YMMV / RAID: World War II

• It's the Same, Now It Sucks!: The game was a massive flop, in part because of this trope. A group of four characters robbing gold from the Nazi's while carrying out the orders from someone in a secure location... Sound familiar? The main audience of the game were PAYDAY 2 players (RAID even had a Crossover to promote itself), and anyone who played this game and PAYDAY 2 noted that, while it has some unique ideas (Stealth in particular has been largely revamped and made easier), gameplay-wise, it really isn't much different to a game they were already playing and used to, essentially being a WWII-themed PAYDAY experience, so very few people jumped ship or even attempted to play it.
• Memetic Mutation: Blammo!^Explanation A somewhat common voice line for Stirling', when he shoots down an enemy officer. Because of the comparatively dormant userbase the game had for much of its life, it was more used in the PAYDAY 2 community when referring to the game, I.E; "The Blammo game".
• Newbie Boom: The game got a surprise boost in numbers in June 2023, in part due to an update releasing around the same time of the Steam Summer Sale that gave the game a 90% discount, a roadmap for upcoming features (Talents clearly inspired by the cancelled Overwatch 2 PVE campaign, skill tree rebalances etc.), but also due to defectors from PAYDAY 2 around the same time, after the game added a notoriously bad EOS implementation, causing issues. Whereas the numbers on Steam were an average of 5 per day, the current highest is at less than 100 players, a player count increase of almost 200%!

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