roles
• Managing survival, including medic/custody situations
• Completing objectives under pressure

Strategies / Key Tips (Discussed)

Choose a Playstyle: Loud vs. Stealth

• Stealth
  • Requires timing and fast reactions to pagers.
• Loud
  • In practice, it means surviving cloakers + dozers + specials while objective progress continues.

Handle Specials Correctly

• Cloaker: fast and disruptive—expect sudden attacks from sewer grates.
• Bulldozer: aim for weak spots (faceplate/helmet).
• Tasers: treat them as disruption—reacting and disengaging matters because they disrupt targeting.
• Snipers: long-range lethality—don’t ignore them.

Survival Builds

The video strongly emphasizes that builds and perks largely determine survival:

• Tank builds
  • More armor/HP/ammo.
  • Described as a “walking block of tungsten,” with Bulldoze highlighted as a goal.
• Dodge builds
  • High concealment/dodge chance to reduce damage taken.
  • Compared to gambling with a “roll of the dice” mechanic.
  • Mentions dodge-related options like Second Wind (speed boost when armor breaks), plus comedic examples like Kickstarter (chance to fix damaged drills by meleeing).

Equipment Basics

Bring support items such as:

• Ammo bags
• Medic bags
• First aid kits

Loadout choices include:

• Weapons
• Throwables
• Melee

These influence detection risk and ammo management.

Loadout / Weapon System Takeaways

• Weapon selection involves trade-offs:
  • Big weapons (e.g., miniguns) can be powerful but may reduce concealment and worsen ammo economy.
• Weapon size and attachments affect detection/concealment risk.
• Akimbo / dual-wield styles are highlighted (e.g., Glock 18s, Deagles).
• Explosives:
  • RPGs / commando rocket launchers and other explosive-style weapons help clear armored threats and police lines.

Hostage Leverage

• If a teammate is threatened by custody/death, hostage trading can reset the situation and keep the team moving toward objectives.

Gameplay Roles & Characters Mentioned (Payday Crew)

The video claims character choice doesn’t fundamentally change core gameplay, but the speaker lists masks/factions with comedic commentary. Named characters include:

• Dallas
• Chains
• Hoxton
• Wolf
• Bane

It also references Mitch McConnell and other “mask fun” jokes, but the named Payday crew members called out are those listed above.

Sources / Gamers Featured (Closing)

• No specific external gamers/creators are named in the closing credits section.
• The creator uses a general callout (e.g., “please buy some gamer subs”) and thanks the audience for watching, but no distinct outside source name appears.