I haven't played it yet, but $30 is nothing for a game like this. I paid $5 for Payday 1 and got 100 hours out of it, and Payday 2 is supposed to be improved in basically every way. As far as keeping the initial fun factor after 1 go through, there are a couple things: A lot of the stuff is dynamic as far as item placement, objective locations, and proceeding missions depending on how you completed the previous. The skill tree and crimenet where you can purchase gear and add-ons should be enough incentive to play levels more than once. Granted, a lot of the fun factor does come from playing with 3 of your friends, but even if you just have 1 friend to play with the AI should do well enough. Overall the game is a lot like the Left 4 Dead campaigns in that playing with friends makes it a ton more fun.I'm on the fence. It looks good, but not for the price point. Once you do your initial run through it appears completely up to the ingenuity of your friends/group to keep the fun factor alive.
$5 for 100 hours is a lot different from $30 for ~100 hours. L4D was ONLY fun with friends, for me. Which is what I'm afraid of walking into without a price incentive or a better idea of how I enjoy the game play outside of YouTube.I haven't played it yet, but $30 is nothing for a game like this. I paid $5 for Payday 1 and got 100 hours out of it, and Payday 2 is supposed to be improved in basically every way. ///
Overall the game is a lot like the Left 4 Dead campaigns in that playing with friends makes it a ton more fun.