Payday 3’s Hidden Stealth Trailer: Devs Drop Poetic Hints After Fan Oversight
Starbreeze is preparing for the September launch of Payday 3, a sequel that polishes existing features rather than creating new ones. Most fans applaud the game’s evolution, but there’s significant concern over its always-online model, a departure from earlier titles.
Setting that critique aside, Payday 3 aims to enhance several Payday 2 mechanisms, some of which felt underutilized. Stealth stands out — once a dominant strategy, it got toned down, leading most heists to culminate in shootouts.
Recently, Payday 3 unveiled a video highlighting its revamped stealth tactics, cleverly concealed on their website. By muting the main gameplay trailer, viewers unveil this hidden gem. A more straightforward way? Access the site in Chrome’s incognito mode.
The developers subtly embedded the trailer, so much so that after days of players overlooking it, they provided poetic hints. Lines like “Try to be quiet” and “turn down the gage” [sic] allude to the site’s trick, while “drop the burrito” nudges at the incognito approach.
The trailer humorously portrays the Payday crew’s exaggerated stealth maneuvers. Such exaggerated in-game movements always captivated me, underscoring Payday 3’s dedication to gaming fun.
The clip emphasizes enhanced gameplay, illustrating a team heisting an art gallery, dodging security systems via skylights, discreetly neutralizing guards, and executing timed tasks under pressure. Stealth in Payday 2 often felt redundant, but Payday 3 seems to revitalize it, offering an advantage before chaos ensues.
Tyler Wilde of PC Gamer experienced Payday 3’s stealth and, while plans inevitably unraveled, it signals a shift. No longer just an inside joke, stealth appears to reclaim its strategic importance in this sequel.
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Yeah I was hoping they might’ve solved the problem of Stealth-into-Loud. There were only a handful of skills and items that helped with that in 2, but they weren’t actually that good.